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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 11:49:01 GMT
Hey everyone,
What would you change about Doctor Who?
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Post by elkawho on Dec 19, 2015 13:12:08 GMT
More historicals.
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Post by kimalysong on Dec 19, 2015 14:36:26 GMT
I swear this is exactly what I was going to post but you beat me to it.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 19, 2015 18:15:19 GMT
Well, if I was in the position to change the show I'd change it as much as possible from the RTD and Moffat Eras. Not because I don't like them but to refresh the show and give it a new lease of life. I'd also bring back Captain Jack and K9 because their returns are long overdue and change the current version of the theme tune to Peter Capaldi's guitar take.
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Post by jarod on Dec 19, 2015 22:29:13 GMT
I'd bring back RTD and straightforward stories that make me care about the characters.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 20, 2015 0:10:50 GMT
More John Hurt Long episodes OR longer seasons. Surprise McGann story. New console room for the Doctor.
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Post by Hieronymus on Dec 20, 2015 6:49:13 GMT
It's hard to decide what I'd change (or not) on the grand scale of the program, but. . . - Find someone to be the science-adviser for scripts, the way Harlan Ellison was for Babylon 5. No more moon-eggs or magical trees.
- Include a long story arc about a past companion / relative of the Doctor, perhaps Susan, Romana, or even a new character.
- Introduce (or re-introduce) another renegade Time Lord. The War and Gallifrey's policies must have led to dissension and dissatisfaction, hence a new crop of renegades.
- I'd really like to find a way to have a multi-Master story.
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Post by omega on Dec 20, 2015 7:21:14 GMT
No more Doctor or companion romance stories for a while. I know this likely won't happen, but a single male companion for the Doctor.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 20, 2015 7:34:41 GMT
A Blake's 7 stealth pilot
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 13:49:49 GMT
From the top, I'd like: - A return to the adventure of yore and a greater emphasis on providing independent plot threads/characterisation for both the main cast and recurring characters.
- A greater sense that the worlds the Doctor has been dropped into have existed long before he arrived and will continue to (or perhaps not) long after he's departed.
- To see the Doctor as less of a fading rock star, demonstrating more wisdom and intellect in lieu of ego and smugness. An intellectual hero like Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes, more of the wanderer and the scientist.
It's hard to decide what I'd change (or not) on the grand scale of the program, but. . . - Introduce (or re-introduce) another renegade Time Lord. The War and Gallifrey's policies must have led to dissension and dissatisfaction, hence a new crop of renegades.
Building on this, I'd love to see the Doctor's adventures hindered by a more proactive Gallifrey. Imagine if he were (for example) suddenly involved in the court politics of Ming China during their exchange with envoys from the West. If European envoys had been willing to kowtow to the Chinese emperor, if they had recognized it merely as a ceremonial gesture, then Sino-Western relations over the centuries would have presumably gone far more smoothly. What if after the stolid patriotism of the West, a Time Lord from the Celestial Intervention Agency fortuitously arrived in Peking and offered that token submission in exchange for trade with their celestial domain and the furtherance of the diminished Gallifrey's interests? You could have the Doctor suddenly having to play devil's advocate to prevent his people from setting up a "black site" in Earth's past where they can do untold amounts of damage.
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Post by Hieronymus on Dec 20, 2015 15:21:56 GMT
A Blake's 7 stealth pilot Sadly, the Syfy Channel acquired the rights for Blake's 7. Seems they want to do their version. While part of me wants to be excited at the prospect, most of me thinks Birdemic and hopes that their plans will fall through.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 20, 2015 18:11:39 GMT
As good as Paul McGann is, outside of a multi-Doctor anniversary special that would just put new viewers off. It's too fanjodrelly.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 20, 2015 23:37:48 GMT
As good as Paul McGann is, outside of a multi-Doctor anniversary special that would just put new viewers off. It's too fanjodrelly. Not if it part one of a two parter, setting up the situation that the Doctor needs to resolve.
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Post by constonks on Dec 23, 2015 15:12:29 GMT
For at least one season: No Daleks, no Cybermen. If there are returning monsters, nothing that has recurred before.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 24, 2015 8:07:00 GMT
I'd do a "From their perspective" Silurian story.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 10:51:13 GMT
A Blake's 7 stealth pilot Sadly, the Syfy Channel acquired the rights for Blake's 7. Seems they want to do their version. While part of me wants to be excited at the prospect, most of me thinks Birdemic and hopes that their plans will fall through. Darn, and here I was thinking we could've had a miniseries reboot with Martin Campbell directing.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 24, 2015 11:22:42 GMT
As good as Paul McGann is, outside of a multi-Doctor anniversary special that would just put new viewers off. It's too fanjodrelly. Not if it part one of a two parter, setting up the situation that the Doctor needs to resolve. Nah, it would be too jarring. I think you need a sense of continuity.
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Post by Hieronymus on Dec 24, 2015 16:24:33 GMT
Not if it part one of a two parter, setting up the situation that the Doctor needs to resolve. Nah, it would be too jarring. I think you need a sense of continuity. I think it could have worked if they'd done it following on from Gridlock. That story ended with the Doctor and Martha sitting down to talk about his past. I imagined them doing a flashback story, with narration scenes by the current Doctor. The twist of course being that the flashbacks are completely new story with the 8th Doctor, rather than recycled footage.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 24, 2015 21:42:16 GMT
Nah, it would be too jarring. I think you need a sense of continuity. I think it could have worked if they'd done it following on from Gridlock. That story ended with the Doctor and Martha sitting down to talk about his past. I imagined them doing a flashback story, with narration scenes by the current Doctor. The twist of course being that the flashbacks are completely new story with the 8th Doctor, rather than recycled footage. You to think about the casual viewer though, who'd tune into that episode and think 'Why's it that man and not ____?'
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Post by Hieronymus on Dec 24, 2015 22:08:39 GMT
I think it could have worked if they'd done it following on from Gridlock. That story ended with the Doctor and Martha sitting down to talk about his past. I imagined them doing a flashback story, with narration scenes by the current Doctor. The twist of course being that the flashbacks are completely new story with the 8th Doctor, rather than recycled footage. You to think about the casual viewer though, who'd tune into that episode and think 'Why's it that man and not ____?' That's where Martha becomes useful to the conversation. She can ask those clarifying questions for the viewer. I also imagine that there would be scenes where we saw what Martha mistakenly thought happened; then she would interrupt with a question; then we'd see the same scene corrected following the clarification. E.g. We'd see David Tennant doing something, he or some character in the action would mention the velvet coat, at which point Martha would ask "Wait a minute. You? In velvet?" Doctor: "I was a different man back then. Really. Different face and everything." The scene would then replay with Paul McGann.
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