I'd love a what if for if McGann to stay for Series 1

I'm a simple man, I see Christopher Eccleston, i click.

Can't believe it's almost been 20 years since Eccleston's era.

Christopher Eccleston was fantastic.

I would like to go to the alternate timeline where Eccleston did the Day of the Doctor & we got 9 10 & 11 all bouncing off each other, & the finale when they save Gallifrey they all drop their catchphrases “Geronimoooo!!!” “Allons-y!” “Oh! Fantastic! Gallifrey Stands!”

Suggestion: What If The Master Was The Timeless Child?

WHAT IF The Master never got that burger in The End of Time?

9 vs. Simm's Master would be an amazing watch

I imagine this everytime I watch series 2. Imagine Chris with Madame De Pompadour, reuniting with Sarah-Jane and taking on the Cybermen. He would absolutely rule it.

Would you cover a classic Who what-if? "What if Tom Baker agreed to return fully for 'The Five Doctors' 20th anniversary special?"

While I would have loved for Nine to be in Day of the Doctor, it would undercut his journey in Series 1. He finds hope in Day of the Doctor, forgets, and then finds hope again in Series 1. Very much a Solo problem. “Han says he only cares about himself but he actually cares about other people. That’s SUPER different from his arc in A New Hope.”

I believe in an interview Christopher Eccleston said he originally planned to be the Doctor for three seasons. Then the first day of shooting Series 1 happened and Eccleston's relationship with RTD and the other executive producers went down in flames.

That Eccleston Master idea could explain his appearances pre Rose, where Clive was collecting info.

11:00 "What a cool twist that would be." Except Chibbers already soiled that idea in The Power of the Doctor, where the Master force-regenerates the Doctor into himself, and then can't decide whether to run around causing chaos, or sit around and play with artifacts from many previous incarnations. (Seriously, the Master's plan would have been simpler if he simply stole a copy of Jodie's longcoat (it was an off-the-rack model, mass produced) and ran around claiming to be the new regeneration and framing the Doctor that way.)

The Biggest one I need is what If Paul Mcgann did Series 1-2/3/4/specials/5 depending on how far you see him going

Eccelston was absolutely fantastic. It is a shame he didn't stay for another series. Also please do what if Tennant did series 5, I think that would be interesting.

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Eccleston was my first doctor, and he's the reason I fell in love with the series. In fact, I was so offput by my first regeneration, I almost didn't consider watching Series 2. Thankfully I did as David is my favorite Doctor, period. That being said, they're all fantastic actors and I've enjoyed most of the iterations.

I mean, the legitimate answer is probably "he ends up dead or in extended hospital stay after his anorexia and mental health issues that the producers were egging on nearly do him in". He left for a pretty good reason.

What if the eighth doctor was in the 50th instead of the war doctor

I adore Christopher Eccleston and his 9th Doctor, but as you said his 1 season was absolutely solid and probably the most well-contained story in Who. As you've mentioned, Day of The Doctor would've been the best way to bring him back. Whilst it's upsetting he never returned, having the LEGENDARY John Hurt was a blessing. With all that being said, if he stayed longer and came across Donna..... OMG the sass would have been off the charts!!

“What If Christopher Eccleston Did Doctor Who Series 2?” “I don’t want to go into the politics of why Eccleston left…” The entirety of this video both doesn’t speak about how Series 2 with Eccleston would be, beyond wanting 9’s accent face the Cybermen, and spends the majority of its runtime talking about why Eccleston left and won’t come back as well as talking about him appearing in non-S2 stories… What a classic example of a clickbait video if I’ve ever seen one and I used to be subbed to this channel. This one just appeared on my Recommends. Change the title. This is a good video under false pretences.

I would love to see a former Doctor actor play an incarnation of the Master. However, even more than that, I want to see David Tennant's current Doctor become the Valeyard! I think it would be perfect! Especially with it being the only time the Doctor has "bigenerated".

