[MinkytheDog]

There are plenty of threads and posts in which people suggest actors to play the Doctor when Matt leaves. I thought it might be interesting - and fun - to take a different approach.

Here's the scenario...

You are now the head of the show. The entire cast has left and you have to decide not WHO will play the Doctor but WHAT sort of Doctor you want. You are not tied to "canon" if you don't want to be - the only elements that must be kept are that the Doctor is a Time Lord and travels in the Tardis which is stuck in the shape of a police box. Other than that, the BBC have given you complete freedom and all the money you could possibly need.

You are creating the entire feel of the show. Just as RTD went for companions' families and a lot of contemporary settings and Moffat moved towards longer story arcs, you decide how you would make the show - lots of historical stories, mostly space travel, more and bigger aliens, no old villains - it's your choice.

You get to decide what the next Doctor's looks, thinks, talks and acts like. Is the Doctor male or female, young or old, jokey or serious, emotional or logical, tall or short, long haired or bald? Basically, you can completely design your Doctor - appearance, personality, costume - everything. Maybe you want a Doctor that fights, uses weapons and gets the girl or maybe you want one that never leaves the Tardis and has ten companions that do all the work. Maybe your Doctor uses masses of hi-tech equipment or maybe he has a pet cat and a walking stick.

Work on the basis that you - the boss - decide what you want without having to worry about who could play the role - so you can even have a totally alien Doctor if that's what you want. It's basically your chance to create your perfect Doctor - no limits.

Describe your Doctor and his "universe" in as much detail as you like - you can simply say "nutty old professor" or describe everything to the last wrinkle. It's your Doctor and your "whoniverse" - tell us about it.

One point - there are no right or wrong ideas. To keep this friendly and fun, if there are any "you can't do that" or "the Doctor would never do that" type posts about other people's ideas, I'll ask the mods to remove them - I just want to give everyone a chance to let their imaginations run riot. If you want to refine or change your idea or add more detail, just post again and add a pointer to your previous post number or just start again.

Hope you'll join in - I'm looking forward to seeing what people here would do with the Doctor.

Pete

[Tom Tit]

One pretty sacreligous idea I play with is restarting Doctor Who over from scratch. Basically starting again with the 1st Doctor as a spin-off show from main Doctor Who, rather than replacing it. They wouldnt be officially canonical; viewers could decide for themselves whether they 'replace' the original 60s stories as 'what really happened' (ie this is Matt Smith's Doctor when he was young) or whether they are an alternate Universe Doctor or whatever.

I'm thinking something like '1st Doctor Adventures'. It would more or less correspond to the format of the current show. The stories would be a mix of modern remakes / reimaginings of Hartnell stories (similar to how 'The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood' was a modern take on 'Doctor Who and the Silurians'), stories derived from other Doctor Who media (unmade stories like 'Farewell, Great Macedon', which I adore, adaptations of stories from Doctor Who novels and audio; I have a few in mind) and entirely new stories.

The idea would be to keep the spirit and tone of the original 60s Who (there would be pure historicals for example, the Doctor cannot control the TARDIS etc) as much as possible but made to modern standards in the modern format and with greater cohesion and continuity, with running sub-plots like the show has today. I wouldn't have stories with the Master or anything like that, only things that were current in Doctor Who at the time, although I would mix up the timeline somewhat; it wouldn't just be a retread. For instance, the 1st story after the redone 'An Uneartly Child' (1st episode only) would be a new version of 'The Time meddler', which would work well as sceptical Ian and Barbara's first taste of time travel and would introduce us to the idea of the Time Lords. It would also set up the Meddling Monk as a recuring villain, who I always felt should have come back again at some point after the Dalek's Masterplan. I have an actor in mind to play him. So it's flexible but nothing too anachronous (though I have an idea for E-Space).

Like modern Who it would be individual stories within the framework of season long story arcs. For example, 'the Dalek's Masterplan' becomes the arc for season 3, with the TARDIS crew on the run from Chen and the Daleks (think the middle part of the story as a season of adventures - albeit better ones than 'the Feast of Steven'). After the shocking death of Katarina in the big finale to Season 2 Sara Kingdom would be the season long companion, alongside the Doctor and Steven. This is an example of how I will play with the timeline. It's not just remaking things. Certain companions will have their roles enlarged, certain companions won't appear at all and so on. I'm riffing on 60s Doctor Who, not slavishly recreating it.

