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Post by nucleusofswarm on Sept 9, 2016 20:23:15 GMT
Yes, we all love giving suggestions and criticisms on the show, but what would you do if you ran the proverbial zoo. And for the sake of ensuring this thread is productive, you can´t just say 'retcon this' or 'fire this person'. Focus on what you would add, not what you´d take away.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 9, 2016 21:52:06 GMT
I would:
Bring back John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness for an episode.
Bring JK Rowling onboard as a writer for a two parter.
Missy would 'reluctantly' become the Doctor's companion. In the first episode of the series they would discover the Time Lords are becoming frustrated at being stuck in the pocket universe and are trying to force their way through the cracks in time. However by doing so they are ripping the universe into smaller pieces. In order to stop the Time Lords and save the lives of everyone in the universe they reluctantly team up to find a way to close the cracks in time for good. This would be the story arc of the series. In each episode the audience would be made to question if Missy is truly on the Doctor's side or if she's going to betray him.
By the final episode, the Doctor's become more like Missy and Missy's become more like the Doctor. By the end of the episode they work out how to close the cracks in time. The Doctor takes delight in closing the cracks in time and trapping the Time Lords but Missy becomes the voice of reason. She tries to talk the Doctor out of it. When he refuses to budge, she uses the method that allowed her to escape the Time War after the events of The End of Time and ends up trapped in the pocket universe. After losing his best friend-turned-enemy the Doctor realises he has gone too far and manages to reverse the process, reopening the cracks in time. This allows Missy to take the Time Lords back to the main universe (only without Gallifrey). The Doctor informs them that they must live as humans on Earth in order to avoid provoking another Time War; the Daleks cannot find out who they really are. Missy tells the Doctor that her plan was to make him more like her; she knew she could use her method of escaping the Time War but wanted the Doctor to be convinced that closing the cracks in time was the only way. She has now decided however that having a Doctor like her in the universe isn't the same...plus she doesn't enjoy being 'good'. Missy promises that she'll be back to 'make your life hell' and they part ways.
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Post by omega on Sept 10, 2016 3:13:39 GMT
Get Big Finish writers like Jonathan Morris, John Dorney and Matt Fitton on board. Bring back Matt Jones to write another story.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 11:34:00 GMT
I'm loathed to erase my predecessors' work, so we'd probably try and play around with a few of the elements left over from the previous producer's tenure. Nevertheless, there'd be a phasing out towards the end of the first year and an introduction of new elements. Always good to keep powering forward. I'd like to push the show more towards the science fiction end of the fantasy/sci-fi spectrum that Doctor Who is always backwards and forwards from. A greater emphasis on developing supporting characters, but not so much that the Doctor himself is sidelined. I think it's important to remember that he's a wanderer, a scientist and something of an academician who's fallen from grace. He's a dandy, he appreciates the finer things if not a member of that finer class himself. This is an incarnation who not only wants to visit an opera with his companion, but slip in and talk with the performers when everyone's back is turned to know what history feels like from their perspective.
I know a lot of people would probably loathe this for the amount of content that would fall by the wayside, but I think that the series could really benefit from a Sherlock-style miniseries format. Cut the series down to six or seven ninety-minute long episodes and really dwell in those new worlds and locales. One week we could have the Doctor and his new companion investigating a Japanese murder cult in the Edo period, another week we're on the planet Lepta in 2167 dealing with an equal rights movement among AIs, another week we're knee deep in the Russian Patriotic War, etc. I'd also probably like a move back towards genuine stand alone stories as well. Not completely, but enough that you can drop into it without any issue.
I'd also like to introduce a recurring adversary we'd never seen before in the historical tales. A group of time sensitives similar to the organisation from Simon Hawke's TimeWars novels that is deliberately messing with history for their own gain. I'm seeing a cross between SPECTRE from the Connery era Bond films and the antagonists from Timecop. People who have their own plots and machinations, but a very serious interest in the TARDIS and its operator.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 9:05:45 GMT
In the first episode of the series they would discover the Time Lords are becoming frustrated at being stuck in the pocket universe and are trying to force their way through the cracks in time. I think you'll find that Gallifrey is no longer in a pocket universe. And, it would be impossible for me to be Showrunner without sacking Peter Capaldi, and Michelle Gomez, and replacing Matt Lucas and Pearl Mackie with a companion from the future and a companion from the past.
