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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 14:28:56 GMT
Doctor Who has reached its fiftieth anniversary and to celebrate this monumental achievement there will be special broadcasting on the same night that An Unearthly Child aired way back in 1963. You have been selected by the current production team to write this episode with little demand beyond the inclusion of the current Doctor and his future self. There are a wealth of resources available to you to accomplish this feat. Five surviving Doctors from the original classic era, plus two of the original companion team and a Hartnell imitator set to appear in Mark Gatiss's own documentary, Adventures in Space and Time. There are also a myriad of contributors who have donated their time and energy to Big Finish who could assist you in crafting your story.
The curtains are drawn and nothing is set in stone yet, so... How would you have done Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary special?
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Post by constonks on Nov 18, 2016 14:37:02 GMT
I probably would have done a version of what happened - a Time War story that included Eight's regeneration into Nine (although I doubt I'd have thought of the War Doctor) - although I doubt I would have included Tennant. Probably just McGann, Smith and maybe McCoy just for the fun of it. And maybe Susan and Romana. But it all would have been too Classic Who for what the show actually is now.
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 18, 2016 15:11:22 GMT
I would have had every living Doctor and companion team up to fight an alliance of Daleks, Cyberman, Sontarans, and Dominators lead by the Master and Davros. It would have been spectacularly awful.
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Post by relativetime on Nov 18, 2016 15:28:48 GMT
I really would not have done the Time War, to be honest, but since there wasn't any talk about changing Series 7 as well, I'll just assume that's what I have to work with. In that case, there's two things I would have changed - the revival of Gallifrey and the involvement of the War Doctor.
If there's one thing that I honestly could not fully support that Moffat's done, it was bringing back Gallifrey to little effect after so much lore explaining why that would be a very bad thing. So, my version of the fiftieth anniversary would not have revived Gallifrey, but it may have involved the earlier and latter days of the Time War.
Also, I would have liked to see the Eighth Doctor in the early days before he became the War Doctor, rather than have the War Doctor himself. I think the idea of the War Doctor is a sound one - and I do enjoy everything John Hurt has contributed to the series - but he strikes me as a character that would have worked better as a more mysterious and unseen part of the Doctor's life. There was an opportunity to reveal more information about the Doctor's backstory while adding a thousand more questions and I think it was squandered.
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Post by fingersmash on Nov 18, 2016 15:34:19 GMT
A Five Doctors-style romp where all the living Doctors with their iconic (or second most iconic in cases where the iconic one is sadly passed on or unavailable) companion have a different adventure and meet up in the end to finish off the enemy that brought them all there and a nice celebratory scene somewhere near the end. Nothing super consequential, just utter fun and saving the save Gallifrey plot for the Christmas special.
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Post by theotherjosh on Nov 18, 2016 16:08:47 GMT
A Five Doctors-style romp where all the living Doctors with their iconic (or second most iconic in cases where the iconic one is sadly passed on or unavailable) companion have a different adventure and meet up in the end to finish off the enemy that brought them all there and a nice celebratory scene somewhere near the end. Nothing super consequential, just utter fun and saving the save Gallifrey plot for the Christmas special. Same here. I didn't care for the television anniversary, but The Light at the End gave me exactly what I wanted. |
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Post by aztec on Nov 18, 2016 18:38:48 GMT
As A) I don't have a creative bone in my body and I'm a Who fan, not a casual viewer, and B) Enjoyed Day Of The Doctor (especially Hurt's performance) but C) Can't actually remember it that well, I'm going to be lazy and just say I'd probably keep things broadly the same, with a few fanw*nky changes (assuming I could get a slighty bigger budget) that would probably bore everyone:
- Extend the episode to 120 minutes with more split and polish and timey wimey stuff in the time war battle scenes (i.e have people cycle through regeneration when being killed or time distortions or something)
- Night Of The Doctor would be every so slightly longer and a pre credits sequence, I'd have aged McGann up by a decade or so, allowing room to crowbar in possible future appearances from him, maybe even shoot some new footage with him for the all 13 sequence.
