Tearing my hair out: "Why doesn't he just get back in the TARDIS?" How many writers, over how many decades ...
4:35AM Tue, February 01 2011
@_L_M_C_
Maybe he's lost the key? And the ability to click his fingers...
4:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@greg_coyote
Because where's the fun in that?
4:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@markryes
East Berkshire, UK
maybe he should go back int the Tardis, head back in time, find Tom Baker and K9, and get them to solve it?
4:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@CosmicCoz
Gallifrey
Can you just say it was a "fixed point" in time and unable to be rewritten?
4:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@cass_o_wary
WELL WHY DOESN'T HE?!
4:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@PaulJ_R
Lincolnshire
because he's locked himself out? :)
4:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@keyofmgy
Montgomery, AL
LOGIC DOES NOT APPLY IN DOCTOR WHO. Obviously!
4:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jennycolgan
hahaha. because, of course, they've taken it away on a truck for inspection.
4:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Ooochy
Maybe the TARDIS should be turned against him, GenieAladdin style.
4:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@floppymonkey
Invoke the Blinovich Limitation Effect!
4:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Angusanthony
Today's Dalek: Drunk Dalek >> "Inebriaaate!"
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@falcon_feathers
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Pride would be the first thing that comes to mind. Or determination. Simple, stupid determination.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@lifewithnoirony
The Kennington Shore
Any story, any character, the answer to "why doesn't he..." is always the same. Because he won't, because he doesn't.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@johnrivers
London, UK
make them watch season 1 again, with the TARDIS broken, blocked or nicked every story.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@4371les
England
There's been so many!
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@pucewallpaper
Sol 3
maybe it's a 'deadlock seal'... or MAYBE it's superglue!
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Ladyfox7oaks
Because He is HIM, and that's ALL there is to it!
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@identity_no2
Heidelberg, Germany
gaaaaaaahhhh!! (at least now we knoe 2 things: 1) HE's still a man 2) TARDIS is ok *phew*
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@martinmchendry
Why? He wants to show how brilliant he is. He's The Doctor! Perfect character, there's ALWAYS a way out for him.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@tripbeard
BeaverTRON, Oregon
tell me all your writing secrets. at that point i'll just take over the show or something ha ha
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@PeriwinkleHula
If you boil a condom, you can stretch it over a phonebox. Maybe someone did that. Or is it letterbox? I can never remember.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@TokuDeka
Megalopolis
Why? Because if he does, would be boring.
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Girl_In_A_Box
Ah but have you ever stood up in a packed cinema & shouted "just get in the bloody boat" whilst on a first date?
4:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@vivalabeat
Oh, I have always thought the same whilst watching it.
4:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@deathnbreakfast
He can't just get back in the TARDIS, because... he or it has shifted slightly out of phase, a la TNG episode The Next Phase
4:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Tomsprblade
at least you have hair to pull out! Others arn't so fortunate!
4:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@littlelizzy84
cause he is nosy, stubborn and a bit selfish but that's why I love him, I'm the same you know
4:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@SteelCat
Accept it: most times you couldn't force him back in the TARDIS if he was on a big ACME elastic band tied to the console.
4:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Markoma
uk
because hes the doctor man and id he did it would be a realllllly short ep :D
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AnjelusX
New Scotland, Canada
haha cause that would be too easy XD
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jakezhivov
because unfortunately he isnt a coward
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Technogamer
easy.. transdimensional corridor between interior and exterior has its power drained by somethingXD
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@chrisfabo
welcome to the great fan-rant of the Who community. Just ignore it, sir. It'll be easier that way.
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Woodo
...because it would be TOOO easy...
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@sarahleigh11
Can you write a part for me?!! #ifyoudontaskyoudontget xx
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Dinsypedia
Maybe, one time he should, and see what happens.
4:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@DavidBedwell
London, England.
You know who should get back in the TARDIS? WILF! :D
4:41AM Tue, February 01 2011
@MrChrisWrites
UK
Have it get trapped behind some boulders - no one has EVER done that.
