Comments on: 12 Days of Christmas – Day 11 https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1394 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Thad Ritchards https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1394&cpage=1#comment-1157 Thad Ritchards Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:36:47 +0000 http://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1394#comment-1157 I'd like to see a proper historical. Do we need it for educational reasons? And, do we really need to believe that EVERY time the Doctor lands in history, there are aliens attacking? What's wrong with a nice historical runaround? Big Finish have done plenty of enjoyable ones. Although the concept does conflict with the RTD "Humans are wonderful and never to blame" agenda, which has been slipping. Who knows? Maybe next year we'll get actual proper episodes in space as well as in past time! I’d like to see a proper historical. Do we need it for educational reasons? And, do we really need to believe that EVERY time the Doctor lands in history, there are aliens attacking?

What’s wrong with a nice historical runaround? Big Finish have done plenty of enjoyable ones.

Although the concept does conflict with the RTD “Humans are wonderful and never to blame” agenda, which has been slipping. Who knows? Maybe next year we’ll get actual proper episodes in space as well as in past time!

]]> By: the_other_dave https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1394&cpage=1#comment-1156 the_other_dave Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1394#comment-1156 (w)Ho! (w)Ho! (w)Ho! And a Merry (professor) Xmas to you all. The new series has embraced historical settings for its science fiction quite happily, so maybe a purely historical adventure wouldn't be too much to expect. I for one would love to see it. My only reservation as to thelikelyhood would be the need to satisfy the elements of the spectacular that seem to have become a fixed element of nu-who and real history can be rather mundane. So it would have to be some fantastical part of history... like say the Chinese Great Fleet, or a post 300 take on the seige of Thermopale, or.... I dunno - any other takers? (w)Ho! (w)Ho! (w)Ho!

And a Merry (professor) Xmas to you all.

The new series has embraced historical settings for its science fiction quite happily, so maybe a purely historical adventure wouldn’t be too much to expect. I for one would love to see it.

My only reservation as to thelikelyhood would be the need to satisfy the elements of the spectacular that seem to have become a fixed element of nu-who and real history can be rather mundane. So it would have to be some fantastical part of history… like say the Chinese Great Fleet, or a post 300 take on the seige of Thermopale, or…. I dunno – any other takers?

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