- I'd figure out a way to use archive audio of the Brigadier maybe redit into a message or something that Kate listens to every so often
- I'd do a deal with the BBC to allow photographs of the Big Finish (maybe even comic or novel) companions to appear on the wall at the Black archive, and I'd make the scene more important, with a several companions referenced to or name checked
- I'd have the 10th Doctor travelling with Donna at the time (yes, this would have probably made the episode worse, but I like Donna alot
- I'd have shot vague flashback scenes of an early War Doctor doing some fighting to splice in when he was thinking over his past decisions.
- I'd (this is alot of I'd's isn't it?) try my utmost to persuade Eccleston to come back for at least a surprise cameo post War Doctor regeneration
- I liked the idea of the newer tardis glitching back into the 1st Doctor's tardis interior and I've have expanded on this idea, cycling through either archive footage (with the three doctors superimposed in front) or building reconstructed sets with either old clips of the Doctors/companions or doubles shot in blur moving around the background (basically something similar to Clara in the Doctor's timeline scene in Name Of The Doctor)
- I'd bring back Colin Baker as an aged Commander Maxil, and Mcoy/Davison (maybe McGann as well) in cameo appearances as manifestations of the Doctor's conscience or something brought into being by the Moment interacting with the War Doctor in the Barn sequence (as much as I'd have liked to see the Classic Doctors appear in large roles, I think it would have made the episode too crowded and distracting, they haven't all aged that well so i.m.o they were perhaps be better served by remembering them as they were rather than reminding us of how they are now)
-Maybe figure out a way to slot in Captain Jack, Romana and the Master as well, but that too probably would have overcrowded the episode....
-Get the classic Doctors to record new dialogue for the all 13 scene.
- Figure out a way to canonize Curse Of Fatal Death and the Cushing Movies.
- Replace the ending credits with a montage of old footage and audio from past TV and Audio adventures from all the Doctors.
That sounds awful doesn't it?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Nov 18, 2016 19:50:27 GMT
I would have brought back all eleven Doctors. I wouldn't have thought to have John Hurt play a secret incarnation of the Doctor, so we wouldn't have got his incredible portrayal. Also: Captain Jack would have returned, with Torchwood instead of UNIT. The plot would have been the Master and the Daleks teaming up to travel backwards in time and kill the Doctor as a baby. They would break the time lock around Gallifrey during the special. It would have still been filmed in 3D too.
The 1st Doctor - David Bradley
The 2nd Doctor - Reece Shearsmith
The 3rd Doctor - Mark Gattis
The 4th Doctor - Tom Baker
The 5th Doctor - Peter Davison
The 6th Doctor - Colin Baker
The 7th Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
The 8th Doctor - Paul McGann
The 9th Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
The 10th Doctor - David Tennant
The 11th Doctor - Matt Smith
Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen - Eve Myles
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
The Master - John Simm
Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
The Doctor's father - David Thewlis
The Doctor's mother - Julie Walters
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 18, 2016 22:09:19 GMT
I would have had every living Doctor and companion team up to fight an alliance of Daleks, Cyberman, Sontarans, and Dominators lead by the Master and Davros. It would have been spectacularly awful. Or awfully spectacular! |
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Nov 18, 2016 22:53:17 GMT
McGann, Tennant and Smith. Obviously!
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Post by shutupbanks on Nov 19, 2016 2:42:59 GMT
I really enjoyed the 50th: it was clever, smart and I seem to be alone in liking the way the Zygon plot mirrored and foreshadowed the return of Gallifrey, as well as showed how the Doctor had changed and redeemed himself in his own eyes. I'd probably make it longer, though.
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 19, 2016 3:28:31 GMT
I really enjoyed the 50th: it was clever, smart and I seem to be alone in liking the way the Zygon plot mirrored and foreshadowed the return of Gallifrey, as well as showed how the Doctor had changed and redeemed himself in his own eyes. I'd probably make it longer, though. You're not alone. I loved everything about Day of the Doctor. |
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 19, 2016 3:29:54 GMT
I would have brought back all eleven Doctors. I wouldn't have thought to have John Hurt play a secret incarnation of the Doctor, so we wouldn't have got his incredible portrayal. Also: Captain Jack would have returned, with Torchwood instead of UNIT. The plot would have been the Master and the Daleks teaming up to travel backwards in time and kill the Doctor as a baby. They would break the time lock around Gallifrey during the special. It would have still been filmed in 3D too. The 1st Doctor - William Hartnell The 2nd Doctor - Reece Shearsmith The 3rd Doctor - Mark Gattis The 4th Doctor - Tom Baker The 5th Doctor - Peter Davison The 6th Doctor - Colin Baker The 7th Doctor - Sylvester McCoy The 8th Doctor - Paul McGann The 9th Doctor - Christopher Eccleston The 10th Doctor - David Tennant The 11th Doctor - Matt Smith Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman Gwen - Eve Myles Rhys Williams - Kai Owen Wait, how come you're recasting the second and third Doctors, but keeping a dead man playing the first? |
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Nov 19, 2016 6:42:11 GMT
I love the 50th, so this is just "what I'd probably have done" not "how it should have been." Also assuming Night of the Doctor didn't happen, as my idea is quite similar to that, but expanded.
