RetroRocker

I’ve always thought that, in general, Time Lords/Gallifreyans that have the ability to...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:13:00 +0100

I’ve always thought that, in general, Time Lords/Gallifreyans that have the ability to regenerate usually have great control over the process, it’s just that 99% of the time all the regenerations we’ve seen have been as the result of fatal injury, y’know; death. The one instance of on-screen regeneration that was done completely by choice, not at all as the result of a fatal attack, was Romana, and she could choose/morph between a few bodies before she settled on one.

So in other words, the Doctor would be able to choose exactly what he would look like post-regeneration if he did it at normal/full health, but he only ever does it when he’s about to die so he just ’goes with it’ and gets randomly assigned features.

The only thing that might contradict that is the Masters “Derek Jacobi to John Simm” regeneration, but I reckon that it’s implied in that episode that the shot the Master suffered wasn’t immediately fatal, it’s just that it would be easier or more convenient to regenerate than to risk stopping and finding medical attention (he was a renegade TIme Lord, with an aged body, running from the Doctor due to being discovered; too risky to expose himself, I assume). You see him ‘choose’ to regenerate, mentioning “if the Doctor can be young then so can I”.

[Note this is only based on ‘canon’ DW, not expanded universe novels, comics & audio, which everybody knows (or should know) don’t officially count and are constantly supersceded by the show. Not to mention the number of times a 50 year old show can contradict itself, a fluid continuity indeed :P]

It’s pronounced “jif,” says GIF creator Steve Wilhite. “”The Oxford English...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:00 +0100

It’s pronounced “jif,” says GIF creator Steve Wilhite.

“”The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Mr. Wilhite said. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.””
[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/an-honor-for-the-creator-of-the-gif/?smid=tw-nytimes]

…

HAHAHA GOOD ONE STEVE, GREAT JOKE, YOU HAD US GOING THERE

but seriously, no. it’s not. it’s fucking NOT

I just remembered, there was something on the news before Doctor Who about raising the money to get...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:12:00 +0100

I just remembered, there was something on the news before Doctor Who about raising the money to get a memorial or other official recognition for all the women and “Land Girls” that worked so hard during WWII to do their part and feed a starving, rationed nation. A statue, I think they were saying?

I really hope they get it, seeing as they definitely deserve it. And I know a certain few special people that go out often to honour the women of WWII in their own fantastic, unique way.

EDIT: some cursory googling informed me they have in fact already got at least one instance of official recognition already
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7517821.stm
Here’s what I must’ve seen about, creating a permanent memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA), near Alrewas in Staffordshire.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9175000/9175874.stm
Hope they get that.

hamneggs116: Bessie

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:42 +0100

hamneggs116:

Bessie

ritchandspace: holy shit, is that Bessie? BBC YOU...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:01:00 +0100

ritchandspace:

holy shit, is that Bessie?

BBC YOU ARE DELIBERATELY TRYING TO PROVOKE ME

lookinglikethedoctor: 6th, Is that you?… This image made me...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:38:00 +0100

lookinglikethedoctor:

6th, Is that you?…

This image made me more excited for the next episode than anything else could have, and very irrationally so, seeing as I know exactly how misleading it is; probably just one of those time echoes things that happened in “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”. Blink and you’ll miss it.
(Still excited regardless though lol what am I like)

yummytomatoes: Summer I have had literally no summer clothes...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:13 +0100

yummytomatoes:

Summer

I have had literally no summer clothes for most of my life because of this.
Technically I still don’t, unless I use some imagination.
I just can’t wear any less than two layers on my top half, just can’t.

cloggo: DIESELPUNK French cars of the late thirties had an...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:02:44 +0100

cloggo:

DIESELPUNK

French cars of the late thirties had an elegance never seen before or since.

From HERE

Saw the new Star Trek (Into Darkness). Was very good. Much better than I expected. Mainly because...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:55:04 +0100

Saw the new Star Trek (Into Darkness).

Was very good. Much better than I expected.

Mainly because the plot was kinda the complete opposite of what I expected (not that I did any research of course).

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN

System Shock 2 is now on Steam as well! Wooooo!! http://store.steampowered.com/app/238210/

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:31:51 +0100

System Shock 2 is now on Steam as well! Wooooo!!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/238210/

When that fat old sun in the sky is fallingSummer evenin’...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:26:34 +0100

When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Summer’s Sunday and a year
The sound of music in my ears
Distant bells
New mown grass smells so sweet
By the river holding hands
Roll me up and lay me down

And if you see
Don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me
Sing to me

When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evenin’ birds are calling
Children’s laughter in my ears
The last sunlight disappears
And if you see
Don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me
Sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is…

it has been announced that there won’t be any doctors other than 10 & 11 in the 50th...

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:33:00 +0100

it has been announced that there won’t be any doctors other than 10 & 11 in the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who

so as I feared it’s probably the 8th anniversary not 50th after all

“It is important you don’t turn it into a fanfest. We can’t make this all about looking backwards.”

what else is a 50th anniversary for

you’re ruining it

:’(

[god i hope it’s lies]

pip-pip-tally-ho: Alright Be honest You fuckers didn’t even notice I was gone for nearly two...

