Now do one for every doctor! - An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) Discussion

[–] londomollari 10 years ago

You know what? I was thinking exactly the same thing. A whole program on Troughton, Pertwee and Tom Baker - and then maybe one on Doctors 5,6 and 7. Finally a sixth drama showing the cancellation and McGann's 8th Doctor, moving on to the reboot and then up to present day. This would be a fascinating story to watch. If only...

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[–] rjbmuse 10 years ago

I love this idea!

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[–] kramsey20 10 years ago

I approve. I'd love to see the movie about the criminally under-appreciated Colin Baker's run as the Sixth Doctor. He could be portrayed as an actor set up to fail from the very beginning.

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[–] chrismartonuk-1 10 years ago

Tom Baker' rise and fall - having to follow the immensely popular Pertwee and succeeding beyond everyone's wildest dream, then falling into hubris and lazy self-indulgence and ultimately discovering, like Hartnell, that nobody is irreplacable - would probably make a decent script in itself.

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[–] tad-32 10 years ago

That would be great. I can just see the scene where Tom Baker gets on the tube/subway after the first episode of Robot went out...and slowly realizes that everyone is staring at him.

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[–] littlehobbit13 10 years ago

That would be wonderful, but it also wouldn't have quite the same impact. That scene at the end between Hartnell and Smith was a testament to the entire Doctor Who legacy. I don't know about everyone else, but it brought me to tears!

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[–] rich-kemp 10 years ago

I was hoping for a reply from the Americans. A drama about the creation of Star Trek has yet to be made and would be great viewing if made to a similar high standard.

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[–] mikael-of-adolfsson 10 years ago

One per Doctor, Two for Tom Baker.
Make John Nathan-Turner being made show runner the cliffhanger.

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[–] mikael-of-adolfsson 10 years ago

It would be this big Empire Strikes Back ending when this unknown nobody was given power and grasped it with all his might and never let it go.

Also quick story ideas:

Throughton: Taking over the show and His private life drama.
Pertwee: The Master, Berry Lett, the Death of Roger Delgado.
Baker One: Baker being *beep* insane but brilliant, Sladen and everyone else trying to keep up. Subplot of nobody climbin the ranls
Baker Two: Marriage drama between Tom and Lalla while changes happens.
Davison: The beginning of the end. The drama of the 20th anniversary take the center place.
Colin: Just re-create all the *beep* insaniyt from the behind the scenes going from Coat to the hiatus to the trial to Colin being fired.
McCoy: Suprise Nathan: If you quit Doctor Who dies! You have mere weeks to find a new Doctor and a new EVERYTHING!

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[–] Carol_in_HR 10 years ago

I want to see Christopher Eccleston version. What really went down with him and why is it that he never wants to even make a cameo appearance in the 50th anniversary?

Stop moaning you ungrateful bastards!

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[–] sweiland75 10 years ago

They should have just called it The Story of William Hartnell: The Doctor Who Years.

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[–] chrismartonuk-1 10 years ago

Subplot of nobody climbin the ranls

What does this mean?

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[–] mikael-of-adolfsson 10 years ago

subplot of Nathan climbing the ranks.

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[–] GenevaDuck 10 years ago

I think a movie about the events leading up to the hiatus of the show and the aftermath until cancellation would make an interesting movie. A hoary sci-fi show, still popular but running on fumes, with the suits wanting it off the air and the producer, who really doesn't want to be there, fighting to keep it alive. You'd also have a similar storyline as far as the actor playing the Doctor. Hartnell doesn't want to leave but it is understandable based on his health vs. Colin Baker who doesn't want to leave but is shown the door.

I don't think there would be enough material for the others. The Tom Baker era might, but it would have to be more a biography of Tom Baker for it to work rather than just his stint as The Doctor. The rise and fall, his marriage to Lalla Ward, and then his return to popularity when, by his own words, he starts getting hired for jobs by the grownup kids who remember him as The Doctor.

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[–] Smurf1303 10 years ago

Would love any or all of the other doctors to be made, ideally accompanied by a reshowing of at least one serial per doctor. Would like a mixture of the doctors but key staff as well.

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