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Travis wrote: "… The American revolution: during the occupation of Boston could make for some good historical shenanigans..."I like this one a lot. No aliens. Just a classic Hartnell Doctor historical. Perfect.
How about the Third Doctor meets Ian Fleming at a European casino around 1950? Maybe the Celestial Toymaker wants to play some more games?
Rick wrote: "How about the Third Doctor meets Ian Fleming at a European casino around 1950? Maybe the Celestial Toymaker wants to play some more games?"I like all these ideas.
Rick wrote: "How about the Third Doctor meets Ian Fleming at a European casino around 1950? Maybe the Celestial Toymaker wants to play some more games?"You could go even earlier than that, such as Fleming's visit to a casino in Lisbon mid-war that directly inspired Casino Royale. As Operation: Hellfire in one of the Big Finish Third Doctor sets proved, there's something about that incarnation and the Second World War setting that goes together quite well.
Matthew wrote: "You could go even earlier than that, such as Fleming's visit to a casino in Lisbon mid-war that directly inspired Casino Royale. As Operation: Hellfire in one of the Big Finish Third Doctor sets proved, there's something about that incarnation and the Second World War setting that goes together quite well."I was thinking of while Fleming was writing that first Bond novel, or directly before hand, but earlier works as well.
Kind of like the idea of a young Flemming meeting a sauve, snappy dressing guy with a thing for gadgets and possible his sinister, mysterious arch foe during WW2 and that being a big inspiration for Bond.Cheesy, but fun, if done right
Oh … oh … wait … the Twelfth Doctor showing up on the set of a particular film in spring 1965 and meeting Peter Cushing. The Doctor doesn’t realize it’s a movie set at first and thinks the Daleks are real. Maybe even having Missy, Bill and Nardole. Hilarity and shenanigans ensue. Maybe have some non-Daleks aliens involved just to really get things messed up. Autons? Sontarans?
Rick wrote: "What about the fourth Doctor meeting a young and impressionable Roald Dahl: “Jelly Baby?”"can't wait to find out which Doctor influenced William S Burroughs...
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Rick wrote: "Oh … oh … wait … the Twelfth Doctor showing up on the set of a particular film in spring 1965 and meeting Peter Cushing. The Doctor doesn’t realize it’s a movie set at first and ..."Wait … wait … and have some allusions to the notion that “Peter Cushing” might actually be an incarnation of the Doctor (without his memories, aka the Timeless Child) , but it all goes completely over twelve’s head, but Bill and Missy seem to be aware that something odd is occurring.
Travis wrote: "Rick wrote: "What about the fourth Doctor meeting a young and impressionable Roald Dahl: “Jelly Baby?”"can't wait to find out which Doctor influenced William S Burroughs...
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How about the sixth Doctor meeting a young Jules Verne? And Verne is very impressed with the TARDIS.
A teenager named Samuel Clemens takes an accidental trip when he’s examining a odd looking box he finds along the road and ends up in old England while the Romans are being driven out of a town. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe have trouble figuring out how they picked up this stowaway.
Travis wrote: "I think I've created a monster...!"No, you didn’t create it. You just turned the faucet on.
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Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "… Amelia Earhart: I want her disappearance to involve aliens or time travel and have her become a companion."They already did this on Star Trek: Voyager. Still it would be fun to s..."
Yeah, but the Voyager episode isn't that great.
My story would be way more fun.
And I've had her scribbled in my notes as a potential companion for years.
Rick wrote: "A teenager named Samuel Clemens takes an accidental trip when he’s examining a odd looking box he finds along the road and ends up in old England while the Romans are being driven out of a town. Th..."Clemens ends up traveling with the Doctor to medevil England and that's where we got 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court."
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "… The American revolution: during the occupation of Boston could make for some good historical shenanigans..."I like this one a lot. No aliens. Just a classic Hartnell Doctor histo..."
I didn't have a Doctor in mind, but the more I thought about it the more I kept seeing Hartnell in one of those tricorner hats.
Travis wrote: "I didn't have a Doctor in mind, but the more I thought about it the more I kept seeing Hartnell in one of those tricorner hats."Hartnell is ALWAYS a good choice for the historicals. So yes. But I’d also like to see more of the other Doctors get purely historical adventures.
Travis wrote: "Clemens ends up traveling with the Doctor to medevil England and that's where we got 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court."See,mi just thought: if he goes to medieval England it would seem too obvious, so I went with the earlier end of Roman occupation era.
