What I'd Do With Doctor Who! (What If I Was Showrunner?)

[@atomise11]

Holy shit, you finally made this video!! I remember you telling me about these ideas almost a year ago now, it's great to see you finally put the video together. I love the idea of a Doctor desperately trying to become part of society to distract from their pain. My main point of criticism still stands which is that making all the villains come from one company kinda loses their unique origins. It's really great how you've tweaked the idea over time though!

[@VanderzzWho]

Now I can read and watch Tharries at the same time, what a great time to be alive

[@daver9819]

Interesting idea. Doctor Who could do with fresh ideas though some fans think they want the same thing for ever and ever. I had an idea that there would be a major, but hidden, like Omega that would use some power he found in another dimension to take control of the Doctor's next regeneration. His previous incarnations would feel this and come to stop it but Omega would send classic villains to delay them. These stories would be told in alternate media leading up to the regeneration where the new Doctor's Timeless regeneration energy combined with Omega's new power would bring back Gallifrey and the Timelords but this would leave the Doctor with no memory, believing that this is his first life. He would be on Gallifrey, working under a returning Rassilon and the 1st series would see him or her go on adventures in time nudging different societies on the right path, unknowingly, directing them towards being controlled by those aligned to Rassilon who is controlled by Omega. As the series went in the Doctor would find friends including The Master, who seems good and Romana and even have a family but he/she picks up an earth bound conpanion too who is savvy enough to question what is going on. This opens the Doctor's eyes and they start to see more and by the 2nd season they are actively sabotaging missions and realising Rassilion isn't in control. By the end of the 3rd season they meet someone who confirms this isn't their first regeneration as they have met them before. The danger builds in the 4th season as Rassilon begins to suspect the Doctor so the Doctor hatches and elaborate plan with help from his friends but one betrays him, The Master and gets shot. So he has to flee Gallifrey but the only thing he can find to escape in is an old British Police box...

[@wiltaylor]

I think the capaldi episodes when he was a professor was essentially the Dr. trying to fit in. It would be interesting if he took up a job as a detective or something where there were mysteries that seem normal and then aren't! I like the idea of wiping out old enemies for a while. You can always bring them back. I mean we had remembrance of the daleks and then they were back later. It would be nice to have something different for a while though that wasn't a master race kind of threat.

[@naveenbhalla4557]

Or maybe stealing idea of Steve & Robin from Stranger Things, and have the Doctor try a new job every series?

[@lux_fero]

If you want something like that I would recomend Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

[@wiltaylor]

Got them all I love them! @@lux_fero

[@chaserseven2886]

i'd personally just bring back classic villains who haven't appeared in a long time

[@Roger709Bautista14]

I'd have WhoTubers such as Tharries, The Confused Adipose, Doctor Freedom, William Who, Nerd Den, WhoCulture, Rabbi From Another Planet and Council of Geeks play as Whovians who found themselves in the Doctor's timeline going through all of his or her regenerations from the timeless child to whoever replaces Ncuti lol...

[@jacobdinofan3070]

​​@@Roger709Bautista14that would be really awesome to see them be incarnations after gatwa.

[@ZDProds-c8p]

Would be nice to see a part 2 where you go into detail about every series

[@thedeadd.c.207]

Best fan era of Doctor Who I've ever heard pitched was from my writer buddy, who started his era with a retcon of the timeless child storyline that actually makes Chibnalls run feel like less of a fuck up. It also explained the gender and ethnicity changes to the doctor in regenerations. It also expanded on the weeping angels in some dark ways. There was a storyline with the Valeyard, there was a season long arc with The eighth doctor and my friends doctor working together. My buddy wrote seven seasons worth of scripts for what his era of Who would be, and I have to say it made me cry, it made me laugh and the horror themed episodes he wrote actually creeped me out. He had plans for 16 seasons overall. He is just a massive Who fan and wanted his own continuity when he realised chibnall was fucking up the show. My buddy only stopped at his seventh season when RTD and Tennant returned. I keep hoping he finally starts making original movies and stuff, cause I'd love for him to actually showrun doctor who. He was born to do that job.

