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system: You are Audrey Seddon, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Dr Who/Brit Scif message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Details".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> hypothesis.  At least in the novelization for "Remembrance of the
SQ> Daleks," there was a reference to some "other" (I think that was the
SQ> right term) who helped Rassilon and Omega to get time travel off the
SQ> ground.
AS> However he has developed his natural abilities more than most other Time
AS> Lords have.
SQ> How so?
SQ> Which Doctor is the subject of this story?

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assistant: It has been mentioned in a few of the New Adventures novels as well.
One I particularly noticed was in No Future, in which the Meddling Monk
is trying to summon a creature called a Chronovore, and as part of the
incantation he says "I call you in the name of Rassilon the Ravager,
Omega the Fallen, and the Other whose name is forever lost."
 At least that's the way I see it.  It's possible that all Time Lords
have these abilities naturally, but the Doctor isn't as hesitant about
using them to help people.
 No Future is part of a story arc in which the Seventh Doctor, Ace and
Bernice Summerfield are trying to solve an intricate mystery.  Someone
is manipulating them for his/her own reasons, and they eventually find
out that it's the Meddling Monk.  He very nearly succeeds in turning Ace
against the Doctor, among other nasty surprises.
 Blue Jean
 Beware of Frog!
... HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!!  - Fourth Doctor
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Regenerations".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> Was Tom Baker to Peter Davison really that quick, though?  I also have
SQ> stopped to consider that Jon Pertwee had to have a little help when he
SQ> became Tom Baker.
SQ> all had it comparatively easy, and while it looked like Colin Baker
SQ> was having a hard time, I think that's just the way he was (although,
SQ> obviously, strangling his assistant isn't part of his personality.
AS>  True but that isn't to say that Gallifreyans aren't capable of
AS> regenerating into dissimilar forms.
SQ> Like...? :)

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assistant: That's because JonDoc's body probably had been damaged so badly by the
crystals on Metabelis III that he needed to have that extra push.  It
also took PaulDoc longer than normal because of the anesthetic that was
still in his system.
 It has been established that after a regeneration takes place, the
Doctor needs time to acclimatize to his new form and regain his memory.
Contact with the TARDIS facilitates this.  I will say that ColDoc's
unstable personality can be attributed to the fact that he had been
poisoned and had much more difficulty regenerating than he normally
would.
 Like a female body, perhaps?  The trouble is, there has been no
precedent so we don't know.  When Romana regenerated, all the forms she
tried were female, but that could have been her personal preference.
 Blue Jean
 Beware of Frog!
... Doctor! I only have one life. Can you remember that?  - Grace
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Details".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> Didn't we see the Chronovore once before?  Perhaps in "The Time
SQ> Monster?"
SQ> Too bad Peter Butterworth never appeared again in the series as the
SQ> Monk.  I -really- liked his character, and would have loved to have
SQ> seen him up agains one of the other Doctors.

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assistant: I never saw that story so I wouldn't know.  It is possible.
 He would have really been an interesting character.  Much more devious
and subtle than the Master or the Rani.  At least that's what I can
judge from reading the books.
 Blue Jean
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... Brave heart, Tegan!  - Fifth Doctor
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Regenerations".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> Oh, I know, but Peter Davison also had a hell of a time with the
SQ> regeneration, to the point that he needed the never-before-used Zero
SQ> Room.  Then again, in Pertwee's case, I think the implications were
SQ> that the Doctor would DIE without the extra help.
SQ> Where was that established? [No, I'm not playing Canon Lord on you. :)

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assistant: You're right there. It's my belief that if something goes wrong in the
process, like being pumped full of anesthetic or if his body is too
badly damaged to begin the regeneraton on its own, then the Doctor will
die.
 It wasn't actually stated but I think it has been implied in most of
the regeneration episodes.
 Blue Jean
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... Shall we take the lift or fly?  - Romana
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Details".

They wrote:
AS>> With a great deal of difficulty. I know there have been
AS>> theories that the Doctor is a reincarnation of Rassilon but I don't
AS>> believe that.
SQ> the scene where Omega blows up, I think.). The only teaser is where
SQ> the Doctor says "we" when referring to Omega and Rassilon and the
SQ> experiments they performed.