I know this idea isn't realistic in terms of actually being commisioned and I know a huge portion of fandom would strongly disapprove of it (i'm not even sure I would approve myself) but it's an idea I play with for fun. I have a pretty detailed outline for 3 seasons worked out in my head, all the way up to the regeneration, after which it would be time for '2nd Doctor Adventures', which I also have some ideas for.

[HisMaj]

If i were Moffat i would bloody well concentrate on Doctor Who rather than the awful Sherlock!! Thats why we don't have a full series next year.Feel shortchanged.

[johnnysaucepn]

Originally Posted by HisMaj

If i were Moffat i would bloody well concentrate on Doctor Who rather than the awful Sherlock!! Thats why we don't have a full series next year.Feel shortchanged.

Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids, that's all I'll say on the subject.

[sebbie3000]

Originally Posted by HisMaj

If i were Moffat i would bloody well concentrate on Doctor Who rather than the awful Sherlock!! Thats why we don't have a full series next year.Feel shortchanged.

Leaving aside the fact that they didn't overlap at all, there are different reasons for the season split (well documented, you only have to read for a little while to find them), and Sherlock isn't awful (as demonstrated by it's award nominations), I think you might have missed the point of this thread.

Anyway, I would go on to the next Doctor, not have a reboot or anything like that. My Doctor would be late 30s, and tall - over 6 feet. I think I'd have him in a future-inspired wardrobe, not overly colourful, with a kind of gadget belt - so he doesn't have to use only the sonic screwdriver all the time. I'd have him as an attractive blond, with green eyes. Moderately muscled.

His personality would be a bit egocentric, with a mild aloofness. Nothing too severe, but enough to get on his companion's nerves every once in a while. He will, of course, be extremely clever, but appear quite dumb on purpose. And will be fiercly loyal to his companions (and still Earth).

His companions of choice would be off-earthers. I'm thinking he'd take people in whom he feels might need rehabilitation, that way you could have previous bad-guy races in the TARDIS with him (not Daleks, though I would like a Cyberman as a companion). But he'd be ruthless with them - if they step out of line even once, then it's curtains for them! Well, not killed, but punished - imprisoned perhaps.

His universe would continue on from this one - no other Timelords, after the Big Bang 2, no traversing parallel universes, etc...

And I'd also make him tragically short-lived, just to be evil!

[Eighth Doctor]

I would take a break from current canon and do 2 series of McGann (complete with wig), the first series a set of general adventures set after the end of the Big Finish audios (with only subtle references to them) with individual stories and the Time War kicking off in the background. I would have Sally Sparrow (after the events of Blink) as a companion - they would work so well together. Some kind of amnesia would be involved so that the Doctor doesn't entirely remember her at the end of the series (if you notice at the end of Blink, Ten appears to vaguely recognise her). I would give them some light-hearted stories as well as some darker ones, to show the full range of what McGann is capable of. At the end, the Doctor leaves Sally to take part in the Time War after seeing a child killed. His hair gets either cut or burnt off in the final episode at the start of his involvement in the war.

The second series would depict the events of the Time War. These would centre heavily on the politics of Gallifrey and the Daleks, involving 2 factions of Daleks who hate each other as much as the Time Lords. Towards the end it would get very gritty and painful for the Doctor as he reaches his decision to time lock the war. It would show the regeneration into Ecclestone.

Then I would continue the story with a new Doctor, set immediately after Matt Smith's tenure. My new Doctor would be played by an actor in his late 40s and would have a dry sense of humour. The plot of his first series would involve a small number of Time Lords escaping the Time War, in the process destroying Gallifrey, all the other Time Lords and most of the Daleks. They would no longer be a highly organised society and would be fragmented, rather than a group working together. Some would be bad and some good, working with the Doctor. I would have a non-human as his companion, plus some kind of organic lifeform filling the "K9" role. Very few of his episodes will be set on earth, as he sets about thwarting the plans of some of the Time Lords, while working with the good ones to establish a new base for them. At the climax of the series the Time Lords have a new base, but it turns out that the new leader was The Master and all the Doctor has achieved is aiding him in his latest plan. The "bad" Time Lords knew this and had tried to warn the Doctor, who didn't get the hint.