[@geesefeeders1]

this actually sounds really great man. Nice ideas

[@stevehawkins1744]

I have been watching Doctor Who since 1975 and disagree with all your ideas, but I love your enthusiasm for the show!

[@samwitherington8202]

Here is what I'd do with a Dr Who run (I'm going to give myself a Doctor, with three seasons, as that seems to be the what happens): The Dr I'd have is played by Hayley Atwell. She has three companions. First is Zack, a hacker with Schizophrenia/sleep paralysis that leaves him with very vivid hallucinations. He is travelling with initially the Dr alone, before they meet brother and sister Char and Khiss on a mining station, Char as a miner, Khiss as a medic. The two are taken by the Dr, who intends to take them home, before realising their home is Skaro pre-Daleks. The end of the first season sees the revelation the hallucinations Zack has are the result of a chip embedded in his head at a young age by an AI bent on gaining human body and controlling the world (maybe set up from a mysterious signal in Zacks house the Dr tried to track down when they first meet). After initially stopping it, the crew see a future where the AI resurfaces and takes over, causing Zack to stay in the present to prevent it from ever existing. The Dr masks not taking the siblings home by claiming the TARDIS is faulty, leading to many whacky adventures before finally doing so. They arrive back with the Kaleds, but as a young Davros makes the first Dalek, which shoots Char, ending the second season. Fast forward, and Khiss is a warrior leading an anti-Dalek resistance, the Dr trying to convince her otherwise, due to timeline issues. Throughout this, Char's body is converted into a Cyberman esque proto Dalek servant, used to terrorise the Dr and Khiss. Eventually, the Dr is talked into helping evacuate Skaro citizens and taking them to a new world, leading to the rest of the season transporting a fleet of survivors, the Dr acting as a protector. The series ends with a final attack by Daleks, and Khiss sacrifices herself to save her people, who start a new colony elsewhere, under a new name, preserving the timeline. The Dr leaves, only for a reveal that Char has stowed away on the TARDIS. As the Dr attempts to clever her way out, Char self-destructs, throwing the Dr from the TARDIS mid time travel. End of first Dr run (the next run sees the Dr (now played by Colin Salmon) stranded in Hannoverian England, where he must adjust to the time period, forge a Torchwood esque crew, and use only his wits and the tech of the time to solve mysteries, uncover a cult designed to wipe out aliens on Earth and work out how to get the TARDIS back. All with a sweet style).

[@AllThePiecesMatter_]

Holy shit, you've spent some time thinking about this!

[@samwitherington8202]

@@AllThePiecesMatter_ yep

[@ZDProds-c8p]

Interesting concept. Totally wiped the slate clean. Although not sure why the institute would want to create cybers, daleks etc. everything will just go down the pan

[@josgibbons6777]

What nobody says for this question is what they wouldn't do. I'd avoid certain villains I don't think I like enough to do justice (I'm not saying which!), but I wouldn't let anyone know that ahead of time; if every asked if something's coming back, regardless of answer, I'd say "no comment".

[@inspector2363]

I'd begin with a thematic repeat of the siege of Trenzalore. Have a all the powerful races massed to prevent Galifreys return, then have it emerge with a devastating show of power that obliterates the fleet, sending the survivors fleeing never to threaten the Timelords again. Daleks, Cybermen & other races are stripped of their ability to time-travel.

[@zoebrugg7594]

I love it!

[@AllThePiecesMatter_]

If i put myself in the position of showrunner, first thing I'd want to do is make it a 10-episode run with 3 two-part stories.

[@tardisglitch547]

Imagine a story where the Vashta Nerada all ran off to earth to escape this cataclysm and the planet one day gets engulfed in darkness. Also Mr Newman could potentially be the meddling monk using a much grander scale plan to tamper with the timeline by setting up the Newman institute across the universe. But these are really fun ideas you’ve got

[@juliuscaesar2912]

Love the captions I always use them and appreciate it. Omg what if it was a doctor who font

[@JamesBoxxy]

Interesting video, I like this idea, good stuff! 👌

[@matriculus2]

Back in the wilderness years before nu who when it looked like we might never see Doctor Who again I had similar thoughts of how would I bring it back. My starting point was going to be the Doctor living on some backwater planet as hermit, rejecting the universe when he gets commissioned against his will by the timelords. We discover that in a previous adventure his companion was killed and possibly the Doctor regenerated which was what led him to his hermitage. Once his mission is complete the Doctor gets a new companion and once more finds his place in the universe and comes to terms with past events.

