| 1st Week |
Thursday 14th October, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- Freshers' Drinks & The Ark in Space
- Home. The long way round. We return to the physical realm with introductory Freshers’ Drinks and a chance to view one of the most loved Classic Who stories. The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry land on a mysterious space station in our far future. Waiting out solar flares, the human elite await in suspended animation to return to Earth... but something is waiting in the shadows to feed upon the remnants of humanity...
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| 2nd Week |
Thursday 21st October, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- The Fires of Pompeii & The End of the World
- Two trips. One backwards in time, and one forwards in time. We return to Series 4 and Series 1 for the first trips in the TARDIS of Donna and Rose. In The End of the World, the Ninth Doctor takes Rose to Platform One, just in time to see, well, the end of the world. There’s murder on the platform floor, some great pop music, and lots of aliens. But who is responsible? In The Fires of Pompeii, Donna gets a fiery first trip in the TARDIS with the Tenth Doctor. It’s Volcano Day...
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| 3rd Week |
Thursday 28th October, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- The Robots of Death & SPECIAL GUEST (Fiona Moore)
- The Fourth Doctor and Leela materialise on a robot-manned sandminer... but there’s a murder! The human crew are being picked off – but who is responsible and why? Join us and special guest Fiona Moore, author of the Black Archive monograph dissecting this story, as we watch this beloved Classic Who story together and, afterwards, discuss the book and the story’s relation to artificial intelligence, class, and power.
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| 4th Week |
Thursday 4th November, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- Ace Randomiser
- The final companion of the Classic Series, Ace is a much-loved ‘80s character who deserves a special randomiser week of her own. Join us as we take a trip with the Seventh Doctor into a story that will be picked randomly from our very own Bucket of Rassilon. An Ice World, Daleks, the Kandyman, a Psychic Circus, Cybermen, and cat creatures are all on the table...
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| 5th Week |
Tuesday 9th November, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- Revelation of the Daleks
- The Sixth Doctor and Peri arrive on Necros to visit a departed friend, but with ‘of the Daleks’ in the title, you can tell something isn’t right... Who is this ‘Great Healer’ and just how benevolent is his operation at the local funeral business, Tranquil Repose? Get ready for some revelations...
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Thursday 11th November, 8pm
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- 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!
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| 6th Week |
Thursday 18th November, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- Fury from the Deep
- The sad loss of a fair number of black-and-white episodes has led to some fantastic animated recreations that lovingly restore the lost episodes and enable a new generation to experience what was once lost. We will be watching Fury from the Deep, with parasitic seaweed and screams galore!
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| 7th Week |
Thursday 25th November, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- Mummy on the Orient Express & Meal
- Let us take you out to dinner in what will be our termly meal (details TBC). After dining, we go back to Series 8 of New Who for an exciting adventure. The Twelfth Doctor and Clara board the Orient Express...in space! But all is not well. A mummy-like creature, the Foretold, is appearing to passengers just 66 seconds before they die. It’s up to the Doctor and Clara to play detective and figure out the mystery of the Mummy on the Orient Express before it’s too late. Happy travels...
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| 8th Week |
Thursday 2nd December, 8pm
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi
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- The Caves of Androzani & Committee Meeting
- We go out with a bang for 80s Eighth Week in this beloved and intense Classic story. The Fifth Doctor and Peri land on Androzani Minor, home to the valuable spectrox. But there’s a masked villain determined to wreak revenge upon a powerful businessman and wrestle control of “the most powerful substance in the world”. Can the Doctor and Peri survive the lethal spectrox toxaemia poisoning and escape unharmed? Then, join us for a meeting to decide what we watch next term!
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