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Post by omega on Sept 11, 2016 9:14:40 GMT
Bring Katy Manning back to guest star as Jo Grant or have Richard Franklin guest star as Mike Yates in a UNIT story. Mike appears to consult UNIT on the latest crisis.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 11, 2016 9:32:26 GMT
In the first episode of the series they would discover the Time Lords are becoming frustrated at being stuck in the pocket universe and are trying to force their way through the cracks in time. I think you'll find that Gallifrey is no longer in a pocket universe. Yes it is. The Doctors moved it there in Day of the Doctor. Gallifrey has never moved to the main universe; it was still in the pocket universe when he broke the diamond wall in the Confession Dial and found himself on Gallifrey. The only difference was it was at the end of the universe. The Doctor never moved it back.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 10:36:29 GMT
I think you'll find that Gallifrey is no longer in a pocket universe. Yes it is. The Doctors moved it there in Day of the Doctor. Gallifrey has never moved to the main universe; it was still in the pocket universe when he broke the diamond wall in the Confession Dial and found himself on Gallifrey. The only difference was it was at the end of the universe. The Doctor never moved it back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GallifreyGallifrey is revealed at the conclusion of "The Day of the Doctor" (2013) to have survived the "(Great) Time War" and didn't burn as the Doctor originally believed, though it was frozen in time and shunted into another dimension,[19] before returning to the universe at some point before "Hell Bent" (2015). tardis.wikia.com/wiki/GallifreyMissy later told the Doctor that Gallifrey had returned to its original position, but this was revealed to be a lie when the Doctor travelled to these coordinates and found only empty space. (TV: Death in Heaven) Gallifrey had in fact returned to the universe as Missy said. However, it had been placed at the extreme end of the time continuum for protection. The General described Gallifrey's location as "the end of the universe, give or take a star system." (TV: Hell Bent) You can also take into account that Clara is travelling in a TARDIS, in "our" universe!
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Post by muckypup on Sept 11, 2016 10:48:17 GMT
if it were up to me I would get rid of capaldi asap
go back to longer stories with proper cliff hangers
have a male companion
less complicated stories but easter egg style story connections
smaller scale stories less world & universe in peril
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 10:52:22 GMT
Yes it is. The Doctors moved it there in Day of the Doctor. Gallifrey has never moved to the main universe; it was still in the pocket universe when he broke the diamond wall in the Confession Dial and found himself on Gallifrey. The only difference was it was at the end of the universe. The Doctor never moved it back. Missy later told the Doctor that Gallifrey had returned to its original position, but this was revealed to be a lie when the Doctor travelled to these coordinates and found only empty space. (TV: Death in Heaven) Gallifrey had in fact returned to the universe as Missy said. However, it had been placed at the extreme end of the time continuum for protection. The General described Gallifrey's location as "the end of the universe, give or take a star system." (TV: Hell Bent) You can also take into account that Clara is travelling in a TARDIS, in "our" universe! Ahh... Now there's something I'd like to deal with properly. If I'd been following straight on from Steven Moffat's time on the show, I'd like to have mentions dropped here and there that the CIA on Gallifrey have started to inveigle themselves in key cultures throughout the cosmos in an effort to further their territorial prowess as they used to in the old days before that incident with the Yssgaroth. Maybe they're even looking into black hole technology and the possibilities of anti-matter weaponry to conquer worlds who resist. It would be cool to see them gearing up to be a paranoid and adversarial force in the universe that the Doctor might have to deal with one day. We could even get a glimpse of Gallifrey being turned into a true Edenic utopia with a ruthless police state a la Ba Sing Se from Avatar. Their society is thriving in a way we've never seen before, but the almost psychotic layer of denial buried beneath it all has lead to some pretty disturbing scenes on foreign worlds. Skaro is looking more like Gallifrey these days and vice versa, one is stagnating and the other is on the war path.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 11, 2016 12:44:57 GMT
Yes it is. The Doctors moved it there in Day of the Doctor. Gallifrey has never moved to the main universe; it was still in the pocket universe when he broke the diamond wall in the Confession Dial and found himself on Gallifrey. The only difference was it was at the end of the universe. The Doctor never moved it back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GallifreyGallifrey is revealed at the conclusion of "The Day of the Doctor" (2013) to have survived the "(Great) Time War" and didn't burn as the Doctor originally believed, though it was frozen in time and shunted into another dimension,[19] before returning to the universe at some point before "Hell Bent" (2015). tardis.wikia.com/wiki/GallifreyMissy later told the Doctor that Gallifrey had returned to its original position, but this was revealed to be a lie when the Doctor travelled to these coordinates and found only empty space. (TV: Death in Heaven) Gallifrey had in fact returned to the universe as Missy said. However, it had been placed at the extreme end of the time continuum for protection. The General described Gallifrey's location as "the end of the universe, give or take a star system." (TV: Hell Bent) You can also take into account that Clara is travelling in a TARDIS, in "our" universe! I would just retcon it then by making it the end of the universe in the pocket universe. I always took it in Hell Bent that it was still in the pocket universe but as it was the end of the universe it was the end of the universe for all universes. If that wasn't Steven Moffat's intention then it wasn't executed well enough IMO. They needed to show the Doctor or another character taking it out of the pocket universe for it to make sense.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 11, 2016 13:25:48 GMT
Make sure it was my primary work project. Take note and audience and critic feedback, whatever proved the most popular do, even if not to my taste or there was vocal dislike in some quarters. And if I did choose to work again with a writer whose previous effort was almost universally panned I'd be doubly sure to be across every aspect of that production, so if it flopped I could say " That was very best we could do. Apologies if most people didn't like it", not, "Oh I'm sure people will appreciate more in 10 years time".
