Odd conversations one has on Twitter …
DaphneUn: The Little One has moved on from The Wiggles to Dora The Explorer. I think Dora’s backpack uses TARDIS technology.
Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn Wait until you see the ep where Boots stares too long into the heart of the Backpack …
DaphneUn: @Three_Star_Dave And then Swiper becomes an immortal fox. An immortal bisexual fox who time travels. Good times, good times…
doycet: The Dora the Explorer/Dr. Who semi-slash fanfic being storyboarded by @daphneun and @Three_Star_Dave is breaking my brain.
Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn “I’m the Grumpy Old Dalek / Who lives under the bridge!”
Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn And, wait — who does that make Diego? Another incarnation? The Master? Never mind – still chuckling over Capn Swiper.
My mind now wanders thinking about casting and plot analogs. The little Mariachi trio playing the Grainer / Derbyshire Doctor theme … graffiti that says “BAD FOX” all over the place … Tico the Squirrel … Benny the Bull …
The Map … “If there’s a time you wanna go / Anywhere in history’s flow / I’m the Map! / Pretty planets far and near near / Are there Daleks lurking here? / I’m the Map!”
And that’s not even getting into the Torchwood crew. Or UNIT. Or Sarah Jane. Or the Slitheen. Or Cat Nuns. Or the sonic screwdriver. Or Jelly Babies.
*sigh*
Wait, why are Jelly Babies significant?
And is UNIT really mentioned more than a couple times in TW/DW combined?
Oh, you wacky kids and your “Only the Ninth and Tenth Doctors Count” zaniness …
No… the other Doctor’s count… but… well, I don’t know boo about ’em.
Attend, then, young one …
1. UNIT was a major player in the episodes during the Third and early Fourth Doctor days (Pertwee and Baker) (when the Doctor was confined to Earth). Brigadier Lethbridge-Stuart, Sgt. Benton … all fond names from the past.
2. The Fourth Doctor had, as a schtick, offering folks jelly babies at inappropriate and/or confrontational moments. One of my favorite moments, when first confronting (future Companion) barbarian girl Leela:
The Doctor: Would you like a jelly baby?
Leela: It’s true then. They say the Evil One eats babies.
Thus endeth the Lesson.
I do think, however, that inclusion of the Map means we need a Dr. Who/Time Bandits crossover. I can definitely see Diego as the leader of the Time Bandits . . .
GIVE ME THE MAP! RETURN WHAT YOU HAVE STOLEN!
Heh.