[@ginge641]

Ah yes, the Tharries era, the direct sequel to the Excibagful era.

[@naveenbhalla4557]

These are fascinating ideas, and an excellent idea for a soft reboot of the show. Perhaps the overarching villain is actually Rasilon & Omega teaming up again to recreate the universe how it used to be? Could turn into a whole theme on the dangers of nostalgia!

[@kae-linne.verchrogkirrke6726]

Like u I've had an idea 4 Dr. Who not so much made 4 television viewing, but more of an adventure novel. It would be place far in the future, w/ new characters & old ones popping in like cameos. Moreover some "old" favs of mine would be updated & redesigned & would leave ppl going omg. The main character would be the narrator. The villain?..... something u would NEVER suspect.

[@ErinTheFennec]

An idea for who Mr Newman or (Miss Newman) could be is The Rani, though played much more seriously than in the classic series, as the idea of an individual picking up the pieces of a broken universe and remaking all these monsters fits pretty well into the whole amoral scientist thing they were going for with The Rani. Of course a new character could work well too, but it would be a fun wink to fans of the classic series to have an improved version of The Rani back. Another benefit of using The Rani is that a scenario like that could play well into the idea of The Rani being amoral without feeling as weird and forced as it did in the classic series, as they would be able to argue that what they're doing IS for the good of the universe, as they're restoring life again, BUT they're also doing it at the cost of the people of earth or other worlds, perhaps even show that some of the things that are brought back aren't monsters to turn it into a moral dilemma for The Doctor.

[@filmunion8194]

The Monk Chris Barrie

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

This is actually great conceptually. You have a strong sense of establishing momentum. There’s a lot of room for this Doctor to grow, and a lot of interesting corners of the world and narrative to expand upon. This is maybe the most I’ve ever been impressed with a fan’s Showrunner Pitch.

[@scottandbecky8507]

Have you ever thought about doing any content on the Doctor Who TTRPG?

[@cmatrix347]

If i were showrunner i would push for Eddie Redmayne as The Doctor, he would be absolutely brilliant

[@jamesalflattsbarkingmadpro3480]

Sounds like a great idea, id work with you on that.

[@alandickson9220]

Thanks!

[@YTPChamber1]

Tharries T Davis Showrunner!!

[@Robsonwoodhouse]

if I was a writer for Doctor Who there will lots of cliffhangers and there will be 13 episodes per season plus a Christmas special The Doctor will be Ben Hardy and Companion will be Danielle Harold Series 18 Episode 1 The Slitheen Episode 2 Nightmare Man Episode 3 The Judoon Episode 4 and 5 The Veil Episode 6 The Sontarans Episode 7 and 8 Trickster Episode 9 Daleks Episode 10 The Graske Episode 11 Sea Devils Episode 12 and 13 Aboddon Christmas Special Sycorax Series 19 Episode 1 Daleks Episode 2 and 3 Solonians Episode 4 Cybermen Episode 5 and 6 The Sontarans Episode 7 and 8 Zygons Episode 9 New Episode 10 New Episode 11 12 and 13 The Slitheen Christmas Special New Series 20 Episode 1 New Episode 2 Vashta Nerada Episode 3 and 4 New Episode 5 New Episode 6 Ood Episode 7 and 8 Reapers Episode 9 New Episode 10 and 11 New Episode 12 and 13 Abzorbaloff Doctor who The Movie The Movie will 1-hour 48 minutes The Master 7th 8th and 9th Axons The Slitheen The Doctor’s 8th 10th 11th 12th 13th 15th companions are Mel Bush Ace Captain Jack Harkness Rose Tyler Mickey Smith Donna Noble Martha Jones Jackson Lake Lady Christina River Song Amy Pond Rory Williams Clara Oswald Ryan Sinclair Yasmin Khan Christmas Special Zygons Series 21 Episode 1 and 2 New Episode 3 Judoon Episode 4 and 5 Daleks Episode 6 New Episode 7 New Episode 9 New Episode 10 11 12 and 13 The Master 7th and 9th Aboddon The Beast Halloween Special Vashta Nerada Christmas Special Cybermen The Doctor will be Ben Hardy and Companion will be Amy-Leigh Hickman Series 22 Episode 1 New Episode 2 New Episode 3 New Episode 4 Daleks Episode 5 and 6 New Episode 8 New Episode 9 New Episode 10 and 11 New Episode 13 Weeping Angels Halloween Special The Midnight Entity Christmas Special Sycorax Series 23 Episode 1 Daleks Episode 2 Gas mask zombies Episode 3 and 4 Cybermen Episode 5 Sontarans Episode 6 Clockwork Soldiers Episode 7 Reapers Episode 8 and 9 K1 Robot Episode 10 The Ood Episode 11 Zygons Episode 12 and 13 The Flood Christmas Special The Master 5th 7th and 9th Trickster Doctor’s 13th 14th 15th and 16th companions Peri Brown Mel Bush Grace Holloway Captain Jack Jackson Lake River Song Clara Oswald Yasmin Khan

