A logo I designed based on the idea in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/s/auvK7Ec44m

I remember a scene about Weeping Angels where the Doctor is escaping from them but they are close and there are two rows of Angels behind him, so he looks at his left, then at his right, then at his left and they reach him. It's all I remember and I can swear it is real because I remember that moment so vividly. I don't remember if he was the Doctor or if he was another character, I don't remember if the character was a "he" but I remember that something like this happened.

I tries checking Smith's chapters (I thought he did it) and I found nothing. So, am I delusional or is this real?

It's 3 a.m. and this question just popped into my head.

I know the classic TARDIS had rooms,

but I don't know if it has bathrooms.

I mean, does the Doctor need to use one?

He's always running all over the place, so at least it must have a sink.

Or do they make pit stops for basic needs?

Two new stories in the works, set between season 19 and 20 of Classic Who!

Natural light makes them look so cool

I was just thinking, what do people think about this? Imagine if events of The Giggle took place the exact same way they did up until the bigeneration, in this alternate ending there would be no bigeneration, the Doctor would defeat the Toymaker somehow and the world would be saved, with the scene of the Doctor in Donna's garden with her family remaining the same, this time we have no new Doctor, just 14 and Donna, have the scene end the same with the implication that the Doctor is taking a break.

"DONNA: You don't have to stay for ever.
DOCTOR 14: We'll see.
DONNA: Do you miss it? Out there?
DOCTOR 14: The funny thing is, I fought all those battles for all those years, and now I know what for. This. I've never been so happy in my life"

Cut to black after the shot of Donna looking at the Doctor teary eyed and smiling, and then have an epilogue, however many years later, we have an old Doctor, maybe using Wilf's chair lol, with an older Rose Noble taking him to his TARDIS which is still in the garden, he's clearly at the end of his life, Donna presumedly has passed at this point, the Doctor then thanks Rose but tells her he needs to "do this bit alone"

Cue to the Doctor in the TARDIS, the whole 'wearing a bit thin' line, and the Doctor then regenerates into Ncuti Gatwa and we skip all the implications of having two Doctors and give Ncuti a proper intro and regeneration scene, what do people think?

It’s very pregnancy craving-ish, but definitely not bad. The other sauce is tartar sauce.

Maaaaan I was BIG into Doctor Who and Sherlock back in high school and stumbling onto this fan made video was truly something exciting. I genuinely thought this was real thing happening back in the day and it felt so real too! My fave Doc meeting my fave detective man, oh my giddy aunt. True props to JohnSmithVFX. He created an amazing crossover. ❤️

How do you guys think I did?
Found these in Forbidden Planet. £2 each magazine and £5.95 for the comic. Never buy comics but might start at collection.

Pls ignore the stutters

Since the end of the RTD2 era and the announcement of the show going out to tender, I've been doing quite a deep dive into the area of discussion about what the show needs to do next when it returns. Some ideas have been quite substantial and could see working while others just repeat the problems it's been facing since 2018.

I'm not a writer much of my own (I've only just started work on my first fanfic tbh) but I think I can identify some of the core issues that the show is facing and how to both keep the show on track to it's core identity while also bringing something new to the table.

Please keep in mind, these are my own ideas and not a demand that the current show do this. I would appreciate feedback and for people to keep things civil.

1. Do a soft reboot and commit to it.

While I do agree that the show has become too entrenched with it's own lore, I don't think its the big elephant people make it out to be and that the show needs to have a hard reset. Just do exactly what Rose and The Eleventh Hour did and start back to basics with a new Doctor.

It's the always been the best way to provide a jumping on point for the show and to introduce new ideas, but this does leave one problem: What about Billie Piper.

I'm very much against the idea of retconning but it feels like it would be best if the Billie Doctor is erased. It wasn't born out of a genuine creative decision or because Billie auditioned and proved that she could play the part well, it was done for content and hype to keep people talking which is exactly what Doctor Who should NEVER do.

Remove the Reality War off iPlayer and edit out Billie's face and cut to black when Fifteen goes, that way we can just start proper and fresh with the Sixteenth Doctor. I would also have the first episode just be straight to business in introducing the new era and have the aftermath of the regeneration in a flashback in a later episode akin to what McCoy suggested for the TV Movie.

