What if...

Doctor Who features many possible timelines "What if..." moments. Such as, "What if..." Skaldak had activated the nuclear missiles or "What if..." The Doctor had never met Ian and Barbara. But think about "What if..." things had happened differently in real life... everything could be different. Anything could have happened, and I can't help but wonder if we would have had the show we all love if any of these details were different...

"What if..." William Hartnell wasn't interested. The show may still have gone ahead, but he might not have pullled it off as well as Hartnell. It may be the case that it did work with another actor, but if it hadn't, then Doctor may have lasted for a year, maybe 2, not the 50 it has!

"What if..." some of Doctor Who's best writers, weren't involved. Things would have been very different. We would have classic stories like The Chase and The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Brain of Morbius or even more recent ones like The Last of the Time Lords  orThe Name of the Doctor. If these classics were instead replaced by terrible stories, such as the rejected story The Face of God.

"What if..." it was decided time travel was too complex and was replaced by a different concept. Doctor Who would have still gone ahead, but it would be COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Instead of time travel, it might have been about a wacky scientist who created inventions that went out of control or about a Doctor who lost his memory and didn't know his name, and instead of Sci-Fi it was a mystery drama.

But the most interesting point of all is, "What if..." insteading of being rebooted in 2005, Doctor Who had just been launched. Things would have differed greatly. There would be no history, hardly any classic adventures and no Daleks :(! Due to the fact it would be created by very different people, in a very different time, it might differ greatly. It might end up called something different and be about something different (like my point above, but worst). I trust that RT-D would have come up with something good, but I'm sure it wouldn't be as good as the show we've all come to love... Doctor Who. All about a man in a blue box; not about a Doctor who's lost his memories- and that is how it has always been and how it will always be!

Thank you Sydney Newman for getting everything right and thank you to everyone who is has ever contributed in anything Doctor Who related- TV, magazines/comics, films, books and fansites!