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[RogerFGay]

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Seriously. I'm not too sure about this one. The way the image looks -- as a small .gif. I'm not sure if you can identify the other guy, or where I am, even if you should know. I'll give you a hint. That's me on the left. Actually, me when I first came to Europe, a little heavier and younger.

Try to guess who the other guy is and where I am. Don't cheat. If somebody else guesses, it might not be a fair test. Answer first, then check other replies if you want to.

Then rate my avatar 0-10 (10 being good).

[Rhino]

I don't really know how to 'rate' an avatar, but it looks okay to me. Looks like a game show from the seventies.

[RogerFGay]

OK. I think that proves that it's too hard to tell. I'm only guessing you'd know. But the guy sitting next to me is Jon Pertwee (http://www.answers.com/topic/jon-pertwee) who played the third Doctor (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/index_third.shtml) in the world famous television series DOCTOR WHO (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/). We're in the TARDIS (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/characters/tardis.shtml).

When I got the picture taken, I actually walked into the TARDIS from the outside. If you know this series, you know what I mean; and what it was that I couldn't help notice. I said it. I actually said the famous line to The Doctor after stepping into the TARDIS.

[Marcster]

I only watched it when Tom Baker was the Doc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/mobile/288/tom_baker.jpg

[Rhino]

But the guy sitting next to me is Jon Pertwee who played the third Doctor in the world famous television series DOCTOR WHO. We're in the TARDIS.I thought it was Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the candlestick. Guess I was wrong.

What's a TARDIS?

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

What's a TARDIS?

I cheated and checked the link, :smirky: :

The TARDIS - a Time and Relative Dimensions In Space machine. The last one in the universe.

[Rhino]

Well, doesn't really answer the question of what it is, but at least it has a title. LOL!

[Marcster]

Well, doesn't really answer the question of what it is, but at least it has a title. LOL!
Here you go:
Doctor Who is a long-running British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) science fiction television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television) programme produced by the BBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC) about a mysterious time-travelling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel) adventurer known as "The Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_%28Doctor_Who%29)", who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_%281996%29) featuring the same character. It is common to see the show's title abbreviated as Dr. Who, even sometimes by the BBC, although purists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purist) consider this form incorrect.
The programme is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) as the longest-running science fiction television series in the world<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference">[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who#_note-0)</sup>and is also a significant part of British popular culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture).<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference">[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who#_note-1)</sup> It has been recognised for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget special effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects) during its original run and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop)). In Britain and elsewhere, the show has become a cult television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_television) favourite on a par with Star Trek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek) and has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who

[Rhino]

I was joking. I never watched Doctor Who.

[RogerFGay]

What's a TARDIS?

The TARDIS - a Time and Relative Dimensions In Space machine. The last one in the universe. Did I mention that it travels in time? (and space).

It's a time (and space) machine. It also had the ability to adapt to its surroundings in order hide itself. A properly working TARDIS with the right upgrades could look like a tree in the forest or a rock in the desert. The Doctor had problems with the officials on his home planet, and had trouble getting upgrades and fixes for his. His camelflage system broke while on a trip to earth while his TARDIS was disguised as a police box. So, he went around the universe and throughout time in a TARDIS that looked like a police box.

But it was a huge ship (sort of .. you'd get that impression while walking around in it ... but with the TARDIS technology ... time AND SPACE were not always to be taken for what you see). So, you'd walk into this little police box what might sit on a corner see. Once inside, it was a lot larger.

The Doctor did pick up hitchikers (so to speak) from time to time and kept some of them as side-kicks. Others visited the TARDIS on special occassions. I made the observation that many in the series made. I said it the way someone in the series said when I went in; just like I'd heard it.

"It's really true. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/images/titles/spacer.gif

[Franko]

I first started watching Doctor Who when Tom Baker was the doc - I also lost interest when they changed docs. In one episode the doctor had to find or fix something inside the tardus so they went "downstairs" or somewhere and they wandered around for hours before finding their way out.

Not only altered time but altered space in the Tardus.

The Daelecks (sp?) were pretty cheap lookin', and ya it was campy.

[LightHorseman]

The TARDIS - a Time and Relative Dimensions In Space machine. The last one in the universe.

And also, paradoxically, the first one in the universe.

Are you guys getting the new Doctor Who in the states? Much better production values this time around, and Billie Piper is the assistant *wolf whistle*

[RogerFGay]

In one episode the doctor had to find or fix something inside the tardus so they went "downstairs" or somewhere and they wandered around for hours before finding their way out.

I remember that one ... also thought of it when describing what TARDIS meant. While trying to get from one place to another, he kept passing through the same place ... where the stairs were. Good indication that something was wrong.

The Daleks (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/dalek/index.shtml#startcontent) were awesome for their time -- quite menacing. The tradition lives on in Star Trek's Borg. "Resistance is futile!"

[RogerFGay]

Are you guys getting the new Doctor Who in the states?

I'm not in the states. I've only seen a couple of episodes here in Sweden, and that was a few years ago.

[Suzie]

My avatar could kick your avatar's ass. :nana:

;)

[RogerFGay]

My avatar could kick your avatar's ass. :nana:
;)

Gort could reduce this earth of yours "to a burnt-out cinder."

http://tonova.typepad.com/thesuddencurve/images/tdtess.jpg


Too bad I couldn't find an image of the scene near the beginning of the movie where the army opens fire and Gort dissintegrates some equipment. That would be a perfect response to the post above.


Close:

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Captures/CapturesA-D/Day_Earth_Stood/day_3.jpg

[Timberwolf]

And also, paradoxically, the first one in the universe.

Are you guys getting the new Doctor Who in the states? Much better production values this time around, and Billie Piper is the assistant *wolf whistle*
Yes, we are. Not sure I like David Tennet as The Doctor. I'm hoping he grows on me. I thought Christopher Eccleston REALLY did a great job...but, you are right, Billie is quite lovely.

[RogerFGay]

Well, doesn't really answer the question of what it is, but at least it has a title. LOL!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/images/173/school_feast.jpg

The doctor is a time lord. The image above includes a Dalek, part of a race of earliest established (1963) long-running arch-enemies faced by the doctor. They have living creatures inside a robot shell created by a mad scientist, Davros (http://www.answers.com/topic/davros). Their mission is to rule the universe. The eye in the center top sticks out about 2 feet and tends to swivel back and forth a lot -- scanning what's ahead. They say ""EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" in artificially created voice a lot while chasing people around and zapping them.

In a classic Frankenstein twist, the Daleks' intelligence and autonomy was eventually developed to the point that they no longer needed Davros, their creator who had become more and more of a machine himself. (See above link.)

There were a couple of Daleks rolling around in the lobby in the same place I got my picture taken with Jon Pertwee. (The Third Doctor)