I may also have some ideas for certain musicians in the 2000s, but I think I'll wait until the music section stuff comes up.
Trying to Please Everyone: Or Converting multiple Pop Culture Utopias into a Timeline.
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What about the 1988 remake?
SCP-1981 might be different, or not exist at all, due to the difference in presidencies.
I can imagine IV pulling a V a few years earlier and allowing the player to eventually play between Niko Belic, Johnny Klebitz, and Luiz Lopez in a larger story, even if it sounds ambitious for a 2008-09 video game.
"Whose President of the United States of America?"
"John Glenn."
"The Astronaut?!? Hah!"
Included as well if it happens.
SCP-1981 might be an alien entity said to have replaced John Glenn and served as President after he went up into Space.
That does sound good.
Yup.
Doctor Who(The Cushing Era): 1963-1966
Doctor Who
The Cushing Era(1963-1966)
Season One
Nothing at the End of the Lane
The Daleks
Masters of Luxor
Marco Polo
Britain 408 AD
The Hidden Planet
The Red Fort
Farewell Great Macedon
The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance
The Living Planet
At its inception, Doctor Who was an Educational Show, starring the wise teacher William Hartnell. It didn't take long for it to find its format with the second episode introducing the now iconic "Daleks" after the first Episode was a hit(No Kennedy Assassination taking place on 11/22/63 helps the show do better). His daughter Susan is introduced in the first episode, though she is more of an action girl, and routinely demonstrates martial arts(OTL Carole Ann Ford's disappointment in the role being changed contributed to her leaving the show) as well as knowing how to operate the Tardis and having some psychic abilities(all original plans). The first Episode: "Nothing at the End of the Lane." features Ian and Barbara in a more romantic role and reveals the Doctor to be a Time Lord from the year 5733, escaping his own civilization. It was followed by "The Daleks" and then "Masters of Luxor".
The Daleks have a slightly different designs, namely they can turn their head to fire in any direction and have flashing lights(OTL these idea was scrapped due to being too expensive to create, here the budget is slightly bigger). The plot concerns the Tardis finding themselves on the world of Skaro, in which two races, the Daleks and the Thaals are waring. The planet has recently been demolished by nuclear radiation, which is now passing, allowing the warlike Daleks to emerge in their effort to destroy the Thaals. The presence of the Tardis crew confirm the radiation has indeed passed. The Forest of Skaro also has dangers such as giant spiders and a fiery gas fissure. The Thaals have a different and more alien design(this is due to unfortunate implications as the Thaals are described as being an aryan super race that is beautiful and perfect. Here they are basically humans). The Episode's set and creatures were created by Ridley Scott(Yes this almost happened OTL, but scheduling conflicts prevented it. Ridley Scott's Daleks would have been amazing to see...probably resembling sexual organs....but amazing, which may have the effect of making the Daleks scarier).
In "Masters of Luxor."The TARDIS is drawn by a signal to one of the moons of Luxor. There, they discover the world is dominated by robots led by the Perfect One. The Perfect One has been experimenting on people to discover the secret of life, and kidnaps Barbara and Susan; he plans to use them as test subjects before draining their life force. The Doctor and Ian escape to the wilderness, where they find and reawaken Tabon, the scientist who invented the Perfect One. Tabon confronts the Perfect One, sending the robots out of control. The robots kill Tabon and destroy the Perfect One while the time travellers escape in the TARDIS.
The episodes for the serial were:
The Daleks have a slightly different designs, namely they can turn their head to fire in any direction and have flashing lights(OTL these idea was scrapped due to being too expensive to create, here the budget is slightly bigger). The plot concerns the Tardis finding themselves on the world of Skaro, in which two races, the Daleks and the Thaals are waring. The planet has recently been demolished by nuclear radiation, which is now passing, allowing the warlike Daleks to emerge in their effort to destroy the Thaals. The presence of the Tardis crew confirm the radiation has indeed passed. The Forest of Skaro also has dangers such as giant spiders and a fiery gas fissure. The Thaals have a different and more alien design(this is due to unfortunate implications as the Thaals are described as being an aryan super race that is beautiful and perfect. Here they are basically humans). The Episode's set and creatures were created by Ridley Scott(Yes this almost happened OTL, but scheduling conflicts prevented it. Ridley Scott's Daleks would have been amazing to see...probably resembling sexual organs....but amazing, which may have the effect of making the Daleks scarier).
In "Masters of Luxor."The TARDIS is drawn by a signal to one of the moons of Luxor. There, they discover the world is dominated by robots led by the Perfect One. The Perfect One has been experimenting on people to discover the secret of life, and kidnaps Barbara and Susan; he plans to use them as test subjects before draining their life force. The Doctor and Ian escape to the wilderness, where they find and reawaken Tabon, the scientist who invented the Perfect One. Tabon confronts the Perfect One, sending the robots out of control. The robots kill Tabon and destroy the Perfect One while the time travellers escape in the TARDIS.
The episodes for the serial were:
- "The Cannibal Flower"
- "The Mockery of a Man"
- "A Light on the Dead Planet"
- "Tabon of Luxor"
- "An Infinity of Surprises"
- "The Flower Blooms"
"Britain 408 AD" by Malcolm Hulke, Involved the departure of the Romans from Britain around the start of the fifth century in the midst of clashes against the Celts and the Saxons, culminating with the time travellers fleeing the indigenous savages back to the safety of the TARDIS.
"Marco Polo", was the first Serial to be considered for the cinematic treatment, in fact it was Disney which reached out with an offer to give Cinematic treatment for Doctor Who. Disney(both the man and the company), wanted to move away from just children's focus. Disney was able to get Rod Serling to be the creative force behind the American Doctor Who. Jonathan Fried was cast as the first American Doctor Who. Disney also requested copies of the earlier Doctor Who episodes for airing on TV, leading the copies to be saved for that reason, saving the tapes from destruction.