[@badwolf66]

Interesting idea, I'm 75% onboard with it, more onboard with it then i was with The Flux. I was thinking for The Newman Institute That Davros and a Cyber Planner could be like so called friendly scientific advisors for whoever is running The Newman Instuite? Perhaps Rassilon? Omega? Rani? (Master has been done to death)

[@genericworld3145]

I think we all have at least in someway have thought what they would do with the show at some degree With me I have ideas for season arks and as well as single episodes

[@bandhafun]

Disney commentary against monopolies... brilliant

[@harryhughes6124]

I had an idea where there would be a powerful god like being who traps the Doctor on Earth and forces him to use his intelligence to create weapons for the God's new empire across the Universe - Oppenheimer style.

[@R_SENAL]

So you want the Doctor to retire and take Time Traveling out of the show for a bit... Have you heard of Stranded? I think your overall arc falls into the same trap that frankly RTD did, that in a universe w/time travel as a key function, it doesn't really make sense for any species to not exist completely, because if you travel in time you can always meet them Before they were destroyed. If that species is also time active, then you can still meet them at any time and place and it will always be before their end. Like when 12 & Bill dip into the Movellan War. The whole Time-locked excuse is a bit hand wavey, and only works because he's RTD, we all love WHO, and we want it to work, but if you really think about it for a bit, it kinda doesn't. My own idea would be for future events to be affecting the present of the Doctor, but we don't know what this cataclysm is yet because it hasn't happened yet, but its effects are being felt already as this new fixed point gets closer. But for the most part it would be seasons of different stories, of different genre each, all packed into every season with mostly unlinked threads, but I think Doctor WHO is at its best when it has say 1 episode that is contemporary, 1 that is future, the next is historical, the next is horror, the next is suspense, then its drama, then its a comedic affair, timey whimey, etc. This show is all genres rolled into one, and embracing that is always when it's at its best. I would also have people like myself, who care about continuity, go over scripts in the way that some showrunners never cared to, and make sure that as little as possible was stolen, or wrecked by new things we want to do. I hate when people say DW doesn't have a set cannon, because it easily could have, it's been remarkably consistent for a 60 year run, with admittedly a few glaring errors here and there, but it isn't the swiss cheese others would pass it off as. It's better than that. And it could be better than it is going forward, if future showrunners just showed a bare minimum of giving a crap... Yeah, I'm still getting over the Chibbs train wreck years... Still ticked that Marc Platt isn't given writing credit (or even a mention in the credits) for the Haunting of Vila Diodati since the entire idea is knicked from his story The Silver Turk. But I digress. If I were to do a big story to round out a season it would center around the moral dilemma of the Doctor having to keep a war going to save the rest of the universe. That war being the infinite clone army of the Sontarans vs. the infinitely dividing gestalt of the Rutan Host. If either side were to have some sort of decisive victory, no other army or force in the universe could stand in their way, so the Doctor has to foil a potentially game changing stratagem by one side or the other, to keep the status quo of them killing each other endlessly, so they don't kill everyone else endlessly. I've always wanted to see, or tell, that sort of story.

