Create Your Own Era

Well now I feel the egg on my face. 

I do also have my 8th Doctor Animated era as well.

It would be set very early in 8's tenure, pretty much after 8 has dropped off the Prime Universe version of Sam at the Greenpeace rally. So these would be before he runs into Stacy and Ssard.

It would be a series of 8 3-part stories (so about 70-80 minutes each). They could be shown as single episodes on TV and as Omnibuses on DVD/Blu-Ray

The Doctor would gain 2 new companions at the end of the first story. First is Todd, he's a chef we first meet working on Ganymede Station. He comes from a planet where the Inhabitants look like dinosaurs, but many walk on two legs. He's a Raptor like species, he can be very serious at times but he's always up for a bit of fun. The second is Rita, or to give her her full title Captain Rita Banks, she's a Menzian (Blue skinned Aliens), who captain's a passenger transport, that arrives on Ganymede Station. (One of the passengers is a Human named Kayleigh, who goes off with one of the Doctor's friends at the end of the first story to continue travelling, possibly setting up a spin off)

Story 1: Assualt on Ganymede Station
The Doctor arrives on Ganymede Station just in time for the ceremony announcing the creation of a New Council for the Planet below, where he runs into fellow Time Lord Mech. But someone else is on their way, the planets original Dictator, he's escaped from prison and he wants his planet back and will go through Ganymede Station to get it

Story 2: The Palace of Jade Water
The Doctor, Todd and Rita arrive on a lush Garden planet, but are drawn into a mystery about the strange properties of the Water in the Great Temple.

Story 3: Unknown at the moment

Story 4: Unknown at the moment

Story 5: Childish Things
The Doctor and his companions run into a trap laid by The Celestial Toymaker. One that will leave Rita Changed

Story 6: Unknown at the moment

Story 7: unknown at the moment

Story 8: The Turning of the Tide
The Doctor and his Companions are reunited with Mech and Kayleigh. Together they must stop a war and save an entire universe.

Thats why they were perfect for it

I got a burst of inspiration and decided to at least throw out more ideas for my era. FROM THE TOP!
Hayley Atwell
Season 1 - Introductions
Episode 1 - Meet the Doctor. David and Alice discover the freshly regenerated Doctor. They fight against Emperor Galactium, the war mongering ruler of the Technomic Empire. He is, in reality, a fool and an idiot and is easily defeated by the still regenerating Doctor. Throughout the episode, the Doctor mistakes David and Alice for different companions until finally settling on them as David and Alice.
Episode 2 - Meet David. Victorian London pseudo-historical. David plays Sherlock Holmes. Much like episode 1 introduces us to the Doctor, this one introduces us to David and how he operates. Really solidifies him as the Doctor's best friend. I picture a scene where he comes out of the TARDIS in a deerstalker and one of those bubble pipes.
Episode 3 - Meet Alice. Ice Warriors in the future. Allows introduces us to Alice and how she operates. Solidifies her role as the idiot minder for the Doctor and David but in a way that still keeps her fun.
Episode 4 - Meet Orangora. This is our first introduction to the arc. We come to a location in the far future that will come up again and again, Orangora. The city is at threat that the Doctor and her companions finish off and we get the first seeds of the arc, with little things occurring in the background.
Episode 5 - Meet the Doctor Part 2: Electric Boogaloo. A breather episode. Very lighthearted and showing the real fun side to this Doctor beyond being stupid with David. Probably a Sontaran episode.
Episode 6 - Meet the Daleks. An adventure with the Daleks. They are portrayed as a complete threat. Interestingly, David and Alice disappear about a quarter of the way through and reappear about 3/4 of the way through. The episode ends on a cliffhanger where it appears that David and Alice are actually Dalek agents
Holiday Special: Resolving the cliffhanger from episode 6, it is revealed that the David and Alice are actually Dalek duplicates and that the real David and Alice are separated on Dalek slave planets. They escape from the Daleks and each individually try to find the Doctor, while the Doctor searches for them. It's a really fun episode that shows each character's strengths and weaknesses and really shows how much they work as a team.