4:41AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Jen_Waller
'cos then the episode would end very early? ;)
4:41AM Tue, February 01 2011
@PaulaPerla
London
Keep going! If anyone can get it sorted, you can! :D *All inspired*
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@PeteriStewart
Because he lost the key? But then he could just click his fingers... You're just making life more difficult for yourself.
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@boydhilton
they don't have this trouble on Waterloo Road...
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@HannahL28
England
With all that space in there, there must be some secretive evil creature lurking. Not able to be detected. Just an idea...
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@bookwormgoddess
HelLA
You have no idea how the word TARDIS from you fills my heart with joy enough to fly me to Raxacoricofallapatorius and back!
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jaykayell_
Have they not SEEN Pyramids of Mars?!?!?!
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mikepcshaw
Bristol
becuase within the Doctor is a drive to make a difference. In many ways it is in all of us, nobody wants to be a nobody.
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@BennettArron
Here
Send it over, I'll sort it....
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@crimsonkitty88
California, bitches
poor bb. Jelly baby?
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AugusTyme
England
b/c sometimes its the wrong thing to do? Why does the Doc need a reason not to run away; couldn't he just help people 4 once?
4:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@paul_damien
iPhone: 53.4849...
that's one thing with the Time Lord I've never understood, he could always go back and change things but never does :s
4:43AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Erastes
Norfolk, UK
you and I would RUN AWAY. The doctor is too curious to be a coward! :D. Or reckless...
4:43AM Tue, February 01 2011
@clarecluer
South Wales
You could do that for one episode though, and result in it causing more problems!!
4:43AM Tue, February 01 2011
@zort70
Because the Doctor's nature is to investigate and explore, not run away hiding from reality.
4:43AM Tue, February 01 2011
@OldRoberts953
London
A force field of course!
4:44AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Melhael
Brussels
He can't. Not to solve a problem in his own timeline. I think...
4:44AM Tue, February 01 2011
@illogicology
and I think Dalek Invasion of Earth was the last time we had a truly convincing answer.
4:44AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Dredgewood
Glasgow
because he's not us, any normal person would hide all day long in the Tardis but this is the DOCTOR.
4:45AM Tue, February 01 2011
@yeles
France
Asking the same thing to myself while writting fanfictions... get back to the TARDIS !
4:46AM Tue, February 01 2011
@crimsonkitty88
California, bitches
maybe he's been neglecting her and she's angry.
4:46AM Tue, February 01 2011
@kamaelian
United Kingdown
He's lost the key? Someone else has it who betrays him? The TARDIS turns into cheese/throws a strop/auto-humanifies?
4:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@TMDWP
Bristol
Sabotage the fluid link!
4:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ganglesprocket
A useful avalanche? A broken spaceship? Surely it's usually one of them?
4:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Cellism
Pallet Town
He can't, he's the Doctor.
4:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mrtonylee
I had the same question, but comic-based two days ago. Don't get me wrong, but I'm glad it's not just me...
4:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@beeurd
near Birmingham, UK
Because he's too curious? ;)
4:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@faranaaz
South Africa
This also explains th many ploys to get rid of the Tardis: locked behind a door, blasted off a ship, someone carts it off etc
4:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ats2040
busted fluid link. Stick with the classics.
4:49AM Tue, February 01 2011
@phillbarron
Eastbourne
because the TARDIS is full of killer coathangers and he has to wait for them to turn into their chrysallis stage: biros.
4:50AM Tue, February 01 2011
@PaulRMQ
Maybe he lost his keys? If he leaves them lying around just anyone could get into a Tardis?
4:50AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Paradox_Machine
And there are only so many excuses - "Oh no, the TARDIS is gone!" It's been stolen/blocked off/fallen off a cliff, etc...
4:50AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AlisonRunham
Think outside the box (pardon pun). Why wouldn't he? Knowing character & situation? Brainstorm what cd possibly keep him out?