"The Hidden Planet" by Malcolm Hulke, had the TARDIS land on “the Tenth Planet”, a world identical to the Earth but whose orbit around the Sun is diametrically opposite to our planet's, and which has therefore gone undetected. This world is very much like Earth, but there are subtle differences: four-leaf clovers are plentiful, for example, and glass refracts oddly. Most notably, women are the dominant sex while men struggle for equality. The leader of the planet is Barbara's double, and Barbara is kidnapped by rebels who mistake her for her counterpart. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Susan and Ian are embroiled in the struggle for male suffrage.
"The Red Fort" by Terry Nation. The time travellers become embroiled in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, when Indian troops rose up against the colonial officers of the British East India Company. The assault on the Red Fort — a Moghul palace in Delhi — on May 11th, 1857 is featured prominently.
"Farewell Great Macedon" by Moris Farhi has the TARDIS materialise amidst the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, where the Doctor and his companions meet Alexander the Great. Four members of Alexander's retinue, however, are plotting to murder the king and his successors so that one of their number, Seleucus, can ascend to the throne and allow them to return to their homeland. The conspirators try to frame the time travellers, but the Doctor and Ian succeed in a series of trials and Alexander's bodyguard, Ptolemy, proves their innocence. However, history cannot be changed, and despite the Doctor's efforts to save the king's life by having Ian build an iron lung, Alexander dies while Ptolemy helps the companions escape to the TARDIS. The first episode explained the time travellers' ability to understand other languages by showing them hooked up to a computer which teaches them Ancient Greek, shown to be in the TARDIS.
The episode titles were:
"Marco Polo", was the first Serial to be considered for the cinematic treatment, in fact it was Disney which reached out with an offer to give Cinematic treatment for Doctor Who. Disney(both the man and the company), wanted to move away from just children's focus. Disney was able to get Rod Serling to be the creative force behind the American Doctor Who. Jonathan Fried was cast as the first American Doctor Who. Disney also requested copies of the earlier Doctor Who episodes for airing on TV, leading the copies to be saved for that reason, saving the tapes from destruction.
"The Hidden Planet" by Malcolm Hulke, had the TARDIS land on “the Tenth Planet”, a world identical to the Earth but whose orbit around the Sun is diametrically opposite to our planet's, and which has therefore gone undetected. This world is very much like Earth, but there are subtle differences: four-leaf clovers are plentiful, for example, and glass refracts oddly. Most notably, women are the dominant sex while men struggle for equality. The leader of the planet is Barbara's double, and Barbara is kidnapped by rebels who mistake her for her counterpart. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Susan and Ian are embroiled in the struggle for male suffrage.
"The Red Fort" by Terry Nation. The time travellers become embroiled in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, when Indian troops rose up against the colonial officers of the British East India Company. The assault on the Red Fort — a Moghul palace in Delhi — on May 11th, 1857 is featured prominently.
"Farewell Great Macedon" by Moris Farhi has the TARDIS materialise amidst the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, where the Doctor and his companions meet Alexander the Great. Four members of Alexander's retinue, however, are plotting to murder the king and his successors so that one of their number, Seleucus, can ascend to the throne and allow them to return to their homeland. The conspirators try to frame the time travellers, but the Doctor and Ian succeed in a series of trials and Alexander's bodyguard, Ptolemy, proves their innocence. However, history cannot be changed, and despite the Doctor's efforts to save the king's life by having Ian build an iron lung, Alexander dies while Ptolemy helps the companions escape to the TARDIS. The first episode explained the time travellers' ability to understand other languages by showing them hooked up to a computer which teaches them Ancient Greek, shown to be in the TARDIS.
The episode titles were:
- "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon"
- "The Wrath of the Greatest Grecian of Them All!" or "O, Son! My Son!"
- "A Man Must Die"
- "The World Lies Dead at Your Feet"
- "In the Arena"
- "Farewell, Great Macedon!"
"The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance" by Moris Farhi. On an alien planet, a man named Rhythm woos Barbara. She is unaware, however, her rejection of his advances mean that Rhythm is now sentenced to die.
"The Living Planet" by Alan Wakeman. The TARDIS lands on a planet whose surface is largely covered with a pattern of small, edible hexagonal structures. The travellers are attacked by flying metallic fish which also surround the TARDIS. The Doctor fears that the mysterious Time Lords have finally caught up to himself and Susan, but they are saved when long stems extend out from the hexagons, spearing the animals. They realize that the fish are part of the planet's bizarre ecosystem. Drawn by a strange, maddening sound, they discover a series of holes, down which Susan becomes trapped. Ian ventures into a hole to rescue her, and they deduce that the entire planet is a gigantic living organism — the hexagons are like skin cells and the holes permit respiration. The planet tries to absorb the TARDIS, but its alien construction is incompatible and the planet is forced to release it, allowing the travellers to escape.
Season Two
Planet of Giants
The Dalek Invasion
The Rescue
The Romans
The Web Planet
The Crusade
The Dark Planet
The Chase
The Slide
The Time Meddler
"The Dalek Invasion of Earth" has several plot differences. The character of Saida is introduced, a teenage rebel named Saida, an English girl of Indian descent who was revealed as Dortmun's daughter after his death. Saida stowed away aboard the TARDIS at the story's conclusion, becoming the new companion after Susan chose to stay behind, having fallen in love with a man in the future. The Doctor gave his farewell in the famous "I shall come back. Yes I shall come back. Until then go forth in your beliefs and prove that I'm not mistaken in mine." Other changes were The Robomen being seen as having a small disc on their temples with wires going into their hair. David and Susan also encounter mutated humans in the sewers rather than crocodiles. The Conclusion saw the Daleks attempt to kill their slaves by trapping them in the mines.