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:17:50 +0100

pip-pip-tally-ho:

Alright

Be honest

You fuckers didn’t even notice I was gone for nearly two weeks

Did you

I did

is there any way to say that without sounding creepy

probably not

RIP Richie Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013)I know him...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:45:00 +0100

RIP Richie Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013)
I know him most for being on two songs on Hackett’s Please Don’t Touch album, but I’m aware that he is famous and well regarded in his own right.
He was the opening performance at Woodstock (1969).

The local radio says sorry time to go
But, I don’t sleep to well. Where are those Southern Belles

Tryn a’ get a telephone line through South Caroline
Your call may bring somebody down from miles around
I’m watching her eyes again. I won’t use no fountain pen.

Mother nature never gives in, she wants you to sing
But how can I go on just singing this song
My car’s out of gas again. Hurry home to see my friend

Money won’t help you to win a new look at things
Loving can bring you down so you fall
Then why do you still try to get up at all
Your good’n bad side showin through
Problems are a part of you

You must love someone else or face life by yourself
You may expect a call. She’s waiting in the hall

See the garden grows and it grows nobody else knows
And you can wear just any old thing, the show can begin
I’m falling asleep to dream. No more hills to climb it seems

Money won’t help you to win a new look at things
You never give in
So why don’t you sing
But how can I go on just singing this song
My car’s out of gas again
I’ll be home to see my friend

Looking for someone, I guess I’m doing that,Trying to find...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:09:46 +0100

Looking for someone, I guess I’m doing that,
Trying to find a mem’ry in a dark room.
Dirty man, you’re looking like a Buddha,
I know you well - yeah.

Keep on a straight line, I don’t believe I can,
Trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Chilly wind you’re piercing like a dagger,
It hurts me so - yeah.

Nobody needs to discover me,
I’m back again.
You see the sunlight through the
Trees to keep you warm,
In peaceful shades of green.
Yet in the darkness of my mind
Damascus wasn’t far behind.

Lost in a subway, I guess I’m losing time,
There’s a man looking at a magazine.
You’re such a fool, your mumbo-jumbo
Never tells me anything - yeah.

Nobody needs to discover me,
I’m back again.
You feel the ashes from the
Fire that kept you warm.
Its comfort disappears,
But still the only friend I know
Would never tell me where I go.

Looking for someone,
And now I’ve found myself a name.
Come away, leave me,
All that I have I will give.
Leave me, leave me,
All that I am I will give.

Important: to be able to discern the difference between those who really care and those who want...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:45:00 +0100

Important:

to be able to discern the difference between those who really care

and those who want other people to think they care so that they can feel good about themselves

We must play our lives like soldiers in the field But life is...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:46:35 +0100

We must play our lives like soldiers in the field
But life is short i’m running faster all the time
Strength and beauty destined to decay
So cut the rose in full bloom

‘til the fearless come and the act is done
A love like blood, a love like blood

Everyday through all frustration and despair
Love and hate fight with burning hearts
‘til legends live and man is god again
(and self-preservation rules the day no more)

We must dream of promised lands and fields
That never fade in season
As we move towards no end we learn to die
Red tears are shed on grey

jisatsus: i do this thing where i distance myself from people because they seem so much happier...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:06:35 +0100

jisatsus:

i do this thing where i distance myself from people because they seem so much happier without me and i don’t want to ruin that

Can’t seem to find better YT quality than this, so...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:26:20 +0100

Can’t seem to find better YT quality than this, so here’s the dumb music video they did. My favourite BJ song (heh).

She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail shock
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind

She gave me a night
That’s all it was
What will it take until I stop
Kidding myself
Wasting my time

There’s nothing else I can do
‘Cause I’m doing it all for Leyna
I don’t want anyone new
‘Cause I’m living it all for Leyna
There’s nothing in it for you
‘Cause I’m giving it all to Leyna

We laid on the beach
Watching the tide
She didn’t tell me there were rocks
Under the waves
Right off the shore
Washed up on the sand
Barely alive
Wishing the undertow would stop
How can a man take anymore

There’s nothing else I can do
‘Cause I’m doing it all for Leyna
I don’t want anyone new
‘Cause I’m living it all for Leyna
There’s nothing in it for you
‘Cause I’m giving it all to Leyna

I’m failing in school
Losing my friends
Making my family lose their minds
I don’t want to eat
I don’t want to sleep
I only want Leyna one more time

Now I’m in my room
Watching the tube
Telling myself she still may drop
Over to say
She’s changed her mind

So, I wait in the dark
Listening for her,
Instead of my old man saying stop…
Kidding yourself,
Wasting your time

There’s nothing else I can do
‘Cause I’m doing it all for Leyna
I don’t want anyone new
‘Cause I’m living it all for Leyna
There’s nothing in it for you
‘Cause I’m giving it all to Leyna

All for Leyna
All for Leyna…

doctorwho: More from the Royal Mail Doctor Who Stamps...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:14:56 +0000

doctorwho:

More from the Royal Mail Doctor Who Stamps launch.

The stamps were recently launched at an event in London, with former Doctors Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Paul McGann in attendance.

The Doctor Who stamps are available at 9,000 Post Office Branches (UK only) and online from www.royalmail.com/doctorwho globally.

In addition to the eleven stamps featuring the Doctors, a five-stamp miniature sheet is also available, featuring a TARDIS and some of the Doctor’s most famous foes; a Dalek, a Cyberman, an Ood and a Weeping Angel. See the Doctor Who stamp designs here.

Must remember to get a set of these.