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

Cast Harry Melling as the Doctor (or, if he still looks relatively young for his age, Angus Wright), and bring back a more updated ‘80’s futurism aesthetic to the series’ design. Jettison anything post-Capaldi and start from scratch like they did with Christopher Eccleston, and tone down if not completely abandon the ‘progressive’- and / or ‘LGBT’-agenda that got attached to the series since 2005 and especially since latter-era Moffat. Bring back and update some lesser but still fondly remembered aliens from the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, a.l.a., Tractators, Tetraps and the Terileptils, and focus on good storytelling rather than trying to adapt the ‘scale’ of it all to larger budgets (which will probably be applicable anyway).

[@Bama4life23]

Wow I will love your era #Tharriesforshowrunner

[@ms.antithesis]

My thoughts on your ideas: Some criticism, some opinions, some compliments. Of you're not in the mood to have your ideas criticised then you rpolly shouldn't read it. I'm just in a hyper critical mood lol. the time war was a big deal because it happened once. Doing more big universe destroying events when the universe feels more and more disestablished and unreal with every series. Wouldn't be the best course of action Imo. The doctor on earth stuff is prilly the stuff I like best here but the idea the of making a massive change like that to earth would never stick, the problem with earth in dr who is unless you make the change so that its believable that you'd still have something simular to modern day earth as a result of the event, it'd never stick, whoch takes away audiace stakes. I think the doctor wanting to live a normal or human life is a character trait I personally don't think us character for him, the 3rd doctor despised being stuck in earth and I think although he's intrested in humanity he doesn't want to be human. I do actually like the idea of an opening story where the doctor is retired bit is brought out of his shell by a companion... bjt we've done that, that was series 10, although series 10 didn't do it amazingly, its still something done. Hault isnt the worst but he feels like Average man no. #500 to me. He's a somewhat attractive 30 something with bulging eyes, brown hair, and occasional bits of stubble... in other words, he'd be a tenant clone. Who I always found way too human. ALTHOUGH Tilda swinton has been my personal fancasting for a while, so k can get behind that. Personal I love the idea of a doctor who's body doesn't align with their pronouns, so doctor who uses male pronouns despite having a female actor, something tilda works great for. Like your tardis idea. But I really don't like the idea of making it marvel like. Personally I think adding new origins and new ideas and new continuities to classic monsters is too reboot for my taste. I like tying established lore together instead of creating new lore to float in the barron wastes of canon. Makes it feel less like a consistent universe. I agree that tbe master is overused but personally I think making them a character on earth isn't tbe best idea. I dint like how everything in dr who seems to revolve around earth personally. Like... the doctor being obsessed with earth, is his thing. That's his autistic ass's hyperfixation. And OFC its gonna get invasion attempts, ans alien occurances, ans naturally creept stuff. on occasion, some of which is his fault, some is just natural. Ans he helps out. What I hate is this idea that earth is super important to everyone else for some reason

[@sirbreadthe1st]

Someone should animate this!

[@hued2542]

So when are you suing rtd bro

[@GT3NB]