"The Rescue" is a bit different, titled "Doctor Who and Saida". Bennett is unkind to Saida. Koquillion had a "torch" device, which he used to paralyse Ian upon meeting and interrogating him and Barbara in the first episode. He hypnotised Ian and Barbara and tried to get them to encourage the Doctor to come out of the TARDIS, but the Doctor could see this on the TARDIS' scanner and demands the teachers be released. In a scuffle Ian's trance was broken when he was shoved against the TARDIS and Barbara's was broken when she was thrown to the ground. The beginning of the first episode also had Ian confide to Barbara that he was afraid of a time where the Doctor would close the TARDIS on them and leave like he did with Susan, to which the Doctor, overhearing, replied that there would be warning if they were to part.
"The Romans"had minor changes, namely Sevcheria knocking Ian Unconscious instead of Barbara.
"The Web Planet"had the Zarbi able to spit venom and the Larvae Guns are instead mini-Zarbi due to this ability.
In"The Crusade" Nicholas Courtney plays King Richard. His role is remembered as he would later play another iconic Doctor Who role...
"The Dark Planet" by Brian Hayles. The TARDIS lands on the planet Numir, whose sun has been extinguished. The people of Numir have become divided into two factions: the surface-dwelling Light people and the subterranean Shadow people. The Doctor, Barbara and the TARDIS are captured by the Shadow people, but rescued by Teelss and the Light people using a powerful laser weapon. However, the time travellers discover that the Light people are fanatics who intend to launch a “sun bomb”: an artificial sun which will eradicate the Shadow people. But the Shadow people have snuck into the city by hiding in the TARDIS. Seizing control of the laser weapon, they destroy the sun bomb. The time travellers escape in the TARDIS, even as Numir is destroyed in the conflagration.
episode titles are:
"The Living Planet" by Alan Wakeman. The TARDIS lands on a planet whose surface is largely covered with a pattern of small, edible hexagonal structures. The travellers are attacked by flying metallic fish which also surround the TARDIS. The Doctor fears that the mysterious Time Lords have finally caught up to himself and Susan, but they are saved when long stems extend out from the hexagons, spearing the animals. They realize that the fish are part of the planet's bizarre ecosystem. Drawn by a strange, maddening sound, they discover a series of holes, down which Susan becomes trapped. Ian ventures into a hole to rescue her, and they deduce that the entire planet is a gigantic living organism — the hexagons are like skin cells and the holes permit respiration. The planet tries to absorb the TARDIS, but its alien construction is incompatible and the planet is forced to release it, allowing the travellers to escape.
Season Two
Planet of Giants
The Dalek Invasion
The Rescue
The Romans
The Web Planet
The Crusade
The Dark Planet
The Chase
The Slide
The Time Meddler
"The Dalek Invasion of Earth" has several plot differences. The character of Saida is introduced, a teenage rebel named Saida, an English girl of Indian descent who was revealed as Dortmun's daughter after his death. Saida stowed away aboard the TARDIS at the story's conclusion, becoming the new companion after Susan chose to stay behind, having fallen in love with a man in the future. The Doctor gave his farewell in the famous "I shall come back. Yes I shall come back. Until then go forth in your beliefs and prove that I'm not mistaken in mine." Other changes were The Robomen being seen as having a small disc on their temples with wires going into their hair. David and Susan also encounter mutated humans in the sewers rather than crocodiles. The Conclusion saw the Daleks attempt to kill their slaves by trapping them in the mines.
"The Rescue" is a bit different, titled "Doctor Who and Saida". Bennett is unkind to Saida. Koquillion had a "torch" device, which he used to paralyse Ian upon meeting and interrogating him and Barbara in the first episode. He hypnotised Ian and Barbara and tried to get them to encourage the Doctor to come out of the TARDIS, but the Doctor could see this on the TARDIS' scanner and demands the teachers be released. In a scuffle Ian's trance was broken when he was shoved against the TARDIS and Barbara's was broken when she was thrown to the ground. The beginning of the first episode also had Ian confide to Barbara that he was afraid of a time where the Doctor would close the TARDIS on them and leave like he did with Susan, to which the Doctor, overhearing, replied that there would be warning if they were to part.
"The Romans"had minor changes, namely Sevcheria knocking Ian Unconscious instead of Barbara.
"The Web Planet"had the Zarbi able to spit venom and the Larvae Guns are instead mini-Zarbi due to this ability.
In"The Crusade" Nicholas Courtney plays King Richard. His role is remembered as he would later play another iconic Doctor Who role...
"The Dark Planet" by Brian Hayles. The TARDIS lands on the planet Numir, whose sun has been extinguished. The people of Numir have become divided into two factions: the surface-dwelling Light people and the subterranean Shadow people. The Doctor, Barbara and the TARDIS are captured by the Shadow people, but rescued by Teelss and the Light people using a powerful laser weapon. However, the time travellers discover that the Light people are fanatics who intend to launch a “sun bomb”: an artificial sun which will eradicate the Shadow people. But the Shadow people have snuck into the city by hiding in the TARDIS. Seizing control of the laser weapon, they destroy the sun bomb. The time travellers escape in the TARDIS, even as Numir is destroyed in the conflagration.