[TheSilentFez]

I wouldn't deviate much from the current formula, because it's almost perfect in my opinion.
Things I would change:
I would make more Dalek episodes, but they wouldn't be the sort of episodes RTD made where the Daleks were the "Big Bad", where they tried to destroy the universe and where they were all wiped from existence at the end. These Dalek episodes would be similar to how Classic ones where; Daleks have a plan, Doctor stops their plans. I would bring back the RTD era Daleks and have them as a different faction warring against the iDaleks. The iDaleks would also be made more metallic and less plastic-y.

I would bring back the Mondas Cybermen and give them a new design, which would be something in between the Classic Cybermen and Cybus Cybermen. They would also be in proper stories about the Cybermen.

I'm not too keen on multiple returning enemies in finales, so I probably wouldn't do that much and stick to one or two enemies per story. I would also use the RTD "Big Bad" in the finale idea. However, this "Big Bad" would not always be a returning enemy; it could be something like Madame Kovarian and her plan to kill the Doctor or The Silence and whatever they are trying to do.

You did say an unlimited budget, so I would make 16 episodes per year, split into two halves of 8 episodes allowing room for a lot of stand-alone episodes with the usual few story-arc heavy episodes. I would also start the series off with a two-parter like this year. Another thing I would change is ensuring that we have a full series EVERY year.

Well...that's basically all I would change and under my rule, you can sleep easily in the knowledge that the show would never be Americanised in the same way that poor old Torchwood was.

[daveyboy7472]

If it were me in charge, I'd get rid of the snorefests that have been a staple part of the last two Series and inject some excitement. Keep the clever writing but keep the episodes at a a level where the viewer is engaged and is gripped from start to finish.

I'd put more cliffhangers in a Series and make sure they were actually good cliffhangers, the sort that makes sure you can't wait until the next episode. The Mid-Series Cliffhanger would be a absolutely humdinger rather than the limp one we've had just recently.

And I'd return The Doctor to what he used to be, a traveller going round the Universe fighting evil rather than being a Time Lord victorious and this warrior crap that's going on with him at the moment. I'm for all character progression but it has been taken too far.

And if I were around for the 50th anniversary, I'd ensure every Doctor who wanted to return would return and base an adventure around them that celebrates the past and looks to the future.

*Runs*

[Chihiro94]

My doctor would be alot like 11 and 9 I guess. Tall, dark, pale, enigmatic male, mid 30's, appearence wise. Still traveling the universe, but not nesscarily as a do gooder. Having fun delighting in the mysteries of the universe yes, but very alien, and much more lacking a moral compass. Not nesscarily bad either, but just doesn't understand human emotion to a much greater extent than currently.

Companion wise, still travels with humans for the same reasons. However I would stick to guys over girls, () though I would have the obliguraty good looking female somewhere for the guys. First companion would be proably be a polar oppisite just for poeticiness of it. He would be however, much more independent though, maybe furtureristic then, but would be able to basically nativgate the tardis from A to B, and do things the Doctor couldn't. Aboustly no hero worship, still side kicky and occasionaly amazed, but my Doctor would be very much as flawed as a human. Also, very little to no romance. I'd proably throw in the occasional line/scene between various characters to please the shippers (which lets be honest exsist) but no actual canonical allusion to anything of the sort (*coughs Rose/ten Coughs*)

Storywise. I like Moffs current set up so would stick with that, so I would do 2x7 episode blocks. However, I'd do more self contained epsiodes, and make the overall story arc alot more subtle. Theres a tie, but it'd probaly be more like Bad Wolf than the cracks. I'd proably do more space than earth stories. I'd invite back the old Daleks, the Angels, the Master, others, and Jack, River, Amy/Rory, Donna though not full time or at the same time, maybe over a few series. There would be no grand finale where everyone and their mum turns up. yes it'd be big, but again, much more like Partings of the way than Journeys end.