4:50AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ASupremeDalek
SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME
NEW PLOT: DOCTOR ENTERS TARDIS. DALEK INSIDE. DALEK EXTERMINATES DOCTOR. DALEKS CONQUER TIME & SPACE #HAPPYENDING #DOCTORWHO
4:52AM Tue, February 01 2011
@martinwolfenden
I'd love to see an episode entirely set in a locked down TARDIS.
4:53AM Tue, February 01 2011
@HobomanEXE
Watford
THAT question. Keep doing what you have done so amazingly and ignore the people who can't understand a timespace concept
4:53AM Tue, February 01 2011
@TARDISDatabanks
Hawaii, early 21st century
Someone split the fluid links on the Time Vector Generator, so it's basically just a Police Box at the moment. Why else? ;)
4:54AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jonnymorris1973
UK
Because it's fallen over, doors-side-down. Design flaw.
4:55AM Tue, February 01 2011
@DavidGArnold
london
thats the 'award winning waterloo road'
4:55AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Survivor_BUFF
He's tried in grave situations, but generally, why would The Doctor run from something goning wrong? 174 laughed at the idea.
4:56AM Tue, February 01 2011
@hephail
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Because they were all loved :p
4:56AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ChrisDWilliams
or best of all manners. Marco Polo had that Tardis key for 6 months due to people not wanting to cause a fuss. Ahh the 60s
4:56AM Tue, February 01 2011
@SpiffoSpeaks
Perth, West Australia
because he cares
4:57AM Tue, February 01 2011
@boydhilton
that's the cookie
4:57AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AndreaNicholls
I'd love an adventure where someone gets lost in the TARDIS, or has been lost for years and years.
4:57AM Tue, February 01 2011
@martinwolfenden
Granted, only I would like to see that.
4:58AM Tue, February 01 2011
@CamelotCast
He could go back in the TARDIS but I doubt it would really solve the problem.
4:59AM Tue, February 01 2011
@rossbd
UK
It all works so much better when the TARDIS is quirky and unreliable. Ability for accurate time-travel ruins most stories.
5:01AM Tue, February 01 2011
@a1niall
Dunoon
"doctor, why don't we get back in the tardis?"
"can't do that Pond (or companion of choice), I'm nosey!"
5:02AM Tue, February 01 2011
@buntine
because he's curious. He wants to know what's going on and why. Good luck with it.
5:02AM Tue, February 01 2011
@MRAJPalmer
U.K
what if he does. Sometimes who plays God, let's them sort their own issues and fixes things in background ;)
5:02AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AnnieneStockton
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
And WHY do the Companions always wander off? And touch things they shouldn't #why ?
5:05AM Tue, February 01 2011
@robhalden
Stafford, England
He suddenly develops claustrophobia. Or, in the Doctor's case, agoraphobia.
5:08AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ItsMarkWebster
London
Could you ask them to start 'Strictly' a bit early? Then he can. Then he ALWAYS can...
5:08AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Ms_Me_
LA, Calif, Earth, Solar System
Because he's that awesome... plain and simple ;)
5:09AM Tue, February 01 2011
@tfb62
just make him get back in, go into the future to see what happened
5:11AM Tue, February 01 2011
@toyhorses
Chameleon circuit breakdown. He can't find it.
5:12AM Tue, February 01 2011
@oaktreeonahill
On a hill
because he's the doctor!!! And life wouldn't be so fun if he got back into the tardis now would it? Come along Pond!
5:12AM Tue, February 01 2011
@markryes
East Berkshire, UK
Is Benedict Cumberbatch going to guest star in Dr Who (maybe even AS Sherlock?)
5:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@andyadger
behind the 8 ball, usually...
He's eternally, OCD curious, at the risk of ignoring obvious danger. He can't deal with wondering what he'd miss out on.
5:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@KrisWW
On the M1 somewhere
So let him get back in the TARDIS. Just make something go horribly wrong when he gets in there :)
5:15AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Outpost_Skaro
Em, Skaro...
because the causal interface between the temporal buffers creates a reality island in the relativity matrix. Or just 'cos.
