11 Doctor Who Spin Offs That Really Should've Happened By Now
2. Doctor Who: Unbound
WHY: For those not familiar with the Doctor Who: Unbound range of audio dramas, this was a short-lived Big Finish run about alternative choices that could have been taken - whether physical (i.e. "What If the Doctor hadn't left Gallifrey?"), personality-wise (i.e. "What If the Doctor believed the ends justified the means?") or even in a complete paradigm shift (i.e. "What If Doctor Who was a TV show?"). In this age of shows based on alternative futures (i.e. Planet of the Apes, The Walking Dead) and alternative pasts (War of the Worlds, every single story about Hitler winning WW2), the appeal of roads not taken exists and remains just as fascinating as they have been. Even Doctor Who has not been totally untouched by this phenomena. The Third Doctor once landed in an alternative, fascist Earth, the Seventh Doctor fought Nazis who won WW2 in their timeline, the Shalka Doctor appeared trying to be the Ninth Doctor and the Tenth Doctor turned up in Pete's World to find new-and-improved Cybermen. Another Doctor Who: Unbound series will allow imaginations to run free with different actors, storylines and underlying principles, giving the viewers the chance to ask ourselves - what makes the current Doctor Who the 'correct' reality? WHAT: Of course, a Doctor Who: Unbound series works best with fundamental changes to the Doctor or his timeline - there are plenty to choose from from the long-lived Time Lord's life. For example, one could go the happier route of "What if the Tenth Doctor had chosen to stay with Rose?" and explore the complexities of laying down one's arms against the constant fight across the universe, the accuracy of the truism of love conquering all or even whether The Doctor could admit that he was a bit of a cradle-snatcher. One could go another route and ask "What if Nyssa had died instead of Adric?" to explore the depth of feeling the Doctor had about Nyssa (no no, they're just friends!), questioning his failed responsibility to keep his companions safe, especially the last member of the Trakenites, examining his curiosity and the harm it produces or at least cause the viewers to shudder at the fact that the two most annoying companions are the ones left in the TARDIS. More ideas would surely be thought up by the Doctor Who community but, if done well, it would allow the fans, in their own way, to be able to explore the universe in different times, spaces, and dimensions - and from the present reality, unbound.