The Doctor's timeline is being rewritten by a time weapon. The Doctor and Clara have to travel back through it, having encounters with multiple Doctors as they try to repair the damage that has been done. The classic Doctors' aging would be explained as effects of the weapon's distortions. The McGann section would probably be the longest. There would be at least a section of "Trials and Tribble-ations" type stuff with them in the background of a classic episode, stopping temporal damage from occurring. I'm thinking it would probably end with the Master, having proclaimed himself War King of Gallifrey, being revealed as the responsible party, trying to use the changes in the Doctor's timeline to weaken the universe enough for the Time Lords to escape. They would succeed and there would be a brief psychic battle between the Doctor and the Master, showing all the Doctor's incarnations and some of the Master's. Awesome shot of all the Doctors standing together. The Master is defeated and the Doctor puts someone responsible in charge of Gallifrey. Wounded, the Master escapes to a TARDIS and dematerializes before he can be caught. As he leaves, his hands start to glow. "A new body at last," he whispers.
This is obviously very first draft/outline stuff, but that's the vague concept of what I would have done given where the show was at the time and what I feel an anniversary episode needs – big moments, classic villain, multiple Doctors. What Moffat did was probably a better move.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Nov 19, 2016 8:36:49 GMT
I would have brought back all eleven Doctors. I wouldn't have thought to have John Hurt play a secret incarnation of the Doctor, so we wouldn't have got his incredible portrayal. Also: Captain Jack would have returned, with Torchwood instead of UNIT. The plot would have been the Master and the Daleks teaming up to travel backwards in time and kill the Doctor as a baby. They would break the time lock around Gallifrey during the special. It would have still been filmed in 3D too. The 1st Doctor - William Hartnell The 2nd Doctor - Reece Shearsmith The 3rd Doctor - Mark Gattis The 4th Doctor - Tom Baker The 5th Doctor - Peter Davison The 6th Doctor - Colin Baker The 7th Doctor - Sylvester McCoy The 8th Doctor - Paul McGann The 9th Doctor - Christopher Eccleston The 10th Doctor - David Tennant The 11th Doctor - Matt Smith Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman Gwen - Eve Myles Rhys Williams - Kai Owen Wait, how come you're recasting the second and third Doctors, but keeping a dead man playing the first? Damn, I meant to put David Bradley there. |
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Post by Timelord007 on Nov 19, 2016 9:08:08 GMT
Paul McGann would've been heavily involved in my version, he should of been in this story far more instead of that seven minute minisode.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Nov 19, 2016 9:48:54 GMT
I'd have revealed that the Doctor fought WITH the Daleks against the Time Lords.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Nov 19, 2016 14:14:00 GMT
I would have done it close to how it was on screen, but would have McGann as an embittered 8, instead of The War Doctor. (That would have lead to a few we dont talk about this incarnation jokes about the TV Movie, also the marriage seen would have had McGann saying, i think i started all this).
It would have been a full 2 hours
The Moment would have gone through a few companions ie an older Susan and a few others, but would have settled on Rose for the longest.
I would have had a few shots to The End of Time as well
Rather than have Gallifrey survive, i would have a few Timelord ships escape, using the tear from End of Time. So the Doctor was able to save some people
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Post by icecreamdf on Nov 19, 2016 15:58:06 GMT
Wait, how come you're recasting the second and third Doctors, but keeping a dead man playing the first? Damn, I meant to put David Bradley there. That makes more sense. |
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Nov 19, 2016 15:59:03 GMT
I'd have revealed that the Doctor fought WITH the Daleks against the Time Lords. That would have been dark. |
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