| 1st Week |
Thursday 21st January, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- Survival (and Discussion)
- This term kicks off with the final Classic Who story to air before the show's hiatus in 1989.
The Seventh Doctor returns Ace to London only to find that cats are teleporting humans to a planet ruled by cheetahs. Why
are the beings from another dimension targeting Earth and why does the Doctor find the Master on the feline planet as
well?
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| 2nd Week |
Thursday 28th January, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- Arts and Crafts and Circular Gallifreyan (oh my!)
- Have you ever wanted to learn how to write circular Gallifreyan? Do you need another Whovian
decoration for your room? We'll teach you the written language of the Time Lords and use hama beads to craft
Doctor Who-themed designs. (£1 contribution to cover the cost of supplies)
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| 3rd Week |
Thursday 4th February, 8pm
Bangkok House, Hythe Bridge Street |
- DocSoc Meal
- This time, we're heading to the Thai restaurant, Bangkok House, for our termly meal.
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| 4th Week |
Thursday 11th February, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- The Tenth Planet and Committee Elections
- In The Tenth Planet, the First Doctor faces his final voyage, journeying to the South Pole in
the then future 1986. A space probe notices a planet moving toward Earth, which is soon revealed to be Mondas, once
Earth's sister planet. As Ben, Polly, and our hero race to help the probe return safely, metal humanoids land on earth
and begin to disguise themselves. Join us for the Cybermen's first storyline, the first glimpse of the Second Doctor, and
the regeneration that shocked the nation.
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| 5th Week |
Thursday 18th February, 8pm
Dorfman Centre, St. Peter's College |
- The Geek Quiz
- In the legendary Geek Quiz, members of Oxford's geekiest societies get together in order 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. A really fun evening, and who knows, you might even get an answer right occasionally...
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| 6th Week |
Thursday 25th February, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- Full Circle
- To prepare for next week's speaker meeting, we will be viewing Full Circle. On the way to
Gallifrey, the Fourth Doctor and Romana accidentally enter a planet in a pocket universe called E-Space. Its crash-landed
colonists, including the young, mathematically-gifted Adric, must protect themselves from the forces of the planet and
the aggressive, native Marshmen, who have already taken one of their leaders. Can their ship protect them from external
dangers? Will they be able to repair their ship in time?
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Saturday 27th February, 12 pm
Meeting Location TBD |
- DocSoc Trip to Cardiff
- Join us as we travel to Cardiff to visit the Doctor Who Experience and other Doctor Who
related points of interest such as Llandaff, the location for both Leadworth and the church in Vincent and the Doctor!
(Deposit required in advance for transportation)
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| 7th Week |
Thursday 3rd March, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- Speaker Meeting with Andrew Smith
- We welcome Andrew Smith, writer of Full Circle as well as the novelisation of Full
Circle, the short story, The Constant Doctor, and various stories for Big Finish audio plays, including
The Invasion of E-Space, released in October 2010. At the time of the airing of Full Circle, he was
the youngest writer for Doctor Who.
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Saturday 5th March, 3pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- The Trial of a Time Lord
- For this term's marathon, we're following the trial of the Doctor, which spans the entire 23rd
season. After breaking the laws of Gallifrey, the Sixth Doctor is prosecuted by the mysterious Valeyard in front of the
High Council of Time Lords. Stories shown include events of the Doctor's past and present (The Mysterious Planet
and Mindwarp), events from his future (Terror of the Vervoids) and events that may change his destiny
(The Ultimate Foe). Please stay for the whole event or feel free to pop in and out at your leisure. We will break
for dinner.
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| 8th Week |
Thursday 10th March, 8pm
Miles Room, St. Peter's College |
- Snakedance (and Committee Meeting)
- Eighth week is Eighties week! The planet Manussa is in the midst of celebrating the banishment of
the snake-like, telepathic Mara as the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan land on the planet’s surface. Little do they know
that Tegan is in fact possessed by the evil Mara.
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