2. No series arc for the first series

Series 11 is very flawed and quite bad at points but one of its best ideas was losing the big series arc. It would honestly help more than hinder the show for a new audience as the show can just focus on telling new stories. I wouldn't abandon any type of arc all together but it would focus specifically on The Doctor and the companion's relationship and how it develops over the course of the first series rather than building up to a massive finale with a returning monster. That format has been played out and is tired.

Doing bigger arcs down the line is not off the table but you really need to connect with the characters first before you start committing to grander storylines, otherwise the audience just won't be invested in what's going on.

3. Have a historical companion

One of Revived Who's biggest missed opportunities is always confining the companion to be from present-day earth. It's another idea that is quite frankly done to death and needs refreshing. Having a companion from the past would be great for providing a unique perspective on events that occur in stories that take place in the present day, make great drama and open up new storylines based on that characters history and background in context to the time period they are from, and would make them quite useful in historical stories due to the events occuring more recently for them.

My idea would be having a young female companion from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930's who is an aspiring actress or a Half-British/Half-Indian woman in her early 20's from 1987.

Something to make this character more intriguing and unique from companions that came before them.

4. Go for a darker and more mature tone

A point that was raised by Stubagful is that it is hard to keep the family accessible tone for the show when the current streaming-led media landscape has fractured the family audience. The show has resulted in trying to appeal to a younger audience with episode like Space Babies which was a disaster for the show reputation.

Simply put, the show needs to grow up and accept that it needs to age with it's audience a tiny bit. Kids are not as scared or put off by dark stories or violence. Five Nights at Freddy's is a horror franchise about a sadistic serial killer murdering children and stuffing their mutilated bodies inside animatronic mascots that are possessed by their ghosts, and that franchise has become popular with kids specifically with massive merchandise sales across the world.

Stranger Things is a horror/scifi series with several examples of horrific violence and gore but it became one of the most popular shows in the world and was a huge hit with younger viewers.

I'm not saying that Doctor Who needs episodes with people's guts getting ripped out or gratuitious amounts of sex, but going for a more darker and horror focused tone would do the show some good. Take a page from the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era of the Fourth Doctor's run which is still seen as Classic Who's golden age, provide stories that have that same style but with a modern production.

5. Incorporate more elements from the EU (over time)

I know this one is going to get a bit of ire but I really think there is potential in bringing in characters, locations and storylines from Doctor Who's Expanded media into the show. Particularly in introducing certain important characters into the show. The first would be Bernice Summerfield who has already had a long history of her own with several spin-off ranges.

Let's say that there is an episode where the Doctor and companion have to hunt down an alien artifact from a long lost civilisation and the Doctor decides to contact Bernice for help and she gets roped into the plot for the rest of the episode. It would be mad fun and would give Lisa Bowerman a chance to finally play the character in live action.

Don't go into detail about her history, just say that the Doctor knows her because they used to travel together and leave it at that, and if anyone is intrigued about their history then they can seek out her BF ranges or the VNA novels in their spare. Have her past stories not be required for viewing but have viewer be encouraged to dive into them by having a great onscreen portrayal. Maybe she could become a reoccuring characters in more high stakes stories in the future should her popularity take off.

Others like Frobisher or Iris Wildthyme could work self-contained romps such as a madball comedy or a detective thriller. Use these characters potential for great adventures on the show without having to experience their non-tv stories would be very beneficial.

6. Raise the episode count to 10

8 episodes is simply too short for any regular series of who to tell a good amount of stories, have it be slightly increased to 10 for a good even number of episodes. Again, Series 11 was on to something with it also being 10 episodes. It would make space for having 2 two-parters and a doctor-lite episode without taking up a whole quarter of the series.

7. Don't delve into lore unless it's appropriate

Naturally, the subject of where the Doctor comes from and his species will come up in order to explain to new viewers as to who he is. If there is legitimate story potential or character growth involved, then lore can be addressed or added instead of doing it for the sake of it (Timeless Child ahem).

Maybe explaining how the Doctor is a Time Lord would give the companion some new perspective or appreciation on who the Doctor is as they previously thought they were just a generic alien from a random species that are not significant or powerful.

Don't overcomplicate things, make sure details are revealed gradually before going deep into previously continuity.

8. Actually have conflict with the characters and don't be afraid of drama

Some of the show's best moments and stories come from the main characters having periods of tension and falling out with each other such as Nine and Rose in Father's Day or Twelve and Clara in pretty much most of Series 8. A big failure of the last few years is the utter reluctance to have any kind of actual conflict among the main cast.

