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Post by christmastrenzalore on Dec 8, 2015 23:48:38 GMT
The Doctor introduces Sunflower to Captain Jack on the day he is beheaded by the Headless Monks and becomes the Face of Boe. But has somebody arranged Jack's fate? While part of me never wants the Jack/Boe connection to be elaborated on, this is actually quite a neat answer.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 8, 2015 23:50:03 GMT
...and other worries For me, the revival needs to establish more original Big Bads. I love the classic villians, but it's time for The Doctor to test his mettle agasint someone new and different with lasting staying power. I don't know, I think they've got the balance right. Whilst you do need some new villains to stop the Whoniverse feeling too small it's always nice to see how the classic series ones are brought back also.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 8, 2015 23:51:51 GMT
The Doctor introduces Sunflower to Captain Jack on the day he is beheaded by the Headless Monks and becomes the Face of Boe. But has somebody arranged Jack's fate? While part of me never wants the Jack/Boe connection to be elaborated on, this is actually quite a neat answer. Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 7:10:22 GMT
Speaking in terms of new Doctors for new eras, who would people like to see spearheading their hypothetical tenures on the show?
John Rhys-Davies is a favourite of mine. He has a wonderful, almost natural gravitas to him that would make him ideal for the role. Him and a young Pierce Brosnan in a pseudo-Ian/Steven/Jamie role.
Michael Maloney is a close runner up. I was strangely captivated by his turn as the Doctor during his reading of As the Silent Stars Go By.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 9, 2015 16:35:30 GMT
Speaking in terms of new Doctors for new eras, who would people like to see spearheading their hypothetical tenures on the show? In a fantasy world where anything is possible, my Doctor would be played by Hugh Jackman and the companion Sunflower Amanda Seyfried.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Dec 11, 2015 14:09:04 GMT
Toby Stephens or Damian Lewis would be my Doctor, Unless i was taking over from a current Doctor at the time (say one who'd been there for a series or 2)
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Dec 11, 2015 14:32:54 GMT
I think when I wrote my post, I was picturing Tamsin Greig. Although, as others have said, Idris Elba would probably be great in the role.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 11, 2015 18:25:24 GMT
I think when I wrote my post, I was picturing Tamsin Greig. Although, as others have said, Idris Elba would probably be great in the role. Nah, Idris Elba plays too many gritty roles. He'd be too serious. You need at least a hint of eccentricity.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Dec 11, 2015 19:20:10 GMT
I don't think that's beyond his range. If you ever see him in interviews, he seems like a much bigger goof in real life. He might enjoy a role with a heaping of eccentricity.
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Post by randomjc on Dec 11, 2015 19:21:34 GMT
I think when I wrote my post, I was picturing Tamsin Greig. Although, as others have said, Idris Elba would probably be great in the role. If not James Bond, the Doctor would be a fun second.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2015 21:09:00 GMT
I don't think that's beyond his range. If you ever see him in interviews, he seems like a much bigger goof in real life. He might enjoy a role with a heaping of eccentricity. Well, he did turn up in Pacific Rim as a sagely sort of character and he does have that sense of weight and authority I'd expect from the Doctor (he's playing Shere Khan in the next Jungle Book, I can think of no one better), but I'm not entirely sold on the "wide-eyed wondrous adventure" side of him. On the other hand, dear old Bill Hartnell was in ghoulish things like Brighton Rock, so you never know he might just have the stuff you'd need for the role. You won't find him playing it like Matt Smith or Pat Troughton, he strikes me as someone you could apply the words "intrepid" and "daring" to. An adventurer's adventurer. Someone you can get behind in a crisis who knows his own mind.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2015 23:24:24 GMT
I think there needs to be some more distance from The Doctor - we've been finding out a LITTLE too much about him of late. Multiple trips to Galifery, his name, a concrete look at the Time War.....
