There's a really short prequel to A Town Called Mercy called The Making of The Gunslinger up on iTunes. The US link is here. I'm not sure if it's available in other regions.
It's exactly as it says on the tin.
It shows when Kahler-Jex is in his lab on Kahler first turning on the cyborg of Kahler-Tek. There's not much more to it, but it does reveal him as "subject 6".
It struck me as odd that the most recent issue of "Doctor Who Magazine" briefly mentioned that "Red Dwarf" is returning in October. What's that to DWM, eh?
Well, the latest issue - out this week - apparently has an interview with the Dwarfers themselves!
Could the Daleks *finally* be coming to the series?*
* They were supposed to feature in Series VII but the only appearance they made was in a gag on "Red Dwarf Night". It has been suggested that the rights had been tied-down but they couldn't work out a way to use the monsters suitably, so they just did a joke about washing machines.
Captain Jack's either a thousand years old, or two thousand, depending on whether you include being dead or not. Either way, it's not as close than you think, what with the Doctor only claiming to be around 900 or so... again.
Here's my logic:
Let's assume that the Cap's around 35 when we first meet him in The Empty Child. He hangs around with the Doctor and Rose for a couple months until the events of The Parting of the Ways, at which point he becomes immortal and ends up on Earth in 1869*. He hangs around on Earth, eventually hooking up with Torchwood, until he hears the TARDIS in End of Days, which takes place in early 2008 and leads directly into Utopia.
So by this point, he's 174, give or take a few months which we'll call half a year for reasons of simplicity. So 174½.
During the events of The Sound of Drums, Cap and the Doctor are captured by the Master, and a whole year passes with Jack being tortured and killed by the time Last of the Time Lords even begins. While time is undone at the end of that story, it doesn't affect the people at the 'center of the storm' - and that includes Captain Jack. He's now 175½.
The events of the second series of Torchwood occur. Nothing fancy, another couple of months pass - again, we'll call it half a year for simplicity, making him 176. But then... oh, then Exit Wounds happens, and it's here we bump up the year count.
See, Gray and Captain John Heart take Jack back to 27AD. As in, a couple of years after Jesus died, AD. They promptly bury him alive and leave him to constantly die and come back to life over and over again until 1901, when he's discovered by Torchwood. Now, even if you claim that he spent half of that 1,874 dead rather than alive... holy fuck!
We'll include the whole number, 'cause he ain't gettin' any younger while being dead. That makes him 2,050. (If you, say, half those 1,900 years or so, then he ends up being around 1,113 by this point).
Then, after the events of Children of Earth, Jack leaves Earth for an unspecified amount of time. We'll guess at a couple of years, seeing as Gwen has her baby and it's still... well, a BABY by the time Jack gets back. By the time Jack gets back in time for Miracle Day, we'll add 2 years to his frankly insane total to make him, by this point, 2,052 or 1,115.
As for the Doctor's age... let's not go there.
* He says the date in Utopia, if you're wondering.
Of course, the Doctor lies about his age all the time... so we have no idea of knowing how old he is, though he did mention something about being 1200 in one of the recent episodes.
Still, I think Jack probably wins the age contest.
I bet the head woke up gasping some time after the doctor left.
I actually wrote a horrible fanfiction where Jack just pretended to die so he wouldn't have to explain to the Doctor how he ended up as an enormous head in a jar.
Ah, but it's not out-and-out confirmed that that's Captain Jack. Only implied (albeit heavily). That's why I didn't include it in my count. I'm actually rather disappointed that nobody insulted me for spending so long on that!
Also, I posit that the Doctor stopped counting his age in Gallifrey years after the Time War (when he'd have been well over 1,000) and started counting in Earth years, which explains his decrease in age. Just a theory, but I like it.
Also, I posit that the Doctor stopped counting his age in Gallifrey years after the Time War (when he'd have been well over 1,000) and started counting in Earth years, which explains his decrease in age. Just a theory, but I like it.
