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1996 Doctor Who TV movie, The 8th Doctor (Paul McGann) revealed "I'm half human - on my mother's side". So, if the Doctor's son's mother was human too, the son would be 75% human.

In the early days of the show in the 1960s, with the 1st Doctor (William Hartnell), there was the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan (Carole Ann Ford). Her physical appearance was "teenage/early-20s" in human terms (but that might might mean that she was something like 50-years-old (or whatever), in light of the Time Lord factor).

If this forthcoming son in the next series is a played by, say, a 12-year-old boy actor or something, all the traditionalists will probably blow a fuse about this being a huge continuity gaffe (i.e. "How can the son be (or at least look) younger than the granddaughter?")

Well, there's no reason why the son HAS to be the middle generation (e.g. Susan's father) - I see no reason why the Doctor himself couldn't have fathered another child even after he already had a grandchild!)

Then there's the whole theory about "we don't KNOW for an ABSOLUTE FACT that Susan is definately REALLY the Doctor's granddaughter". Her addressing him as "grandfather" may have been some wierd term of endearment, so she might actually only be "related" to the Doctor as in fostered/adopted, or maybe not even that - neither related nor "related" to him at all.

Also, even if the son is played by an actor who looks younger than Susan did in 1963 - it could still be "Susan's father"! Think about about it - how old a Time Lord APPEARS to be fluctuates with regeneration.

When the Doc was less than 500 years old (William Hartnell) he looked like a 60-something human would, and when he was in about his 700s (Peter Davison) he looked like a 30-something human would!

Hell, in "The Five Doctors", Susan looks "middle aged" (in human terms), therefore SHE looks OLDER than (the 5th incarnation of) her OWN GRANDFATHER does!!! - so the Doctor's son could look 12 (or whatever) and still be Susan's dad, by Time Lord logic.
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How do I get ITV central?

brotherton sands posted:
623058 posted:
I take it OXFORD is in fact in ITV Thames valley

I never know that


Really? Shocked

ITV Thames Valley = the Oxford transmitter area* + the Hannington transmitter area**

* which used to be the eastern half of the now-defunct Central (South), and consists primarily of the whole (?) of Oxfordshire
** which used to be the now-defunct Meridian ("West" (a.k.a. North) )