I’d love to see the Tennant in Series 5 video, I also think a video about What if the Time Lord Victorious arc carried over to Matt Smith in Series 5 would be cool

Out of context and ignoring the rest of the season, 9 would have been perfect in The Impossible Planet and the Satan Pit

what if the Saxon Master did actually regenerate at the end of "Last of the Time Lords"?

What if Doctor Who had a Spider-verse Style Movie, In plot and Animation?

Keep up the great work brother

I've written a five series Doctor Who story of my own that culminates in a film (not a special, a FILM) where Omega is the main villain alongside the Master, a faction of Time Lords led by President Borusa and the Silence. Naturally, it's a multi-Doctor story. But, at the end of the fifth series (three seasons with an original female Doctor, two with an original male Doctor), I actually had Omega manipulate the Doctor's regrneration to give him back Chris' face. Putting aside the fact that I get to see Chris alongside David and Matt, this would be an oppurtunity for him to play a new incarnation of the Doctor who is no longer svarred by the Time War, but is instead scarred by the knowledge that the Time Lords are back and they are pure evil. Maybe this would be s controversial choice but I kept the Timeless Child backstory as there are subtle points raised about family/cultural abuse and wanting to run away from home (perfect for the Doctor, I think but loosely based ony own experiences...) But I dunno; what do you think?

I said in a similar video but I think with Eccleston, we could've scene even more focus on the Doctor's post-time war guilt & how much Rose helped him.

What if Murray Gold did Series 11? (I’d do some orchestral mock-ups if you like? 😊)

Love your doctor who videos! I know it's less of a what if rather than a didn't happen, but I'd like to see a video on what if the 10th doctor and brigadier reunion episode happened (which was planned but sadly didn't due to actors death)

I'm certain many of the flaws made in recent seasons wouldn't have happened if he had continued. Looking back, Eccleston doesn't seem so mad now. In fact, he seems wiser with his take about RTD knowing how RTD turned out. For me, with Eccleston back in front of the camera means a return to how Dr Who USED to be.

I think CE coming back as the Master would be such a fun idea, he and MS versing another one would be fun, maybe the 70th! Haha

Another great video, would love to see What If Peter Capaldi Stayed for Series 11 next

I don’t think John Simm would have been cast if Ecclestone had stayed on till series 3, as he was a parallel to Tennant’s Tenth Doctor. There probably would have been an older Master.

As much as I enjoyed Eccleston’s tenure on the show, I always stand by the fact that having him regenerate at the end of the first season was the best story choice- honestly, I’m shocked it wasn’t original intention. I think it’s completely genius to create an attachment to this Doctor before immediately changing his face- it immediately establishes the mechanics of regeneration and the show’s theme of facing change head-on. Plus, Eccleston’s arc was clearly about the effects of the Time War, and his choice of ‘coward over killer’ resolves an important aspect of his guilt- I see his regeneration as, like the video says, a new breath of life, less burdened by the guilt of his past actions, because he made a different choice this time.

Request: What if the modern series premiered in 2001 with Paul McGann for 3 seasons, a 40th anniversary special with John Hurt, and then 2 seasons of Christopher Eccleston

It would’ve been fun to see Christopher in the 50th, however I think it would’ve undo the Ninth Doctors introduction in Rose. It was acknowledged that the Doctor had just being newly regenerated and if we had Nine in the 50th instead of the War Doctor, then how come Eccleston’s Doctor had spent years and years in a Time War and to then see his reflection “for the first time” in season 1?

What if RTD didn't introduce the time war and Gallifrey and other time lords were present during the modern era? In my opinion I think it would have been worse than what we got but interested to see what you think. Awesome video as always!

to make things extra interesting I would make Chris's Master not an incarnation post-Derwan but one that came before Delgado.

What if Paul McGann got a series?

Chibnall tried to do the ‘Master takes on the Doctor’s appearance’ idea, but totally flubbed it, by jamming it into an already overstuffed episode.