Overall, it'd be much daker, and more subtle. I wouldn't go about blowing up the universe, but the Doctor would very moraly challenged, and while he'd mostly be the good guy, he'd still be flawed, and alien and not always nesscarly in the right. I'd also have him show more disregard for human history, and sometimes coming close to changing whole major events, without any relisation of the repurcussions on humans (I know there was Pompeii, Vincent, that Mars/space thing, but mine would be alot more naive than emotional, just geniunely underestimatey the importance)


So yeah, thats what I'd do. It would also be 12 btw, most likely canonical. Forgive the rambling/poor writing. I was just brainstorming thoughts.

[inspector drake]

If I took over from Moffat, I would do whatever I could to keep Matt Smith for one more season. Presuming he stays, I will also bring back the Time Lords and ask Moffat to completely destroy the Tardis in his last episode. In my first episode, he gets stranded on in Australia in the 1980s whilst the Time Lords repair the Tardis. He meets a young man who helps him defeat an alien threat (A new one, nothing we've seen before). When the Time Lords return the Tardis, he takes this man as a new companion, and their first stop is to 1963 London where the Doctor destroys the (now repaired) Chamelion circuit, so that it goes back to being a Police Box.

The story arc of the first season is similar to the 'Time's Champion' arc in the novels, whilst the companion has an arc of his own.

Eleven regenerates at the end of the season, and the Twelfth Doctor is probably the most human Doctor yet. He is a typical London 'Hoodie Gangster/Badman' (complete with hoodie and non-offensive slang terms). Naturally, this makes him more violent and unpredictable, and the only man who can genuinely portray that kind of role is Adam Deacon, so he is my first choice.

The companion from last season stays, and both the Doctor and companion follow the same character arc as last season. The companion leaves after the second series. The Doctor's arc runs through my entire era, whilst each season has it's own story arc. The Doctor's arc gets resolved in my last episode, and I'll make sure I resolve everything in my era for the next guy. Adam (or whoever plays Twelve) gets a choice as to whether to continue with the next showrunner or leave with me.

[jmcmanamy89]

i'd have the first episode start with the doctor on some kind of ship with his companions and there's something in the atmosphere that induces something akin to post regeneration mania in the Doctor and the ship itself is heading straight for a sun. There would be a man on board the ship helping them all the while and at the end of the episode he sails off in the ship whilst the Doctor and his companions go off in the Tardis. This strange man pops up in a couple of more episodes before vanishing we then meet him again in the final episode of the series where the Doctor is trying to prevent a virus that destorys people on the celluar level from getting out into the universe but the only way he can do that is to expose himself with the virus to induce a regeneration (the only cure for the virus as a regeneration renews every single cell and the energies expelled will render the virus innert) but the Tardis can't leave without the Doctor as the emergency escape programme has been damaged and so only the Doctor or another time lord can pilot the Tardis. So the companions are stuck on this planet where they won't be able to survive but the mysterious man appears and tells the Doctor something we can't hear the Doctor's eyes widen and he turns to his companions and tells them to follow this man saying he'll catch them up once his regeneration is done, so the companions and the man head off and the Doctor exposes himself to the virus and begins to regenerate. Meanwhile the companions and the man come to the Tardis and get inside, the man heads over to the console and flips a few switches and the tardis begins to do its vanishing thing the companions are of course in uproar. When the Doctors regeneration is done he says "well at least i won't have to look in the mirror this time" has it turns out the man was in fact the next Doctor.

[Alex Oughton]

I have an idea in my head for an interesting "episode 1" for a new Doctor. They would need to somehow end the previous Doctor's final episode with both The Master and The Doctor regenerating, but not showing the new face of either of them.

At the beginning of the episode, the viewers would have no idea which one was which. Both of them would be working toward some goal related to the main plot of the episode, and both of them would acquire "companion-level" friends along the way. One will obviously have a hidden ulterior motive, however until that's revealed both will seem to have good, but opposing, intentions.

