Talk:Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
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Should this really be in the category of Doctor Who serials, considering it was a one-off and not part of the official televised serial list? Ditto with Dimensions in Time. --khaosworks 04:20, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- They are both Doctor Who and they are both serials, and that's good enough for me. (Granted, neither is part of the original series, but where else can we put them?) --Paul A 07:16, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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- In the same general Doctor Who category, basically. -khaosworks 07:20, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Terserus
Isn't there more than one mention of the planet Terserus in the series? That should have a note, I think (but I don't remember where Terserus was mentioned, help!)...
- Added note. --khaosworks 14:44, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
- I think Terserus is also mentioned in the EDA "Legacy of the Daleks". It was Susan who stranded the Master there. But, if the Curse of Fatal Death is canon (heh), maybe he fell into a sewer on Terserus... and that's why he looks so icky in the Deadly Assassin (just kidding) --Travlr23 11:43, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Three Ninth Doctors
I reworded the note about the "three Ninth Doctors" mentioned in The Gallifrey Chronicles, because I was concerned that speculation about connecting the three Ninth Doctors with the three versions of the Eighth Doctor (audios, novels and comics) was a bit too speculative. If there's a real indication of that in the novel that I've forgotten, please feel free to restore the notion — but if it's just a bit of fan speculation, we shouldn't have it here (unless it's been published in a reliable source like Doctor Who Magazine or something — in which case we should have a citation). —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 08:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Well the thing about the novel is that it doesn't in any way identify the Doctors. It's literally just one line where Marnal flatly asserts that there are three ninth Doctors. I think it needs a proviso saying that no positive identification is given for any of the mentioned Doctors. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 15:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Proviso added, but a nice quote by the author in which he explains the line, if such a quote exists, would be preferable, however. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 16:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Music
Does anyone notice a similar resemblance to the music from Logopolis in this story? Xdt (talk · contribs)
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[edit] Richard E Grant
At Richard E Grant, he's called the "The Conceited Doctor". Here, it's the "Quite Handsome Doctor". So, which is it??--Jeffro77 (talk) 02:47, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Coincidence, trivia, or what?
The article currently includes these li'l snippets:
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- All the actors playing the Doctor in the special had been previously rumoured to have been up for the regular role at some point or another, including Lumley. Atkinson was one of many actors considered for the role of the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie.[citation needed]
- As the Twelfth (Handsome) Doctor dies, he is described post-mortem by Emma as being "too nice", "too brave", "too kind" and "far, far too silly." She then compares him to "Father Christmas", "The Wizard of Oz" and "Scooby Doo" (the former two being characters to whom First Doctor actor William Hartnell famously compared the role).[citation needed]
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I can just about see the relevance of the first one, if it can be referenced. It's still sort of a "coincidence of charity", unless it can be proved that the actors agreed to the performance as a way of trying to angle for a part in a future revival or of finally playing the part in the only way available to them at the time. Eh, it still may relevant enough as a "spooky coincidence". But the second one—I dunno. If it was a deliberate thing done by Moffat, where he was literally quoting Hartnell, it's significant. Otherwise, it's just coincidence, isn't it? CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 15:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Avaliable via the Internet"
I removed the following from the "Broadcast and Releases" section:
- The Curse of Fatal Death was also available worldwide via the Internet in four episodes.
Although some Internet users video-captured the special and placed it up for unauthorized download in the small video formats feasible at the time, it was not officially webcast in any way. The fact isn't worth noting here. Rob T Firefly (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
