Adelaide Brooke's suicide

[Gingerbread Demon]

In the episode "The waters of Mars" Adelaide Brooke commits suicide on Earth when the Doctor drops her off but her death and I presume inquiry would be on Mars so did the Doctor move her body afterwards back there?

It's kind of grim really to think about.

 

[Brendan Moody]

The obituary that was shown onscreen describing her fate switched from “died on Mars” to “died on Earth,” so I don’t see any reason to think the Doctor moved her body. He gets straight into the TARDIS and sets it in flight after the suicide, so there’s not really time for him to do it either.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The obituary that was shown onscreen describing her fate switched from “died on Mars” to “died on Earth,” so I don’t see any reason to think the Doctor moved her body. He gets straight into the TARDIS and sets it in flight after the suicide, so there’s not really time for him to do it either.

OK I didn't notice that small detail.

I did notice the obits for one of the Astronauts mentions living in Adelaide South Australia and is loosely based on Andy Thomas

 

[somebuddyX]

Her death is one of my favourite scenes in Doctor Who and I love the use of the track Vale here.

 

[Lonemagpie]

It's one of the most painful for me - in the right way. I know exactly what Ten feels there, and have worn that expression for that reason for real.

 

[Saul]

In the episode "The waters of Mars" Adelaide Brooke commits suicide on Earth when the Doctor drops her off but her death and I presume inquiry would be on Mars so did the Doctor move her body afterwards back there?

It's kind of grim really to think about.

The obituary that was shown onscreen describing her fate switched from “died on Mars” to “died on Earth,” so I don’t see any reason to think the Doctor moved her body. He gets straight into the TARDIS and sets it in flight after the suicide, so there’s not really time for him to do it either.

Which raises the question for people in that time, how did she get all the way from Mars back to Earth? That must have been a mystery for the ages.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Which raises the question for people in that time, how did she get all the way from Mars back to Earth? That must have been a mystery for the ages.

Oooh OK didn't think of that....... I wonder how that was handled... In their universe I mean not the episode, but the fictional world of that episode. It would have definitely been a mystery

 

[Starkers]

It's always bothered me, especially given that Adelaide's original, and completely unexplained, death on Bowie Base 1 inspired her Granddaughter to become a pioneer in human spaceflight. There's something very different between "Gran died in mysterious circumstances with the rest of her crew and no one knew why" and "Gran somehow survived the destruction of Bowie Base but then shot herself in the head." Would that really inspire her granddaughter in the same way? Did she really remain a fixed point?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It's always bothered me, especially given that Adelaide's original, and completely unexplained, death on Bowie Base 1 inspired her Granddaughter to become a pioneer in human spaceflight. There's something very different between "Gran died in mysterious circumstances with the rest of her crew and no one knew why" and "Gran somehow survived the destruction of Bowie Base but then shot herself in the head." Would that really inspire her granddaughter in the same way? Did she really remain a fixed point?

Yuuup. That's always bothered me, too. One of several reasons why I've never gone back to that episode, despite my love for all things Mars. At least the show did a better Mars episode later on with "The Empress of Mars."

That said, I have been mildly curious to watch it again since Gemma Chan and Sharon Duncan-Brewster have gone onto greater fame.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Oh see that is something I had overlooked, and now it bothers me too. I didn't think of the whole grand daugher aspect but yeah that bothers me now.

 

[Starkers]

Yuuup. That's always bothered me, too. One of several reasons why I've never gone back to that episode, despite my love for all things Mars. At least the show did a better Mars episode later on with "The Empress of Mars."

That said, I have been mildly curious to watch it again since Gemma Chan and Sharon Duncan-Brewster have gone onto greater fame.

Given how much I love base under siege stuff and Mars I was always surprised that I didn't enjoy that episode more than I did. The fact that Timelord Victorious lasts all of thirty seconds before Ten comes to his senses always bugged me too. That would have been nice to explore for a few episodes but I guess RTD didn't have a lot of time.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, the sheer brevity of Timelord Victorious felt like whiplash. A huge deal was made out of it...and then nothing.

I think that's part of why I couldn't be bothered to care about the cross-media event that covered it, Big Finish included.

 

[Redfern]

I'm glad I'm not the only schmoe scratching his head over this "mystery" (within the confines of the narrative). Can you imagine the "red flags" this set off for agencies like Torchwood, UNIT, Mulder and Scully (if they exist in the Who-niverse) to have these astronauts suddenly appear on Earth when they should have been on Mars?! Well, the first two groups would certainly have their suspicions. "Team? Was there any evidence of a blue box at the scene?" But what about the papers publishing these reports? The presence of the Mars scientists in Earth would certainly trigger the "moon landing hoax" conspiracists! "Brooke was going to spill the beans that the whole mission was staged! It wasn't suicide! They killed her to silence the truth!"

 

[The Wormhole]

For that matter, how did the other two astronauts explain how they returned to Earth?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

For that matter, how did the other two astronauts explain how they returned to Earth?

Maybe UNIT covered up their return, with some kind of story to explain it. I mean is The Doctor a public figure that everyone knows about?