They could even stretch this over 2 episodes. Imagine the fan speculation over which one is really The Doctor! Maybe you'd end up with fans splitting into camps supporting each one! Of course, with the level of press coverage regarding Doctor Who these days, it would be almost impossible to keep the truth out of the papers, so this could probably never happen. It would be a lot of fun though!


Hmmm, what if The Master and his companion speed off to adventure in a TARDIS at the end in the same way The Doctor and his new companion do? It might make for an interesting new dynamic in terms of The Master being an "evil mirror" of The Doctor. Complete with human companion to square off against "our" one...

[hypergreenfrog]

I would do the following:

Keep the most important bits that are canon, such as the time war and not being able to go back in your own timeline. I would, however, allow one or two other time lords to escape the lock, and use them not so much as Master-type enemies but as a sort of competition, or people who know stuff about the doctor's past that he never wanted to come to light. I'd also keep River, but if I somehow could, I would turn her back into being "just" another time traveller with a kick-ass attitude, rather than Amy's daughter and whatever else.

I'd add a few more scenes in the TARDIS, showing some of the rooms we have ever only heard about. I know this takes away from our imagination, but it would be so much fun, showing the library and the swimming pool!

There would be no episodes in London for at least a whole season. All earth scenes would be set and shot in completely new locations (unlimited buget!), such as the rain forest or the Wall of China. Most episodes would be Off-world, though, with great looking, smart aliens who really challenge the doctor's wits.

My doctor would be slightly older looking than 10 and 11. I'd keep the socially awkward behaviour of 11 ("have some rent - is that a lot?"), mostly because it's entertaining for the kids watching. I'd also definitely keep it as a family show, with PG-rated deaths and fights only.

Oh, and I really like the idea of the former bad-guys as companions!

[Eighth Doctor]

Originally Posted by Alex Oughton

I have an idea in my head for an interesting "episode 1" for a new Doctor. They would need to somehow end the previous Doctor's final episode with both The Master and The Doctor regenerating, but not showing the new face of either of them.

At the beginning of the episode, the viewers would have no idea which one was which. Both of them would be working toward some goal related to the main plot of the episode, and both of them would acquire "companion-level" friends along the way. One will obviously have a hidden ulterior motive, however until that's revealed both will seem to have good, but opposing, intentions.

They could even stretch this over 2 episodes. Imagine the fan speculation over which one is really The Doctor! Maybe you'd end up with fans splitting into camps supporting each one! Of course, with the level of press coverage regarding Doctor Who these days, it would be almost impossible to keep the truth out of the papers, so this could probably never happen. It would be a lot of fun though!


Hmmm, what if The Master and his companion speed off to adventure in a TARDIS at the end in the same way The Doctor and his new companion do? It might make for an interesting new dynamic in terms of The Master being an "evil mirror" of The Doctor. Complete with human companion to square off against "our" one...

This idea is brilliant... but I reckon The Valeyard would work better as he already is a kind of "evil mirror" of the Doctor.

[Listentome]

Originally Posted by Alex Oughton

I have an idea in my head for an interesting "episode 1" for a new Doctor. They would need to somehow end the previous Doctor's final episode with both The Master and The Doctor regenerating, but not showing the new face of either of them.

At the beginning of the episode, the viewers would have no idea which one was which. Both of them would be working toward some goal related to the main plot of the episode, and both of them would acquire "companion-level" friends along the way. One will obviously have a hidden ulterior motive, however until that's revealed both will seem to have good, but opposing, intentions.

They could even stretch this over 2 episodes. Imagine the fan speculation over which one is really The Doctor! Maybe you'd end up with fans splitting into camps supporting each one! Of course, with the level of press coverage regarding Doctor Who these days, it would be almost impossible to keep the truth out of the papers, so this could probably never happen. It would be a lot of fun though!


Hmmm, what if The Master and his companion speed off to adventure in a TARDIS at the end in the same way The Doctor and his new companion do? It might make for an interesting new dynamic in terms of The Master being an "evil mirror" of The Doctor. Complete with human companion to square off against "our" one...

I like this idea. I guess The Doctor and The Master would have to be naked, or wearing identical clothes when they regenerate to uphold the mystery.

