I think playing the doctor would take some serious skill at role playing, more than most table top games.
I play those sorts of games more like board games so I don't think it would really be for me.
But that sounds like a version of All Flesh Must Be a Eaten, where you can play a western scenario where you're a singing cowboy (like Roy rogers) and you can't die or lose, basically. So it's more about the story than maneuvering brought zombies.
Anyone ever heard of an tabletop RPG for Doctor Who before subtitled Adventures In Time And Space? From what I've found of it so far, it's set up so if one of your players wants to play the Doctor , he or she can (the core rulebook even apparently having a sidebar-box dealing with more then one player wanting to be the Doctor) as well as established or original Companions. Looks like there's also supplemental books based on the various Doctor eras and how to use the stories from the show to create campaigns based on them.
I've read it over; it's a little bit FATE-ish, with some interesting rules implementations.
See, Colin Baker was fired from the show, and they want to get him out of the way quickly, so they just put Sylvester McCoy in a wig and slapped some special effects on his face.
When the TARDIS was attacked by his old enemy the Rani, the Sixth Doctor was somehow injured and regenerated into the Seventh Doctor; the exact cause of the regeneration, however, has never been revealed on-screen. When writers Pip and Jane Baker's novel of the story tried to explain the regeneration many were not happy with the outcome. There have subsequently been various explanations for the regeneration. The Virgin New Adventures series suggests that the Seventh Doctor somehow killed the Sixth, because he could not become the masterplanner and manipulator that his next incarnation became, due to his fear of becoming the Valeyard. The BBC Books novel Spiral Scratch offers an alternative explanation that the Sixth Doctor died as a result of his chronal energy being drained in a confrontation with a powerful pan-dimensional entity before being snared by the Rani's beam.
Michael Grade had it in for Who (and according to some reports, for Colin Baker himself). After Grade's 18 month hiatus of the programme and The Trial of a Time Lord, there was a push within the BBC to get in a new Doctor. IIRC, it was at least partly to move the show on into a new era.
Baker had been contracted on for three seasons and argued that he'd only had two. He was willing to hand over to a new Doctor if he had season 24 to bow out, but the most he was offered was the first story of that season. Given he'd have to wait around and likely refuse a bunch of other work for a quarter of a season, he refused. So he got booted, making his Doctor's final words "Carrot juice".
Of course, he went on to be a fan favourite in his audios, something he sadly never got the opportunity to become during his on-screen tenure. All the past Doctors are wonderful to listen to, but Colin Baker in particular is an absolute delight. His love of the role really shines through, both in interviews and in his performances.
Well, if you ignore the direction ('end of episode acting' for instance), the script writing, the meddling with his character development and the problems with and between Saward and JNT, yes, I suppose you could simplify it down to 'he was awful'.
I mean, no doubt the sixth doctor period is the low point of the show overall (though there are some decent stories in there), but that's more due to the factors Cyvros mentioned than Colin Baker himself. It was mostly just bad luck that his tenure almost exactly overlapped the period behind the scenes of the show where things went completely down the shitter.
As a thought exercise, think of something you really loathe from the sixth doctor's tenure and imagine it with any other actor in the lead role but everything else the same (and try to account for the direction he would have been getting). Not that much of an improvement, is it?
Direction can count for so much. There was a story floating around a while back from a couple of fans who got to watch some of the filming of Planet of Fire. Apparently, Anthony Ainley was trying to put in a more restrained performance as the Master and kept being told by the director to be more moustache-twirling.
It wasn't till his very last on-screen story that he got to finally be not moustache-twirling.
And then there's the exaggerated 'end of episode acting'/reaction shots thing that particularly got ramped up during Trial of a Time Lord as another example (see my avatar). Colin Baker neatly sends it up during one of the Trial featurettes (I think that brilliant one on cliffhangers throughout Doctor Who). It kind of even got kept through McCoy's era, like in the Fenric reveal cliffhanger of The Curse of Fenric where it inexplicably cuts to the Doctor's oddly contemplative reaction.
If you want to see the Sixth Doctor really working as a unique and engaging iteration of the Doctor, I can recommend the novel "Players" by Terrance Dicks.
Michelle Gomez will be back in the season opening two-parter.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
This may sound silly, I really haven't caught up entirely on all of the Doctor Who eps but i've seen most of this season and at least the last previous version of
the master, and I wouldn't mind if the Master actually ended up being a companion for a bit? Like, Missy kind of very sort of had the smallest possible good intention with where she started out from on her plan, maybe the Doctor tries to help his old friend (they were friends at some point in their history right?)
IDK, it could be a starting point for an interesting story but I don't think them hanging around together long term would work well without massive changes to either character. If I'm completely off base let me know, I admit to being ignorant of their entire histories together.
Michelle Gomez will be back in the season opening two-parter.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
This may sound silly, I really haven't caught up entirely on all of the Doctor Who eps but i've seen most of this season and at least the last previous version of
the master, and I wouldn't mind if the Master actually ended up being a companion for a bit? Like, Missy kind of very sort of had the smallest possible good intention with where she started out from on her plan, maybe the Doctor tries to help his old friend (they were friends at some point in their history right?)
IDK, it could be a starting point for an interesting story but I don't think them hanging around together long term would work well without massive changes to either character. If I'm completely off base let me know, I admit to being ignorant of their entire histories together.
given the massive amounts of murder she's done i don't see how that is possible without making her a different character, like a mind wipe or something.