I like the idea that he lies about his age... by saying he's only 900. Because it seems like one of those pointless arguments that the Doctor would make.
Ah, but it's not out-and-out confirmed that that's Captain Jack. Only implied (albeit heavily). That's why I didn't include it in my count. I'm actually rather disappointed that nobody insulted me for spending so long on that!
Also, I posit that the Doctor stopped counting his age in Gallifrey years after the Time War (when he'd have been well over 1,000) and started counting in Earth years, which explains his decrease in age. Just a theory, but I like it.
Or he stopped counting altogether relatively early on. That works just as well. I think the only honest account I'm willing to accept is Three saying he's 'thousands of years old'.
Anyway, I really loved the episode tonight. Felt very much like a torchwood episode, which was nice. I think I'll miss the ponds when they leave next week. Also, having watched the trailer, I'm starting to think the much alluded to "Fall of the ponds" is going to be taken very literally.
And I still don't like whatever they have been doing with the intro sequence. They unique logo is nice, but the vortex is purple now. PURPLE.
What a git the Doctor is. Why doesn't he tell Kate that her father's not dead but hiding out in fairyland ("The Shadows of Avalon", set in 2012 or thereabouts)?
(Mind you, she's really pulled her life together since "Downtime", and lost so much weight you'd think she was a different person.....)
If I was head writer id put hystorical mistakes in all the episodes in the past and then have The Doctor mention it and reveal its part if a plot arc thats following him! Just to piss off TARDIS wiki.
My opinions on tonight's episode- : Really felt like it needed longer. the other episodes have been fine lengthwise for me, but this felt like it tried to cram too much in, and ideas weren't explored to their full extent.
Such as the statue of liberty. It was a cool idea, but all we ever saw was a standard giant angel head. But green. No full body shots. It didn't even move when no-one was watching it. It could have raised the flame up ready to smash them back in time or something.
I loved the bickering between the doctor and river though.
My opinions on tonight's episode- : Really felt like it needed longer. the other episodes have been fine lengthwise for me, but this felt like it tried to cram too much in, and ideas weren't explored to their full extent.
Such as the statue of liberty.
Completely agree
and I blame the Ghostbusters for what happened to the Statue of Liberty, in the absence of any actual explanation
, given how it ruined an otherwise incredibly dramatic opening. It just looked so gosh-darn goofy. Oh well.
I'm gonna miss the Ponds. Still, I guess there is some wiggle room for comic adventures and the such.
Just because they got sent back in time doesn't mean that they can't leave and come back, just that they HAVE to return in order to die there... right?
erased him self from every harddrive in the universe how did the Vastra nada look him up in Forrest of the Dead?
We're following the adventures of the Doctor as they happen to him through his own personal timespan(ish). It's the same reason Torchwood hadn't existed until he created it in Tooth and Claw. From his perspective, he's just done stuff and the universe has adjusted to the alterations.
Same thing with the Vashta Nerada. At the time, it worked. Now presumably, history has altered so that something else happened with the same effect, we just don't get to find out what that alteration is. Try not to think about it - it'll make your head hurt. Just accept it and move on with your life.
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That does narrow it down somewhat due to the budget cuts leaving him stuck on one planet in one time period for most his run.
Actually, I don't recall any of those episodes particularly standing out. You might as well watch them in sequence.
Finally an answer! Il watch that one then.
It's exactly as it says on the tin.
It struck me as odd that the most recent issue of "Doctor Who Magazine" briefly mentioned that "Red Dwarf" is returning in October. What's that to DWM, eh?
Well, the latest issue - out this week - apparently has an interview with the Dwarfers themselves!
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/09/doctor-who-magazine-452.html
Could the Daleks *finally* be coming to the series?*
* They were supposed to feature in Series VII but the only appearance they made was in a gag on "Red Dwarf Night". It has been suggested that the rights had been tied-down but they couldn't work out a way to use the monsters suitably, so they just did a joke about washing machines.
