Redheads are Fixed Points in Time (Doctor Who)

Donna Noble

First appeared when the Tardis beamed her aboard due to being of the same kind of particles that the Tardis emits. This was due to some kind of invasion by an alien race.

At her last appearance, Donna was left in the Tardis when the Daleks invaded the earth after rebuffing the Cybermen's offer of alliance. The Tenth Doctor's hand then was activated by his regeneration energy to form the human version of the Doctor using Donna's DNA as the template.

Amelia Pond

First appeared when the Tenth Doctor regenerated into the Eleventh. Because the Eleventh Doctor complained about not being ginger, the Tardis aimed for Amelia Pond's house because of the cracks on her bedroom wall.

Last appearance was when both she and Rory Williams, her husband, were transported to late 1940s Manhattan by the cherub form of the weeping angels. Due to the time anomaly, the Doctor cannot fly the Tardis back to that point in time. Only Melody Pond's time vortex manipulator can gain her access to the time period.

Diary 20130505.1118H OAPFiles Series 1 Episode 2: Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour

Due to spoilers throughout this post, I'm going to provide snippets of Series 4 to explain this episode.

Doctor Who is regenerating after receiving a fatal dose of radiation. This is the result of dealing with the Time Lords in the Series 4 finale. The regeneration which leads to the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor occurs as a result of the Daleks inducing a partial regeneration which leads to the Tardis creating a second Tenth Doctor from his hand (originally lost having a sword fight with an alien species at the start of Series 3) and Donna.

The partial regeneration was necessary as Series 4's cliff hangers involve a Dalek invasion. I'm not certain why 26 planets have to be hidden, but in quest of domination of the universe, Daleks are willing to do anything, even when the Doctor, with help of a lot of friends, barely manage.

At the end of the Ninth Doctor's run in Series 1, we had Rose Tyler given omniscience in the form of the time vortex by the Tardis to defeat the Daleks.

End of Series 2, Rose is replaced by Donna Noble and the theme of companion on the eve of her wedding first starts. This is short hand in Doctor Who for companions important to the Doctor (Donna Noble & Amy Pond).

The fact that River Song's chronology with the Doctor is backwards implies that she is very important.

At the end of Series 4, I was expecting the final farewells the Tenth Doctor did, but couldn't find it. (I'll note now that I'm referring to the synopses rather than the videos since they help me properly assimilate each episode. By providing the set and setting, I can watch the episode and know what comes next, which reduces viewing anxiety about what's going to happen. This anxiety then makes me bored with the episode, and thus I get a spotty view of it.

I'm still bothered by not reading of the Tenth Doctor's final farewells, as the "End of Time" was a two-part Christmas and New Years show to resolve the earlier episodes about the Master.

The fact that "End of Time" is not a regular episode is why it doesn't appear in the Series 4 synopses. Mystery solved!

So the Doctor's regenerating from cell death due to radiation poisoning. "End of Times" ends. Then fans await Series 5's start with "The Eleventh Hour", three months later.

First, the Eleventh Doctor is formed after special effects show "regeneration energy".

After he's fully formed, he takes an inventory of his parts - legs, teeth, and hair but "Still not ginger!". Then he discovers that the Tardis has been damaged by his regeneration and is careening about London. At some point, he's holding onto her and barely makes it over the Big Ben.

Then he crash lands with the Tardis on its side, and has to escape it briefly. He meets a 7 year old Amelia Pond, and is restored to health with custard and fish sticks. Then he is shown a crack in her bedroom, and briefly leaves with promise to return in "five minutes." When he returns, he gets knocked unconscious by an adult Amy Pond. Then he also meets Rory Williams, her boyfriend. It turns out that Prison Zero has escaped due to the crack, and the Atraxi want to destroy the world if he's not found. At the conclusion of the episode, the world is saved from the Atraxi after the Doctor scares them off. They were intent on leaving just like that once they had Prisoner Zero returned but the Doctor thought it best to prevent them from returning.