Travis wrote: "Yeah, but the Voyager episode isn't that great.My story would be way more fun. And I've had her scribbled in my notes as a potential companion for years."
True. And Amelia Earhart would make a great companion. Maybe for Eight? Hmm 🧐
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Yeah, but the Voyager episode isn't that great.My story would be way more fun. And I've had her scribbled in my notes as a potential companion for years."
True. And Amelia Earhart ..."
I was thinking 6 or 12, but 8 would be a good choice too.
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "I didn't have a Doctor in mind, but the more I thought about it the more I kept seeing Hartnell in one of those tricorner hats."Hartnell is ALWAYS a good choice for the historicals..."
True.
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "I didn't have a Doctor in mind, but the more I thought about it the more I kept seeing Hartnell in one of those tricorner hats."Hartnell is ALWAYS a good choice for the historicals..."
I joke about it should be a story for whichever Doctor looks best in a tricorner hat, but the idea of #6 changing into a 1700's suit for the story is actually a good visual that works for me.
I don’t really see Six changing into anything for whatever time period he’s in.
Rick wrote: "I don’t really see Six changing into anything for whatever time period he’s in."I told you my criteria for picking a Doctor for this story idea: would they look good in a tricorner hat.
My thought process isn't getting deeper than that.
Oh no. “Oh look, a tricorner hat. Tricorner hats are COOL.”
Rick wrote: "Oh no. “Oh look, a tricorner hat. Tricorner hats are COOL.”"
Okay, you beat me to that joke.
But, yeah, he's on my list.
Hat jokes aside, I do think there should be more pure historicals.Every Doctor should have had one. They should have been a feature of a Doctor's run, like having a Dalek story.
Travis wrote: "Hat jokes aside, I do think there should be more pure historicals.Every Doctor should have had one. They should have been a feature of a Doctor's run, like having a Dalek story."
I agree. 1000%.
since we are talking Doctor Who meeting other literary figures, let me include a bit of shameless self promotion: One of stories for Blackcoat Press have Doctor Omega ( their stand in for the Hartnell Doctor) arriving in Fritz Lang's Metropolis and I even turned the mad scientist Rotwang into a renegade "time Lord".
Travis wrote: "since we are talking Doctor Who meeting other literary figures, let me include a bit of shameless self promotion: One of stories for Blackcoat Press have Doctor Omega ( their stand in for the Hart..."
And on that note, I turn to Big Finish … Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Lost Warriors
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Lost Warriors by James KettleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the third set of Ninth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish starring Christopher Eccleston.
3.1 The Hunting Season ~ Nothing particularly wrong with this one, just nothing all that special either. The Doctor gets involved with a spot of trouble that seems to mash-up Downton Abbey with something out a Zane Grey novel. Not a pairing that particular thrilled me, as it’s a watered down variation of both ideas (2/5).
3.2 The Curse of Lady Macbeth ~ A fun Doctor Who twist on the story of Macbeth. Fast paced and very entertaining (3/5).
3.3 Monsters in Metropolis ~ The Ninth Doctor! Fritz Lang! Metropolis! Cybermen?! This could be really exciting … I’ve only gotten to the open theme music and I’ve already got really, I mean really, really high expectations. // And I’m back. Whoa! That was sooo good. Brilliantly woven, great script, excellent performances, wonderful sound design. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent (5/5).
Weak start to this set. I was a bit worried, but a strong second act salved my trepidations about this set. And then the last story? Absolutely brilliant pseudo-historical third act. While the last story does have some similarities to the episode Dalek, the historical setting, the production of the film Metropolis, the way things get set in motion and wrapped up really set it apart brilliantly. This set also included the usual behind-the-scenes bonus features including interviews with cast & crew. Averaging the three stories out results in a 3 out of 5 score.
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Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "since we are talking Doctor Who meeting other literary figures, let me include a bit of shameless self promotion: One of stories for Blackcoat Press have Doctor Omega ( their stand ..."
Seriously...?!!!
How does Briggs keep doing this to me...?
Travis wrote: "Seriously...?!!!How does Briggs keep doing this to me...?"
It’s like he’s your nemesis, like he’s the voice of the Daleks … or something.
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Seriously...?!!!How does Briggs keep doing this to me...?"
It’s like he’s your nemesis, like he’s the voice of the Daleks … or something."
