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Old 25-05-2010, 20:07
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Occurred to me that it might work to have an episode set in the Sixties that does a whole retro-Cold-War Soviet-espionage story. To the best of my knowledge that world never played much of a part in Doctor Who, did it?... what with UNIT sort of circumventing the whole Iron Curtain thing. It might be fun to see what they could really do with it now as a 'pure historical'.

Plus it would be cool if they could use Back in the USSR on the Confidential soundtrack... and especially brilliant if they had a scene where a Ukraine girl really knocks the Doctor out!


And have Sir Paul McCartney playing a British double agent!



Anyway, what else? ...
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Old 25-05-2010, 20:13
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Britain during Celtic times.

Or maybe Tang Dynasty China.
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Old 25-05-2010, 20:14
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The rest of the historical ones (Apart from 'The UnQuiet Dead') have been let downs. Maybe the 80s would be good though.
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Old 25-05-2010, 20:18
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How about Ancient Egypt? We haven't had a full story
set there (apart from a brief trip in Daleks' Master Plan).
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Old 25-05-2010, 20:22
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I don't know if people would like this but I would have loved to see the doctor and companion in a paraelle world during WW2 where basically the states are the only ones left standing aganst the nazi's (so stuff like pearl habour happens but far later and England has been taken over or wiped off the map ect) get a proper grim and distopia story done.

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Old 25-05-2010, 21:20
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I love the idea of a cold war episode as well

I'd quite like a Roswell episode too
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Old 25-05-2010, 22:09
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Roswell will never happen because of the US series and the X files.

Equally cold war would be awkward because it's ambiguous.

It would be nice to see some scientists or engineers, instead of writers - Brunel, Archimedes, Galileo or Newton?
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Old 25-05-2010, 22:17
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Roswell will never happen because of the US series and the X files.
Wasn't there something about Roswell in Dreamland, the animated story?

I didn't catch it all, so I don't remember it very well, but I'm sure the aliens were supposed to be the ones who had crash landed at Roswell.
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Old 25-05-2010, 22:37
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And have Sir Paul McCartney playing a British double agent!
Why not have someone who can act and isn't in their 60's?

Also, how many scousers were recruited by the KGB?

I'd say Jeremy Irons or Ken Branagh.
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Old 25-05-2010, 22:43
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Fifth century Britain as the Roman empire starts to crumble and the Anglo-Saxons start to invade.

Plenty of scope for moral dilemma, does the Doctor help the Romano-Brits defend themselves against aggressive and possibly genocidal invaders, knowing that to do so would fundamental change the course the course of not only English but world history.
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Old 26-05-2010, 07:40
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Britain during Celtic times.
'Bonekickers' had something on this...

Originally Posted by CheeseyDude1337;
The rest of the historical ones (Apart from 'The UnQuiet Dead') have been let downs. Maybe the 80s would be good though.
Like Ashes to Ashes?

Originally Posted by Big Steve;
I don't know if people would like this but I would have loved to see the doctor and companion in a paraelle world during WW2 where basically the states are the only ones left standing aganst the nazi's (so stuff like pearl habour happens but far later and England has been taken over or wiped off the map ect) get a proper grim and distopia story done.
Check out 'Fatherland' (film and book). Or Indeed 1984.
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Old 26-05-2010, 09:15
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The rest of the historical ones (Apart from 'The UnQuiet Dead') have been let downs. Maybe the 80s would be good though.
Father's Day was 80's... though it was barely a historical. In fact, can you deem it a historical if it is set later than 1963?
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Old 26-05-2010, 12:46
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I'd quite like to see a caveman era episode for some reason. I don't know why.
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Old 26-05-2010, 12:50
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I love the idea of a cold war episode as well

I'd quite like a Roswell episode too
That was kind of done in 'Dalek' but I have to agree, could be a good one!
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Old 26-05-2010, 12:55
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I'd quite like to see a caveman era episode for some reason. I don't know why.
Maybe because it was the doctor's first adventure with us...
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Old 26-05-2010, 13:20
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I would love to see quite a few historic themes. Although the only ones that I can think of would be recent history, and maybe not suitable due to the loss of life. Such as....

Chernobyl - possible slitheen episode
Piper Alpha - any old foe would do
Space Shuttle Challenger - conspiracy therorist nuts
Hindenburg Disaster - nazi lizzard men
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Old 26-05-2010, 13:22
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Weimar republic - the Doctor meets Christopher Isherwood
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Old 26-05-2010, 13:23
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I love the idea of a cold war episode as well

I'd quite like a Roswell episode too
Already done - Dreamland. So far too soon for another Roswell story.

(Second) EDIT: So we have invisible edits as well as new posts now do we?
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Old 26-05-2010, 14:01
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Weimar Republic could be interesting. What about Occupied Europe? Plenty of scope for drama. Love the idea of Cold War espionage!

Henry VIII is an obvious one. He's bound to crop up, sooner or later.

I don't think the historicals have been poor. Unquiet Dead was magnificent. Idiot's Lantern was a hoot, and I don't see why people have a problem with it. Shakespeare Code was fun. The Agatha Christie one is one of my favourites of 21st century DW (though i am a huge Agatha fan).

Tooth and Claw was toss, but not for its historical content. It was toss because it was just "45mins of people being chased around some corridors by a big special effect": one of the worst genres of 21st century DW.
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Old 26-05-2010, 14:07
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Weimar Republic could be interesting. What about Occupied Europe? Plenty of scope for drama. Love the idea of Cold War espionage!

Henry VIII is an obvious one. He's bound to crop up, sooner or later.

I don't think the historicals have been poor. Unquiet Dead was magnificent. Idiot's Lantern was a hoot, and I don't see why people have a problem with it. Shakespeare Code was fun. The Agatha Christie one is one of my favourites of 21st century DW (though i am a huge Agatha fan).

Tooth and Claw was toss, but not for its historical content. It was toss because it was just "45mins of people being chased around some corridors by a big special effect": one of the worst genres of 21st century DW.

Maybe we could have an Enid Blyton one and settle once and for all the Noddy question

As for the Weimar Republic I was thinking Doctor saves struggling artist with the initials AH - but given his future career, probably not a realistic thought!

How about a Jane Austen period? Sense and Sensorites? Prydonians and Prejudice?
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Old 26-05-2010, 14:07
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What about Custer's Last Stand?
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Old 26-05-2010, 14:08
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