When Davies and the team were writing Series 1 they didn't know yet that Eccleston would be leaving. The arc they were planning would not have included regeneration at the end of series. I think there's a real possibility was that Rose would have essentially died, or stayed the Bad Wolf. We all know how cruel RTD can be to the characters sometimes, and I think he would have gut punched us like that. They had to change gears whenever Chris told them he wouldn't return. With a regeneration happening, they needed all the continuity they could have, and you'd be starting at square one if both the Doctor and the Companion changed. All in all, whatever was planned, I loved what we got. I'd like to see animations of Chris's Big Finish stories. If they're good. I'm not good at listening to audio drama. My brain wanders.

What if Eric Roberts returned as The Master instead of Derek Jacobi

Forever my favorite doctor💗

I love the idea of either Eccleston or Smith coming back as the Master and ruining his reputation, but to be fair, it doesn't have to be done with an existing Doctor's face (although that would obviously be great fan-service)... What could be interesting is if the next regeneration you see Gatwa's Doctor go through the light-show as per usual, but do a hard-cut cliffhanger where he's _about_ to start transforming to reveal the next actor so the new face is never actually revealed. Then, start the next season with a new character who goes around doing very Doctor-y stuff in the TARDIS after a time-skip, with a new Companion coming in after he's been travelling alone for a while (like Matt Smith with Amy or Capaldi with Bill) - saving the day, although with a more edgy personality this time around where he has no problem with sacrificing someone for the greater good and does the right thing because it's logical rather than because he actually cares, more like the darker Capaldi episodes where he's more calculating than empathic about it without Clara to balance him out. Then about halfway through the season, we get the reveal that the guy who has been traveling around in the TARDIS for the first episodes was actually *_the Master all along!_* The _real_ Doctor (surprise reveal at episode's end of an unknown new face, dressed in the rags of Gatwa's old outfit, chained to the wall and slumped and beaten down in some sort of medieval-style prison cell) is actually held captive in the bowels of the TARDIS, and the Master basically ambushed the Doctor soon after his regeneration. He'd been following him for a while, waiting for a moment of weakness, and pounced when the new Doctor was still confused and getting used to their teeth again. Easily overpowering his weakened mind with his mesmerism, the Master basically walked him into this prison cell, caught him off-balance and chained him up. Then, he went out into the control room and just started having "adventures" and introducing himself to everyone as The Doctor. After all, that name is associated with so many different faces over the course of Time, so who's to say he isn't...? Eventually though, it transpires that the Master's stint in cosplay all actually leads to some master _(ahem)_ plan - every adventure we've seen for the first half of the series has absolutely helped people and _seems_ to have saved the day, but this is more or less a happy side-effect rather than the main purpose... he saves a whole race of peace-loving people from some huge disaster, but it turns out that they will eventually grow more warlike in the future and create some massive superweapon that the Master needs as part of his plan down the line. So while he _seems_ to be saving them because he's the Good Guy, he's _actually_ doing it to ensure they survive to make his weapon. A few scenarios like this play out until he finally reaches a point where he can't really justify his final move with some altruistic motive, and his Companion smells a rat and calls him on it... which results in the heel turn, with the Master/Doctor going all Colin Baker on her and chasing her through the halls of the TARDIS. The big cliffhanger is that she open a random door and finds this dude chained to the wall... "My God - who are you...?" they exclaim. They slowly look up, clearly exhausted through starvation, and say, "I'm... _the Doctor."_ Cut to credits, with the next episode being the Master/Doctor's Companion freeing the Doctor who then helps them defeat the Master (now they've had the time to get their head straight) and taking over as the show's true hero with the Companion by his side. They could then spend the rest of the season basically backtracking to many of the Master/Doctor's episodes to witness the fallout and repercussions of his apparently "saving the day", which gradually reveals this big plan he very nearly put into action. You could even have them go back to the cell and try to get information out of the Master about his end game, like the _Silence Of The Lambs_ style scenes with Capaldi and Missy when she was locked in the vault. In order for this to work though, you would have to go for the full misinformation campaign, carefully leaking that the Master/Doctor's actor would be the "new Doctor" for the next series, and keep the _real_ new Doctor under wraps with some serious misdirection until the reveal hallfway through the season. Given the Whovian grapevine and their extensive information network, that would take a titanic effort on the part of the cast and crew to avoid even the slightest slip-up by a 2nd-unit catering cook telling a friend without thinking and it suddenly ending up all over the papers the next day... but by _God,_ would that reveal be worth it!!!