episode titles are:
- "The City of Silence"
- "The Shadow People"
- "The Doomed Planet"
- "The Caves of Night"
- "The Sun Bomb"
- "Invasion by Darkness"
"The Chase" is quite different due to Terry Nation's original Drafts. The denizens of Aridius are ugly, hunchbacked creatures.The Fungoids are introduced on Aridius, as opposed to confining them solely to the Mechanus sequences. Baron Frankenstein is included in the haunted house scenes. Extra scenes include a sequence set in ancient Egypt where the first of the Great Pyramids are erected over the remnants of a destroyed Dalek), the planet Stygian whose inhabitants are invisible, and the mist-shrouded world of Vapuron. The TARDIS crew witness on the visualizer, Shakespeare discussing with his wife the possibility of allowing Francis Bacon to use his name on Bacon's plays, as well as a speech by Winston Churchill; Ian and Tanni saw through the sands the vast underground Aridian city. Ian and Barbara do not return home to Earth at the end of the serial. When the TARDIS crew first uses the time viewer, they are shown stock footage of a Beatles' performances, where they perform dressed as old men, revealing it to be a reunion sometime in the future. The Beatles agreed to this(OTL this plan was nixed by some fool executive though it would have been a "Funny Aneurysm" OTL due to John Lennon's early Death, since that does not happen ITTL and the Beatles do reunion tours ITTL, this scene is perfectly usable with the actual Beatles recreating their performance from the episode years later in another Doctor Who episode to bring the reference full circle.
"The Slide" by Victor Pemberton. A sentient form of mud emerges from a fissure and begins to take over the minds of British townsfolk.(This Serials existence removes "fury from the Deep" which is what the plot was recycled into).
Season Three
Galaxy 4
Mission to the Unknown
The Face of God
The Dalek's Master Plan
The Massacre of St.Batholomew's Eve
The Space Trap
The Celestial Toymaker
The Gunfighters
The Savages
The War Machines
"Galaxy 4" is different due to Ian and Barbara remaining. As such Steven is not introduced and is not show losing a fight with a woman and getting trapped in an airlock, things which OTL were intended to happen to Barbara and do here. Saida leaves the Tardis crew after falling in love with Trolius in "The Myth Makers."
"Mission to the Unknown" is set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves being artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Varga from Skaro. The Alien delegate Zephon is also present in the script(OTL he was removed presumably for financial concerns).
"The Face of God" by John Wiles. In space, a massive countenance materialises in front of the TARDIS; the being claims to be God, but this is eventually revealed to be a hoax. Features the memetic line "What does God need with a TARDIS?".
"The Daleks' Master Plan" features a crossover in the Police Station scene in "The Feast of Ian" in which characters and the setting of Z Cars appear. One of many Crossovers Doctor Who would have. The Episode led to the first of many Spinoffs, Space Security, in which the titular group often battled the Daleks, featuring the character of Brett Walton(OTL's Bret Vyon), played by Nicholas Courtney(This means he doesn't play the Brigadier ITTL, someone else will, though his role on Space Security is fairly similar). The Episode "The Traitors" killed off Tanni(instead of Katarina). The story's plot is very different. The setting is the year AD 1,000,000 and the Daleks had set up shop on the planet Varga. The “007 of space”, Brett Walton was introduced, the President of the Solar System was Banhoong, and Brett's traitorous friend on Earth was simply named Tom. It was the arrival of the Daleks on the “Devils Planet” (Desperus) which distracted the convicts enough to allow the Doctor and his friends to escape. Tom elected not to betray the Doctor's party and was murdered by the Daleks for helping them to escape to “the Planet of Mists” (Mira). The return of the Doctor and company to Varga happened at the start of episode ten. The Serial also introduced Vitaranium(OTL this was changed from Taranium out of fear Hartnell would be unable to pronounce it. Here he is). Roald is named Reinaml; Lizan is a man named Gilson; Kirksen is namedKirkland; Karlton is named Cartlon; Borkar is named Barker; Daxtar is named Tom and the Dexter; Froyn is named Frayn and Rhynmal is named Bosworth. Communications Centre Earth is instead named New Washington(Original name but has some interesting implications for this setting).
"The Massacre of St.Bartholomew's Eve" introduces Anne Chaplet as a companion. Ian and Barbara officially depart in this story and are returned to their own time, given a fond farewell to the Doctor as they watch the TARDIS Materialize. A new companion, Dodo was introduced as a perky working-class Northern girl who shook the First Doctor up a bit and comically stabilised his moods when he got too pompous or bad-tempered(compared to OTL Rose's relationship with the Ninth Doctor before the romance was developed. OTL this idea was nixed due to BBC Language Guidelines. All character had to speak proper English).
"The Space Trap" by Robert Holmes. The Doctor and his three companions arriving on an uninhabited planet to discover a space craft controlled by robots while its human occupants lie in suspended animation waiting for the additional crew members needed to once again operate their crashed ship. The Doctor and his companions are taken captive and trained up by the robots as the replacement crew members; however, only three additional crew members are required, so the member of the Doctor's party that proves least useful is to be callously killed off by the human crew.
"The Celestial Toymaker" has a very different storyline, being more adult yet satirical. This is due to Wiles not being fired and not overspending in an act of spite. This includes Cyril taking on the form of the Artful Dodger. Characters from George and Margaret appeared. The gimmick of which was that although the entire story revolved around the imminent arrival of the eponymous characters, the play ended just as they were about to appear. The Toymaker was also revealed to be another Timelord, the Monk having been introduced beforehand. Producer John Wiles did not get along with Peter Cushing but sucked it up and wrote the story, avoiding the temptation to make the Doctor Invisible for most of the story and then replace him with a new actor. Wiles left the show soon after.
"The Gunfighters" has American and/or Canadian Actors in as many roles as possible for authenticity(which Director Rex Tucker wanted to do). Despite this Donald Sutherland plays Wyatt Earp, Carol Cleveland plays Kate, and Patrick Troughton plays Johnny Ringo.
"The Savages" avoided the original idea of the advanced race being played by actors in Blackface. They were instead played by Black Actors and used in a story that alludes to apartheid South Africa.
"The War Machines" had those under WOTAN's thrall be discernible because their hands would take on a skeletal aspect (forcing characters like Dodo and Professor Brett to wear gloves to hide this mark).