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assistant: Hello Steve
25-Mar-98 12:02:31, Steve Quarrella wrote to Audrey Seddon Subject: Details
I think people are reading too much into this "we" business. When Ace
interrupts him with '"we"?' the doctor corrects himself with some
annoyance as if the correction should have been unnecessary. I think he
was using "we" the same way an American might say how "we" developed the
atom bomb or how "we" went to the moon.
JNT said that he wanted to put a lot more mystery back into the
character and so I think he and the script writers put in little things
like this, not because there was something behind it that might be
revealed later but because it was simply mysterious.
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user: You are replying to Jason Mac Innes about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
JMI>     From the Mask of Mandragora, the Time Lords have the power to
JMI> understand
JMI> all languages and can pass this on to others. (Sarah asks why she
JMI> can understand Spanish.)

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assistant: Hello Jason
20-Mar-98 17:41:00, Jason Mac Innes wrote to Audrey Seddon
 Subject: Doctor Who
So why can't the Doc or his assistants understand German in the War
Games?
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user: You are replying to Audrey Seddon about "Stuff".

They wrote:
AS>  Another statement to back this up (if you want to consider the New
AS> Adventures novels as valid) is that Ice Warrior/Martian legend has it
AS> that Time Lords can choose their forms, so why would the Doctor choose a
AS> human form over a tougher one?  Perhaps for the same reason, his ability

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assistant: So what else has been "revealed" in the NAs? I got about the first 15, found
them increasingly difficult to read, and gave up. I didn't like the way they
were developing Ace's storyline, so tough and angry.
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user: You are replying to Joe Siegler about "Red Dwarf".

They wrote:
JS> 1) What the start date for Red Dwarf is again?  (Day/Time)
JS> 2) About Red Dwarf Remastered beyond Series 1?

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assistant: I think he said may 30th.
First 3 seasons, and they apparently plan to do them all. I have the glossy
sheet, which among other things, advertises, "Brand new wooshy noises!".
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user: You are replying to Mary Sinclair about "Stuff".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Mary Sinclair to Audrey Seddon <=-
MS> So what else has been "revealed" in the NAs? I got about the first 15,
MS> found them increasingly difficult to read, and gave up. I didn't like
MS> the way they were developing Ace's storyline, so tough and angry.

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assistant: I only just started to read them, I don't have very many.  Ace left
because she blamed the Doctor for causing the death of a young man she
had fallen in love with.  She returns three years later, after having
joined the military and getting a really kick-butt attitude.  In the
meantime the Doc had picked up a 26th century archaeologist named
Bernice Summerfield (who goes on to have several NA novels on her own).
She and Ace don't get along very well.
 Ace eventually resolves her differences with both of them; the healing
begins at the end of the novel No Future.  Bernice gets married for all
of three months, then her husband disappears (I think).  Ace eventually
leaves after another companion named Roxanne is killed, she was getting
tired of the death and destruction that seems to follow the Doctor
around.  Bernice leaves as well, just before the events of the movie
occur, but the Eighth Doctor meets her in the novel The Dying Days,
after which she accepts a teaching position in a 26th century
university.
 The Eighth Doctor's adventures continue in the BBC Books line, and his
companion is a high-school girl named Samantha Jones.
 Audrey
... You've done it to me again, Doctor!  - The Brigadier
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "The Monk".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> Have you seen him in "The Time Meddler" and what remains of "The
SQ> Daleks' Masterplan?"
SQ> I haven't read the books, but he never struck me as "evil" like the
SQ> Rani or the Master.  Simply misguided.  Is he portrayed as such in the
SQ> books?

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assistant: No, I haven't seen either of those.
 He is.  He's portrayed as being quietly desperate, wanting to get
revenge on the Doctor and messing up Earth at the same time.
 In No Future, he captures the Doctor and imprisons him on the very ice
planet that he himself had been trapped on.  Of course, the Doctor
manages to escape.
 Blue Jean
 Beware of Frog!
... Imbeciles! Fools! Thrice-blasted incompetent idiots!  - The Captain
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user: You are replying to Joe Siegler about "Re: Doctor Who".

