I thought the BBC were making a programme called "The Great British Switch-Off", hosted by Jodie Whittaker! That's what I'll be doing....

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

For those that are interested, the next Doctor Who is to be a woman, Jodie Whittaker.

I guess the "Doctor" will be having monthlies like the "Master" now.

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Person ‘passes gas’ on an American Airlines plane, forces all passengers off at NC airport

RALEIGH, N.C. – Somebody “passed gas” on an American Airlines plane, causing passengers to become sick and everyone had to be removed from the jet.

WNCN reported that the plane landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Sunday afternoon when the incident was reported.

People on the flight complained of headaches and nausea and had to be taken off the plane.

Authorities investigated the incident and determined that one of the passengers had “passed gas.” Officials said later that it was a “medical call.”

Raleigh-Durham International Airport has not identified the flight, where it was from or where it was headed.

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For those that are interested, the next Doctor Who is to be a woman, Jodie Whittaker.

Think the BBC needs to learn how to count...

From Hartnell to Whittaker

...12 in main pic & then current Doc Peter Capaldi makes Whittaker no 14 not 13.

@ Dr Who fan
Lol! But seriously I could see that happening. I used to work with a group of people that could peel the paint off the walls. Walk in the bathroom after them and you wish you didn't.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

@ Dr Who fan
Lol! But seriously I could see that happening. I used to work with a group of people that could peel the paint off the walls. Walk in the bathroom after them and you wish you didn't.

Apparently that one knocked a plane out of the air......

Steve

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Warning, addicted to SETI crunching!
Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group.
GPUUG Website

For those that are interested, the next Doctor Who is to be a woman, Jodie Whittaker.

Think the BBC needs to learn how to count...

From Hartnell to Whittaker

...12 in main pic & then current Doc Peter Capaldi makes Whittaker no 14 not 13.

Well we really don't know when the Sir John Hurt Doctor is from. He could be the 15th, 16th or 18th doctor leaving room for the 13th now and a few more latter or earlier? Or now. Time is confusing some times.

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Sir John Hurt played the 9th Doctor (The War Doctor), coming after Paul McGann (a shame that he never reappeared in a series, but paradoxes can happen). As for time being confusing, well, people assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, its more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. So, yes, it can be confusing.

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

I haven't tried to worry about it too much (like I would with Trek, for example), but as near as I can figure War Doctor is a specialty Doctor and doesn't get a number, thus Eccleston is still 9. Or at least that is (in my mind, anyway) how the BBC justifies sticking him in there without renumbering Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith.

Or is it more like "Hey, we never said those guys were 9 through 11, you lot just all assumed they were"?

(Now I'm feeling the need to rewatch the 50th anniversary show.)

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I haven't tried to worry about it too much (like I would with Trek, for example), but as near as I can figure War Doctor is a specialty Doctor and doesn't get a number, thus Eccleston is still 9. Or at least that is (in my mind, anyway) how the BBC justifies sticking him in there without renumbering Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith.

Or is it more like "Hey, we never said those guys were 9 through 11, you lot just all assumed they were"?

(Now I'm feeling the need to rewatch the 50th anniversary show.)

Precisely, The War Doctor did not get a number. Well not yet anyway.

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I just watched The Time of The Doctor again. Now I think War Doctor has no number because he didn't consider himself worthy of the name Doctor.

It's been too long since I watched it. I'd forgotten a few things, and perhaps missed a few in the first place. For instance, near the end, the Gallifreyan General says "It's all twelve of them. No, it's all thirteen!" and Peter Capaldi appears for a second. He didn't debut as The Doctor until a month later.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

No naked Gabrielles were harmed during the
production of this motion picture.

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I may have to watch this one next time around.
Among the characters listed:
Thelonius
Munk

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

No naked Gabrielles were harmed during the
production of this motion picture.

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I may have to watch this one next time around.
Among the characters listed:
Thelonius
Munk

Did they misspell his name?
for others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk

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No naked Gabrielles were harmed during the
production of this motion picture.

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I may have to watch this one next time around.
Among the characters listed:
Thelonius
Munk

Did they misspell his name?
for others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk

They were separate characters, Thelonius and Munk. They probably spelled it that way so no one would think he was supposed to be a monk.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Guess it's a real issue. From Xena versus the Three Naked Gabrielles.

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Vic, here's something to go with your pink cowl.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Ah hah! I just caught a continuity error in ST:TNG.

Time's Arrow (part1), when Data first arrives in San Francisco, he picks up a newspaper with the date Sunday, August 11, 1901. (I checked -- that date was indeed a Sunday.) However, when he meets Guinan, he says, "Our ship encountered a species who appears to be threatening 19th century Earth." 1901 is the 20th century. All of the other discussion throughout the episode (and part 2) is about the 19th century, so even though the prop maker did his homework with the day, he still picked a date later than it should have been. 1891 would have been better, or anything in the 1890s.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

That is a problem. Mark Twain only lived in San Francisco for 18 months from May 1864 to some time in 1865. And he was a young man at that time.
"When the former Samuel Clemens rode the stagecoach into San Francisco from Virginia City, Nev., in May 1864, the 28-year-old was already a veteran journalist.."

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That is a problem. Mark Twain only lived in San Francisco for 18 months from May 1864 to some time in 1865. And he was a young man at that time.
"When the former Samuel Clemens rode the stagecoach into San Francisco from Virginia City, Nev., in May 1864, the 28-year-old was already a veteran journalist.."

The writers freely admitted they were taking liberties with details such as that and whether he ever met Jack London.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.