Please note the wedding dress at the end of the episode. It is a sign that both Rory Williams and Amy Pond are important to the Doctor.

Where's Arthur Darvill At?

If you're a fan of Dr Who, you know him as Rory Williams, husband of Amy Pond on Dr Who, wed during Series 5, survived the apparent death of the Doctor in Series 6 and sent by a stone angel to a fixed point in time in Manhattan in the late 1940s in Series 7.

If not, then the 2010 Ian Dury biopic, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll had him cast as Mick Gallagher, the guy who played the Hammond organ for Dury's band, The Blockheads. Showcased as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, this band's claim to fame is the song Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Darvill was a perfect fit for Gallagher, since his father played Hammond organ for the Northern Soul artist Edwin Starr, R&B and soul singer, Ruby Turner, the reggae/pop band UB40 and the rock band Fine Young Cannibals.


He's also had a solid background in theatre from age 10 on with training in stage combat at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Here he is in military uniform with weapon at the ready in the Dr Who Series 6 final, The Wedding of River Song in a smashing fan video mix with music from The End by Kings of Leon with shorts that episode.




Though, his role as Rory Williams may have something to do with both Darvill and Matt Smith, starring the stage play version of Swimming with Sharks in 2007. If Steven Moffat heard about that, then it would be great to team them up with Karen Gillan, who received a lot of comedy and drama spots from BBC.

Yet that's speculation, which is what gossip isn't about. >:)

When the Emilé Zola novel, Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Paradise), was rewritten for UK TV as The Paradise in 2012, transplanting its characters to North East England, Arthur Darvill played in a bit part as Bradley Burroughs in Episode 5. He plays a barber who is made a junior partner in the Paradise, a high-class department store by its founder Moray. When Burroughs threatens to reveal all about Moray's wife's death, he ends up missing (and probably dead).

Last year, he played in Doctor Faustus as Mephistopheles at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. This year, he played Parry in Our Boys at Duchess Theatre. These theatres may not be as big as Broadway is to Americans, but to people in the UK who love theatre, these venues are bigger in their eyes.

So, it looks like theatre is in his blood and he's good at bit parts, plus he knows how to make pizza. That's where Arthur Darvill's at.

Dr Who's Got a New Companion!

Yes, it might be be old news to Dr Who fans, but what is new are the two following videos, which introduces Earth's Greatest Detective.



This video also clued me in on Karen Gillan's green card, as noted in my previous blog entry.

Next, Jenna-Louise Coleman is introduced as Carla, the Doctor's new companion.



So, it looks like Dr Who will replace Sherlock Holmes as the Universe's Greatest Detective.

No, wait! Better yet, Carla will become Dr Who's new companion, and bring proper manners and proper decor to the Tardis!

Though, it's only proper now to Google "Arthur Darvill" and find out what's happening to the actor who played Rory Williams...

It's Amazing The 11th Doctor and the Ponds Lasted So Long...

It's the fact the Doctor met her as a 6 yr old, and she fed him fish sticks and custard.

He said he'd be back in 5 minutes, but 12 years went by. Then two more.

They both discussed this until it nearly drove them mad.
When he first takes her away in the Tardis, she's in her nightie. Two years later, she's dressed and ready. She then shows him her wedding dress.

At this point in Series 5, Dr Who Plays matchmaker between Amy and Rory Williams. Both characters die only to come back with Rory as Auton and Amy being restored to life by the Pandorica.


He also let Rory Williams and Amy conceive Melody Pond aka River Song in the Tardis, which resulted in Timelord DNA getting mixed with Melody's.

At the end of Series 6, the universe thinks the Doctor is dead.

Well, I hope the Christmas special sets up Series 7.

Update: Series 7 is coming along excellent. Last I heard the Ponds are no longer companions of the Doctor. Let's hope the Christmas Special endears us to the next companion.