tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5194620255034244883..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #323: The Mutants Part 4Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-28490059391709429652012-10-10T07:58:59.674-03:002012-10-10T07:58:59.674-03:00It may be that the same way one body might have bl...It may be that the same way one body might have blue eyes and another brown, Time Lords have a number of hereditary traits that a regeneration might manifest. Not evolution, just a different pick from a list that includes immunity to certain kinds of radiation, telepathic/hypnotic abilities, more or less temporal awareness, respiratory bypass control, overcoming poison with strange recipes, what have you.<br /><br />To return to Borusa, he might have been committing serial suicide to get a particular mix of abilities. Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-44456433438879255762012-10-10T07:46:33.164-03:002012-10-10T07:46:33.164-03:00I've had much the same thought about Time Lord...I've had much the same thought about Time Lords picking up new abilities from one regeneration to the next, though I sort of figured it was more like Lamarckian adaptation: the more times you've been killed by radiation, the more your subsequent regenerations can withstand it. Not that they become immune: Three's body ultimately dies from radiation (and almost can't regenerate), and Ten succumbs to a dose of radiation that his shoes aren't large enough to contain (yet he regenerates just fine).<br /><br />There are flaws to this theory, such as we would expect every Doctor from Five onward to be death-by-falling-resistant. Then again, Eleven DID survive a fall to earth in that Christmas special ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-39466382417529223362012-10-10T07:43:32.126-03:002012-10-10T07:43:32.126-03:00It is, though there isn't a shake on every sho...It is, though there isn't a shake on every shot that looks like this, and the mirror is at an odd angle so everything looks warped on a single camera angle.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-69428266975047581912012-10-10T06:59:17.799-03:002012-10-10T06:59:17.799-03:00I believe the idea that you simulate earthquakes b...I believe the idea that you simulate earthquakes by shaking the camera is an urban legend. Try it yourself with your camera phone, assuming it has a video mode. What you get doesn't look like an earthquake; it looks like someone was shaking the camera! So they have a mirror, attached to a frame by rubber bands, and they film through that and shake it instead. Without seeing the episode in question, that sounds like what they did there.Eric TF Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877525364475334374noreply@blogger.com