You know how the next Who Special is going to be called Planet of the Dead?

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Well... what if it's Gallifrey?

Discuss.

Comments

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Skaro too! More Daleks, definitely a possibility. Is it thrown out of time too, I wonder...

[rm.livejournal.com]

Okay, so if it's Skaro, how much -- and this would be _very_ RTD -- do I want the last special (the regeneration special) to happen on Gallifrey. Life where there was none and all that. It fits into RTD's weird "I'm obsessed with making this show totally secular and yet stuffed full of creepy biblical references" thing, and would be extra special awesome weird if we have Jack back for it as rumoured.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think that would be made of awesome, in it's way.

Given the huge spatfest that is Gallifrey/Skaro and what-is-canon-vs-what-isn't regarding those two - well, mostly Skaro, I suppose, as the Gally question in TV canon is settled at this point - Planet of the Dead could go in any number of directions, just with those two entities...

I'm only thinking it could involve Skaro because of the first Dalek story "The Dead Planet"

[rm.livejournal.com]

Isn't that title though why this flip of it could be Gallifrey? Like, we spend all this time on how the Daleks are so awful they're not even like living creatures. So they have "The Dead Planet" but the tragedy of Gallifrey isn't the place is it? It's the people.

Anyway, that's my not very informed about canon, what I would do as a writer thought.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Isn't that title though why this flip of it could be Gallifrey?

Indeed it could. No argument here.

I'll just be happy if it tackles *either* of them. Preferably without the torturous wank that was War of the Daleks.

(If you ever want to start a vigorous debate-cum-fight at a DW convention, bring that title up in a room full of fans. Then duck.)

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Ooh! That's really true.

On the other hand, this whole wrapping up thing (which is RTD's obsession, it seems) makes me worry a bit. I want some continuity with the previous series in Series 5. And what with new Doctor, and new companion(s) AND new showrunner, it'd be nice to have a little bit of hangover.

On the other hand, omg, Gallifrey/Skaro, wants it precious!

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'd love it if it addressed the events/aftermath of Remeberance of the Daleks - without resorting to the rather tortured workaround of John Peel's in War of the Daleks. I mean, he tried his best and all but, honestly, it was dire...

And I think I just crossed the line from "keen fan" into "obsessive fangrrl" mode, so I'll try to calm down a bit, now. :)

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I haven't read War of the Daleks. But omg, Rememberance. Ace! I love Ace. "Time will tell. It always does."

HEY, obsessive fangirls rock!

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Also, it'd be cool to see the Doctor talk about the Council, and his whole relationship with them. Like, now that they're all dead, he's all emo! Never mind that he spent his whole life running away from them, practically. And the whole President thing.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

You know that if we hope for internal consistency from the show, we're only setting ourselves up for disappointment! ;)