Doctor Who: 10 Ways An American Reboot Could Work

6. The Write Stuff

doctor who script Producer Marcus Wilson says Doctor Who can€™t accept unsolicited proposals. It€™s entirely understandable; Doctor Who is the show everyone wants to write (less understandable is how scripts as lousy as €œThe Power of Three€, €œThe Rings of Akhaten€ and €œThe Crimson Horror€ get through the net). And its appeal to any hack is obvious: all of time and space is your playground, and the Doctor is flexible enough to jump into your zaniest premise. As Gary Gillatt wrote, €œHe can fight seaweed in the North Sea or take tea with Marie Antoinette.€ Make Doctor Who in America and you have even more chance to knock on the doors of great writers. And not just TV auteurs like Russell T. Davies or Steven Moffat€”Richard Curtis and Neil Gaiman took breaks from their rom-coms and Gothic fantasy novels to have a crack. Michael Chabon or Joss Whedon will never write a CSI, but give them Doctor Who€™s blank slate and I bet they€™d have a script in by close of business. Lena Dunham would have a field day with the €˜tea with Marie Antoinette€™ idea.
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Hamish Crawford writes fiction more easily than fact. His first volume of short fiction, “A Madhouse, Only With More Elegant Jackets”, was published in 2011 from First Edition Publishing. He has an English degree from the University of Calgary and a Screenwriting M.A. from the University of Westminster, which leaves little space on the wall for his several PhD. rejection letters. His stories and articles have appeared in such publications as NoD and the Cult Britannia website (www.cultbritannia.co.uk). In September he will be speaking at a Doctor Who 50th anniversary conference in Hertfordsire. The owner of far more hats than heads, Hamish currently lives in Canada, and is disappointed that the preceding biography contains so few factual errors. Visit his website: http://hamish-crawford.weebly.com