Thread:Barry19/@comment-15395126-20150625020854/@comment-15395126-20150625063146

Building off the Vashta Nerada idea:
 * A family who lives in a log cabin in a deep, dark forest rescues and cares for the Doctor while he's unconscious. He protects this family from the Vashta Nerada as payment, not because he cares about them (or so he says).
 * After the Vashta Nerada threat passes, the Doctor has a moment with the family's eldest daughter, who asks to travel with him. The Doctor tells her no, and she asks him if he'll be lonely. The Doctor then motions to the TARDIS, fully repaired with a new interior design, saying that it is the only companion he'll ever need. The daughter is saddened by this, but the Doctor, being a charmer and gentleman in this incarnation, as well as a little lustful, draws her in for a passionate kiss before departing.

I had some ideas, but research so far seems to be proving them impossible:
 * The episode could take place in Victorian France. I want a "The Snowmen" feel to this episode, but I do not want something in London because it's cliché. I was looking at old architecture, such as Notre Dame Cathedral, and had the idea that maybe the Doctor could face off against a series of skeletons possessed by the Vashta Nerada as they scale the building.
 * At the same time, I wonder if such a building was even built in this time period, how the dead were handled, and whether or not using the Vashta Nerada and having them reanimate the dead in a time period like this would be too repetitive, given The Snowmen, Deep Breath, Dark Water, and Death in Heaven…

This episode needs to do the following, no matter what:
 * Set the Doctor off on his quest to find Gallifrey, no matter what (I was thinking that he finds the remains of a Vashta Nerada victim and finds a medal or something with Gallifreyan writing on it amidst the skeletal remains).
 * Establish the Doctor as a flawed, unstable man who is darker, meaner, and more unreliable than his past incarnations.

Any help building a skeleton for the episode and fixing the various issues would be greatly appreciated :) As my producer, you have just as much a right to come up with ideas as I do. If you have any suggestions, do let me know! Perhaps we could chat on an IRC channel about all this!