OXFORD DOCTOR WHO SOCIETY Hilary Term 2020 EPISODE SCREENINGS! QUIZZES! RECONSTRUCTIONS! CHRISTMAS! ELECTIONS! FOOD! TIMEY-WIMEY STUFF! WEEK Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror Sunday 19th January, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Watch episode 4 with us live on a big screen! 1
Smith & Jones + Day of the Clown Thursday 23rd January, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College We start 2020 by going far back, to the nostalgic year of… 2007. The Doctor meets a young medical student, Martha Jones, as they wind up surrounded by a platoon of Judoon on the moon! Can they escape both their brutal methods, as well as a killer on the loose, in Smith and Jones? We follow this with 2008’s Day of the Clown from The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring Series 12 cast Anjli Mohindra and Bradley Walsh. Just after losing Maria to the US, Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde face the most terrifying creatures the Whoniverse has to offer – clowns. Fugitive of the Judoon Sunday 26th January, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Oh look, more Judoon – you’d almost think it was planned. In any case, come watch it with us live on a bigger screen than your laptop I bet.
WEEK Dalek Invasion of Earth Thursday 30th January, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College The Daleks are back! The breakout stars of Season 1, they return stronger than before, no longer stuck on Skaro. Now… well, the title says it all, 2 really, in The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Can the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan survive this time? Will humanity? Or will the Daleks become the true Masters of Earth?
Praxeus Sunday 2nd February, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Come watch episode 6 of the new series with us live on a big screen!
WEEK Vincent & the Doctor + A Town Called Mercy Thursday 6th February, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College Happy birthday! On his 10-year anniversary, we revisit one of the 11th Doctor’s most beloved episodes, as well as one of his more over-looked. 3 Vincent and the Doctor sees the Doctor and Amy meet the famous painter, and battle a terror from outer space, as well as troubles that stem from somewhere all-too-human. Following this is the Doctor, Amy and Rory’s visit to the Wild West, in A Town Called Mercy. Haunted by the mysterious Gunslinger, can the Doctor save their metaphorical souls without losing his own?
Episode 7 Sunday 9th February, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Come watch episode 7 of the new series with us live on a big screen!
WEEK Time of the Doctor with special guest Mike Tucker Thursday 13th February, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College This week, we’re hosting BAFTA-winning special effects artist Mike Tucker, who has worked on Doctor Who since the 1980’s! By his choice, we’re watching The 4 Time of the Doctor, the swansong of the 11th Doctor as he fights to save both the town of Christmas and his own people, as a showcase of the effects work of the Model Unit. We’ll follow this with an interview, so if you’ve ever wanted to know/ask about how the Special Effects are put together, now’s the time to find out. Episode 8 Sunday 16th February, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Come watch episode 8 of the new series with us live on a big screen! WEEK The Five Doctors + The Five-ish Doctors Tuesday 18th February, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College We try something new for Fifth Week, as we move to **Tuesday** to watch the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors, as well as its ‘follow- 5 up’, 2013’s The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. Witness as Doctors 1, 2, 3 and 5 struggle to escape Gallifrey’s Death Zone, filled with their most deadly enemies, as a conspiracy threatens to overthrow Time Lord society. Then, witness as actors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy attempt to escape irrelevance and find a role in the 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor. GEEK QUIZ!! Thursday 20th February, 8pm, TBC In the legendary Geek Quiz, members of Oxford's geekiest societies get together to battle it out for the crown of "team who won that term". If you can write a round not entirely related to Doctor Who, bring it along. Please ensure your round is visual – make a PowerPoint with each question displayed on a different slide. Our society usually divides up into a few different teams – come along and help us beat those pesky TrekSoc-ers! Episode 9 Sunday 23rd February, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Come watch episode 9 of the new series with us live on a big screen (if you haven’t had enough of us after this packed week)!
Vengeance on Varos & Committee Elections! WEEK Thursday 27th February, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College Sixth week means Sixth Doctor, as we watch Vengeance on Varos. (Many say it’s a classic!) When the TARDIS runs low on Zeiton-7, the Doctor and Peri are trapped on Varos, a world where the only entertainment is violence, 6 broadcast live on television. The 80’s were never subtle with satire. Can the Doctor bring down the ruling elite, as well as the capitalist Sil, before his own death is broadcast opposite space-Coronation Street? Stick around afterwards for elections, because we need someone to run WhoSoc for another year, and it could be your chance to put your mark on our 31-yearold-and-counting society. Episode 10 Sunday 1st March, 7:10pm, Lecture Theatre, Mansfield College Come watch episode 10 of the new series with us live on a big screen!
WEEK Boomtown & Termly Meal Thursday 5th March, Time TBC, Restaurant TBC As is usual, Seventh Week is our termly meal, at one of Oxford’s many restaurants and food joints, this time followed by Boom Town. The Doctor, Rose, and newly arrived Captain Jack stop off in 7 Cardiff to visit Mickey, but their good time is ruined when they
find out that the mayor is an old foe. As the Doctor takes them out to dinner, have they truly reformed? Or does a person’s past define them forever? th WEEK Randomiser: 4 Doctor 4-parters + Committee Meeting Thursday 12th March, 8pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College WhoSoc wouldn’t be WhoSoc these days without a randomizer, and we’re returning to the well of stories we’d never otherwise watch, by picking a random 4th Doctor 4 parter (No guarantee of the 8 1980’s sadly). Join to watch Tom Baker do some distinctly Tom Baker-y things, perhaps accompanied by Liz Sladen, Louise Jameson, Mary Tamm or Lalla Ward, and stay for our committee meeting afterwards, where we decide what we’re watching next term!
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