Thread:Turtle365/@comment-15395126-20150605183559/@comment-15395126-20150611113835

I just have a thing with all my creative projects where if the official version of something I write for uses one of my ideas or comes up with something that makes my ideas impossible, I abandon what I'm working on. I've had to do this so many times over the years; it's quite heartbreaking to me when I can't work on something any longer that I've been passionate about for so long. Which logos are you talking about in relation to Series 9?

For Series 11, I've started thinking that perhaps we could see the Omega return. He would appear as he does in this concept art. For a series that focuses on Gallifrey and the Time Lords like mine, it'd be interesting to have another Time Lord besides the Master as the villain. The Omega could also be used to show that my Doctor is still good, despite the darker tendencies I want him to have...

The Omega coming back also goes back to some early concepts I had for a Doctor Who series that involved the Valeyard (I had an idea where the Doctor was truly the Valeyard, hence his darkness, while his true self was "in his head," entering dreams where he meets his past incarnations and learns to face his past in preparation for revealing the Answer to the Question) and the revelation that the Doctor was truly the Other reincarnated, so he would become the savior and effective ruler of a new Gallifrey. Perhaps some of these ideas can be tinkered with for Series 12?

I definitely agree the first two-parter of Series 11 needs to focus on the Doctor and his overall character. Isaacs shouldn't be exactly the same as Capaldi; I think he should face a different sort of predicament as a consequence of his regeneration, such as amnesia or something like that. Yes, something dark needs to happen, or at least something tragic (maybe as a subtle reference to a theme we could incorporate: 13 means death in many societies, and this is the Thirteenth Doctor...). I agree there should be a villain (not a big one) used in the opening two-parter, but I want it to be someone who is sorta-kinda relevant to the Doctor and the overall plot; I felt the Clockwork Droids in Deep Breath were sorta arbitrary. We also should reinvent them in some way, as Deep Breath did with the Half-face Man.

Of course some New Who villains could and probably should return; I'm not totally opposed to using Classic Who villains like the Sea Devils or inventing some of my own, either. It's just my preference that what I use, as I've stated, is something I can picture in my head (it is 99.9% likely my Series 11 will never be broadcast on TV, so I at least want to be able to "watch" the episodes in my mind; it's hard to do that when in place of an enemy, you see a foggy blob because you don't know how it would look...). Darker history and sci-fi elements are wonderful ideas to pursue, but I'd prefer to stay away from controversial areas...

What you said about a Time Lord escaping from the Doctor's head could actually justify the Omega's return. I've thought about the Egypt episode; I had an idea once, but it was based on one I found on this Wiki, and I'd rather not use an idea like that. I can't really use mummies, either, since Mummy on the Orient Express used one (granted it wasn't an Egyptian mummy...). Napoleon or the Plague is an interesting idea, one that I actually might want to pursue...

Series 12 would most likely introduce a companion for the Thirteenth Doctor, yes. I have a lot of ideas floating around in my head that I'd like to try to pursue; we can have a separate conversation on the companion later.

The fact that Gallifrey is inside the Doctor gives us a reason to pity him: he is going mad with the thousands of souls inside him, he doesn't know if his thoughts and actions are his own, et cetera. He goes through a lot of emotional turmoil. I considered justifying the Thirteenth Doctor's refusal to regenerate and free Gallifrey with the Tenth Doctor's "I don't want to go." Maybe after the Question is answered, in the Thirteenth Doctor's final moments, this changes to "I have to go." Series 12 sees the Doctor go through a lot of transformations personality-wise; we've mentioned Series 11 is his metaphorical fall, so this would be his rise and redemption. He is a new man. With the Question answered and his past reconciled with, he is free from his past transgressions and can truly, finally live.

As for The Doctor, we could have three or four-part stories to fill up the 26 episodes per series. This means we can try to handle more complex or ambitious plots. At the same time, there are overarching plots to adhere to, which are as follows:
 * Series 1 - By learning to control her metacrisis powers with help from River Song and Captain Jack Harkness, Donna is able to keep herself from burning up and dying. Even so, she is in grave danger. Old enemies are returning, hoping to use Donna's unstable Time Lord abilities for their own nefarious purposes.
 * Series 2 - A continuation of the story of the reawakened DoctorDonna, in which Captain Jack Harkness and River Song attempt to help Donna reunite with the Doctor. At the same time, the trio must face a new threat, one that seeks to rewrite history to promote the rise of a new world order.

About Paternoster Row: you are seeing things exactly on my level. I definitely agree the premise of the show should be the investigation of murders, thief and alien activity, et cetera. My one concern is that the continuous setting of Victorian London and/or Earth in general would get boring pretty quickly (though the Sherlock-type plot could get around that). I think I want to leave the characters alone in this series; Vastra is the main protagonist, Jenny is the human familiarity audiences connect to, and Strax is the comic relief (something I adore about his character).

My girlfriend has actually wanted me to watch Sherlock for quite some time. If I'm doing Paternoster Row with a similar feel, I probably should get around to doing that...

I would love to use the Daleks and/or Cybermen, but I want to use them in new ways that we have not seen before. After all, they are such prominent, recurring enemies that we have to be pretty original in order to avoid repetition. I'd like to introduce new forms of the Cybermen/Daleks, perhaps, such as this and this. As for the opening two-parter, I don't have any ideas, no. This is where our team-up comes in!

You're right that I have plenty of general ideas, but nothing all too specific to the point where I could set up a series of episodes and communicate a plot through them. I'm rewatching Series 5-7 as we speak and taking mental notes; I've got a lot on my plate and a lot to live up to. Feel free to message me, as well; I leave very early tomorrow morning, but I will be around today until around 7:00 PM EST.