Kobold King

I read this and was confused. At first I thought Lwd and Laughing Fool were the same person in some strange Jekyl and Hyde scenario. I need to get some sleep.

Sadly I haven't been able to watch Genesis of the Daleks yet. I definitely want to though. I'm not what you would call a hardcore fan of Old!Who, but I love Carnival of Monsters and The Face of Evil as much as any New!Who story. (Third and Fourth Doctors, respectively.) New!Who-wise, I love 9 out of 10 Moffat stories, especially The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Blink, The Eleventh Hour, and Day of the Doctor. Paul Cornell's Human Nature two-parter never fails to make me shed tears and start shouting whenever I rewatch it. And of course, I love Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, the season finale which introduced me to the show in the first place.

Hooray for goofy internet things!

Whoah, TwiLyght, you're a Whovian? I really hadn't pegged you as one. Does anyone have a favorite episode or storyline, in either Old! or New! Who?

"I will never interfere with the affairs of people or planets, unless there's a child crying." "I will do what I must in the name of peace and sanity."

I definitely sympathize with the cheesiness and deus ex machina complaints. And while I love the show regardless, we all have different tastes. But for your viewing pleasure, here's a Dalek without a plunger.

Doctor Who for beginners: In 1963s, a television show was aired. It carried the mysterious title of "Doctor Who", and concerned the adventures of an eccentric old man who traveled the universe in a policebox/spaceship. Eventually, the first actor to play the Doctor decided to leave the show, so the writers came up with the idea of regeneration. The First Doctor got a bit stressed and collapsed, and when he got back up, there was a Second Doctor. The show went on. Actors came and left. The head writers came and went, and with them came and went new ideas and themes. Finally, in 1989, the show was cancelled due to falling ratings. Apart from an attempt to restart the show in 1996, the show lay dormant for years until 2005, when the show returned with a new look, a new Doctor, and a new head writer. When fans refer to Old!Who, they are referring to the classic show which aired before 1989. When they speak of New!Who, they speak of the revived series which was relaunched in 2005. It's simple enough, and logical: the show underwent many changes when it was relaunched, so it's only natural that the two incarnations of the program be referred to separately. Now the show has gone back to normal. Doctors come and go, and head writers come and go. There exists rifts in the fan base between fans of different versions of the show, usually centered around head writers and Doctors. For instance, I'm a die-hard fan of Steven Moffat, the current head writer, while others think he should be sacked as soon as possible. Meanwhile fans like Eerongal shun the new series as a whole, preferring the classic show which aired before 1989. I tried to be precise with this, but let me know if I misrepresented things or only confused people more.

Seasons do not have names. Each consists of around 13 episodes, and is numbered chronologically. Not every season changes the Doctor--Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor for just one season, while David Tennant and Matt Smith played the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors for several years each. It's basically like any other show, except the main cast changes every now and then. There really aren't many complicated meta-aspects, and you can usually jump straight into the show at any point.

No, "Rose" is the first episode of the new series, first aired in 2005. The teaser you see above is advertising "Deep Breath", the first episode of 2014's season.

* Starts humming DW theme music * I'm glad you asked that. Within the narrative, the Doctor isn't human--he belongs to a very ancient species called the Time Lords. Time Lords are capable of "regeneration", described as a way of cheating death. When dealt a mortal wound, the Doctor can change everything about himself in a burst of energy, shuttling his memories to his new body. So every now and then, something happens to the Doctor which forces him to use a regeneration, causing him to take on the appearance and mannerisms of a new actor. Naturally, Time Lords are only capable of regenerating twelve times. The Doctor may or may not have gotten around this in a recent episode.

Divine Breaths tend to change the appearances of Returned, making them into the Cognitive Ideals for their time. That's explains the handsome young men Tennant and Smith were--the Cognitive Ideal of a hero being a young and dashing man. John Hurt is a legendary actor, considered one of the greatest. And in a time when fans have constantly bemoaned how young the Doctors were, and how we needed an older man to take the role... Peter Capaldi. Each incarnation of the Doctor is shaped by the Cognitive perception of the fan base. Cryin' Door, we have ourselves a Theory.

I know absolutely nothing about "Adventure Time", but I laugh whenever I hear something described as a travesty.

So I just found out the Twelfth Doctor's first episode in Doctor Who is going to be called "Deep Breath". I wanted to believe rather desperately that the Doctor would be going to Nalthis. However, I'm afraid I will be disappointed.

You cudn't possibly best me here. I'd steer clear of this if I were you.

So what? You're not the Bos of me.

It would behoove you to be more careful. (Give up the pun battle. I can milk this for all it's worth.)

You can't cow us into submission. Harmony I need to quit punning. I'm addicted.

Kobold King discreetly entered the Court, glancing around for friends--or allies, rather, for any of the Wafflesworn would turn on him the second the drive for chaos demanded it. He happened to spot Quitecontrary at the other end of the hall, eating BBQ Korean chicken with a woman he recognized as TwiLyght SansSparkles and a man named BreathTaker.. His stomach growling, he made his way to their table with a slight sneer. (A sneer of hunger--a curious expression he had spent a lot of time on.) "Chaos," BreathTaker was saying. Kobold King sat close next to him, putting an arm behind him to snatch a piece of chicken. "Exactly," the self-proclaimed monarch of underground fairies said. "Arizona is chaos. I've heard you can drop a waffle on the sand, and it will toast itself. Only pure, unadulterated chaos can do that to a waffle."

You invoke the name of Newcago royalty, then claim no knowledge of her? For shame!

What does she have to do with it?

This sounds cool guys, and I'm going to let you finish, but I do not intend to let Lanfear assassinate me in there. I'll keep my feet firmly planted in the waking world, thanks.

I would likely be impossible to Soulcast. On that note, it would be highly amusing to initiate a conversation between the Stick and myself.

Kelsier? Is Kelsier taller than Marsh?

He sees you when you're sleeping. He can travel the world in a single night. Santa was probably reimagined as an Epic, with morality tales written about him slaughtering "naughty" civilians.