Doctor Who: WhoHacking
Here’s the assignment: take any Doctor Who adventure and re-imagine it with a different Doctor and Companion.
Bonus points: if any old (pre-Eccleston) episodes were made with today’s budget and effects and general sensibilities, what would be different?
Me:
The Unquiet Dead, from the new season 1, recast with Tom Baker and Leela. Because really, it’s practically a sequel to The Talons of Weng-Chiang anyway. And we could get some serious action scenes with Leela if it were made today.
The Face of Evil with Christopher Eccleston. I’d keep Tom Baker’s face carved in the mountain. The whole point of this one would be to see Eccleston’s angst at the realization that his earlier incarnation was reponsible for all of this. And the difference in incarnations would explain the lack of realization.
Realistically, this could be a good device to do a “two Doctors” type episode without two Doctors ever meeting. It would also be cool to pick out an old ep with loose ends and write a new op that explored the ramifications of those loose ends.
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