Yes, I understand The Doctor's character needs to be explored as a series in 2015, but I would like a bit more mystery to be retained.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 13, 2015 18:43:36 GMT
I don't think that's beyond his range. If you ever see him in interviews, he seems like a much bigger goof in real life. He might enjoy a role with a heaping of eccentricity. Well, he did turn up in Pacific Rim as a sagely sort of character and he does have that sense of weight and authority I'd expect from the Doctor (he's playing Shere Khan in the next Jungle Book, I can think of no one better), but I'm not entirely sold on the "wide-eyed wondrous adventure" side of him. On the other hand, dear old Bill Hartnell was in ghoulish things like Brighton Rock, so you never know he might just have the stuff you'd need for the role. You won't find him playing it like Matt Smith or Pat Troughton, he strikes me as someone you could apply the words "intrepid" and "daring" to. An adventurer's adventurer. Someone you can get behind in a crisis who knows his own mind. Perhaps three or four Doctors in the future but I certainly don't think he'd be right for after Peter Capaldi. I don't think the show should go from a dark Doctor to a dark Doctor. It would be too samey. The next Doctor should be more in the vein of the 2nd, 10th or 11th Doctors IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:58:54 GMT
Well, he did turn up in Pacific Rim as a sagely sort of character and he does have that sense of weight and authority I'd expect from the Doctor (he's playing Shere Khan in the next Jungle Book, I can think of no one better), but I'm not entirely sold on the "wide-eyed wondrous adventure" side of him. On the other hand, dear old Bill Hartnell was in ghoulish things like Brighton Rock, so you never know he might just have the stuff you'd need for the role. You won't find him playing it like Matt Smith or Pat Troughton, he strikes me as someone you could apply the words "intrepid" and "daring" to. An adventurer's adventurer. Someone you can get behind in a crisis who knows his own mind. Perhaps three or four Doctors in the future but I certainly don't think he'd be right for after Peter Capaldi. I don't think the show should go from a dark Doctor to a dark Doctor. It would be too samey. The next Doctor should be more in the vein of the 2nd, 10th or 11th Doctors IMO. I'm not sure how localised this is, but judging from recent opinions that Peter Capaldi has been well and truly "Colin Baker'd" (i.e. good actor, bad/ill-fitting scripts), this seems to be an eminent possibility.
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Post by seeley on Dec 14, 2015 0:52:09 GMT
Perhaps three or four Doctors in the future but I certainly don't think he'd be right for after Peter Capaldi. I don't think the show should go from a dark Doctor to a dark Doctor. It would be too samey. The next Doctor should be more in the vein of the 2nd, 10th or 11th Doctors IMO. I'm not sure how localised this is, but judging from recent opinions that Peter Capaldi has been well and truly "Colin Baker'd" (i.e. good actor, bad/ill-fitting scripts), this seems to be an eminent possibility. There are always going to be folks who dislike the current writing, but I don't think there's been anything in the order of the "Doctor Wholigan" criticisms flying about in the 80's. Granted, I've talked to several folks who didn't quite take to Capaldi, but this seemed to be because of his brooding and his differences to previous New Who-Doctors, not due to a perceived antithesis to what the Doctor stands for. And Series Nine seems to have already made an effort to address such complaints (assuming they were widespread.) I imagine that Moffat and co. realized from the start that an older, grumpier Doctor wasn't going to go down easily with some of the audience.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 7:12:41 GMT
I'm not sure how localised this is, but judging from recent opinions that Peter Capaldi has been well and truly "Colin Baker'd" (i.e. good actor, bad/ill-fitting scripts), this seems to be an eminent possibility. There are always going to be folks who dislike the current writing, but I don't think there's been anything in the order of the "Doctor Wholigan" criticisms flying about in the 80's. Granted, I've talked to several folks who didn't quite take to Capaldi, but this seemed to be because of his brooding and his differences to previous New Who-Doctors, not due to a perceived antithesis to what the Doctor stands for. And Series Nine seems to have already made an effort to address such complaints (assuming they were widespread.) I imagine that Moffat and co. realized from the start that an older, grumpier Doctor wasn't going to go down easily with some of the audience. Very likely, if you look at both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, they both started out as rather personable and chirpy incarnations before the production team later introduced their fussy and eccentric dispositions. With the benefit of hindsight, Colin more or less thrown straight into the deep end with his characterisation in The Twin Dilemma, so much so that Attack of the Cybermen watches like a second attempt at demonstrating who exactly this incarnation is by establishing him as a character rather than a caricature. Hence his long chats with Peri in London and being subsequently locked up with Flast on Telos. I think fans may have felt history repeating itself in this respect, particularly with Capaldi's subsequent softening this season echoing Baker's