How Doctor Who and the Daleks can become canon
Started by diddly • 2021-01-11 14:39:58
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Last night I watched a Rifftrax treatment of [url=https://www.rifftrax.com/dr-who-and-the-daleks]Dr Who and the Daleks[/url] on Amazon Prime. It's a terrible movie from 1965, but stars Peter Cushing as Doctor Who, and much like the fantastic [url=https://youtu.be/tp_Fw5oDMao]Curse of the Fatal Death[/url] is considered non-canon. This was referenced a few times during the riffing as a comfort, thank goodness it's not canon.
Well, after certain revelations in season 12 of Doctor Who, I put to you that it can indeed be canonical! Here are arguments against being canonical, and why they no longer apply:
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[li][b]The canonical Doctor has no knowledge of being Peter Cushing[/b] - Technically we don't know everything The Doctor knows, but we do now know there are Doctors they don't remember[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Doctor has no knowledge of being anyone else[/b] - As we've learned, the Time Lords somehow kept The Doctor's other identities secret[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Doctor is human[/b] - The Doctor's fogwatch can turn him human[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Tardis is rubbish[/b] - We've seen the Tardis interior redesigned many times[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Susan, Barbara, and Ian are different than William Hartnell's companions[/b] - No two humans can have the same name, eh?[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Daleks are morons[/b] - Agreed. Chalk it up to eons of isolation. Their circuitry goes bad and they have to reinvent their history[/li]
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Have I missed any?
Well, after certain revelations in season 12 of Doctor Who, I put to you that it can indeed be canonical! Here are arguments against being canonical, and why they no longer apply:
[list]
[li][b]The canonical Doctor has no knowledge of being Peter Cushing[/b] - Technically we don't know everything The Doctor knows, but we do now know there are Doctors they don't remember[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Doctor has no knowledge of being anyone else[/b] - As we've learned, the Time Lords somehow kept The Doctor's other identities secret[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Doctor is human[/b] - The Doctor's fogwatch can turn him human[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Tardis is rubbish[/b] - We've seen the Tardis interior redesigned many times[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Susan, Barbara, and Ian are different than William Hartnell's companions[/b] - No two humans can have the same name, eh?[/li]
[li][b]Peter Cushing's Daleks are morons[/b] - Agreed. Chalk it up to eons of isolation. Their circuitry goes bad and they have to reinvent their history[/li]
[/list]
Have I missed any?