Between the twelfth and final incarnations? What's the final incarnation? There can't be a number thirteen, right? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:16:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Samurai" on History Channel Tonight
Pardon me. Sent too soon. I do expect a freakout on Eleven's part, at the thought that there's only one spare left in the boot, so to speak. During Tom Baker's run as the Fourth Doctor, there was a story, "The Mysterious Planet" under the "Trial of a Time Lord" mega-arc) which introduced a character called The Valeyard. The Valeyard turned out to be an entity created between the Doctor's "twelfth and final incarnations, perhaps the essence of the Doctor's dark side from that time." I think that that may come into play as well. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Wow! The David Tenant "death" was very poignant, as that Doctor didn't want to go. (And that's a clever angle seeing as the actor himself was ready to go). Have other Doctors been so upset at leaving? Eccleston's Doctor was very sad, but resigned. If that's the case, I wonder how they'll handle Smith's demise when his time comes? Will he freak out knowing only one incarnation is left? By the way, i read that Tenant's rather energetic reincarnation cycle, in which much of the Tardis' insides were destroyed, was done so the show runners could redesign and update the look of the Tardis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:30:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Samurai" on History Channel Tonight This'll be the Eleventh, and there's a built-in limit of twelve per batch. The Time Lords can grant a new set to a TIme Lord, but, after chucking the guys who *own* regenerations into the Void, he isn't likely to be on the list. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: The aliens from "Blink" will be revisited with the new Doctor, I read. By the way, is this new Doctor the eleventh or twelfth Doctor? Isn't there supposed to be a built-in reincarnation limit? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:54:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Samurai" on History Channel Tonight My bad. Wasn't "The End of Time" that aired, but another favorite, "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead", another one with a ramped-up scare factor (made me pay attention to shadows a bit more afterward, just as "Blink" did it for statues). And... what can I say? I'm a Whovian. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Forgot about "Dr. Who", but isn't that the end of Tenant's tenure? I've already seen that. I'm sure "Samura" will be rerun several times over the next few days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:43:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Samurai" on History Channel Tonight Serious crisis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is up against "The End of Time". What's a Raging Whovian to do??????????????????? On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Premieres at 8 pm EST tonight... ************************************* http://primetimetv.suite101.com/article.cfm/samurai-on-history-channel Mark Dacascos is a master of martial arts. He is also the Chairman on Iron Chef of America and appeared on Dancing with the Stars . He proudly proclaims he is one-quarter Japanese, and both his parents are martial arts instructors. Samurai culture has always interested him. “They were always calm and relaxed right before they drew their swords and fought,” he stated. The Samurai Samurai on History Channel is a two-hour film which documents Dacascos’ journey to Japan to retrace the footsteps of the most famous samurai of all, Miyamoto Musashi. Originally the samurai’s job was to serve the emperor, much the same way the legendary Knights of the Round Table were meant to serve King Arthur. The life of the Samurai changed when the country was in transition from one Shogun to another. Musashi was born in 1584. Today he is the prime example in Japan of how to live and work. His philosophies that he wrote down in his final years of life in his book The Book of Five Rings , is what guides many Japanese businesses today. It is a guide to enlightenment. Samurai were also the inspiration for the Kamikaze pilots during World War II. “Being a samurai means being a killing machine,” and the WWII pilots took this to heart when they intentionally crashed their planes into boats in order to kill their enemy. Read more at Suite101: Samurai on History Channel: Tracing the Roots of the Famous Warriors http://primetimetv.suite101.com/article.cfm/samurai-on-history-channel#ixzz0iMIpNA1k