during The Trial of a Time Lord. Personally, I don't think Season 22 was that bad to be honest ( Vengeance on Varos, The Two Doctors and Revelation of the Daleks are all favourites despite their flaws), he was just in the right place at exactly the wrong time. This is just my opinion (so take it with a grain of salt), but I empathise quite a bit with something another fan said to me a couple days ago. She shrugged up her arms and stated that she: "[loved] Capaldi as the Doctor, he's terrific, but they have absolutely no idea what to do with him." The opinion's been much the same with others I've spoken to. It's not that he's different from his predecessors, it's that he's being misapplied and given traits more akin to Matt Smith's Doctor ("Doctor Disco" was thought to be particularly uncomplimentary and out of place). They haven't really been playing to the actor or the character's strengths.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Feb 24, 2016 16:11:48 GMT
I had completely forgotten to add my story idea's to my own thread lol So So silly . Anyway the story idea's i'll put down are the ones I would write if i was showrunner or what i think should go their. There will be gaps as those would be the stories of other writers or writers i would work with. So hear we go. SERIES 1- Episodes 1 and 2 : Stewart's Brigade and Law of the PackThe Doctor is now alone after his previous companion(s) left. He returns to Earth and finds a special force of UNIT soldiers and scientists called Stewart's Brigade and the Police investigating a series of strange deaths, which involve the life force of people being drained from their bodies leaving them lifeless husks. The latest victims are people who have had contact with the Doctor in the past and thereby now contain elements of Chronal energy and now they are coming for the Doctor. At the end of this the Doctor gains two new companions: Unit Soldier Michael Davies and Police Officer Cassandra Reynolds SERIES 1- Episode 3 : Look to WindwardThe new Tardis crew land in the bowels of a giant ship, that is transporting delegates and residents to the new peace planet Windward. Someone doesnt want the ship and people to make the planet. The Doctor and co, must work with the ships Captain (The son of a former companion) to find out who and why and stop their plan SERIES 1- Episode 4 : Shadows in the RainThe team land on a Fog and Rain strewn planet and encounter a team of scientists being picked off one by one. What lies in the forest and what have the scientists done to bring on their wrath SERIES 1- Episodes 6 and 7 : (2-part Novel Adaptation)Now i don't know what Novel i would adapt at this time. I wouldn't write it tbf, but this is where it would go SERIES 1- Episodes 10, 11 and 12 : (Epic Series Finale)Don't know what the story would be at this time, but it would most likely feature a call back to the Master of the villains in the opening two-parter and would feature members of Stewart's Brigade and the main UNIT forces. I would probably co-write Episode 12, while giving some ideas to Episodes 10 and 11 SERIES 2- Episodes 1,2 and 3 : (Unknown titles at this time)This would actually be a trilogy of single stories set on the same world. The Team would fight a creature of legend on the planet, try to stop a series of man-made natural disasters and defeat a group of Warlords who wish to take over the planet. During the third episode Michael would be infected with a virus for which there is no cure, but whose effects would be slowed down by alcohol (which would explain his absence from the next three episodes) SERIES 2- Episodes 4,5 and 6 : Kursaal (Novel Adaptation)This would have to be done as three parts for me due to certain events in the novel. Cassandra would of course be taking the place of Sam in the novel SERIES 2- Episodes 10,11 and 12 : (Epic Series Finale)This would take place on Earth. That's all i have in mind for this story lol I'm kind of vague at the moment in regards to what stories would be in Series 3, but all i know is that Michael and Cassandra would leave in during the events of Episodes 9 and 10 and a New companion would join in Episode 12 The Movie would involve the peace planet Windward, all three companions from the past three series, various aliens and an epic battle on the planet and in space in the final act.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Feb 24, 2016 16:53:22 GMT
1 - A companion from the past, or distant future! Not present day Earth 2 - The series will not revolve around the companion 3 - No family members of said companion will appear 4 - The companion will not be involved with someone 5 - No Story arc 6 - No Dalek or Cybermen stories 7 - Straight forward storytelling - no plot holes, no unanswered questions 8 - No Sonic Screwdriver to solve the answers 9 - A new Doctor 10 - A Christmas Special to star a previous Doctor Edited addition 11 - No more Vastra, Jenny and Strax
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Feb 24, 2016 17:39:29 GMT
Stewart's Brigade and Law of the Pack is an intriguing idea. I could picture it as Moffat-esque episode.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Feb 24, 2016 22:04:08 GMT
Ghosts of Christmas (Christmas episode and intro to new Doctor): Proper spooky action, haunted house, murder etc. There are multiple people in it who could be the Doctor, the surprise comes mid way when it's revealed the "Miss Marple" character is the Doctor, and has been for several decades. She forms a friendship with one of the other people in the house, and is attacked and killed by the murderer....
