Doctor Who

First Set Nostalgia

Much like how with doctor who you always have a special place for your first doctor, do you find players have a special place for the first set the started with?

Very much. Players’ favorite sets seem to line up except everyone loves the set that made them fall in love with the game. : )

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First Female Doctor

Hey Mark I don't know if your into Doctor Who but what do you think of Jodie Whittaker being cast as the first female Doctor in the shows history?

I like it.

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Characters as Planeswalkers

Why have your main characters consistently be PWs? It makes sense from a commercial standpoint, but not from a narrative one. Planeswalkers are almost always outsiders, and focusing on characters that could pack up and leave at any time isn't helping invest your consumers in specific planes. MtG's best stories were told through the eyes of people on the ground, and many of them never got card representation.

When you look at IP’s about traveling place to place, the vast majority follow a cast of characters that do the traveling - all the Star Treks, Firefly, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap, Timeless, Sliders, The Incredible Hulk, Journeyman, etc.

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Liking Doctor Who

Do you like doctor who?

I do.

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Doctor Who Episode Reference

"Ah, remember that “Star Trek” episode that Kirk, Spock and McCoy sat out?" There are several somewhat recent (i.e post 2005) Doctor Who episodes in which the Doctor barely features... Some of them (Blink being the most famous) basically don't feature the companions either.

The Doctor might play a smaller role timewise but it’s a crucial one in Blink.

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Running Show Marathon

What do you listen to when you run?

I watch television shows often catching up on shows I had always wanted to see. A not quite complete list of shows I’ve watched: “Doctor Who”
“Torchwood”
“The Guild”
“Flight of the Concord”
“Battlestar Galactica”
“Game of Thrones”
“Daredevil”
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
“Louie”
“Fringe”
“Arrow”

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Doctor Who Approval

As you've already seen some Doctor Who episodes, what do you think of it? What about the episode "Blink" ? (FYI, my avatar is the Doctor's 1st incarnation)

Probably the best Doctor Who episode I’ve seen.

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Doctor Who Viewing

Have you had a chance to watch the current series of Doctor Who?

I’m a bunch of episodes behind, but yes.

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Delayed Card Release

I was originally going to be born on April 1 but the doctor who delivered me decided to push it back to April 2; what's a good story about a card designed for one set but only released in a later one?

Eye Gouge was designed for Theros but we had to kill it “for numbers” as we say in R&D. This means we just needed other cards more and it got forced out. We liked it a lot though so we made sure Ken put it into the design for Born of the Gods.

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Doctor Who Enthusiasm

Do you like Doctor Who?

I very much do.

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Are you a Doctor Who fan?

“Spoilers!” (For non-Doctor Who fans, that means “yes”.)

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Writing for Doctor Who

If you were offered a chance to write for Doctor Who, would you take that job or stay at Wizards? (I see it as a win/win, so no wrong answer here)

I would take a short sabbatical to write an episode. : )

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Doctor Who Lessons

You say you want Magic to outlast you. The best example of something outlasting its creators is Doctor Who, this being it's 50th year. What do you think you could take from the show and apply to magic to help it last?

I could probably write a whole column about the lessons of Doctor Who. Hmmm…

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Accidental Spoilers

Dear Maro: I love reading your column. I believe you do a wonderful job making the game I love and your approach-ability is amazing. That being said, I am a bit disappointed that in the process of reading your blog I came across spoilers about Doctor Who. I love the show and treasure experiencing each moment as it happens. I purposefully stay away from sites that might spoil that for me. I was not expecting to come across it here. I understand it wasn't intentional, I just wanted to let you know

I did not mean to spoil anything. Note that I did not spoil anything about any particular episode or any plot. Someone asked my response to a geek-centric news story.

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Fantasy Role Temptation

So, it seems as if there's a vacancy as Doctor Who with Matt Smith resigning. Would you leave Wizards to be the 12th Doctor Who?

It would be tempting… : )

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Writing For Doctor Who

If given the chance (and the time) to write an episode for a show currently on, would you and what show?

I would love to write an episode of “Doctor Who”.

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Doctor Who Viewing

Doctor Who Christmas special?

I’m watching it tonight before I go to bed.

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Doctor Who Preference

I started to watch Doctor Who - and I'm really liking by the way -, and I'd like to ask: which do you like more, the classical series (until seventh-eighth Doctor), or the current series (from ninth Doctor and so on)?

I have only watched the current series so I’ll have to pick that one.

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Halloween Costumes

Did anyone at Wizards dress up for Halloween?

Yes. The Pit even had two Doctors (from Doctor Who), the tenth and eleventh. (Gavin Verhey was the tenth and Kelly Digges was the eleventh.)

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Doctor Who Enthusiasm

23/10/2012: Maro, I think you like Doctor Who too much. What exactly is meaning of Acid Rain here? Is it destroying all forests, or is it the Doctor destroying all of the Weeping Angels? Does your love of Doctor Who traverse the boundaries of time itself?

No comment. : )

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