Also, you'd have to get round the problem of memories, but a bad regeneration could account for that.

Personally I wouldn't make dramatic changes, but I would drop the story arc for a series and focus on two parters.

[Alex Oughton]

Originally Posted by Listentome

...Also, you'd have to get round the problem of memories, but a bad regeneration could account for that...

My thinking was that The Master would be fully aware of who he actually is, just lying about it!

"Rule number 1" would also make it harder to identify the real Doctor, as "The Doctor lies" too!

[Zarius]

You honestly think if I became head writer of DW the first thing I'd do is spill my ideas on a public forum where everyone can read them?

Yeah, thinking like a realist here.

[CG Me]

Originally Posted by Zarius

You honestly think if I became head writer of DW the first thing I'd do is spill my ideas on a public forum where everyone can read them?

Yeah, thinking like a realist here.

If it's good enough for Moffat, it's good enough for us!

If I recall correctly, he used the internet in its olden days to share something that I can no longer remember to do with his [farfetched] Doctor Who ideas and dreams!

And look where he is now

[TheSilentFez]

YOU *points finger* Could be next in line for the Doctor Who head writing job.

[Chihiro94]

Originally Posted by TheSilentFez

YOU *points finger* Could be next in line for the Doctor Who head writing job.

Maybe if he stayed for what, 10/15 years? (whether hes welcome to is purley subjective )

[codename_47]

The Master is back working with the Daleks again after the last time he tried that sort of thing seemed to result in him getting away with it.

The Doctor has to not only stop his evil plan but also convince him of the inevitability of the Daleks betrayal, and finally has to repay the debt of the Master sacrificing himself for him at the end of his 10th incarnation by laying down his life for him this time.as the Daleks finally move to exterminate him.

This ends up being pointless as after he does so the Daleks just exterminate the Master too, leading to two Time Lords regeneratiing at the same time, something that should never be done.

The resulting energy discharge destroys all Daleks present but also leaves us with only one individual.
Fortunately this person is largely the Doctor but deep within his subconcious the Master's personality lurks, a Master demon sitting on his shoulder, always tempting him to stray from his righteous path.

As I type it out it sounds fanwanky in the extreme and I'm sure Who fandom is breathing a sigh of relief that if my chances of being offered the post were nil before they're positively zero after all that has been read through!

Still, would be fun to have The Doctor have a darker side for a while....

[SimonSmith42]

What about doing it more like 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' or a Werewolf story.
Both sides of the character have control of the body at different times while being totally unaware of the other.
Eg., the 'Doctor' persona arrives somewhere & is persued for things the 'Master' persona has done.
This continues through the whole season until someone (maybe River) has to injure / shoot the character in order to force another regeneration & seperate The Doctor & The Master back into their individual bodies.

[Abomination]

My Doctor is a lot older than Eleven, and like Nine it is assumed he has had adventures between series so that his story can start afresh...

MY DOCTOR

Rather professorish, this is a Doctor with charm, charisma and an air of grandfatherly wisdom and authority about him. Secure of who he is, Twelve rarely displays any sign of nervousness, and you'd expect him to have an answer in any situation. The Doctor has faced entire armies and had a long and murky past... but this is a contemporary regeneration who lives for the here and now. He never worries his allies with his personal life but his foes will often bear the brunt of his crueller side. Above all, this is an honest Doctor... what you see is what you get. But what you get is only fleeting. He's never in one place too long. He has a real sense of adventure despite being more aged than many of his recent faces. This is a Doctor who wants to be your ally, and if you can prove your worth, then the next stop is the good ship TARDIS.

APPEARANCE

Far flung from the slightly whimsical and perky suits donned by his predecessors, Twelve sticks to a rather simple beige suit, with black shoes - he is often likened to a 1950's journalist. He'll add an ascot to impress a more fanciful crowd (crashing at the banquet of Queen Victoria II in the 30th Century, for example) and will often carry a walking stick to amplify the effect though he often ends up losing them, so usually doesn't bother. His only trademark feature is a 1950's style hat, which again he wears selectively - he'll often leave it behind when things are serious (apparently the base camp of the 45th Sontaran fleet on the moon world of Veldaar is no place for a hat).