Season 2 - The Plot Thickens
Episode 1 - Return to Orangora. Needing some R&R after their fight against the Daleks and finding each other again, the Doctor and her companions return to Orangora. Orangora is going through some growing pains though and is under the control of a master computer. This episode also brings back the arc and begins the mysterious involvement of the Time Lords in the plot.
Episode 2 - Trapped in the TARDIS. A bottle episode set in the TARDIS control room, David and Alice's bedrooms, and the wardrobe. A character piece that sees David and Alice talk out their trauma over being Dalek slaves while the TARDIS is being sieged by the armies of Empress Gallagonia of the Technomic Empire, who has the TARDIS trapped in a time bubble. Ends with David and Alice getting engaged.
Episode 3 - Return of the Daleks. Another fight with the Daleks. David and Alice get a very satisfying win on them after their loss in their first story.
Episode 4 - Don't Look Under the Bed. A spooky modern day set episode. Monsters under the bed are real. Sees the return of UNIT.
Episode 5 - 1920s New York. A semi-pure historical that has a surprising tie to the arc with some slight alternate history that the Doctor knows is not how things should go but David and Alice think everything is fine.
Episode 6 - A Cybermen episode to round out the season. Establishes the Cybermen as a threat on par with the Daleks.
Holiday Special - The Doctor and her companions spend the holidays together. Very City of Death-esque with several scenes of the team just goofing off in a wintery Shanghai while fighting a mostly harmless enemy. Ends with David and Alice getting married and the Doctor dropping them off for a honeymoon. Leaves a Big Finish gap for the Doctor.

Season 3 - The Plot Comes to a Head
Episode 1 - In Medias Res. The Doctor and her companions on the run from a monster. The Doctor and her companions don't remember how they got to that point. A really, really fun episode to get back in the swing of things, establish the new status quo, and rest before the arc really swings in with the next episode.
Episode 2 - Arc episode. Earth is totally changed from how it should be. The Doctor discovers the Time Lords are involved and is disturbed. From now till the end of the season, the Doctor is on the run.
Episode 3 - Orangora Under Attack. Easily the darkest Orangora episode. The city is being attacked by Cybermen. Features a scene where David is taken and converted and the Doctor breaks the laws of time to save him.
Episode 4 - Moscow, World War II. Pseudo-historical that is more of a background for the Doctor and David to talk out what happened the last episode.
Episode 5 - Finale Part 1. The Time Lords catch up with the Doctor. Near the end, the Time Lords fix David's timeline and a horrifying scene occurs where he shifts between human and Cyberman before ending as some grotesque hybrid that kills Alice. The Doctor puts David out of his misery and the true villain of the piece comes forward, Omega.
Episode 6 - Finale Part 2. The Doctor battles Omega. She uses all her wits and is holding back a regeneration starting about halfway through. She finally regenerates when she gets to Omega, using the energy to defeat him. The defeat of Omega and the Doctor's regeneration lead to a cliffhanger with us unsure of who the new Doctor is.

Sam Heughan
While there's no wide-ranging story arc, there are massively long running character arcs and companions are consistently brought back to help where they are needed.

I had the inspiration to change Ben Whishaw to Sam Heughan because the idea of a brawling Scottsman secret agent type struck me as kind of perfect for this section of fun and lighthearted stories with a string of melancholy running through them.

Regeneration Special - Introducing the New Doctor, Sam Heughan. The Doctor for the first 3 quarters of the episode is out and loopy, not really able to do anything. Enter Romana in a new regeneration (for some peak stunt casting, Gal Galdot is who I'm picturing). She's been directing the underground against Omega from behind the scenes. A Gallifrey-esque political adventure with her takes place. The Doctor enters at the climax, helping Romana in the showdown against the enemy. The Doctor gives his love to Romana and he departs. Romana is set up as a semi-recurring character for the next part of the series