They wrote:
-=> On 17 Mar 98  17:40:00, Joe Siegler said to Peter Lane-collett <=-
JS> Hello PETER.
JS> 15 Mar 98 09:50, PETER LANE-COLLETT wrote to MARY SINCLAIR:
MS>> I rather thought that was a property of the Zero Room composition
MS>> of the cabinet, not his ability alone.
> I thought he levitated before being placed in the cabinet.
JS> He did.
JS> Joe Siegler

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assistant: If you're talking about Castrovalva (Peter Davidson premier)
Yes, he did levitate himself in the Zero room, just prior to
the need to jettison part of the tardis. his words: "It just sort
of happens." to (either Tegan or Nyssa) asking "How did you do that?"
Likewise, appologized for 'Losing concentration', while in the make-
shift Zero Cabinet.
Stephen Griswold
... "First we got the bomb, & that was good....." -- TL
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user: You are replying to John Gilbert about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting John Gilbert to Jason Mac Innes <=-
JMI> From the Mask of Mandragora, the Time Lords have the power to
JMI> all languages and can pass this on to others. (Sarah asks why she
JMI> can understand Spanish.)
JG> So why can't the Doc or his assistants understand German in the War
JG> Games?

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assistant: Greetings and salutations,
nderstand
     Like, duh, dude, the Mask of Mandragora was a Tom Baker episode. The
War Games was a Patrick Troughton one.
     The entire series is erratic in Time Lord nature/abilities and Tardis
powers. Writers casually added things and removed things to suit the given
stories. Whether it be the Tardis' HANDS feature (an episode or so before War
Games in the Krytons episodes), its lock mechanism coded only to the Doctor
(John Pertwee), that no weapons can fire in the Tardis (Tom Baker), the
origin of the Tardis' name (Susan claimed to Barbara and Ian that she made
the acronym herself), etc, etc, etc. Time Lord powers, origins, etc, are all
doubly so erratic.
    Anyway, Louis Marks (writer of the Mask of Mandragora) was just
attempting to answer the bizarre nature of English being a constant
thing throughout the BBC show's universe. The reasoning worked for me,
but later writers ignored that Time Lord power.
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "The Monk".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Steve Quarrella to Audrey Seddon <=-
SQ> Oh, man!  Do yourself a big favour and try to see him in these.  I
SQ> -think- "The Time Meddler" is available on video, and "Masterplan" is
SQ> on the Daleks Years tape.
SQ> He wants to mess up Earth?  In "Meddler," he wants to HELP Earth, and
SQ> boasts about the possibility of having Shakespeare's plays shown,
SQ> live, on television, when they are first performed.

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assistant: I'll see what I can do.  If I can find the novel of Masterplan
somewhere I'll buy it.
 I didn't choose my words carefully, but that was the best way I could
express it.  In the books the Monk is trying to get revenge on the
Doctor.  Among other things, he introduces CD technology ten years ahead
of time so the Doctor won't be able to hear something in the background
of a certain audio recording.  He also bring the Vardans to Earth so
that the Vardans could control the humans and thus make the world
better.
 You'd have to read it to absorb all the intricacies.
 Blue Jean
 Beware of Frog!
... You've done it to me again, Doctor!  - The Brigadier
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user: You are replying to Steve Quarrella about "Ace!".

They wrote:
SQ>>>> <wondering when someone will scan those pix of her in that
SQ>>latex outfit>>>
AB>>> Ahhh, you want those, do ya? I've seen them some where. I'm
AB>>still trying to locate them.

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assistant: Hello Steve
30-Mar-98 13:15:37, Steve Quarrella wrote to ARTIMUS BROWN Subject: Ace!
Well I've got the pix, I'll mail them if you like, but if you've got an
internet e-mail address it would be easier for me.
Let me know, I've got loads of pix of Ace, I'll send an index file if
you like.
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user: You are replying to Jason Mac Innes about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
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JMI> to Barbara and Ian that she made the acronym herself), etc, etc, etc.
JMI> Time Lord powers, origins, etc, are all doubly so erratic.

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assistant: My theory to explain this is that when the Doctor regenerates he might
lose certain abilities and gain others in the same fashion as he changes
his body.  He once mentioned that he had one of his mental abilities
"removed" by the Time Lords as well.
 Blue Jean
 Beware of Frog!
... HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!!  - Fourth Doctor
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user: You are replying to All about "who".