Physically, the Doctor is quite energetic for his age but is thankful that his visual age often excuses him from being expected to run down corridors. He remains well groomed "as any good Doctor should" as he puts it. He has dirty blonde hair, though is often found to be in denial, actually describing it as 'gingerish'. Tall, dashing, he's a little too much of a visual hero, but redeems it with his tenderness towards his companions and his fridndliness.

EXAMPLE OF APPEARANCE...

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PERSONALITY

Twelve prides himself in being "The Friendly Doctor"... he succeeds in seeing the best in everyone - even his enemies. Not only once does he show regret for having to outwit his foes, he has a sympathy for them (such as with the Sontarans who appreciate the Doctors abilities but endeavour to 'get the mission done'...he likens himself to this). So friendly is he that he almost forgot he was hunting for an escaped Florachid in 23rd century Ireland and joined a group of farmers at the local tavern.

Where his companions are concerned, he is very protective. He likes to keep them by his side, and gets a bit more bumbling and professor-like when more than one is aboard the TARDIS. He doesn't believe in having any long term preferences, but won't turn down vanilla ice cream or Jelly Babies if offered them.


SERIES

The first series involving Twelve would consist of 13 episodes as would subsequent series. He would meet his companion, a Victorian-era British woman of the higher classes. The opening episode would switch between her dull but posh lifestyle, and the Doctor hunting for Jack the Ripper. It becomes a case of 'when worlds collide' as alien greys begin abducting from the streets of Victorian London.

The alien "greys" would be the Big Bad of the series, though unexpectedly. The opening episode reveals that the Doctor has heard whispers and tales of their actual existence, but has never encountered a Grey that wasn't a hoax. These whispers are echoed across the series as a warning to The Doctor is made across time. The finale would see The Doctor come face to face with the Daleks. Though short of plotting to exterminate the Daleks are calling for help. What could make a dalek scared? Possessed and ultimately destroyed in seconds, the Doctor would discover a trap within a trap and Te Greys have been plotting...


THE GREYS

The Greys are "The Last Life". The last true new species to evolve in the Universe, which at the time was already collapsing in on itself. As it did, the Greys discovered a resistence to reality... a biology that allowed them to, on some level, exist beyond the end of everything. Their existence allowed for a physical paradox to be made in the void, and they had access to all of time and space at once. Having mastered the Universe, the Greys took to domineering time. The story of their success will be a paradox the Doctor will never forget...


Series:

THE BIG SMOKE
(1/13) The Doctor is back! Hunting for Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel brings him to collide with Emily Pritchard... a posh lady of learning and leisure. But Londons dark streets are soon plagued by more than rats and alley murderers... the lights from nowhere are unleashing some rather alien foes.

THE RUNAWAY TRAIN
(2/13) The Doctor takes Emily to the moon of Moncallisto to meet Harmony Hart, the most successful author in history. But the train is hijacked by some terrible alien thugs.

DEATH IN THE CLOUDS
(3/13) You know when you follow a cloud across the sky until it goes out of sight? Well just beware of the eyes that are following you back...

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FLIGHT 19? (Part 1)
(4/13) Florida, 1945. The Doctor and Emily receive an anonymous summons that leads them to investigate the horrifying truth of Flight 19 and The Bermuda Triangle.

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (Part 2)
(5/13) Alien technology and footage of the assassination of JFK ar parts of a greater puzzle as The Doctor learns the secret of The Bermuda Triangle. Its no ordinary rift, and a familiar enemy has been plotting to catch the Doctor out of time.

THE MERMAID AND THE CENTAUR
(6/13) A pub, the far future. Was that a termite? The walls are alive and will eat you if you don't stay alert.

THE DA VINCI CODE
(7/13) The Doctor travels back to Renaissance Italy and meets one of the greatest minds of humanity. But Leonardo Da Vinci is embroiled in an alien plot...again!

THE BOX OF HORRORS
(8/13) An ambitious tycoon lures The Doctor to his junkyard moon where he must face off against his worst enemies. Daleks, cybermen, sontarans? Easy. But what about when the Doctors allies are forced to turn on him?

THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Part 1)
(9/13) A flat world ambandoned by its people as it falls into the inferno of a dying sun. Here, the Doctor finds himself stranded, in the middle of a ghost story, a love story and an old time-travelling explorer couple.

THE INFERNO (Part 2)
(10/13) The Doctor faces ghosts from his own past as invisible and impossible enemies plot.

EMILY'S LEGACY
(11/13) Emily pays a visit to her great grandchildren on present day Earth. Joining them for a hunt for a crash landed alien in the forest, Emily also begins to learn about her own future.

THE DOWNFALL OF THE DOCTOR (12/13)
What could scare a Dalek? Obliterate the Cybermen in mere seconds? A story of origins is about to unfold as the identity of the illusive Greys is revealed, the Doctor loses his most personal battle and all of existence is put on the line.

THE LAST LIFE (13/13)
The Timelords are descended from Greys, a species literally born in time itself. As the Doctor discovers more about his own people, will the truth about their fate and the past itself come to haunt him?

Ok, overly long, but I'm bored tonight :P

[performingmonk]

Originally Posted by Abomination

Series:

THE BIG SMOKE
(1/13) The Doctor is back! Hunting for Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel brings him to collide with Emily Pritchard... a posh lady of learning and leisure. But Londons dark streets are soon plagued by more than rats and alley murderers... the lights from nowhere are unleashing some rather alien foes.

THE RUNAWAY TRAIN
(2/13) The Doctor takes Emily to the moon of Moncallisto to meet Harmony Hart, the most successful author in history. But the train is hijacked by some terrible alien thugs.

DEATH IN THE CLOUDS
(3/13) You know when you follow a cloud across the sky until it goes out of sight? Well just beware of the eyes that are following you back...

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FLIGHT 19? (Part 1)
(4/13) Florida, 1945. The Doctor and Emily receive an anonymous summons that leads them to investigate the horrifying truth of Flight 19 and The Bermuda Triangle.

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (Part 2)
(5/13) Alien technology and footage of the assassination of JFK ar parts of a greater puzzle as The Doctor learns the secret of The Bermuda Triangle. Its no ordinary rift, and a familiar enemy has been plotting to catch the Doctor out of time.

THE MERMAID AND THE CENTAUR
(6/13) A pub, the far future. Was that a termite? The walls are alive and will eat you if you don't stay alert.

THE DA VINCI CODE
(7/13) The Doctor travels back to Renaissance Italy and meets one of the greatest minds of humanity. But Leonardo Da Vinci is embroiled in an alien plot...again!

THE BOX OF HORRORS
(8/13) An ambitious tycoon lures The Doctor to his junkyard moon where he must face off against his worst enemies. Daleks, cybermen, sontarans? Easy. But what about when the Doctors allies are forced to turn on him?

THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Part 1)
(9/13) A flat world ambandoned by its people as it falls into the inferno of a dying sun. Here, the Doctor finds himself stranded, in the middle of a ghost story, a love story and an old time-travelling explorer couple.

THE INFERNO (Part 2)
(10/13) The Doctor faces ghosts from his own past as invisible and impossible enemies plot.

EMILY'S LEGACY
(11/13) Emily pays a visit to her great grandchildren on present day Earth. Joining them for a hunt for a crash landed alien in the forest, Emily also begins to learn about her own future.

THE DOWNFALL OF THE DOCTOR (12/13)
What could scare a Dalek? Obliterate the Cybermen in mere seconds? A story of origins is about to unfold as the identity of the illusive Greys is revealed, the Doctor loses his most personal battle and all of existence is put on the line.

THE LAST LIFE (13/13)
The Timelords are descended from Greys, a species literally born in time itself. As the Doctor discovers more about his own people, will the truth about their fate and the past itself come to haunt him?

Ok, overly long, but I'm bored tonight :P

That sounds like a real series!! I particularly love the idea of the Bermuda triangle episodes as well as Da Vinci. I'm surprised he hasn't cropped up yet in the new series.

[alwatson]

Reintroduce Omega, The Rani and Sally Sparrow to shut up the conspiracy theorists.