I’ll use this space to share an idea that’s been bubbling in my head for many years. It’s complete fan wanky nonsense, but I’d like to think compelling nonsense. In short, it’s what if David Tennant left but Russell T Davies didn’t and stayed until the 50th and beyond? The Eleventh Doctor would be Hugh Dancy, characterised very differently to Matt Smith. The “companion”, would be Stephen Merchant, playing a very conveniently perfectly humanoid robot called Ern-iE, and the villain would be in typical Russell fashion, bigger than the Daleks or Time Lords. The Doctor would reveal fairly early on that he’s in his last life, not keeping the War Doctor as this big, epic secret. Because of that he’s more cautious, nihilistic and solitary. He doesn’t welcome humans into the Tardis, he meets perfect candidates as early as the first episode, but he doesn’t want to face loss anymore. He’s cold but not just in an alien way, he’s detached and not fully recovered from the end of the Tenth Doctor’s very short lifespan. This means the farewell tour in the End of Time was exactly that, farewell companions. Ern-iE only ends up in the Tardis as the result of where he was being destroyed, and is only kept as a useful tool initially, essentially being a walking, talking supercomputer. The series would open with a two parter where the Doctor crashes the Tardis, causing the Roswell Incident, and has to save his “UFO” and escape American custody. Highlights include: there would be a creepy Halloween episode set in a village where all the inhabitants vanished on Halloween night 1985, a Pirate two-parter set in Libertatia, the Doctor being assigned by Unit to investigate “sentient monster exam papers” that has seemingly devoured a school teacher whole, and a third visit to New Earth, this time to an upmarket district to solve a timey-wimey noir mystery. The typical Russell-style arc would be breaches in reality all over the place causing havoc like they did in Army of Ghosts/Doomsday. The first series, “Series 5”, would end with the Doctor being forced to go through one of these breaches, meeting another version of themselves who’s aiding a planet seeing off a Dalek invasion. This would then lead into multiversal chaos for the 50th Anniversary, and while it would bring back many previous actors of the Doctor as like a physical manifestation of his conscience, there would also be a bunch of new/Easter egg versions, such as Rowan Atkinson and Richard E. Grant, celebrating all of Who, even the parodies and failed reboots. The big bad would be revealed to be an alternate 10th Doctor, who instead of being separated from Rose, lost her in a fixed point in time, and broke all reality trying to amend it, in turn causing the gap between Earth and Pete’s World that separated our Tenth Doctor from Rose. Having lost their mind and fully embracing the “Time Lord Victorious”, they use this broken reality as an opportunity to hunt Doctors across the Multiverse, to steal their regeneration energy, in the hope of not just bringing his Rose back, but having full control over life and death itself like a deity. Our Doctor, vestiges of his previous selves, along with several variants including the Meta Crisis, would all band together to put a stop to this calamity, even if it would cost the end of our Doctor for good. In this, the Doctor would rediscover purpose and snap out of his acceptance of unending defeat. I think that’s enough for now. I think this is the way Russell would explore if budget allowed. Looking into the fact that the ultimate villain could only ever be the Doctor himself, but also not being afraid to ask hard questions, like what’s the point of the Doctor in a Universe where life is so fragile? And providing answers that make the character stronger than ever.

[@jonathans9598]

Making humans more robotic, I have had Deep Brain Surgery and a micro chip put in my brain and there’s a lithium battery in my chest. Human

[@Jimbob_Offical]

I’m sorry to beak this to you but one of your channel members Votesaxon07 is a murderer he has stabbed his partner. I wish I was was making this up. But it is in the news.

[@ms.antithesis]

OK I understand the subtitles thing bjt that's what closed captions are for.... you can have custom closed captions if you don't want KZbins ones. And for peoole who need closed captions they're customisable and easy to use. Imo the forced captions are just a bit annoying so please don't keep this

[@iamcorinward]

Why, i am sick and tired of seeing abilist comments like this! Think about how annoying it is not been able to enjoy it because there isnt any or crap youtube auto generated ones. I juat dont ger why its annoying

[@ms.antithesis]

@@iamcorinward There's litterally nothing ableist whatsoever about this comment. You can litterally put those captions into youtubes Closed Captions system, and make custom captions without needing to foist it onto everyone for no reason.

[@iamcorinward]

It is ableist your basically saying i dont like it so forget about it been Accessible and get rid

[@ms.antithesis]

@@iamcorinward you're ignoring my point. im saying it's useless and there are better options available that don't inconvenience people who don't need it, so use the better options instead.

[@chaserseven2886]

i'd cancel it

[@charlieburton5336]

If I knew how bad it would've gotten I would've cancelled it at the end of 2017.

[@chaserseven2886]

@@charlieburton5336 nah the shows always been good

[@charlieburton5336]

@@chaserseven2886 Ever since chibnall started the shows has gone downhill

[@argorath]

​@@charlieburton5336 The show has constantly fluctuated in quality. It's nothing new, and neither is thinking "this current era of the show is awful" in 2010 a lot of fans hated RTD in 2017, if you went to Who spaces online, you'd think Moffat had committed war crimes with how much he was hated I don't like the Chibnall era either, but cancelling the show wouldn't fix it at all, and some people have still enjoyed it.

[@chaserseven2886]

@@charlieburton5336 nah the quality has been up