Season Four
The Hounds of Time
The Smugglers
The Tenth Planet
"The Hounds of Time" by Brian Hayles. A scientist named Melloris has dispatched robotic hunters to capture humans from throughout Earth's history and bring them to his laboratory on the planet Terrin. Amongst those kidnapped are Ben and Polly, but the Doctor pursues them to Terrin and confronts Melloris. He discovers that Terrin's warlord, Vartan, is studying mankind in order to determine the optimal point in history to invade and make Earth a vassal of Terrin. The controlling computer now identifies 1970 as the crucial year. Having second thoughts, Melloris tries to stop Vartan but is killed. However, Ben and Polly escape from the trap, and the Doctor sabotages the computer with a logical paradox, depriving Vartan of the power he needs to launch the invasion.
"The Tenth Planet" has a return to the Planet from "The Hidden Planet" when it drifts into making contact with Earth. Only for it to be revealed that the Planet has been overtaken and Humanity practically wiped out on its surface by a new race called the Cybermen. The Cybermen have a very different design. They had human faces but all look rather similar with a metal plate under their hair. their hands are also human but their arms were transparent, made of rods and lights. A Movable arms extended from each Cyberman's chest. The First Doctor' dies and regenerates for the first time after thwarting their schemes, his last words were given as "No... no, I simply will not give in!".
"The Slide" by Victor Pemberton. A sentient form of mud emerges from a fissure and begins to take over the minds of British townsfolk.(This Serials existence removes "fury from the Deep" which is what the plot was recycled into).
Season Three
Galaxy 4
Mission to the Unknown
The Face of God
The Dalek's Master Plan
The Massacre of St.Batholomew's Eve
The Space Trap
The Celestial Toymaker
The Gunfighters
The Savages
The War Machines
"Galaxy 4" is different due to Ian and Barbara remaining. As such Steven is not introduced and is not show losing a fight with a woman and getting trapped in an airlock, things which OTL were intended to happen to Barbara and do here. Saida leaves the Tardis crew after falling in love with Trolius in "The Myth Makers."
"Mission to the Unknown" is set on the planet Varga. The Varga plants themselves being artificial creations of the Daleks, brought to Varga from Skaro. The Alien delegate Zephon is also present in the script(OTL he was removed presumably for financial concerns).
"The Face of God" by John Wiles. In space, a massive countenance materialises in front of the TARDIS; the being claims to be God, but this is eventually revealed to be a hoax. Features the memetic line "What does God need with a TARDIS?".
"The Daleks' Master Plan" features a crossover in the Police Station scene in "The Feast of Ian" in which characters and the setting of Z Cars appear. One of many Crossovers Doctor Who would have. The Episode led to the first of many Spinoffs, Space Security, in which the titular group often battled the Daleks, featuring the character of Brett Walton(OTL's Bret Vyon), played by Nicholas Courtney(This means he doesn't play the Brigadier ITTL, someone else will, though his role on Space Security is fairly similar). The Episode "The Traitors" killed off Tanni(instead of Katarina). The story's plot is very different. The setting is the year AD 1,000,000 and the Daleks had set up shop on the planet Varga. The “007 of space”, Brett Walton was introduced, the President of the Solar System was Banhoong, and Brett's traitorous friend on Earth was simply named Tom. It was the arrival of the Daleks on the “Devils Planet” (Desperus) which distracted the convicts enough to allow the Doctor and his friends to escape. Tom elected not to betray the Doctor's party and was murdered by the Daleks for helping them to escape to “the Planet of Mists” (Mira). The return of the Doctor and company to Varga happened at the start of episode ten. The Serial also introduced Vitaranium(OTL this was changed from Taranium out of fear Hartnell would be unable to pronounce it. Here he is). Roald is named Reinaml; Lizan is a man named Gilson; Kirksen is namedKirkland; Karlton is named Cartlon; Borkar is named Barker; Daxtar is named Tom and the Dexter; Froyn is named Frayn and Rhynmal is named Bosworth. Communications Centre Earth is instead named New Washington(Original name but has some interesting implications for this setting).
"The Massacre of St.Bartholomew's Eve" introduces Anne Chaplet as a companion. Ian and Barbara officially depart in this story and are returned to their own time, given a fond farewell to the Doctor as they watch the TARDIS Materialize. A new companion, Dodo was introduced as a perky working-class Northern girl who shook the First Doctor up a bit and comically stabilised his moods when he got too pompous or bad-tempered(compared to OTL Rose's relationship with the Ninth Doctor before the romance was developed. OTL this idea was nixed due to BBC Language Guidelines. All character had to speak proper English).
"The Space Trap" by Robert Holmes. The Doctor and his three companions arriving on an uninhabited planet to discover a space craft controlled by robots while its human occupants lie in suspended animation waiting for the additional crew members needed to once again operate their crashed ship. The Doctor and his companions are taken captive and trained up by the robots as the replacement crew members; however, only three additional crew members are required, so the member of the Doctor's party that proves least useful is to be callously killed off by the human crew.
"The Celestial Toymaker" has a very different storyline, being more adult yet satirical. This is due to Wiles not being fired and not overspending in an act of spite. This includes Cyril taking on the form of the Artful Dodger. Characters from George and Margaret appeared. The gimmick of which was that although the entire story revolved around the imminent arrival of the eponymous characters, the play ended just as they were about to appear. The Toymaker was also revealed to be another Timelord, the Monk having been introduced beforehand. Producer John Wiles did not get along with Peter Cushing but sucked it up and wrote the story, avoiding the temptation to make the Doctor Invisible for most of the story and then replace him with a new actor. Wiles left the show soon after.
"The Gunfighters" has American and/or Canadian Actors in as many roles as possible for authenticity(which Director Rex Tucker wanted to do). Despite this Donald Sutherland plays Wyatt Earp, Carol Cleveland plays Kate, and Patrick Troughton plays Johnny Ringo.