Well, at least in my story, it's not the movie set, but Metropolis is an actual place and I made Rotting his version of the Master.
Now, I'm afraid to mention the couple other Dr. Omega stories I wrote.
Travis wrote: "Well, at least in my story, it's not the movie set, but Metropolis is an actual place and I made Rotting his version of the Master. Now, I'm afraid to mention the couple other Dr. Omega stories I wrote."Sounds like a break premise though. Is it online?
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Well, at least in my story, it's not the movie set, but Metropolis is an actual place and I made Rotting his version of the Master. Now, I'm afraid to mention the couple other Dr. Om..."I don't think the anthologies: Tales of the Shadowmen, are available as e-books, but feel free to check out the blackout press site.
If you like victorian/ early 1900s mystery and sci-fi, there's a ton of great stuff.
Even the stuff I didn't write.
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Actually Tales of the Shadowmen 1 has on my to read list for awhile. Maybe this will the last shred of incentive I’ll need to bite the bullet. 😼
Rick wrote: "Actually Tales of the Shadowmen 1 has on my to read list for awhile. Maybe this will the last shred of incentive I’ll need to bite the bullet. 😼"Fun series. I'd be a fan even if I wasn't in it.
So many stories that I'm jealous I didn't think of first.
I don't show up until volume 3.
Travis wrote: "Fun series. I'd be a fan even if I wasn't in it. So many stories that I'm jealous I didn't think of first.
I don't show up until volume 3."
I’m a huge Doc Savage fan. So I was bound to get around to the series sooner or later.
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "Fun series. I'd be a fan even if I wasn't in it. So many stories that I'm jealous I didn't think of first.
I don't show up until volume 3."
I’m a huge Doc Savage fan. So I was boun..."
Yeah, I love that era of lion from late victorian to the pulps and the French created all their own versions, that were fun to read on their own, and even better as they became a set of toys to play with.
I may never get to professionally write Doctor Who, Tarzan, Doc Savage etc, but I have gotten to use a bunch of French stand ins, to build my own little corner in the literary universe.
Or in some cases write PD characters.
I wrote a mystery featuring Captain Nemo and am currently writing a story featuring Phileas Fogg!
Travis wrote: "… I wrote a mystery featuring Captain Nemo and am currently writing a story featuring Phileas Fogg!"I’ve actually not read Around the World in Eighty Days yet, quite a few others by Verne I’ve read and enjoy enormously, but I did just watch the miniseries with David Tennant. I’m certain that, to put it politely, they took a lot of liberties, but the joyed the series enormously. So much so that I’ll likely be nudging the book up on my list to get to sooner rather than later. I have read a graphic adaptation of it though, so where back in my childhood. And I think it was also one of the books I read as a kid that I found out many years later were dumbed down kid-friendly versions of classic novels. At the time I read them, I had no idea they were edited and heavily revised. Enormously infuriating to discover that I was tricked by a publisher into thinking I was reading the actual classic.
Rick wrote: "Travis wrote: "… I wrote a mystery featuring Captain Nemo and am currently writing a story featuring Phileas Fogg!"I’ve actually not read Around the World in Eighty Days yet, quite a..."
Probably mentioned this before, but "around the world in 80 days" is one of my favorite all time books.
It got me hooked on Jules Verne, reading about travel and reading in general.
Still own one of the copies I bought in college because I wore out my original one.
Was really interested in the miniseries...until I watched the trailer.Tennant looks great, but they made too many bad choices.
Probably watch it at some point, as I've seen all the adaptions (I think the David Niven movie is the best.) but feel no urge to rush.
New Thunderbirds cartoon is pretty decent.Some of the uniform and character designs are iffy, but everything else looks great and it hits a nice balance of updating but keeping what worked from the original.
Cute bit where one of the brothers is watching TV and the show he's watching is Stingray.
Travis wrote: "… Cute bit where one of the brothers is watching TV and the show he's watching is Stingray."Nice. 😸
Apparently, Amazon thinks I haven't bought enough Doctor Who merchandise, as they keep recommending books and DVDs to me.I'm weak and getting my tax return.
Don't know how long I'll be able to hold out.
Finished Buckaroo Banzai...and I have many thoughts.
Oh, and late to the game, but Encanto is really, really good!!
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They already did this on Star Trek: Voyager. Still it would be fun to see the Doctor Who take on her disappearance.