Thread: Name it, damn you, name it!!
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4th Jun 2008, 8:05 PM #1
Name it, damn you, name it!!
Despite being generally regarded by all sane & right-thinking people as one of the best ever Doctor Who stories, there's one thing that really niggles me about City of Death, and which leaves a slight black mark on an otherwise perfect copybook. It's the title of the story - I mean, City of Death is hardly a great title, and could apply to pretty much any DW story set in a City couldn't it.
However, I have to admit that try as I might I can't honestly think of an apt title for the story. So does anybody have any suggestions for what would have been a better title for this wonderful, wonderful story.
The other stories in season 17 are all to the "Something of the Something" format (well, more or less - one is the lesser-spotted "Something from the Something" and if it hadn't been cancelled Shada would have eerily presaged JN-T's love of one-word titles) so I will be awarding extra points* for any suggestions that fit that template.
So, any ideas?
*There aren't actually any points up for grabs.
Even if there were, points don't mean prizes.
No animals were harmed in the making of this post.
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4th Jun 2008, 8:10 PM #2Pip Madeley Guest
A Crack In Time
obvious.
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4th Jun 2008, 8:11 PM #3Wayne Guest
Smugness of the Time Lords?
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4th Jun 2008, 8:15 PM #4Pip Madeley Guest
The Last Of The Jagaroth
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4th Jun 2008, 8:22 PM #5Wayne Guest
Aliens of Paris (The Jagaroth lets one off)
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4th Jun 2008, 8:23 PM #6Pip Madeley Guest
Doctor Who and The Thumbscrews of Doom
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4th Jun 2008, 8:27 PM #7Wayne Guest
Parismagoria
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4th Jun 2008, 8:39 PM #8Pip Madeley Guest
400,000 Bc
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4th Jun 2008, 8:45 PM #9
Duggan n Kissin
Si.
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4th Jun 2008, 8:46 PM #10Wayne Guest
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4th Jun 2008, 9:03 PM #11
The Best of The Doctor Who Stories
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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4th Jun 2008, 9:05 PM #12
The Eye of Scaroth.
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4th Jun 2008, 9:23 PM #13
Splinters in Time
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4th Jun 2008, 9:27 PM #14
Ooh! What a good idea for a thread.
Of course if it was a JNT production, the ultimate title would be Paris. It's also The One Where They Are In Love but that's not too snappy. When I was a kid it was always Doctor Who and the One Eyed Monster (but that might be considered rude nowadays). I do like the suggestion The Last of the Jagaroth, which seems to fit S17 perfectly. Perhaps, considering it's used in the script A Matter of Time would fit?
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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4th Jun 2008, 9:29 PM #15
Crime of the Centuries
Bazinga !
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4th Jun 2008, 9:37 PM #16
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4th Jun 2008, 10:06 PM #17
The Mystery of Why This Is Held in Such High Regard.
It beats me.I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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4th Jun 2008, 10:19 PM #18Captain Tancredi Guest
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4th Jun 2008, 10:21 PM #19
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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4th Jun 2008, 10:23 PM #20
The Enemy Within.
Si.
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4th Jun 2008, 10:24 PM #21
It's not that I don't get it, I just don't understand why it's so popular.
As stories go, it's OK, but for me, it doesn't get any better than that. Tom acts the fool throughout and that alone takes the edge off of it.I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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4th Jun 2008, 10:32 PM #22
Fair enough Duncan. I could go on for hours (and have in the past) about all the things I love about it, but I won't put anyone through that again!
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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4th Jun 2008, 10:36 PM #23
It's not the right thread for it, but it's all down to personal choice I suppose.
I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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4th Jun 2008, 10:37 PM #24
Absolutely! We all like different things from Doctor Who after all, and as this board shows we all seldom agree on what makes for a great Doctor Who story. We wouldn't have so much fun talking about the series if we all liked the same things!
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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4th Jun 2008, 10:38 PM #25
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I'll suggest The Faces of Time. There's several reasons for this, none of which are very good.
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