Michaelmas Term 2018

1st Week	Sunday 7th October, 6:45pm Worcester College, JCR	The Woman Who Fell to Earth - Live Screening 'We don't get aliens in Sheffield.' In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed for ever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city? That’s right – we’re watching the first eight episodes of Jodie’s first series on the BIG SCREEN! You probably won’t have been to WhoSoc before, but fear not – this is the perfect 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 to find a confirmation of the time and location. We’ll wait at the main entrance of the college until a couple of minutes before the episode airs to make sure you know where to find us.
1st Week	Thursday 11th October, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	Blink and re-run of The Woman Who Fell to Earth 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.
2nd Week	Sunday 14th October, 6:40pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	The Ghost Monument - Live Screening Still reeling from their first encounter, can the Doctor and her new friends stay alive long enough, in a hostile alien environment, to solve the mystery of Desolation? And just who are Angstrom and Epzo?
2nd Week	Thursday 18th October, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	Pyramids of Mars 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.
3rd Week	Sunday 21st October, Time 6:40pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	Rosa - Live Screening "If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?" Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder: is someone attempting to change history?
3rd Week	Thursday 25th October, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon 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...
4th Week	Sunday 28th October, Time 6:45pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	Arachnids In The UK - Live Screening "Something’s happening with the spiders in this city." The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire – and Yaz’s family – only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield.
4th Week	Thursday 1st November, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	The Time Warrior 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!
5th Week	Sunday 4th November, Time 6:45pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	The Tsuranga Conundrum - Live Screening "Risk to life: absolute." Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe’s most deadly -- and unusual -- creatures.
5th Week	Thursday 8th November, 8pm Nazrin Shah Building, Worcester College	The Geek Quiz 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!
6th Week	Sunday 11th November, 6:45pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	Demons Of The Punjab - Live Screening "What’s the point of having a mate with a time machine, if you can’t nip back and see your gran when she was younger?" India, 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, as the country is being torn apart. While Yaz attempts to discover her grandmother’s hidden history, the Doctor discovers demons haunting the land. Who are they and what do they want?
6th Week	Thursday 15th November, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	Steven Moffat RANDOMIZER!! 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!
7th Week	Sunday 18th November, 6:15pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	Kerblam! - Live Screening "Delivery for the Doctor!" A mysterious message arrives in a package addressed to the Doctor, leading her, Graham, Yaz and Ryan to investigate the warehouse moon orbiting Kandoka, and the home of the galaxy's largest retailer: Kerblam!
7th Week	Thursday 22nd November, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	Guest Speaker: Simon Guerrier This week we're 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. Come along to hear all about Simon's exciting career and involvement with the show. The same evening, we'll be having our termly members' meal with Simon at one of Oxford's many restaurants (as yet undecided) - if you would like to come along to that and are not yet a member of the society, you can purchase a membership (£5 for a year, £15 for life) from us on the day. More details to follow in the email newsletter. The speaker event from 8pm is free for anyone to attend.
8th Week	Sunday 25th November, 6:15pm Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College	The Witchfinders - Live Screening The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive in 17th century Lancashire and become embroiled in a witch trial, run by the local landowner. As fear stalks the land, the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt. But is there something even more dangerous at work? Can the Doctor and friends keep the people of Bilehurst Cragg safe from all the forces that are massing in the land?
8th Week	Thursday 29th November, 8pm Seminar Room East, Mansfield College	Earthshock and Committee Meeting 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.

A downloadable copy of this termcard can be found here.

An archive of past termcards from the last few years can be found here.