"The Savages" avoided the original idea of the advanced race being played by actors in Blackface. They were instead played by Black Actors and used in a story that alludes to apartheid South Africa.
"The War Machines" had those under WOTAN's thrall be discernible because their hands would take on a skeletal aspect (forcing characters like Dodo and Professor Brett to wear gloves to hide this mark).
Season Four
The Hounds of Time
The Smugglers
The Tenth Planet
"The Hounds of Time" by Brian Hayles. A scientist named Melloris has dispatched robotic hunters to capture humans from throughout Earth's history and bring them to his laboratory on the planet Terrin. Amongst those kidnapped are Ben and Polly, but the Doctor pursues them to Terrin and confronts Melloris. He discovers that Terrin's warlord, Vartan, is studying mankind in order to determine the optimal point in history to invade and make Earth a vassal of Terrin. The controlling computer now identifies 1970 as the crucial year. Having second thoughts, Melloris tries to stop Vartan but is killed. However, Ben and Polly escape from the trap, and the Doctor sabotages the computer with a logical paradox, depriving Vartan of the power he needs to launch the invasion.
"The Tenth Planet" has a return to the Planet from "The Hidden Planet" when it drifts into making contact with Earth. Only for it to be revealed that the Planet has been overtaken and Humanity practically wiped out on its surface by a new race called the Cybermen. The Cybermen have a very different design. They had human faces but all look rather similar with a metal plate under their hair. their hands are also human but their arms were transparent, made of rods and lights. A Movable arms extended from each Cyberman's chest. The First Doctor' dies and regenerates for the first time after thwarting their schemes, his last words were given as "No... no, I simply will not give in!".
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...That is certainly an interesting way to butterfly 9/11. Not that I object to it.
Are there any 'infamous terror attacks' ITTL that take up the mantle instead? Sooner or latter?
Also, the Doctor Who update was good. I personally prefer Eccelston and Tennant, from what I've watched from the modern series.
There are probably a few since it's unlikely none would happen. Though I'm uncertain as to which.Some like the Munich Massacre don't happen(the German Government had a warning it would happen but ignored it. So them playing attention to it is a slight difference).
My favorite Doctor is David Tennant who I plan on keeping in his spot(He's got Ten in his name for god's sake). Christopher Eccleston will probably be replaced since he was afraid of getting type cast in the role and is ambivalent towards it now. Plus to give actors who were almost cast or regret turning down(Hugh Grant and Brian Blessed being examples).
Doctor Who(The BLESSED Era): 1966-1969
Doctor Who
The BLESSED Era(1966-1969)
Season Four(Continued)
The Power of the Daleks
The Highlanders
The Underwater Menace
The Ants
The Macra Terror
The Big Store
The Evil of the Daleks
To create a sense of continuity, "Powers of the Daleks" brought back the titular enemy with Terry Nation returning to write. The Daleks would be the first to identify the new Doctor as their old enemy. The Doctor's age is mentioned as being 750. He also reveals that he can't recall where he left Susan.
"The Underwater Menace" went into Zaroff'd backstory, namely that he was driven mad after the death of his wife and children.
"The Ants" by Roger Dixon. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and his companions to the Nevada Desert, where they discover they have been shrunk to a tenth of an inch in height. To make matters worse, they learn that the local ants have been made super-intelligent by atomic bomb tests and plan to take over the Earth.
"The Macra Terror" had a slight difference where the Doctor was sent to the House of Correction alongside Medok after several brainwashing attempts fail and he was sent to the pithead.
"The Big Store (The Faceless Ones" TL)" introduced Samantha, played by Pauline Collins as a full companion. The plot concerns aliens having taken over a London department store as a front for their invasion of Earth. One group of aliens lack faces, becoming known as "The Faceless Ones" and they are given human features to replace people they have kidnapped. The Face less basically are ITTL's Autons. Episode 2 has the Doctor and Ben investigate a hangar and fail to find Polly, being attacked by a falling Engine. Ben and Samantha then rescued Polly in episode three.
Terry Nation wrote "The Evil of the Daleks" to kill off the Daleks for good, though this would not happen. This was due to the American Doctor Who intending to use the Daleks. The Doctor and Edward Waterfield travelled back to Earth in the year 20,000 BC and retrieved a caveman named Og, the earliest known early member of what would become humanity, with the Daleks seeking to kill Og to prevent most of humanity from escaping. Meanwhile, Jamie and Samantha were held hostage on Skaro. The character of Bill Hall is introduced as a gangster. Anne Waterfield — Victoria's mother — also featured in the plot. Anneke Wills and Michael Craze were both contracted up to episode 2 of thw serial to appear as Polly and Ben. Mollie Daweson would end up staying on as a companion.
Season Five
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Abominable Snowmen
the Ice Warriors
Enemy of the World
The Web of Fear
Bar Kochbar
The King's Bedtime Story
Operation: Werewolf
The Queen of Time
The Wheel in Space
"The Tomb of the Cybermen" introduced Toberman as a deaf character, with his hearing aid foreshadowing his transformation into a Cyberman. Desmond Llewelyn also played Professor Parry in the Special.
"The Ice Warriors" featured a different design, being Viking-like with cybernetic creatures and high tech instruments on their armor and helmets.
"The Enemy of the World" featured a chase scene through a crowded holiday resort. The Doctor and Salamander meet more than once.
"The Web of Fear" had a scene filmed in the Natural History museum.
"Bar Kochbar" by Roger Dixon. In early 2nd century Palestine, the Doctor and his companions become involved with the efforts of the Jewish leader Bar Kokhba to organise an army against the Romans.