A Touch of Frost: a frozen village, everyone dead, the Doctor and Allison investigate. Was it aliens or the military?
Shadow of the Daleks: An expedition to a lonely outpost during the Dalek wars is lost, they sent out a distress message that the Doctor and another crew responds to. No Daleks, lots of Vaarga. Ally is stung, cliffhanger...
Wardens of Fate: the Doctor takes Ally to a hospital that specialises in infectious diseases. They cure her, but someone on the ward doesn't like the idea of people surviving certain death and cheating fate.....
Extinction Dawn: The TARDIS arrives on Earth, circa the end of the Silurian Empire. There's no moon in the sky, but there is a second planet and a massive comet heading towards them both....
Invasion Day: The Mondasians invade Earth after something goes wrong on Mondas, instead of moving Mondas out of the way of the comet, Mondas is thrown out of orbit.
Final Night: Mondas is gone and Earth is dying because of the lack of tidal support from the other world, the Doctor has an idea, but Vastra, the commander of the Silurian Watch has another, she wants his TARDIS and when she discovers Ally isn't from Mondas but Earth's future, she's willing to torture her to get it.
Six movie length episodes. Yes, that Vastra. His solution? An eggsellent one.
and now for a trailer: A pair of figures seen at a distance, one burly, bald and dressed in a waistcoat, lime green shirt and dark trousers, the other moving with the grace of a dancer dressed to match the frozen conditions. He waves a gloved hand and he talks to her in apparent silence.
A voice asks "what happens next?" A different voice, one used to wry humour and eloquence, adds "ohh the usual death, destruction, monsters, screams and well cooked meals".
Seven people crowded in the ruins of a technological bunker, the woman from before looking terrified, the burly man merely annoyed. He's adopted a mocking tone "you have successfully entombed us. We are surrounded by Cactiflora Davrosii. Where do you think they came from? What do you think there were securing? We are in far more trouble now than we were before". His voice is the same as the second speaker's.
The burly man lay on the ground, his hand outstretched, an imploring look on his face. "ALLISON! GIVE ME YOUR HAND!"
The man and Allison look up, arm in arm. He's smiling and she's aghast, "Doctor, this can't be Earth... There's THAT!" She points up, the Doctor smiles. "That my dear," not patronisingly, rather avuncularly he says, "is exactly what anyone standing here for billions of years would have admired. That is Mondas!" He waves an introduction towards a dark sky with a second world, one identical to the Earth floating in it.
A reptile woman leered over the Doctor who glared back, she spoke with a faintly Glaswegian accent "You have sympathy for the ape, but not us?" "She is no more a member of the Primate order than you are of the Chordata!" "You hide behind words Doctor" "Hide behind, wield devastatingly. As they will one day say, you say pootato, I say potahto." "and now you attempt to deflect my attention. It will not work. Give me your TARDIS, or do you car so little for your "friend"?" "I have obligations. Swore oaths. There are forces and laws that outweigh even compassion and friendship." "I have obligations to my species, to ensuring it survives" she hisses. "And I answer to a higher calling," the weight of sadness in his voice is almost heartbreaking, "But no. No TARDIS for you. But there is always another way."
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