Thread:Turtle365/@comment-15395126-20150811210632/@comment-15395126-20150811223129

Before I respond to what you posted, there are a few more ideas I had that I forgot to mention:
 * The place I went to for the past couple weeks is Disney World; at the theme park EPCOT, they have a ride called Spaceship Earth, where you travel into the past to see the evolution of human communication. This sparked a few rough concepts in my mind…
 * The Doctor goes to the time of the Cavemen - It might be cool to see the Doctor amongst wooly mammoths and whatnot.
 * Ancient Egypt - We've seen Egyptian things in Doctor Who before, but nothing has been set in Egypt yet, to my knowledge.
 * The Doctor in Rome - Yes, we have "The Fires of Pompeii," and we'll likely see Rome again in Series 9, but the image of the Doctor fighting for his life in a gladiator match against a lion was cool to me.
 * The Mystery of Amelia Earhart - One of the biggest Earth mysteries of the real world just screams Doctor Who to me!

Thoughts on these? Now I'll respond to your response…
 * I mostly know Charles Dance from ALIEN 3, but I agree he'd be good as the Valeyard. I have read the TARDIS Wiki page on "Trial of the Valeyard," and it does not ruin my ideas in any way.
 * I apologize that I keep bringing the same points up over and over again. I don't mean to do that, trust me. It's just hard to remember what we have and have not covered; as I deliberate on my own about things we've discussed, new, subtle changes arise in my mind that I feel I should ask your opinion about.
 * The Doctor was subtly ordered by the Curator in "Day of the Doctor" to find Gallifrey. It's been his mission since then to locate his home planet; he knows he saved it, but he cannot be sure until he finds it. We can see from the events of "Death in Heaven" that finding Gallifrey is still the Doctor's goal, but the stuff with Missy got in the way. So it's like finding Gallifrey is the Doctor's ongoing, background objective. For Series 11, however, it needs to be his primary one. No more distractions. He won't rest until his planet is saved. He wants to find it. He needs to. No one and nothing else matters until Gallifrey is safe again.
 * My style of writing always abides by the canon of its source material. That's why I'm praying to high Heaven that Series 9 does not ruin my "Where's Gallifrey?" idea. I'd rather incorporate any new info than have to totally scrap Series 11. I was just starting to get over my worries about Gallifrey and Series 9 when that promo picture was released with the faded planet in the background that everyone says is Gallifrey…
 * I definitely don't want to just copy another Doctor (it's hard not to, though). However, I thought of the Thirteenth Doctor being the next step in a new regeneration cycle of flawed, dark Doctors leading up to the Valeyard; this would be touched upon in Series 12 and reveal the Doctor's new regeneration cycle is filled with glitches placed purposefully by the Time Lords - if they are antagonistic, they are merely using the Doctor to be brought back into power; they will dispose of him when they are done.
 * That said, I wanted the Thirteenth Doctor to be what Capaldi was rumored to be but ended up not being: dark and dangerous, not just some grouchy old man. Whereas the Twelfth Doctor was never confirmed to have pushed the Half-Face Man to his death or not, the Thirteenth Doctor is the type who definitely would have pushed him. To further set the Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctors apart, the Twelfth Doctor has that line in the Series 9 trailer, "I'm the Doctor, and I save people!" The Thirteenth Doctor's perspective is more like, "I'm the Doctor, and I save people by accident." What I mean by this is the Thirteenth Doctor doesn't plan to save anyone; he's just dealing with the obstacles that dare face him on his desperate search for Gallifrey, and it just so happens that the side-effect of his search is a positive one for those who are not involved.
 * As far as likability, the Thirteenth Doctor would need to have the qualities that make Jason Isaacs' darker characters so likable. Charm and a sense of mystery, mostly. You can't help but like this guy, is what I'm saying. However, I feel as if the Thirteenth Doctor's present personality is getting in the way of my writing. I keep wanting to skip to Tom Hiddleston's Fourteenth Doctor and write for someone more light, youthful, and funny. Since I can't do that, I feel as if the Thirteenth Doctor needs a personality change, especially since he needs other characters to like him so they can help support the story.
 * If we decide to go for my companion idea, the Thirteenth Doctor relenting and allowing her to travel with him because he understands the fear of being alone all too well could increase his likability by showing he has a warm, compassionate, and almost fatherly side.
 * I suggest looking at Isaacs' filmography and seeing if you could find any clips from the movies he's been in to see what he's like in each role. I personally only know him from Harry Potter, Peter Pan (2003), and Star Wars Rebels.
 * As far as the future of Series 11, I guess a lot depends on what happens in Series 9.

Do let me know if anything I said above needs explaining/elaboration. Thanks again for the help :)