Doctor Who: 10 Historical Figures That Need To Be Explored

Of all the entries on this list, this is perhaps the most surprising given most would expect this famous aviator to have appeared in the show already. Alas, for reasons unbeknownst to us, she has not - though Torchwood arguably tried something very similar with Out Of Time, which focused on a lost group of aviators from the 1950's who had slipped through the Cardiff rift and into the present day.

The disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in 1937 is another of the world's most notorious unsolved mysteries - with a multitude of theories posed as to what exactly happened during their final flight over the pacific ocean, but no solid conclusion agreed on to this date, almost 100 years later.

Now, it would be easy to write a story about The Doctor trying to prevent the events of that day, or even trying to stop their companion from altering one of those narratively convenient 'fixed points in time', but what if the story took a different route entirely? After all, Earhart disappeared completely, she could be anywhere in the universe, why limit ourselves to Earth?

The Doctor could find her on some faraway planet, having flown through some kind of wormhole or rift, still exploring and surviving - something of a River Song character. This could provide a real twist on the historical format, giving us a character that has already adapted to the new, strange world they've found themselves in - maybe even to the point where they'd be more knowledgeable about the planet in question than the Doctor, and if any character would suit this, it's Earhart.