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 13:31:16 GMT
I would just retcon it then by making it the end of the universe in the pocket universe. I always took it in Hell Bent that it was still in the pocket universe but as it was the end of the universe it was the end of the universe for all universes. If that wasn't Steven Moffat's intention then it wasn't executed well enough IMO. They needed to show the Doctor or another character taking it out of the pocket universe for it to make sense. No recon allowed, though! EDIT But, it isn't made clear enough to the viewer that Gallifrey is in its correct universe. That was the reason from the cracks, and Time of the Doctor. Perhaps, if Moffat had made three separate stories 1 - Gallifrey contacts the Doctor via the cracks. 2 - The Doctor regenerations. 3 - Gallifrey returns to the correct universe. There is too much of a gap between Time of the Doctor and the end scene in Heaven Sent.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 13:51:10 GMT
If I were Showrunner, I'd employ a competent Script Editor who would stay with me for the length of time I was Producer.(2 - 3 series) Make the scripts tighter, with no plotholes. If the series was 13 episodes, I'd have six x 2-parters, and 1 x 1-parter. Scripts with substance and detailed writing rather than big and loud. The Christmas Special (ep 14) would NOT be set at Christmas. The Script Editor and I would map out the series, in the same way as Hinchcliffe/Holmes. No Story arc. No special companion. As for writers, I'd have to got to the Big Finish back catalogue. 1 x Male companion from the past (Jaime, style) 1 x Female companion from the future (Zoe, style) Return Gallifrey to its original co-ordinates, but have it cloaked - in the same way Skaro was in series 9.
I think thats enough to get on with.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 11, 2016 14:09:21 GMT
If I were Showrunner, I'd employ a competent Script Editor who would stay with me for the length of time I was Producer.(2 - 3 series) Make the scripts tighter, with no plotholes. If the series was 13 episodes, I'd have six x 2-parters, and 1 x 1-parter. Scripts with substance and detailed writing rather than big and loud. The Christmas Special (ep 14) would NOT be set at Christmas. The Script Editor and I would map out the series, in the same way as Hinchcliffe/Holmes. No Story arc. No special companion. As for writers, I'd have to got to the Big Finish back catalogue. 1 x Male companion from the past (Jaime, style) 1 x Female companion from the future (Zoe, style) Return Gallifrey to its original co-ordinates, but have it cloaked - in the same way Skaro was in series 9. I think thats enough to get on with. Would you really employ BF writers Paul, who would you have in mind or are you talking adapting existing stories for TV if so which?
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 14:13:28 GMT
If I were Showrunner, I'd employ a competent Script Editor who would stay with me for the length of time I was Producer.(2 - 3 series) Make the scripts tighter, with no plotholes. If the series was 13 episodes, I'd have six x 2-parters, and 1 x 1-parter. Scripts with substance and detailed writing rather than big and loud. The Christmas Special (ep 14) would NOT be set at Christmas. The Script Editor and I would map out the series, in the same way as Hinchcliffe/Holmes. No Story arc. No special companion. As for writers, I'd have to got to the Big Finish back catalogue. 1 x Male companion from the past (Jaime, style) 1 x Female companion from the future (Zoe, style) Return Gallifrey to its original co-ordinates, but have it cloaked - in the same way Skaro was in series 9. I think thats enough to get on with. Would you really employ BF writers Paul, who would you have in mind?
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I'm not a fan of alot of recent BF productions. So, I'd got back to the first 50 adventures. But, I don't know there names of by heart! Where else would I get my authors from? I'm only after seven a series.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 11, 2016 14:22:26 GMT
Would you really employ BF writers Paul, who would you have in mind?
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I'm not a fan of alot of recent BF productions. So, I'd got back to the first 50 adventures. But, I don't know there names of by heart! Where else would I get my authors from? I'm only after seven a series. That's interesting so Gary Russell produced material who I feel like SM produced a lot of stuff that'd he'd like to see/hear and if the audience liked it bonus but if the didn't that was their look out, instead of Nick Briggs/ David Richardson produced works which seem to have a more general ranging audience appeal.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 15:04:11 GMT
Just hire me Paul, I'd write some scary creepy stories.
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Sept 11, 2016 15:12:23 GMT
I'd also look at writers who haven't done Sci-Fi. Doctor Who is all about drama. Moffat only picks Sci-Fi writers, or buddies who have written for tv.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 11, 2016 15:19:10 GMT
I'd also look at writers who haven't done Sci-Fi. Doctor Who is all about drama. Moffat only picks Sci-Fi writers, or buddies who have written for tv. That doesn't leave many options, someone who hasn't written for the Genre , whose considered fairly hot in TV Dramaor whose not a known buddy of exiting writing pool, the Cold Feet writing team perhaps?
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