"The King's Bedtime Story" by Roger Dixon. The Doctor and his companions are forced to perpetually enact a mad King's favourite story without changing any aspect of it or risk Death.
"Operation Werewolf" by Douglas Camfield and Robert Kitts. The TARDIS lands in Normandy, France on June 1st, 1944 — five days before D-Day. The Doctor discovers that the Nazis are developing a way to teleport troops across the English Channel: the so-called “Operation Werewolf”. To stop the Nazis, the Doctor allies himself with the Resistance — including Fergus McCrimmon, a descendant of Jamie's — but must first uncover the traitors within.
"The Queen of Time" by Brian Hayles. The TARDIS is captured by Hecuba, the Queen of Time, brethren of the Celestial Toymaker, who has romantic designs on the Doctor. She challenges him to a series of contests against figures from history (including Copernicus and Nostradramus) while her servants, Snap and Drag, bedevil Jamie and Victoria with a variety of time-themed perils (such as being trapped inside a giant hourglass). The companions survive the last of these challenges and save the Doctor from being trapped for eternity in a time loop. Hecuba threatens to destroy the TARDIS in her Grand Chronometer — the source of her power — but has not reckoned with the time machine's invulnerability. The Grand Chronometer grinds to a halt, giving the Doctor the chance to trap Hecuba in her own time loop even as he and his friends make their escape.
"The Wheel in Space" involved a battle between the Cybermen and the Daleks, something which Terry Nation reluctantly approved of, undoing the supposed extinction of the Daleks since "The Evil of the Daleks" .
Season Six
The Aliens in the Blood
The Mind Robber
The Invasion
The Prison in Space
The Rosemariners
The Stones of Darkness
The Return of the Neanderthal
The Seeds of Death
The Dreamspinner
The War Games
"The Aliens in the Blood" by Robert Holmes. In the 22nd century, the Outer Space Commission Of Control (OSCOC) controls the flow of traffic in the spacelanes. OSCOC is located on an island in the Indian Ocean, and its staff — led by Dean Thawne — are in frequent conflict with the primitive natives. The TARDIS materialises on the island in the midst of a rash of sabotage which has resulted in the loss of many Earth spaceships. Although the natives are suspected, it transpires that the culprits are actually mutant “Mark II” humans, who have infiltrated OSCOC. These mutants have gained the power of ESP but are cold and emotionless, and now intend world conquest. The Doctor defeats the mutants by constructing a device which broadcasts along their psychic wavelength and burns out their superhuman abilities.
"The Mind Robber" introduced the Master's foot soldiers as monstrous, faceless entities that posed puzzles to the Doctor. Zorro appeared in the serial as did a quote from the Walter de La Mare 1912 Poem The Listeners
"The Invasion" had Cybermats appear. Cybermen invaded St.Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge, the House of Parliament and Hyde Park. An Action scene had UNIT recapture Professor Camfield as well as Gregory being killed when Benton shot him. Rutlidge shot himself in the Serial as well due to Vaughn forcing him too. Professor Watkins was as also shown to be rescued.
"The Prison in Space" was a story involved a colony from the Tenth Planet a planet dominated by women. The script was touched up to prevent the story from becoming Misogynistic. To save the story, a species called the Krotons, similar in creation(both in universe and behind the scenes) was introduced in the hopes they could replace the Daleks since Terry Nation was using them on the American Doctor Who but the Krotons faded into obscurity and the Daleks would indeed return. The TARDIS materialises on the planet where women have disenfranchised men, banned war, and developed a way to extend their lifespans so that procreation is no longer imperative. The Doctor and Jamie are arrested and sentenced by President Babs(Barbara Wright's counterpart) to a prison satellite controlled by the Dolly Guards. They quickly recruit their cellmates — Albert, Garth and Mervyn — into helping them foment a resistance movement. Meanwhile, Babs brainwashes Zoe and sends her to the satellite as an ostensible ambassador. Once there, though, Zoe betrays the Doctor and Jamie, and they and their collaborators are put on a rocket destined for a remote planet. However, prior to her conditioning, Zoe told other women about the way males and females coexist on Earth, and this incites a revolution against Babs. The newly enlightened women rescue the Doctor; Jamie frees Zoe from her brainwashing(Through conversation rather than by the OTL proposed way of spanking her, one of many cuts to remove the misogyny angle)
"The Rosemariners", aka "The Rosicrutians", by Donald Tosh. The TARDIS materialises on an Earth space station, which has been virtually abandoned as a result of subterfuge by Rugosa, leader of the Rosemariners, whose spaceship, the Rosemarinus, is nearby. The Rosemariners are using a venom secreted by their special roses to brainwash people. It transpires that the Rosemarinus is actually a prison ship; Rugosa was an inmate who managed to overthrow the wardens. He now plans an invasion of Earth, but the Doctor manages to inject Rugosa with the venom, thereby incapacitating him and returning control of the Rosemarinus to the wardens. The idea came from research Tosh was doing while planning his own rose garden, while the title was a variant of Rosicrucian, a secret religious society which flourished in the seventeenth century. Many of the character names were derived from rose-related terminology, such as Rugosa (from rosa rugosa, an oriental type of rose).
"The Stones of Darkness" by Brian Hayles. Visiting Stonehenge, the time travellers are astonished to see a man materialise in its midst. They track him to nearby Darkhill Manor, where they meet Professor Storp and his assistant Reana. The man from Stonehenge is introduced as another associate, Alvec. However, the Doctor's suspicions are aroused when Jamie watches a tramp who had broken into the Manor vanish from Stonehenge and later reappear as yet another aide named Ganis. With the help of European Security agent Bennett, the Doctor discovers that Storp and his friends are aliens who have turned Stonehenge into a transporter. They plan to use the technology to covertly replace four soldiers who have control of their countries' respective nuclear arsenals, laying waste to the Earth and paving the way for Storp's planet to invade. With Bennett's help, the Doctor banishes Storp and his cronies back to their own world, and then locks the arrival point at Stonehenge inside a forcefield to prevent their return.
