What I want to see from Series 8 (Part 2)

Yesterday, you may remember, I began to speculate and create a wish list of Series 8 and today I'm going to continue that list.

4. 13 stories and no split and the return of two parters!
Goodness, has this wound me up! Series 6 and 7 have been split in the middle, by a huge break, meaning that after a few stories, we have to wait up to 6 months for more! Judging by recent comments made by the new executive producer, Brian Minchin, hopefully there will be 13 stories WITHOUT a split! No clues however have been dropped about the return of the two parter. I think this was another reason why some of Series 7 was so rushed and without character development- because there was no two parters. Two parters are almost essentail to a series, it used to be in the olden days, that Doctor Who wasn't a single episode long, and therefore you'll find hardly any rushed endings to pre 1996 Whos!

5. The Return of a Hartnell Villain!
Apart from the Daleks and Cybermen, there have been NO Hartnell enemy returns in the modern run of Doctor Who. Some of Hartnell's foes were classic threats in their day, and just because they're prehaps not as shiny or brilliant as modern foes, dosn't mean they should be over looked. Some of Hartnell's foes are some of my favourites- yet they are critically under-rated. The Monk for example. He and his debut story are both very under-rated, where as I class both him and The Meddling Monk as classic. The sheer concept of him is just fantastic- I know he's not much different to The Master, but he was around first and his ideas are much more radical than that of the Master's. It would be great to see him back. Or how about the even more under-rated Moroks. Their debut is not very well liked or aclaimed, however I thought The Space Museum wasn't all that bad. It had its cons- but almost every story has cons. I think one of the issues with The Moroks was the fact that they weren't particuarly powerful or special; they had had a huge empire, but had lost it. I think they could be redeemed via an origin story, showing them before their decline.

More Alien Planet Stories
In Series 7 (A and B) only 4 stories were set on alien planets, while the other 10 were either Earth bound or set in a spaceship. I would like to see a more even balance- 6 alien planets and 7 Earth stories (past, present and future). It would be less same, same, and it would introduce us to some beautiful cultures and powerful empires. But the stories would have to be good and worthwhile- not just there to introduce us to an alien planet; if you're going to do that, you may aswell just reference it in another better story. Why not bring back old alien planets and reinvent them in the past or future. Take the Gond planet from The Krotons, why not revisit that planet and see how they're doing on their own, but discover the world is being threatened by another group of Krotons- and this time, they could give the planet a damn name!

So, that is my wish list of Series 8. I doubt any of this will actually happen- but it's just what I want, and it would be nice. What's on your wish list? Leave it in the comments below!