Season 1
Arc: Tarrant goes from rogue to conflicted about his state of life. The Master has a plan for the Doctor.
Episode 1: Meet Tarrant. We are introduced to the first companion of the era, Tarrant Highwind. He is a treasure hunter and thief. He stows away on the TARDIS to get out of trouble with the authorities. Sees the return of the Slitheen. Arc is set up with hints that Tarrant isn't as he seems.
Episode 2: Meet the Doctor. We get a peak at what makes this Doctor tick. The handsome face and the fun demeanor hide a steely and insanely smart Doctor. A less serious James Bond. Also begins a running gag of the Doctor and his search for the best cup of tea in the galaxy, somewhat of a parody of the previous Doctor's arc. Begins a subgenre I like to call the "future historical," where stories like The Enemy of the World can be slotted. This one is set in Nairobi, Kenya and depicts the Doctor and Tarrant fighting poachers using future technology.
Episode 3: A modern day UNIT story. A strange glut of supers, both heroes and villains, have popped up in London. What's going on? And who is the mysterious man kidnapping people to make them? It is implied that the Master was the one who is responsible for the heroes and villains.
Episode 4: Mystery on the Saturn Express. Agatha Christie pastiche set on a space train heading from Earth to Saturn. Sees Romana return.
Episode 5: Pseudo-Historical set in Paris. Tarrant becomes the inspiration for Arsene Lupin.
Episode 6: Modern day Venice. Tarrant betrays the Doctor for his true master, Maestro Capo also known as The Master (played by Mads Mikkelsen), who is mind controlling Tarrant. About midway through, the Master forces Tarrant through the same process that created the heroes and villains in episode 3.
Holiday Special: Meet Lily. Still depressed long after Tarrant's perceived betrayal, the Doctor arrives in the slums of Orangora and meets Lily Sinclair, a poor young woman. The Doctor sees so much in her and takes her up as his companion after traveling alone for a long time. Sees the return of the Computer enemy from the city's second appearance.

Season 2
Arc: The Doctor himself becomes more serious and darker while Lily is at best a hesitant companion who joined the Doctor to leave Orangora.
Episode 1: The Doctor and Lily land on a mysterious industrial planet. What they don't know is that it is about to be the newest home of the Cybermen, the same Cybermen that took David. This shows the Doctor at his darkest. A very loose adaptation of Spare Parts.
Episode 2: Pseudo-historical. Medieval France. Hunchback of Notre Dame pastiche with Lily in the Esmeralda role
Episode 3: Far future. The Master returns with Tarrant in toe as his muscle, still mind controlled. Sees the Master ditch Tarrant after his usefulness runs out and Tarrant briefly rejoining the Doctor, much to the Doctor's hesitation, who tells him that he will take Tarrant home and nothing else.
Episode 4: The Doctor and his companions get involved in the war between the Sontarans and Rutans.
Episode 5: Present UNIT story. Silurians vs Zygons vs UNIT with the Doctor, Lily, and Tarrant caught in the middle. The Doctor returns Tarrant home. In the end he joins UNIT and continues his own adventures. It is made clear that much time has passed between episodes 4 and 5.
Episode 6: The Doctor faces the Daleks, who have a plan for the Doctor... and what is Romana doing here?
Holiday Special: The Doctor and Lily celebrate Christmas together with Romana in a snowy alpine village. But something is coming. Santa is coming. Lily falls in love with a side character over the course of the episode and leaves the TARDIS at the end, with a happy life far away from the sadness and trouble of Orangora

Season 3
Arc: The Doctor lightens up again, but has become a changed Time Lord through his experiences. The lightness is a facade now. Charlotte goes from a nice but manipulative person to a kind and charming person with high ambitions to do good.
Episode 1: Meet Charlotte. After a somewhat long hiatus, we return to the typical companion. Present day, Cardif. Charlotte is a fortune teller who knows it's fake. But all her predictions start coming true. What's happening? Return of the Great Intelligence
Episode 2: Ancient Greece pure historical. The Doctor escorts Charlotte through her first trip through time. They meet the historical inspiration for Hercules.
Episode 3: Cybermen. We once again see this Doctor's total hatred for the Cybermen, scaring Charlotte and making her realize that this is not all fun and games.
Episode 4: Far future. Romana shows up once again. The Doctor, Romana, and Charlotte fight the Daleks.
Episode 5: Future historical. After so long, North and South Korea are finally joining to make one Korea. However, insurrectionists from the North don't want that. The Doctor and Charlotte must stop them.
Episode 6: Present. Sutekh. The Doctor finally gets his perfect cup of tea. However, a call from UNIT reveals that mummies are rising and something is stirring in a newly uncovered pyramid in Egypt.

Regeneration Special: While the Doctor and Charlotte celebrate Christmas with Lily, her husband, Romana, and Tarrant, the TARDIS is suddenly rammed by something. Lost in the TARDIS and with nothing but their own wits, the Doctor and his friends must make it to the console to fix everything. But something has gotten in. And it seeks more than blood. It seeks regeneration energy. And the Doctor will need all the help he can get from his best friends.

