[net.tv.drwho] Chameleon Circuit Repaired...

ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (02/14/85)

I heard from the Dr. Who fan club of America that in the first
season of the 6th dr. (Colin Baker), the Chameleon circuit
is repaired, and that the blue police box is being phased out.
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percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (02/14/85)

Yes, sad to say...

They say it happens in "Vengeance on Varos," the second story of
Season 22, and the third Colin Baker story.

I wonder how Colin Baker manages to fix it...

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holly@dartvax.UUCP (Holly Cabell) (02/15/85)

> I heard from the Dr. Who fan club of America that in the first
> season of the 6th dr. (Colin Baker), the Chameleon circuit
> is repaired, and that the blue police box is being phased out.
>    
> Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD

I heard the same rumor last summer, and (much to my intense rejoicing)
I found out from a friend that that article was *WRONG*  The TARDIS
lives (at least it sort of tries to work in it's old shape, such as
it has for the past 20 seasons or so).    I have no proof of this, but
I have confirmation from several sources.


Ken Varnum

mt528@uiucuxa.UUCP (02/18/85)

Well, I just saw "Vengeance on Varos", and sure enough, the Doctor *does*
 manage to repair the Chameleon Circuit (with a little help from the TARDIS
 manual, of course).  We get to see lots of fun things the TARDIS disguises
 itself as (a victorian stove in a junkyard (guess which junkyard?) and
 a pipe organ when in a large drainage ditch ("Doctor, I thought it
 was supposed to *camouflage* itself" "It *is*.  It's just a bit out of
 practice, that's all...")).
Luckily, during the same show we see that it finally breaks down again (no
 explanation during the show, maybe in the next?) and ends up as a policebox.

Thank goodness, eh?

demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) (02/19/85)

> Yes, sad to say...
> 
> They say it happens in "Vengeance on Varos," the second story of
> Season 22, and the third Colin Baker story.
> 
> I wonder how Colin Baker manages to fix it...
> 
>                                          A. G. Percus
>                                   (ARPA) percus@nyu-acf4
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 Whoa! Wait a sec...the last I heard about all this was:

 JN-T had made a public announcement that the TARDIS would be
repaired, and the public outcry (apparently one of the largest
they have had concerning Dr. Who) was such that he backed down.

Now, can someone either verify this or is it poppycock?
                       --- Rob DeMillo
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