1. Escaping Justice
To finish, here's one that really could prove a game-changer for the whole 50 year narrative of 'Who'. Instead of forcibly regenerating into his Third body, the Second Doctor somehow escapes at the conclusion of 'The War Games' and having snubbed the CIA's efforts to make him an agent of theirs becomes a fugitive desperate to prolong his life at any cost. Bundling Jamie and Zoe into the TARDIS the trio set off with the memories of his companions intact and the Doctor still rocking his dishevelled Paul McCartney look, he gets away, but something's different about him now. Where once stood a clown with a calculating streak when necessary, there's now a maniacal schemer who can play the fool when needed and who's willing to resort to anything just to prolong his own lifespan. While languishing in a cell awaiting trial the Valeyard could pay him a visit and offer him a way to ensure he never has to regenerate at all. By colluding with his darkest self and planning to kill off the Time Lords including his past and future incarnations it offers the chance to see or hear a new and probably quite shocking side of the cosmic hobo. With his recorder now serving as an instrument of war rather than music a spot of tinkering reconfiguring it into a weapon, perhaps of the kind that would allow an aspiring assassin to shoot poison darts at targets or even hide a concealed knife the man described by Polly as an 'unmade bed' according to Jamie's account in 'The Nameless City' would have completed an unforeseen transition from simply unmade to dangerously unhinged in the blink of an eye, with nobody in the universe having seen it coming. Which could make it all the more chilling if given over to the writers most capable of bringing it out. Having turned him to evil the Valeyard could then give him his first really important mission responding to the summons to pair up with his First and Third incarnations to assist in dealing with Omega, but with the twist of making sure nobody survives. Not even the renowned member of the original Time Lord triumvirate could be spared, with Rassilon identified as a later target. It could also put a new spin on the disturbing regeneration from 'The War Games' as the Doctor, alone at the controls of the presumably more advanced Type 97 TARDIS he's stolen from the CIA, is suddenly faced with the full horror of all that he's done and is killed having outlived his usefulness as a pawn in the Valeyard's game. Far out perhaps, but alternate timelines are part of the Doctor's bread and butter with this possibly the darkest of them all. But what do you think? Could the Second Doctor really deviate from the standard Patrick Troughton 'cosmic hobo' model or should he stay as he's been known and loved by so many? Whether you're in favour of new frontiers or are of the opinion that this most iconic of recorder players should be left to play on in peace in his corner of the timestream, let us know!