"The Return of the Neanderthal" by Roger Dixon. The TARDIS lands on the planet Terunda, where the Doctor learns that the highly-advanced Terundans have nurtured a Neanderthal culture. Some of the Neanderthals now wish to return to Earth, and the Terundans ask for the Doctor's help to facilitate this. The Doctor is reluctant because the Neanderthals are telepathic and he is suspicious of their motives, but the Terundans assure him that the Neanderthals are conditioned such that they will all die should any one of them commit an act of violence. However, once arriving on an island on 2016 Earth, the Neanderthals reveal that they intend to use their telepathy to force the humans to do their dirty work for them. They take over the island, and only the Doctor and his companions — shielded from the Neanderthal telepathy thanks to Terundan technology — are safe. They are cornered on a cliff edge by the Neanderthals, but one of the Neanderthals has been befriended by Jamie. She is injured trying to save them and, in a fit of rage, shoots her leader. This triggers the Terundan conditioning, and all the Neanderthals die.
"The Seeds of Death": had Kelly as a man, assisted by a woman named Mary Burcott. The Ice Lords were more humanoid than their Warrior counterparts, and episode two introduced Slaar's superior, named Visek. The Martian spores erupted after four weeks, and were initially destroyed by concentrated oxygen (possibly in a liquid form) instead of water. Kelly was mind controlled by the Ice Warriors.
"The Dreamspinner" by Paul Wheeler. Involved a person with the power to make others believe that their dreams are real.
"The War Games" killed off Spencer and other, unnamed resistance fighters in the alien attack in part five. Von Weich was shot trying to escape at the end of the installment, and Jennifer Buckingham was present when Jamie and the others were ambushed. Part eight implied that the alien race controlling the Zones was collectively called the War Lords and also included a line of dialogue in which the Doctor asserts that there are multiple time-travelling civilisations. In part nine, the Doctor defined the Time Lords as being the leaders of his race. Episode ten included a prominent role for an unseen Time Lord judge. The Doctor and Jamie took advantage of a weakening of the barrier near the floor to push Zoe through, enabling her to turn off the field. Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke had the aliens speaking in a cold “alien voice” when exercising the mind control. One of the enemie that appears in the Doctor's display of past foes was a Kroton.
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Beyond the Communists coming out worse in WW1 and there being no Japanese internment camps in America, how different are the World Wars and Cold War ITTL?
America entered World War I earlier leading to victory around 1917 or so. For Russia I imagine the Assassination of Tsar Alexander did not happen in 1881, as Alexander wanted to reform the country to give the people more power, likely leading to something closer to a constitutional Monarchy. Alexander's assassination led to the Royals voilently cracking down on the people, which led to Vladimir Lenin's brother being killed and him becoming a Revolutionary. This would help to possibly avert the Russian Revolution along with Russia a quicker victory in World War I. However Hitler could possibly still rise to power(I imagine that time would fight against certain changes being made, similar to the idea that killing Hitler would not mean World War II and the Holocaust doesn't happen, just that Hitler didn't cause those events). However, more lives are saved as Hitler's policy is exile or segregation rather than extermination, largely due to the fact the the Jewish people were an escape goat for why Germany lost the War, since Germany winning is even more unlikely, here that never happens.
Now having no Soviet Union doesn't mean everything's fine, nor does Mao being killed in Japan's invasion of China. Since Post World War II, which still happens, well China Imperial Family and all is still a world power, expect a three way cold war with the US, Tsarist Russia and Imperial China. Art however, flourishes due to Russia and China not having restrictive regimes. No Communist China means no Korean War. However, China, due to a dislike of Vietnam, invades the nation and the US sends soldiers to help. In an ironic twist of fate, the Vietnam War is US and Vietnam fighting back China(the US and Vietnam are surprisingly good allies in modern times. Most people are surprised to learn this given how impactful the Vietnam War is but the truth is Vietnam is afraid of Communist China invading and the US would be willing to protect them if China invades, the threat of Nuclear War makes China back down, with the US, Vietnam can keep its Leaders, and US pop Culture is somewhat popular in the nation). As a result, the Vietnam War is a US victory. As mentioned before the Cuban Missile Crisis does not take place due to earlier US involvement in Cuba. This does not mean there is no war as the Superpowers are inevitably going to conflict with each other.
So what brings the Cold War to an end? Well Russia sort of gets a warmer relationship with the US following the Space Race and Reagan going to Moscow. China however, remains somewhat Isolationist while not banning Culture. They ban many Foreign films in theatres but not distribution on home media, meaning Hollywood doesnt bother to advertise to the Chinese Market.
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1. Ah, so I see the divergences exist before 1900. Vey interesting.
2. No USSR or PRC is also interesting in of itself, which give me the Consequences of an Errant Shell vibes. Do any far-left states exist in this timeline, even they aren't major powers/influencers?
3. I feel like combined with the lack of Communism, the lack of a Holocaust, as great as that sounds, will probably have huge effects on culture and society. I know its cliche for no-Nazi alt-history timelines to have things turn out worse than IOTL somehow, but I'm curious as to how this world would develop in the terms of civil rights and anti-racism, along with eventually discrediting eugenics and scientific racism. I presume there is a workaround without having to systematically kill 11 million innocent people based on race, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality, among other things, or atleast lower the body count.
4. What happens to Japan and Italy ITTL? Do they still go fascist?
Oh yeah. I'm not finished with an 1800's President List but I can mock one up.
I'm not familiar with Consequences of an Erran Shell. I'm fairly certain far left state would exist but I can't really name specific ones.
It's a lower body count.
They did.