4:59 - 5:31 Those edits made me sad AF, even though I grew up with David Tennant as my Doctor Christopher Eccleston not getting to go on for as long as he could’ve without his grudge against RTD breaks my heart.

I am interested in your take on this: What is David Tennant stayed for series 5?

Eccleston was my first Doctor and will forever be My Doctor.

OMG! YES, more friend, more! Okay, so seriously, I'm posting comment before watching for algorithms sake.

Martha should've travelled with nine (or twelve), he'd definitely treated her a lot better than ten, who just took her for granted

The master having one of the doctor's faces is similar to an idea I had for omega returning bit played by Peter Davidson, which the show advertising as a multi doctor story.

Please do a video on what if Tennant did series 5

One of my favourite what ifs Is what if the doctor remember he saved Gallifrey rather than let it burn imagine how different the doctor would be

12:14 what if paul mcgann did series 1 or basically got a proper series because big finish makes me yearn that

Another fun one could be 'What if Ace was in the TV Movie?'

What if Colin Baker’s missing season actually aired?

I would definitely like you to do a what if David Tennant stayed for series 5

The biggest Dr Who "What If" for me is, what is McGann had done his own TV Series - I would love to have seen that

A good video, but there are a lot of mistakes in the captions. Could use a re-read. I assume you pasted your script in but it doesn't all match up.

What if Peter Capaldi did Series 11?

What If we could see the various splinters of Clara saving all the previous versions of the Doctor? It was never really shown, just implied in the Name of the Doctor. Or what if McGann had actually done a series after his TV movie?

I would've loved to have seen 9's incarnation in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit two parter.

The regeneration from 9 to 10 didn’t feel out of place as it felt like a small speed bump in between Series 1 and 2 feeling planned out from beginning to end

My biggest question is what if Rose hadn't fallen in Doomsday and stayed in the Prime Universe with the Tenth Doctor?

What if the series continued after Scream of the Shalka with Richard E Grant as the Ninth Doctor instead of being retconned by the revival

Suggestion: what if Capaldi stayed on for series 11 or what if Jodie stayed on for series 14.

Definitely wanna see Tennant series 5 what if

I'm going to tell you, I don't feel like I'd like to change anything about what the show was, really. But I would love Eccleston to return as 9 in his lonely adventures before Rose, it would be interesting to see for the first time a season or two of him alone. That would bring the deserved 3 seasons every Doctor has for him. Just some justice for the ninth doctor I'd say.

I got one: what if Tennat stayed for Series 5. Moffat gave us a plan he had if Tennat stayed but i wonder how much we got would be the same or different in that series.

Fascinating that every Doctor isn't exactly the same person so this is a legit question of what would be different.

imagine 14 vs matt's the master

What if the doctor was involved in the Torchwood arcs like Children of Earth and Miracle day?

What if Smith regenerated earlier and it was Twelve for Series 7B?

I actually made a comic called what if doctor who where the ninth doctor didnt regenerate but regenerated after daleks in manhattan in series 3

The entire series would be the current doctor coming across stories about himself and about all the damage and death he has caused so he follows the clues eventually coming across a tatdis, seeing the back of a leather jacket wearing man enter it and a chase begins, tardis chasing tardis through the time vortex stopping at familiar point in the doctors history like portals opening and closing as the other tardis blasts lazers and causes damage to the doctors past. Eventually the other tardis lands (somewhere significant) the doctor lands his tardis and storms over to the other tardis. The door cracks open and our doctor slows down, the familiar sound of the 9th/10th console room is getting louder. Footsteps down the metal ramp are heard along with some slow claps with an evil grin out steps the (Doctor) "Fantastic"

