OXFORD DOCTOR WHO SOCIETY Michaelmas Term 2018 LIVE SERIES 11 SCREENINGS! SPECIAL GUESTS! CLASSIC EPISODE SCREENINGS! QUIZZES! DRINKS! SNACKS! TIMEY-WIMEY STUFF! WEEK Series 11, Episode 1 – The Woman Who Fell to Earth – Live Screening Sunday 7th October, 6:30pm, Worcester College (Room to be confirmed) That’s right – we’re watching the first eight episodes of Jodie’s first series on the BIG SCREEN! Well, sadly Episode 1 is the exception for this, as Hillary Clinton’s visit to Mansfield has interrupted our usual Sunday night auditorium booking. You probably won’t have been to WhoSoc before, but fear not – this is the perfect 1 hopping on point. Whether you plan to attend our Thursday meetings or not, you’re very welcome to come
along and join us for what’s shaping up to be spectacular series. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter feeds (both @OxfordDoctorWho) for more details. We’ll wait at the main entrance of the college until a couple of minutes before the episode airs (6:45pm) to make sure you know where to find us. WELCOME FRESHERS! Ft. Blink and re-run of Series 11, Episode 1 Thursday 11th October, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College Freshers Drinks is the perfect start to the WhoSoc year. There’ll be free drinks and snacks, meeting and greeting, and lots of fierce defending of unpopular opinions. At about 8:30pm, we’re going to refrain from blinking for 45 minutes as we watch the first story to feature fan-favourite monsters the Weeping Angels. Then there’ll be a short break if you need to head off early, and after that we’ll watch Series 11 opener The Woman Who Fell to Earth – an important screening whether you’re watching it for the first time or the 13th! Join us as we head to the pub afterwards. WEEK Series 11, Episode 2 – The Ghost Monument – Live Screening Sunday 14th October, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see when where we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! Pyramids of Mars 2 Thursday 18th October, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College
For our first Classic Who screening of the term, we’ll be watching the fantastic Pyramids of Mars, which follows the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane from England, to Egypt, to the planet Mars! They encounter mummies and the evil Sutekh – the inspiration for the Egyptian god Set – who is bent on destroying the jewel on a pyramid on Mars which is keeping him prisoner. WEEK Series 11, Episode 3 Live Screening Sunday 21st October, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see where we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! The Impossible Astronaut & Day of the Moon 3 Thursday 25th October, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College If you haven’t made it to a meeting yet at this point in term, we’d still be very excited to meet you! Hopefully everyone is over the freshers’ flu in time to watch the most audacious first 15 minutes in the history of Doctor Who, followed by a journey back in time to the USA in 1969… WEEK Series 11, Episode 4 Live Screening Sunday 28th October, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see where we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! The Time Warrior ft. talk by Matthew Kilburn 4 Thursday 1st November, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College
It’s Time for our first guest speaker of term! Not only will we be viewing the first Sontaran story – and the first Sarah Jane story! – we’ll also be chatting to Dr Matthew Kilburn, our very own veteran society member who has recently finished writing an entire Black Archive book about this story. Join us for a uniquely immersive Who-viewing experience – what Dr Kilburn doesn’t know about The Time Warrior ain’t worth knowing!
WEEK Series 11, Episode 5 Live Screening Sunday 4th November, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see when we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! GEEK QUIZ!! 5 Thursday 8th November, 8pm, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College
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! Series 11, Episode 6 Live Screening Sunday 11th November, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung WEEK Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see when we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! Steven Moffat RANDOMIZER!! 6 Thursday 15th November, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College Steven Moffat – head writer of both Matt Smith’s and Peter Capaldi’s eras – is quite divisive among the fandom (and quite wonderful too). So we’re going to RANDOMIZE HIM! There are stories spread across the 2010-2017 era that we never get to watch at WhoSoc, because there are never enough weeks in the Oxford year. So when we arrive this Thursday, we’re going to hold a random draw of one Smith and one Capaldi episode to watch. We think it will be exciting to arrive at WhoSoc without any preconceived notions of what we’re about to watch and hope the results will be very fun! th WEEK Series 11, Episode 7 Live Screening Sunday 18 November, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see when we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! Simon Guerrier + Termly Meal 7 Thursday 22nd November, Time TBC, Restaurant TBC
It’s time for our termly meal! All are welcome as we reflect on Series 11 so far at one of Oxford’s many restaurants – stay tuned for details. We’ll be joined by none other than Mr Simon Guerrier, who has written countless prose and audio stories for Doctor Who, and most recently co-wrote The Women Who Lived with The Fan Show’s Christel Dee. Afterwards, we’ll head back to Mansfield to hear more from Simon all about his exciting career and involvement with the show. th WEEK Series 11, Episode 8 Live Screening Sunday 25 November, Time TBC, Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and weekly emails to see when we’re gathering this week to watch the new ep LIVE as it’s broadcast! Earthshock + Committee Meeting 8 Thursday 29th November, 8pm, Seminar Room East, Mansfield College
How on Earth have we made it through the term without watching anything from the 1980s?? One of the most highly-acclaimed Fifth Doctor stories is Earthshock – a very significant story in two major ways that, if you don’t yet know what they are – we don’t want to spoil the surprise for you! Come and get Earth-shook with us and celebrate an amazing term at WhoSoc as we watch this 1982 adventure. All are welcome to stick around for the committee meeting afterwards to have your say in what we do next term.
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