5:16AM Tue, February 01 2011
@terrierandy7
Huddersfield, UK
But wouldn't that be a great, terrifying story? If he *did* get back in the TARDIS? What then...?
5:16AM Tue, February 01 2011
@blamelewis
Scotland
Last line of episode: DOCTOR: "I keep forgetting that option." ?
5:17AM Tue, February 01 2011
@melliebuse
UK
Brilliant. We have same problem with Grandpa in my Pocket. "Why don't you just take your shrinking cap off you old fool!"
5:18AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Sunny_Hels
Uk
because that's not who he is!
5:18AM Tue, February 01 2011
@JackJGreen
Bangor, North Wales
Maybe he can get back in the TARDIS, but drops something vital outside, and has to go back and get it?
5:18AM Tue, February 01 2011
@therealludders
couldn't you just chuck in the TARDIS is on a recharge scenario? (it must happen sometimes, right?)
5:19AM Tue, February 01 2011
@theultimatetv
Chicago, Illinois
If he bails, people die, evil wins and the BBC GOES BROKE!
5:19AM Tue, February 01 2011
@markydonovan
Let him. They can use that one on Eurovision night. ;o)
5:20AM Tue, February 01 2011
@DW_RS
Paisley, Scotland
It'll be ok, just take deep breathes. Although think of the money you'd save if he never left the TARDIS....
5:21AM Tue, February 01 2011
@davee_mac
because it would be 45 minutes of him keeping the engine running. Bludgen any writer who foolishly fails to grasp this!
5:21AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mightyug
ÜT: 52.971738,-...
Perhaps he could lose the key?
5:21AM Tue, February 01 2011
@garywoodburn
Yeah that Doctor - running around saving the Galaxy - get in the Tardis mate - things have a way of working out- chill!
5:22AM Tue, February 01 2011
@letsCAW
the philippines
he's a stubborn aliens. How else will he react.
5:25AM Tue, February 01 2011
@StevoFiori
Basildon, Essex, United Kingdo
'cos he's mental. A mad man just won't stay in a box #BowTiesAreTheFirstSignOfMadness
5:25AM Tue, February 01 2011
@paul_mcintyre
Manchester
Because there's a Sontaran with a really BIG gun in there?
5:28AM Tue, February 01 2011
@shepline
Oxfordshire, UK
Did he forget his key? Maybe he locked himself out in his dressing gown...?
5:29AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Christiandarkin
London
ok shrinking cap off and I'm back in the TARDIS so why can I still not just shoot Bond?
5:30AM Tue, February 01 2011
@shepline
Oxfordshire, UK
Maybe you could combine the two problems? He doesn't get back in the Tardis because he's got his thinking cap on?
5:31AM Tue, February 01 2011
@stuartwarwick
Brighton UK
Because he's lost the key?
5:31AM Tue, February 01 2011
@stuartwarwick
Brighton UK
Or because some object is blocking the way? (destiny of the daleks, dalek invasion of earth)
5:33AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Squishtof
he can't do that.. unless he goes 2 take his tie off + say something random.. but that generally doesn't help the story line much :)
5:33AM Tue, February 01 2011
@EuclidianBoxes
Because although he runs away from danger he doesn't run away from problems. Also the show wouldn't be long enough if he did
5:35AM Tue, February 01 2011
@neilperryman
Just throw a force field around it. It worked for the Keys of Marinus....
5:35AM Tue, February 01 2011
@tfb62
well he might be able to. It's science fiction, the rules always change
5:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Snowy1138
UK
if he just went back in he wouldn't get to meddle. He wouldn't be able to cope with that :-)
5:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Matirx7
Oakham, Rutland
lol so true.
5:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Twirrim
like the Star Trek transporter problem. It's too much of a Deus Ex Machina, you have to figure new ways to block it.