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Michelle Gomez will be back in the season opening two-parter.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
This may sound silly, I really haven't caught up entirely on all of the Doctor Who eps but i've seen most of this season and at least the last previous version of
the master, and I wouldn't mind if the Master actually ended up being a companion for a bit? Like, Missy kind of very sort of had the smallest possible good intention with where she started out from on her plan, maybe the Doctor tries to help his old friend (they were friends at some point in their history right?)
IDK, it could be a starting point for an interesting story but I don't think them hanging around together long term would work well without massive changes to either character. If I'm completely off base let me know, I admit to being ignorant of their entire histories together.
From the Doctor's various interactions with the Master (at least in the modern serieseses), it always seems like never believes his foe is completely beyond redemption, so trying to rehabilitate Missy would probably be a valid story.
Michelle Gomez will be back in the season opening two-parter.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
This may sound silly, I really haven't caught up entirely on all of the Doctor Who eps but i've seen most of this season and at least the last previous version of
the master, and I wouldn't mind if the Master actually ended up being a companion for a bit? Like, Missy kind of very sort of had the smallest possible good intention with where she started out from on her plan, maybe the Doctor tries to help his old friend (they were friends at some point in their history right?)
IDK, it could be a starting point for an interesting story but I don't think them hanging around together long term would work well without massive changes to either character. If I'm completely off base let me know, I admit to being ignorant of their entire histories together.
given the massive amounts of murder she's done i don't see how that is possible without making her a different character, like a mind wipe or something.
I forgot about all the people she killed on the plane, including the scientist (not including all the stuff the master did before that of course, and if she purposefully killed anyone that ended up in the nethersphere. Danny's death seemed kind of opportunistic rather than an accident). That's a hard point to start at for redemption
Michelle Gomez will be back in the season opening two-parter.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
Actually I think this is a pretty savvy move.
No one genuinely believes she's dead anyway, so why waste an entire season building suspense that isn't there?
Plus it would be cool to see if they get around to explaining how she got off of Gallifrey and if a certain jackass of a president followed her out. Said explanation can also possibly tie into 12's appearance in The Day Of The Doctor.
Something that started ramping up around 1984 and kept going on till the end of the classic era. Something shocking would happen, which in other eras would be the cliffhanger, but then it'd switch to the Doctor stating whatever obvious peril it was (in case you weren't paying attention) or yelling out "No, [companion]!" or looking shocked or whatever. But it wasn't like a normal reaction: it'd often be overacted for what I presume was the sake of emphasis.
Then the credits would cut in.
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On the casting spoiler.
I'd be pretty ok if she is a constant threat. Basically a Pertwee and Delgado reprieve.
I really like how Capaldi is a big fan of the show. It's always so gratifying to me, when people get to be directly involved with things they're passionate about.
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I play those sorts of games more like board games so I don't think it would really be for me.
But that sounds like a version of All Flesh Must Be a Eaten, where you can play a western scenario where you're a singing cowboy (like Roy rogers) and you can't die or lose, basically. So it's more about the story than maneuvering brought zombies.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
I've read it over; it's a little bit FATE-ish, with some interesting rules implementations.
I'd recommend it if you're a DW fan.
Calling it now, the first run of sets will sell out within minutes and go for astronomical prices on eBay.
And in classic Who news, a partial recording of William Hartnell's 1965 Desert Island Discs episode has been discovered.
EDIT - starts at 2:47 (h/t to the Lego Thread):
You're gonna want to watch this video. Trust me.
See, Colin Baker was fired from the show, and they want to get him out of the way quickly, so they just put Sylvester McCoy in a wig and slapped some special effects on his face.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Doctor
Baker had been contracted on for three seasons and argued that he'd only had two. He was willing to hand over to a new Doctor if he had season 24 to bow out, but the most he was offered was the first story of that season. Given he'd have to wait around and likely refuse a bunch of other work for a quarter of a season, he refused. So he got booted, making his Doctor's final words "Carrot juice".
He was awful.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
As a thought exercise, think of something you really loathe from the sixth doctor's tenure and imagine it with any other actor in the lead role but everything else the same (and try to account for the direction he would have been getting). Not that much of an improvement, is it?
It's purely coincidental.
We are Not Colin Baker(tm).
It wasn't till his very last on-screen story that he got to finally be not moustache-twirling.
And then there's the exaggerated 'end of episode acting'/reaction shots thing that particularly got ramped up during Trial of a Time Lord as another example (see my avatar). Colin Baker neatly sends it up during one of the Trial featurettes (I think that brilliant one on cliffhangers throughout Doctor Who). It kind of even got kept through McCoy's era, like in the Fenric reveal cliffhanger of The Curse of Fenric where it inexplicably cuts to the Doctor's oddly contemplative reaction.
I'm glad she's coming back, but they really couldn't wait even a single episode?
In England it's called a bifro
Actually I think this is a pretty savvy move.
This may sound silly, I really haven't caught up entirely on all of the Doctor Who eps but i've seen most of this season and at least the last previous version of
IDK, it could be a starting point for an interesting story but I don't think them hanging around together long term would work well without massive changes to either character. If I'm completely off base let me know, I admit to being ignorant of their entire histories together.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Something that started ramping up around 1984 and kept going on till the end of the classic era. Something shocking would happen, which in other eras would be the cliffhanger, but then it'd switch to the Doctor stating whatever obvious peril it was (in case you weren't paying attention) or yelling out "No, [companion]!" or looking shocked or whatever. But it wasn't like a normal reaction: it'd often be overacted for what I presume was the sake of emphasis.
Then the credits would cut in.