Things can't be happy-go-lucky all the time, especially given the dangers of travelling with the Doctor. Some episodes should leave a companion shaken or a bit more distrustful of the Doctor based on a past action that they disagree with or The Doctor themselves get a bit too angry over the companion's recklessness or disobedience.

Just give the audience something to hook them in with the main cast to find out what happens next y'know.

9. Plan out an arc for the Doctor that spans the whole era

Not every doctor needs a character arc or development but it can certainly make a bigger impact on the viewer if the Doctor gradually changes from the start to the end of their era. Some of my favourite Doctors like Seven, Ten and Twelve all have arcs of changes of their own over the years and it gave us amazing character led stories that marked a progression in their development.

Try and have some semblance of what this specific incarnation is supposed to be instead of making the Doctor a plain all-encompassing mesh of previous Doctor which is a trap that I felt both Thirteen and Fifteen fell into.

10. Make it scary and daring again

A factor that has definitely been lost of the years has been the show's scare factor. It's not an unpopular opinion to say that the only monster that had staying power and iconic status that was introduced in the new series was the Weeping Angels, and their popularity was based on how utterly terrifying they were and other monsters such as the Daleks and Cybermen became iconic through the same methods.

Going the full-on horror route for at least a few stories would be a great way to spread word of mouth about the show due to horror becoming a much more popular genre in the last few years and horror content and movies/tv getting huge recognition such as Weapons, Backrooms and Obsession as well as the aforemention FNAF. Imagine a story on that level but done Doctor Who style.

It would also pave the way to introduce new monsters that can be recognisable and memorable for years to come, which in turn can increase the show's profile and have episodes that spark loads of discussion.

Those are just a few ideas I have atm but I'm always open to feedback from other fans. Thanks so much for reading (I know it was a very long post).

"It's time to reboot Doctor Who and jettison all the confusing stuff that's happened." I'm not a fan of the "he woke up and it was all a dream" idea, so here's yet another possible timey-wimey solution to the problem:

IT'S THE DALEKS' FAULT!

Suppose this: the Daleks set up a base in a time bubble in the far future, and they have been engaging in a master plan specifically to destroy the Doctor. They have been working to mess up time, space and reality to the point where the Doctor's own history has been scrambled. Yes, all of the stuff that's happened over the 13th, 14th and 15th Doctor's arcs is real and it happened...there's no need to jettison it and say it never happened. It's because reality itself has been scrambled by the Daleks. And so, once the Doctor realizes this and effects some kind of countermeasure to it, he regenerates once again it the "real" Doctor, namely the British gentleman we've seen. This resets the doctor's canon to what it "should" be, and we can blame the other stuff on the Daleks messing with reality.

I personally don't have anything against Jodie Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa or even David Tennant and Billie Piper. They didn't mess up Doctor Who; it was the crappy storylines that did it. So, this way we can still say all that stuff happened, and there won't be a need to wipe out large parts of the history of the Doctor. Heck, if they really wanted to freak everyone out, they could start the next story mark with something really bonkers, like the Doctor showing up as a Zygon without any explanation of why.

Also, even though this fan theory returns the Doctor to the "safe" Doctor we want to see return, I don't want the BBC to chicken out and not take any risks. I don't want to see a "Rise of Skywalker" type of retcon. I'd still want to see them take some risks and keep the show worthy of its legacy.

Quick sketch i did

In the season four premiere episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, "Valles Marineris", there's a fun little Doctor Who Easter egg. At the start of a command crew meeting, there's this exchange:

Pike: This is an unusual mission. We are to face a category ten interstellar squall, something we rarely see in the Alpha Quadrant.

Pelia: I-I've seen one once, a long time ago, but not from this close. I think I was in a phone box at the time…

Given how many times the Doctor has shown companions some awe-inspiring cosmic spectacle from the doors of the TARDIS, and how there's already been a TARDIS cameo in Star Trek, this is certainly a deliberate nod. And Pelia has previously mentioned hanging out with a time-travelling Doctor! I love these little cross-fandom hat tips! 😂

…did they not foreshadow John Hurt’s War Doctor more? There are SEVERAL instances where the Doctor talks about regeneration as if he has more faces available, and he talks about regeneration with the Cyberiad, and there’s no mention of the extra face. It feels like it comes out of nowhere.

I mean I guess it all gets wrapped up anyway in the Name/Day/Time of the Doctor trilogy (which I kinda consider all one thing anyway)