9 and Martha would've been great. I think a far more interesting What If would've been Nine in the 50th, which of course almost happened - while I think it'd probably just boil down to losing War and giving his character work to Nine, I do think it'd be interesting to see how differently he responded to seeing 10 and 11 compared to War

I've got a few kicking around What if River Song stayed with 11 after Amy & Rory's departure like he asked? What if Missy lived, following her decision to stand with the Doctor? What if Astrid didn't die and got to be a full companion? What if Rory was never restored after the Crack in Time unmade him (given this would prevent River from being born and vastly change storylines)? What if 9 had met Martha first, instead of Rose? What if the Dream Lord had been 11's main villain? What if Clara did not return for Season 9, fully saying goodbye to 12 after Danny's death? What if the order of Doctors was changed? (ie: 9 regen into 11, 10 into 12, etc) What if Gallifrey hadn't been destroyed by the Master? (not necessarily a serious, just a saltiness I have about the show walking back the interesting paradigm shift of them being back in the series and what could have been explored)

Bruh, seeing those edits made me sigh. Even though I saw DW with David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, I really enjoyed Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor and wish he’d do another series 😔

What if the doctor fought the 456👀 That’s the what if I need😭

What if the Valeyard popped up in Smith's era?

What if the paradigm Daleks and (more specifically) victory got a sequel as they definitely seemed to be setting them up to be more than what they became after the backlash…

Suggestion: Clara reversing the mindwipe caused too much damage and forced the Doctor to regenerate. S10 with Thirteen, Bill, and Nardole (and Missy!)

What if clara died when she was originally planned to die.

What If Jodie Whittaker had stayed to be written by RTD? What If Capaldi had stayed on for the Chibnall era? Those are a couple of controversial ideas (albeit I’m glad didn’t happen) I’d be interested to hear discussed.

An Episode where they find a way to give us more 9th would be great. Weve seen the dr like the first dr almost mot regenerate. What if we see a dr change time and continue living. And does a whole series. But we all know it will end with him returning time to the way it was

Do what if MCGANN stayed for series 1

What if Jackie stayed in the same universe as The Doctor? If that were to happen, Jackie would pull the lever so Rose won't have to, causing Rose to stay for The Runaway Bride and more

What if Clara left after season 8 like originally planned?

What if Elton never got noshed off by a paving slab

Christopher eccleston. If he came back it would probably be for a special or a prequel series to new who series one and the events of the war doctor, which isnt long so if he came back, it wont be for long

Would be so interested to see what doomsday would be like as a regeneration story as well, or possibly the runaway bride? Seems almost too cruel to take away rose from him then immediately kill him off before he has a chance to grieve

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Id love to see ninth in the 50th but i do understand that it would undo the narrative arc of the ninth. The big finish audios are fun ways to get more ninth. Also eccleston does not like multi doctor stories and sees them as a gimmick which they are tbh. I know he did something with david warner but i imagine they talked him into that because he wanted to work with david warner and they paid him so fair dos.

What I expected: "What If Chris Eccleston did Series 2?" What I got: 20 seconds of that and then the rest of the video stating that everything in Eccleston's run was perfect and that he didn't need a Series 2.

i think it was best that he only lasted one series, in a way. the bbc were considering cancelling the show with david tennant leaving, and if there hadnt been a regeneration in new who before then people wouldve been even more in shock

probably a what if of the 14th doing the new series. what changes would be made.

Whaf if instead of John Hurt being the war doctor it was Richard E Grant canonizing the shalka doctor

There's absolutely no way Eccelston would agree to play The Master; whereas Smith would evidently agree in a heartbeat. So I'd rather 9 facing The Master with 11s face. You still technically get to see 11 with The Master on-screen together and it's interesting enough to maybe tempt Eccelston in for a multi-doctor-actor story.