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user: You are replying to Jason Mac Innes about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
JMI> The entire series is erratic in Time Lord nature/abilities and Tardis
JMI> powers. Writers casually added things and removed things to suit the

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assistant: Jason, at 14:26 on Thu, Apr 02 1998, you wrote to John Gilbert ...
given
Even the fact that the Doctor is a Time Lord is a change from the original
idea of him being an eccentric scientist who invents a time machine. They
were going to use the series to travel through history and show people
history "happening".
Regards, Peter
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user: You are replying to Audrey Seddon about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Audrey Seddon to Jason Mac Innes <=-
AS> My theory to explain this is that when the Doctor regenerates he
AS> might lose certain abilities and gain others in the same fashion as he
AS> changes his body.  He once mentioned that he had one of his mental
AS> abilities "removed" by the Time Lords as well.

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assistant: Greetings and salutations,
     Those are good ideas. And the Tardis' sorry condition, or so it often
seems, could explain why it's features change. Still, I would have rather
seen more stability throughout the years. I mean, I still can't (and
will not) accept that the Doctor is half-human. ;(
     Oh, I was meaning to mention the following in regard to the list
of powers you're accumulating: you might try to find someone with one of
the Doctor Who RPGs (Role-playing games, for the unaware). There are two that
I know of, and I imagine each would contain a detailed list of the Doctor's
powers over his regenerations. A friend of mine has one of them,
released in the early 90s I believe, and I could borrow it and post a list
of powers if anyone's interested. I've only skimmed it before, but it
lists all the Doctors and the majority of the companions with bios and
statistics.
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user: You are replying to Peter Lane-Collett about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Peter Lane-collett to Jason Mac Innes <=-
PL> Even the fact that the Doctor is a Time Lord is a change from the
PL> original idea of him being an eccentric scientist who invents a time
PL> machine. They were going to use the series to travel through history
PL> and show people history "happening".

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assistant: Greetings and salutations,
     Yup. Well, sort of; Steve has already cleared up a point of confusion
there.
     If you can get your hands on (or reread) the Summer Special
1996 issue of Doctor Who Magazine, there's two excellent articles
on that topic. One is "Observing History" about the Hartnell years, which
did strive for that point of being educational, and "Making History", about
the later Doctors and their very pseudo (although excellent) historical
episodes.
     According to "Observing History" by Gary Russell:
       When he first conceived the idea of Doctor Who, Sydney Newman
       went to his bosses at the independent station of the Sixties,
       ABC Television and said he wanted to do a children's series
       about a mad professor who travels back in time in a police box.
       His bosses at ABC weren't interested.
       Shortly afterwards Sydney Newman went on to become head of drama
       a the BBC...
       Not long after, the programme got off the ground, to be made not
       by the BBC's world renowned children's department, but by
       Newman's own drama department... and the nutty grandfather-cum-
       professor went back and forth in time with his granddaughter and
       two 20th Century school-teachers, inside the comfort of his
       police box.
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user: You are replying to Artimus Brown about "fair to partly cloudy".

They wrote:
AB>  MS> Bad New Year's depression. And procrastination.
AB>    Is all better now?
AB>    Hope so.

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assistant: Well, a pledge drive always gets me going. I keep meaning to join the
procrastinator's club.....
I remember when I used to go through 100 or more messages a day here. Now
it's more like 50 a week. I can stop in every week or two and go through it
in an hour or less. Small but friendly.
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user: You are replying to Jason Mac Innes about "Doctor Who".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Jason Mac Innes to Audrey Seddon <=-
JMI> them, released in the early 90s I believe, and I could borrow it and
JMI> post a list of powers if anyone's interested. I've only skimmed it
JMI> before, but it lists all the Doctors and the majority of the companions
JMI> with bios and statistics.

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assistant: I've seen those, and in retrospect, I wish I had bought one.  Sure, if
you have the time, please post the list.  I can disseminate it and add
it to my own.
 Blue Jean
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... Was that bang big enough for you, Brigadier?  - Fourth Doctor