50 wishes for the 50th

[Zbigniev Hamson]

Much like the faux regeneration, it seems like the only way they can give us a surprise is if it's just a fake one that gets undone the next week.

[duncan]

That happened in a DWM comic strip a few years ago and they based the "new" Doctor on Nick Briggs I think it was

[Stuart Wallis]

That's right. Wormwood, I think it was called.

[Dirk Gently]

The return of some eye candy.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant.

[Si Hunt]

Can't believe we haven't had this yet but... a live episode.

This is actually rather likely. It's now traditional for soaps to attempt a live episode on their birthday, and if Corrie could pull off a tram mowing into the street and everything being on fire, surely Doctor Who could be "scaled back" just enough to do it "as live"?

Bonus points if it's the one where Sylvester McCoy is brought back.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.

[Si Hunt]

Also... how great is this thread? Slap on the back to who-ever thought it up, and everyone who has contributed.

Si.

[shada pavlova]

I'd like to see some Big Finish companions appear on screen. Preferably next to the appropriate Doctor, too.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!

[J.R. Southall]

Just for fun...

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!

[Jon Masters]

OK, we've seen a few TARDIS corridors, now lets have a proper chase sequence through some TARDIS rooms (a la Invasion of Time, only with some money spent on it )

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS

[Nyder]

I want the story to feature some sort of radio device with a certain tune playing in the background.......not loud enough to be intrusive, but noticeable enough to make us all smile!

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Another slightly silly one from me, possibly a knock on from watching the "Race against Time" documentary last night

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!
39. The Return of Mickey and Martha Smith-Jones!

[MacNimon]

I'd like to see something which was only missing from Seasons 1-6 of the original series, and (so far) only missing from Seasons 1-6 of the new series...

The return of the Doctors face to the opening sequence.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!
39. The Return of Mickey and Martha Smith-Jones!
40. The return of the Doctors face to the opening sequence

[Zbigniev Hamson]

1-3 (and a half) surely

[MacNimon]

1-3 (and a half) surely

Oops...mixing up with the B&W seasons! Sorry!

[Terry Leptil]

The middle eight brought back on the end titles. It's only been used on The Beast Below during Matt Smith's era.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!
39. The Return of Mickey and Martha Smith-Jones!
40. The return of the Doctors face to the opening sequence
41. The return of the middle eight on the end credits

[Dave Tudor]

Surely they used the middle eight on a couple of the Tennant Christmas Specials...?

[J.R. Southall]

Surely they used the middle eight on a couple of the Tennant Christmas Specials...?

The middle eight, having been missed on Murray Gold's original version of the theme tune, was brought in from (I believe) The Christmas Invasion and used from then until (I think) Voyage of the Damned, when it was dropped after the BBC issued a request to programme-makers to reduce any time spent on end credits to 30 seconds or less.

And I suspect that's what Terry is referring to; he'd like to hear it return!


Eta: I haven't bought any of the soundtrack CDs lately (just can't afford to keep up!), so can anyone tell me if there's a version of the Matt Smith theme arrangement on one of those that includes the middle eight done in the current style?

[Ian Lethbridge-Stewart]

Eta: I haven't bought any of the soundtrack CDs lately (just can't afford to keep up!), so can anyone tell me if there's a version of the Matt Smith theme arrangement on one of those that includes the middle eight done in the current style?

The Series 5 album has a rather short version of the current theme which does include the middle 8.
I don't have that many of the Murray Gold albums either but luckily I was leant that one once.

[J.R. Southall]

Excellent - thanks! Might try to pick that one up cheap on EBay then...

[duncan]

I found this version on Grooveshark that has the middle 8 included

http://grooveshark.com/s/Doctor+Who+...0/3QYDk4?src=5

[J.R. Southall]

Nice!

[Ian Lethbridge-Stewart]

I found this version on Grooveshark that has the middle 8 included

http://grooveshark.com/s/Doctor+Who+...0/3QYDk4?src=5

That appears to be the same short version that is included on the Series 5 album.

[Rob McCow]

We NEED a complete, total and thorough chronology of The Daleks, explaining where every story fits in and how they slot together. This could be achieved via a 'Trials and Tribble-ations' style insertion into the old stories. Something like that.

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!
39. The Return of Mickey and Martha Smith-Jones!
40. The return of the Doctors face to the opening sequence
41. The return of the middle eight on the end credits
42. Insert the Doctor into old Dalek stories to explain the chronology.

[MacNimon]

We still haven't completed our 50 wishes yet, have we? Several months after the last post though, it looks like we can tick a couple of these off our wish-list. Of course, we had the Doctor's face appearing in the opening sequence of the Christmas Special and William Russell will be making a cameo appearance in ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ (if that counts). It's also pretty certain that we'll see the original console room rebuilt as well...I can't see how they could do that drama without it.

And thinking of some of the latest casting for ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’, particularly the casting of Reece Shearsmith as Pat Troughton...it now seems that we potentially have not only our first two lead actors filled, but the first two Doctors themselves. It looks like it will cover the period up to Power Of The Daleks, doesn't it? We've seen shots of the DIOE Daleks in London, so I wonder if we'll see any signs of Daleks on Vulcan? And surely the budget will stretch to some new, original, cloth Tenth Planet-Cybermen?

In fact, if they were to take things that far, why not just go the whole hog and actually remount the missing final episode of the Tenth Planet? After all, they're going to already have two Doctors on hand, a rebuilt TARDIS, presumably a rebuilt console room, and a ready-written script just ready for filming...a simple remount would suffice rather than a full-scale remake/modern makeover. And there has already been a precedent set for such a thing, with BBC4's Quatermass Experiment a while back. And (really dreaming now...) why stop there...remounts of other missing episodes would do nicely, thank you! I wouldn't have thought they would cost too much compared with the tv series proper...

1. An episode written by Russell T Davies
2. An appearance from William Russell
3. A really good drama about JN-T and RTD
4. Zygons!
5. Sean Pertwee
6. Rebuild an old console room
7. Je-rry, Je-rry, Je-rry!
8. Tom Baker
9. Missing Episode Recovery
10. Cliffhangers
11. No River Song
12. Susan
13. The TCE
14. Who on the Big Screen
15. A spell binding performance from a previously unknown guest star
16. The Return of John Simm as The Master
17. Eric Saward admits he's not God
18. Ian Levine apologises to Colin Baker
19. Dudley Simpson returns to do the music, or at least a Dudley-esqe soundtrack.
20. Lalla Ward to reprise her role as Romana.
21. Make the theme tune dark, electronic and mysterious again.
22. More episodes on TV!
23. The Morphotons
24. Subliminal continuity...
25. A story set and filmed in Hong Kong
26. The Trouble With TARDIS
27. Daleks
28. An incomplete K-9 Mark discovery the Doctor had forgot about
29. The return of all the old companion actresses/actors...
30. Fandom united in their admiration for the anniversary special
31. David Troughton
32. Surprise, Surprise!
33. Return of Nicola Bryant
34. A live episode.
35. Charley and Evelyn!
36. Every Cyberman ever!
37. Chase sequence inside the TARDIS
38. Reg!
39. The Return of Mickey and Martha Smith-Jones!
40. The return of the Doctors face to the opening sequence
41. The return of the middle eight on the end credits
42. Insert the Doctor into old Dalek stories to explain the chronology.
43. Original Cybermen.
44. Remounting of missing episodes.

[duncan]

Wish 6 has been granted.