5:37AM Tue, February 01 2011
@densolife
Somewhere!
He can't trust they won't follow him and take it for themselves?
5:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@SarahxByrne
Australia
Because he dropped the key into the Time Vortex. Oopsy-daisy.
5:38AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Markgatiss
London
The H.A.D.S.? Bring back the H.A.D.S.!
5:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Squishtof
it isn't fiction.. IT'S REAL!
5:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Gwyntaglaw
Australia
Falling masonry. Never fails. #Tardisdilemma
5:41AM Tue, February 01 2011
@letsCAW
the philippines
why not bring back the eternals. They were fun.
5:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@James_Hellyer
Bideford
Have a rock block the door. It worked for many a Terry Nation script.
5:43AM Tue, February 01 2011
@OhThatsNotRight
Los Angeles
I believe in you. Also... BRING BACK SALLY SPARROW. (please?)
5:46AM Tue, February 01 2011
@LouisaMawson
Isle of Wight, UK
I sympathise... but would still kill for your job! (Well, I'd be prepared to seriously maim.)
5:46AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Devilgoblins
Burnley, Lancs, UK
maybe you should introduce a regular fault that means you have to evacuate the tardis immediately after landing?
5:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@lmac1970
Cheltenham, UK
Billie Piper: Why go there if it's so dangerous, Doctor?
Doc: Because we want to!!
5:48AM Tue, February 01 2011
@SighmanNH
Marlborough, New Hampshire
broken down; some1 in danger; gone invisible (again); fallen off a cliff; nicked by bandits; lost the key.
5:49AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Destructor
iPhone: 0.00000...
the TARDIS could be in a mood with him?
5:50AM Tue, February 01 2011
@EddieRobson
I'm always trying to bring back HADS in BF plays. I think I managed to use it in The Condemned.
5:51AM Tue, February 01 2011
@joedeane
Birmingham
because of his enduring sense of adventure?
5:57AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ellardent
Nine times out of ten it's curiosity or humanity, right? The man can't resist a mystery or a life-form in distress.
6:06AM Tue, February 01 2011
@buckbeakbabie
Ireland (Ick)
Because you're writing Sherlock today and not Doctor Who?:)
6:06AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Andrew_Taylor
Has he locked his keys in the TARDIS yet? #keepingitsimple
6:08AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Mr_Brell
London
gets my vote!
6:18AM Tue, February 01 2011
@NeaDuchovney
Now you're just being scary :o
6:20AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jennyyard
do you need a helping hand? I'm not up to much today!
6:20AM Tue, February 01 2011
@leviathan0999
Pepperell, MA
Well, yeah, but now that we know that Blinovitch was a Time Lord...
6:26AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mjy1970
HA!(D.S.) Or just have it destroyed by a meteor shower. Aahh, but no old foes, so no tractators to rebuild it
6:27AM Tue, February 01 2011
@dodau
Cheshire
But none so brilliantly surprising as you Steven. Now less hair tearing, more writing. Go have a cup of tea and biscuit.
6:27AM Tue, February 01 2011
@dlewis1701
Theale, England
Chewing gum in lock? Stink bombs let off by youths? Not that this is what we did to phone boxes in my youth of course.
6:28AM Tue, February 01 2011
@MajorLagUK
iphone:51.29860...
Kinda made a rod for your own back there, after tossing aside the generally accepted excuse for the Xmas special... =P
6:29AM Tue, February 01 2011
@janjonesauthor
...and how many viewers have asked that self-same question...?
6:30AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Dabrilia
Co. Durham
Vampires of Venice teaser, one of funniest DW moments ever:-D
6:30AM Tue, February 01 2011
@nicci_
Adelaide, Australia
when he does get back into the TARDIS, maybe he should come to Australia ;)
6:40AM Tue, February 01 2011
@georgekemp
Because he's not a coward Steven! If he just got back into the TARDIS and flew off he wouldn't be the Doctor!
6:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@sarahwithstars
Norwich/London
wooden door barred shut from inside standing between dr and TARDIS? NB sonic doesn't work on wood, but Amy doesn't know yet x
6:58AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mrsmaryfoster
Surrey
because then I wouldn't be able to shout "just get in TARDIS!" at the TV!
7:01AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Jo_Isis_Cole
dullsville. UK
because he is someone who must press the big red button that says do not press :-p
7:01AM Tue, February 01 2011
@molleo1
Never mind writers...how many FANS have said that over the years!? ;) Damned TARDIS..so easy, yet so difficult!
7:13AM Tue, February 01 2011
@playsthetart
Boston, MA
Writers AND viewers ask that question :-)
7:26AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mjoshea148
Methuen, MA 01844 USA
That's why it requires master writers to save him each/every time; kind of like "why doesn't she just call the police!!"
7:27AM Tue, February 01 2011
@SnoCom79
ÜT: 30.58841,-8...
lmao. If he just got back in the TARDIS, it would make for one short episode.
7:27AM Tue, February 01 2011
@lylianmae
Tell them, "It's not what the Doctor does. If that was the case the show wouldn't have been a hit so long."
7:35AM Tue, February 01 2011
@FenGar
Maybe the Doctor accidentally called the TARDIS fat and now it's upset and won't let him in?
7:36AM Tue, February 01 2011
@archaeologyBoy
Because he's part of events now and people can;t go back on their own timeline. Geeeeeez. Simple Time Travel 101 mechanics.
7:39AM Tue, February 01 2011
@sarahjaneuk1
portsmouth,england
what would be the fun in that?love to see the tardis get clamped tho.....
7:42AM Tue, February 01 2011
@davyboyuk
Birmingham
Something should eat the TARDIS key :-) Good thing he didn't lose the key in a crack in the universe :-) I would have..
7:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Twistedfortune
Toronto
. Maybe it's time to update the Tardis. Maybe An IPhone or Android. Man walking into a phone booth is now seen as a loser
7:49AM Tue, February 01 2011
@CarlViola
Just throw some lesbians in the story and there's your reason *joke*
7:51AM Tue, February 01 2011
@aceykasey
Southern NJ, USA
its has disappeard. Whoever is is against has taken it. Maybe they've taken Amy and Rory? Maybe, uh, idk I'm not a writer...
7:52AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Ruther2
Dwellings of Simplicity
Heads: It's buried under a rockfall. Tails: The mercury fluid links are playing up.
8:00AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mitch_perrin
What are you teasing at. Jeez. Writers...
8:02AM Tue, February 01 2011
@bscharwath
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
does he ever do what he's supposed to do?
8:04AM Tue, February 01 2011
@caycepollard
He's the Doctor, if he could just get back in the TARDIS he would never have stolen it in the first place.
8:05AM Tue, February 01 2011
@piemaster47
Just refer to any Terry Nation script and steal from it!
8:06AM Tue, February 01 2011
@chrisbaker3
Brooklyn, NY
It'd be an awfully short story then, wouldn't it?
8:11AM Tue, February 01 2011
@magicalmudge
Toronto
Because if he gets back into the TARDIS, there is no show! :)
8:12AM Tue, February 01 2011
@jdhovland
if he did he wouldn't be the Doctor, now would he?
8:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@DrWhoDealer
Tip it over so it's door-face down? Put a girder that needs an acetylene torch in front of it? Cover it in dangerous spores?
8:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@treelobsters
oh, so many of life's problems could be solved if we could all just get back in the tardis
8:17AM Tue, February 01 2011
@doctordeej
Norwich
YES - the HADS! Excellent.
8:20AM Tue, February 01 2011
@AMcGown
Glasgow
The HADS made lots of sense for something that is indestructible anyway ...
8:33AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Jimbo6664
Near beautiful Edinburgh
The H.A.D.S! I HAD forgotten all about the H.A.D.S! When did they stop using the H.A.D.S?
8:53AM Tue, February 01 2011
@rubyroses
Toronto, Ontario. Canada
Where to even start? Who would say that?
9:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@DrWhoDealer
.@steven_moffat and interestingly, when counted like this and in order of appearance, Douglas Adams turns out to be no. 42 (you're 79, btw)
9:18AM Tue, February 01 2011
@mintychip
Toronto
because he hears the sound of crying children
9:21AM Tue, February 01 2011
@LadyPaxieAmor
What's the fun in that? :D
9:26AM Tue, February 01 2011
@CallumCant88
he loses his key? down the back of a timey-wimey sofa?
9:35AM Tue, February 01 2011
@ElliotKane
London, England
I think The Doctor feels too responsible to the universe to get back into the TARDIS. Even when he should.
9:44AM Tue, February 01 2011
@RealHuley
a little tougher than writing "Lesbian Inferno?" The TARDIS is not porn efficient. :)
10:14AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Zebramag
Cary, NC
Because it's not the TARDIS anymore... never been done as a cliffhanger, right?
11:09AM Tue, February 01 2011
@Amy_Bluewalker
Scottland
You make no sence sometimes even though you're a writting genius. lol Amy (pond) loves you
11:33AM Tue, February 01 2011
@lunacatd
Okanagan Valley, BC Canada
where would the fun be in that?
11:47AM Tue, February 01 2011
@toddmichaelr
Because he's The Doctor.
11:54AM Tue, February 01 2011
@agentelrond42
California
Have him get back in the TARDIS then, see what happens. The old box might surprise you.
12:09PM Tue, February 01 2011
@sweetnote
Peoria, IL
I have SO wondered the SAME thing!? Sheesh! Can't they get Redoes or DoOvers? I mean Space/TimeLord-You'd think he could!
12:30PM Tue, February 01 2011
@Arch6000
Paisley, Scotland
Mentioned it to Steven years ago ... Impressed at school when I found out he knew what it was. Soup with Krotons?
12:37PM Tue, February 01 2011
@Steveig77
a day in the life of the doctor, steps out of the tardis, doesn't like it and then potters round the tardis for the day
12:47PM Tue, February 01 2011
@dexeron
Boca Raton
He wouldn't be the Doctor if he just got back in the TARDIS. Lesser men just get back in the TARDIS.
1:08PM Tue, February 01 2011
@CharlieisHOT
St.John's,NL Canada
Why not ask fans for ideas cus maybe ALOT of fans have ideas & maybe i do?I think that is be a good idea ask fansto email you
1:12PM Tue, February 01 2011
@martinshiner
use the old crossed time lines/continuem dodge! That always works :)
1:26PM Tue, February 01 2011
@stilettov
Seattle
it's like the rise of the mobile phone and the death of the phone booth. Or the advent of talkies.
1:29PM Tue, February 01 2011
@Marky___boy
Because the antagonist stole the key.
1:31PM Tue, February 01 2011
@Cooper_Joe
UK
The Book of Terry Nation says: 'Render TARDIS unsafe. Also, remember the limping mutant is actually a very amiable fellow.'
1:33PM Tue, February 01 2011
@lottiekiwi
because of his unquenchable thirst for adventure, i suppose! Who wants to stay safe in the Tardis when there's adventure? ;)
2:30PM Tue, February 01 2011
@beowuuf
Basingstoke, UK
Ever thought of providing a canonical answer one of these days? Maybe the TARDIS woulnd't let him? :)
2:39PM Tue, February 01 2011
@BlueRafael
if he just got back in the tardis there wouldn't be a show, now would it?
4:12PM Tue, February 01 2011
@Smittmaestro
Smittmaestro Industries
Cuz The Doctor has an insatiable curiousity, which many times works against his better judgement!
5:43PM Tue, February 01 2011
@BeaStewart
Dorset, England
both have to consent, so either he doesn't want to, TARDIS doesn't want to, or they have the decision taken from them.
3:21AM Wed, February 02 2011
Anonymous
@texspex
Helensburgh, Scotland
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