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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:06:36 GMT
The Dalek timeline is convoluted and doesn't really work across the whole series. Oh god Dalek timeline. Next thing you know, Shockers will be innocently asking what year the UNIT stories are set!!! Year they were shown obviously. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:12:57 GMT
Nonsense!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:14:33 GMT
Show your reasoning.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:16:12 GMT
They're clearly in the near future. Also Sarah says she is from the 80's. The Brig references a female PM. Open and shut case.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Oct 28, 2016 21:22:24 GMT
But explain Mawdryn Undead!!!!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:23:45 GMT
That Sarah is from 1980. The Doctor drops her home after Terror of the Zygons and retrieves here a few years late for her in 1980 but before Pyramids of Mars. Only difficult onscreen date solved neatly providing a space for The Doctor to set up Face of Evil
Web of Fear is pre 69, no Victoria Line on Map, station names being different.
Brig has left Unit by 77, Mawdryn Undead.
Female PM is Shirley Williams, alternate political timeline. Just like Harriet Jones is PM 2005 onwards.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:25:38 GMT
I can't believe you are so wrong about UNIT dating, Phil!!!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Oct 28, 2016 21:26:15 GMT
So not to distract Shockprowl, I think we need a seperate thread with a poll!
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 28, 2016 21:26:41 GMT
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! not this!!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:31:19 GMT
Pertwee and Derrick Sherwin said they were in the 80's!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:31:45 GMT
I can't believe you are so wrong about UNIT dating, Phil!!! -Ralph I can't believe you are! |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:34:25 GMT
How can you get UNIT dating wrong???!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:35:17 GMT
Poll Added!
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 28, 2016 21:36:55 GMT
There needs to be a third option: IT DOESN'T WORK.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:40:03 GMT
Pertwee and Derrick Sherwin said they were in the 80's!!! -Ralph Pertwee was wrong. Sherwin was wronger. Would you trust a man who couldn't handle a time travel series time travelling and led to the largest amount of behind the scenes chaos the show ever saw? |
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Post by blueshift on Oct 28, 2016 21:48:53 GMT
I think there's a real third option where they were ONE STEP INTO THE FUTURE, ie 197X+1
And a fourth option where they take place in a crazed post apocalyptic world which has reduced to 70s fashions
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:55:12 GMT
Poll Reset with option 3
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 21:57:47 GMT
Pertwee and Derrick Sherwin said they were in the 80's!!! -Ralph Pertwee was wrong. Sherwin was wronger. Would you trust a man who couldn't handle a time travel series time travelling and led to the largest amount of behind the scenes chaos the show ever saw? I think the star and producer can be said to authoratitive!!! Saying they are wrong because they don't fit your views makes no sense!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 21:59:31 GMT
There needs to be a third option: IT DOESN'T WORK. Added. I think there's a real third option where they were ONE STEP INTO THE FUTURE, ie 197X+1 Effectively Option 2 And a fourth option where they take place in a crazed post apocalyptic world which has reduced to 70s fashions Ummmm. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 22:02:02 GMT
Pertwee was wrong. Sherwin was wronger. Would you trust a man who couldn't handle a time travel series time travelling and led to the largest amount of behind the scenes chaos the show ever saw? I think the star and producer can be said to authoratitive!!! Saying they are wrong because they don't fit your views makes no sense!!! -Ralph It just doesn't fit the majority of the evidence on screen. And NOTHING Pertwee ever said can be said to be authoritative cos he embelished his stories so much. A few years in the future may have been Sherwin's intention but he cocked that up royally in the only Pertwee story he's in charge! |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2016 22:02:53 GMT
He set up the premise! You're arguing against the wind! THE WIND!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2016 22:32:12 GMT
We shall see....
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 29, 2016 10:30:32 GMT
Well, it looked 70s to me, what with the capes 'n'that, but I could see that it would make sense for it to be set in the 'near future'. But what do I know?!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 29, 2016 15:19:19 GMT
It doesn't work.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 29, 2016 16:44:46 GMT
Nonsense.
-Ralph
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Post by Dave on Oct 29, 2016 16:57:39 GMT
Errr... Nineteen-Seventy-Twelve.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 6, 2016 11:30:21 GMT
Had a flick through the new BBC official book Whographica. Clearly shows the UNIT stories as taking place in the 1970's in a graphic.
Sorry, Phil. BBC says so.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2016 11:51:12 GMT
Come up with a satisfactory explanation for The Brigadier having left UNIT by 1977 then.
I've explained how the inconsistencies are resolved with my point of view, your turn.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2016 11:54:03 GMT
Actually UNIT in the 70s was what I was saying, when they were shown. You'll need to be a bit more specific.
I have a problem with that BBC Book as it's "taken inspiration" from someone else's work
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 6, 2016 13:03:54 GMT
But it's true...
-Ralph
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