Tom Hiddleston

Season 1
Episode 1: The Doctor recovers from his regeneration with the help of UNIT (including Tarrant, who has climbed the ranks), Lily, her husband, Romana, and Charlotte. Meanwhile, someone, somewhere is trying to defeat the Doctor before he can recover. A dark UNIT is established, doing things the Doctor finds abhorrent.
Episode 2: Meet Matthew. The Doctor and Charlotte land in the far future on a military space station. Where some experimentation is occurring. Where what may be the next evolution of humanity will occur. The COS experiment is successful. This is the introduction of Matthew Rogers, a cyborg soldier. He is, much like the Doctor, cold and methodical. However, he is also gullible, which is how the soldier ended up turned into a cyborg with little human left. He joins the Doctor and Charlotte to regain his humanity.
Episode 3: Meet the Doctor. The Doctor is trapped on an island with 5 people. A young woman. A cyborg. A young man. An old woman. A child. Who are they, where is he, and what is going on? Basically an entire 90 minutes for Tom Hiddleston to act his socks off.
Episode 4: Scorchies episode. For the first time, a Big Finish creation makes their way to the TV screen. The Scorchies has become the hit TV show of the decade. These wild and wacky puppets have a dark side though. And the Doctor already knows. So he might as well sing or else he'll be on the bad side of the Scorchies. And no one wants that.
Episode 5: High Concept Sci-Fi. Preparing for a fun day, the TARDIS team lands at EPCOT Center, 1985. The Doctor is telling them all about the phenomenon that was EPCOT, but something is wrong. Not only is EPCOT Center missing, Earth is missing. But where does a planet go when it disappears?
Episode 6: The Master. The TARDIS lands in 1940. The Doctor is expecting the Blitz but instead, a perfectly peaceful evening. What is going on? And who is this new deputy mayor? Sees Charlotte leave for university in the present after the Doctor pulls some strings. The Doctor and Matthew leave after saying goodbye and off to more adventures. A long gap between this and the Holiday Special is made explicit.

Holiday Special: The Doctor and Matthew land on the same station they met, where the COS project has reached the point of mass production. With the kinks wiped out, the cybernetic army are the perfect soldiers and primed to take over the galaxy. And Matthew might just be the one to lead them. Sees the departure of Matthew as the cyborg is tragically upgraded into the general of the army and the Doctor is left with no other choice but to destroy the entire fleet.

Season 2
Episode 1: Meet Simon. The Doctor lands in London, 2055 and encounters Simon Dalton, a young student. They develop a student-teacher relationship much like Twelve and Bill throughout their first adventure as they fight an Ice Warrior invasion fleet.
Episode 2: UNIT vs Dark UNIT. The Doctor and Simon meet with Tarrant, who tells them that the shadow branch of UNIT has declared war on all non-human species on Earth. Sees Tarrant's 5-year long story arc conclude with him taking command of UNIT.
Episode 3: Science Fantasy story. The TARDIS lands on a planet where everything is tied to a story. So what happens when there isn't a story?
Episode 4: Marie. The Doctor and Simon jump in and out of the life of a woman in Cape Town, South Africa. An examination of the Whoniverse from the point of view of the average person.
Episode 5: Dark UNIT story. The Doctor and Simon are visiting Lily, now a new mother, and Charlotte, who has graduated from university and is working in astrophysics, when a call from Tarrant, who is stuck in Geneva, leads the quartet to discover that UNIT's shadow team runs even deeper than anyone thought.
Episode 6: Far future. Romana calls on the Doctor and Simon for help in a diplomatic mission. But the Daleks also want in. Have they really turned over a new leaf? And what happens when the Daleks do good?

Finale Special (180 minute long special): Omega Returns. Omega has come back for revenge against the Doctor, and it'll take the combined efforts of Three Doctors and as many of their companions as they can muster to win. Sees Hayley Atwell and Sam Heughan's Doctors return and every single companion of the era in a grand battle against Omega. Ends with Simon leaving the TARDIS and a shot of the Doctor closing a battered TARDIS door and the TARDIS taking off, signifying the end of the era and the beginning of the new.

That feels... oddly correct? Give him 5 or 6 more years in the oven and he might end up a fantastic Doctor.