#Delta and the Bannermen

[downtofragglerock]

Delta and the Bannermen is still a great story, but there's one thing I still have a question about:

Why where those time traveling alien tourists deadset on going to Disneyland in the 1950s?

For those of you who don't know theme park history, Disneyland in the 50s just straight up kind of sucked, none of the rides people actually go to Disneyland for existed yet (pirates, haunted mansion, the mountains, etc), and what was there was slow, boring, and broke down a lot.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

cant sleep so im watching classic who and 😭😭😭 the whiplash between the absolutely 100% real no doubt in my mind new york accent and the second guys fake ass southern (???) accent

[thematrix-theuniverseofdoctorwho]

“Doctor Who - Delta And The Bannermen”

[cleowho]

“All haste and no speed…”

Delta and the Bannermen - season 24 - 1987

[junkyardbluebox]

Caption This!

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1959, the time traveling alien known as the Doctor (Doctor 7) and his companion attempted to save the soul survivors of the Chimeron race (Delta and the egg for a new princess). Delta attempted to hide at Disneyland, but due to a crash with a satellite ended up at the Shangri-La holiday camp in South Wales. ("Delta and the Banner Men", Doctor Who, vlm 1 TV)

[lurking-latinist]

Even though he doesn’t like Ray back as she’d hoped, Billy from Delta and the Bannermen is such a great character. He’s so adaptable. I mean think about it:

meets a cute girl from out of town, wants to get to know her

she’s a single mum - no problem, he likes kids!

she’s a refugee and still very much in danger - that’s terrible! how can he help?

she’s an alien bee person and her baby is GREEN - that’s ok, he just wants to be there for her! to the point of later physically transforming himself into a green bee person! commitment is important to him :)

And all of this information he finds out during a conversation with his new crush in front of her nosy roommate who’s in pajamas. So relatable yet so, so weird.

[circular-time]

Calling Delta and the Bannermen Fans! 🐝🐝🐝

Saw this sad reply to a "Confessions that can get your Doctor Who card revoked" meme on Twitter a couple days ago.

[I said I knew some fans of it]

He added that he knows someone who says it's their least favorite story.

Reply/reblog/like if you are fond of Delta and the Bannermen, and then I'll send a link so he can see us having fun with it instead of bashing it for a change.

[dwellingsofsimplicity]

Apologies to the camp chief and the bus driver who is basically British Fred Willard.

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[ID: A meme about the Doctor Who serial "Delta and the Bannermen" with the heading: "Every welsh holiday camp got the:" and characters in various squad roles: Delta is "alien queen"; Gavrok is "maniac"; the princess is "not even a human"; Goronwy is "silly"; Mel is "mental illness" but with leters crossed out so that it spells "mel"; Weismuller and Hawk are "lgbtq+ community"; Ray is "got bullied in school"; Billy is "malewife"; and the Seventh Doctor is "war criminal". End ID.]

[downtofragglerock]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 6-Stone Ocean (1999-2003)

[doctorwhoisadhd]

NOT THE GREEN BABY

[sci-firenegade]

Question for all Seventh Doctor fans:

Was Ray's surname (from Delta and the Bannermen) ever established somewhere?

I don't remember it ever being said onscreen, and Archive of Our Own has tagged her as "Rachel "Ray" Defwydd".

[creativecuquilu]

Doctor, you’re 14 years early for this.

[andthentheywilleatthestars]

[junkyardbluebox]

Caption This!

[6-and-7]

Delta and the Bannermen Boarding a Nostalgia Tours bus, the Doctor and Mel go for a holiday. They will soon learn that their fellow passenger Delta is a Chimeron Queen, fleeing from the Bannermen who wish to make her species extinct. Thus, the time travellers' trip to Shangri-La turns into a battle against genocide…

The Giggle The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win.