Sadly, Janet Fielding also announced she too is battling cancer.
Here's my logic:
Let's assume that the Cap's around 35 when we first meet him in The Empty Child. He hangs around with the Doctor and Rose for a couple months until the events of The Parting of the Ways, at which point he becomes immortal and ends up on Earth in 1869*. He hangs around on Earth, eventually hooking up with Torchwood, until he hears the TARDIS in End of Days, which takes place in early 2008 and leads directly into Utopia.
So by this point, he's 174, give or take a few months which we'll call half a year for reasons of simplicity. So 174½.
During the events of The Sound of Drums, Cap and the Doctor are captured by the Master, and a whole year passes with Jack being tortured and killed by the time Last of the Time Lords even begins. While time is undone at the end of that story, it doesn't affect the people at the 'center of the storm' - and that includes Captain Jack. He's now 175½.
The events of the second series of Torchwood occur. Nothing fancy, another couple of months pass - again, we'll call it half a year for simplicity, making him 176. But then... oh, then Exit Wounds happens, and it's here we bump up the year count.
See, Gray and Captain John Heart take Jack back to 27AD. As in, a couple of years after Jesus died, AD. They promptly bury him alive and leave him to constantly die and come back to life over and over again until 1901, when he's discovered by Torchwood. Now, even if you claim that he spent half of that 1,874 dead rather than alive... holy fuck!
We'll include the whole number, 'cause he ain't gettin' any younger while being dead. That makes him 2,050. (If you, say, half those 1,900 years or so, then he ends up being around 1,113 by this point).
Then, after the events of Children of Earth, Jack leaves Earth for an unspecified amount of time. We'll guess at a couple of years, seeing as Gwen has her baby and it's still... well, a BABY by the time Jack gets back. By the time Jack gets back in time for Miracle Day, we'll add 2 years to his frankly insane total to make him, by this point, 2,052 or 1,115.
As for the Doctor's age... let's not go there.
* He says the date in Utopia, if you're wondering.
I bet the head woke up gasping some time after the doctor left.
Still, I think Jack probably wins the age contest.
I actually wrote a horrible fanfiction where Jack just pretended to die so he wouldn't have to explain to the Doctor how he ended up as an enormous head in a jar.
Also, I posit that the Doctor stopped counting his age in Gallifrey years after the Time War (when he'd have been well over 1,000) and started counting in Earth years, which explains his decrease in age. Just a theory, but I like it.
I was impressed!
I like the idea that he lies about his age... by saying he's only 900. Because it seems like one of those pointless arguments that the Doctor would make.
Or he stopped counting altogether relatively early on. That works just as well. I think the only honest account I'm willing to accept is Three saying he's 'thousands of years old'.
Unless he wears a beanie.
Or duck tape.
Anyway, I really loved the episode tonight. Felt very much like a torchwood episode, which was nice. I think I'll miss the ponds when they leave next week. Also, having watched the trailer, I'm starting to think the much alluded to "Fall of the ponds" is going to be taken very literally.
And I still don't like whatever they have been doing with the intro sequence. They unique logo is nice, but the vortex is purple now. PURPLE.
It's actually gotten darker each week, which I think is reperesentative of part of the arc. Next week'll probably be near-black.
(Mind you, she's really pulled her life together since "Downtime", and lost so much weight you'd think she was a different person.....)
My opinions on tonight's episode- : Really felt like it needed longer. the other episodes have been fine lengthwise for me, but this felt like it tried to cram too much in, and ideas weren't explored to their full extent.
I loved the bickering between the doctor and river though.
Completely agree
I'm gonna miss the Ponds. Still, I guess there is some wiggle room for comic adventures and the such.
Same thing with the Vashta Nerada. At the time, it worked. Now presumably, history has altered so that something else happened with the same effect, we just don't get to find out what that alteration is. Try not to think about it - it'll make your head hurt. Just accept it and move on with your life.
Also, loved that Peter Davison video.