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What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Misterio (2023)

After getting cancelled in 2019, it was eventually decided by Paramount to revive the Spanish spin-off sometime in 2022. It was used to help promote the newly launched SkyShowtime, an international streaming service for Paramount programming, as an original. The only returning cast member was Jamie Blanch as El Doctor. The only new addition was Unax Ugalde as El Desconocido, as a mysterious new "companion". Cristóbal Garrido was brought in as Showrunner with Toni Graphia as a consulting producer. A new logo was introduced, to keep in line with Doctor Who’s 2020 franchise logo. Much like with most shows for the franchise as of right now, the short title card replaced the title sequence, displaying the logo, before cutting to the unified title card which was employed afterward. The theme tune remained the same as Season 1. Most of the series, similar with series 1, fit more of the vibe of modern stories, mainly having original stories but also adapting 14th, 15th, and 16th Doctor stories. The episodes this season are: El Cazador Metalico (an adaptation of Chain Reaction), El Tejedor de Suenos, Guardianes Silenciosos [Parts I and II] (an adaptation of God's Familiars and The Age of Discovery), Repeticion Eterna, Hablando Con Cuernos, Cancion del Cosmos, Plaga Plastica (an adaptation of Praxeus), El Mudeo Animado and Guardians del Pasado.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers (2023)

The newest non-foreign spin-off of Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers was definitely something very different than done before. It was a sitcom that was to utilize the newly rebooted BBC Three and aimed at young adult audiences. It was mostly a BBC venture as Paramount had little interest in the series outside of a small contribution of budget. The series starred a range of comedy actors, playing mostly new characters to the Doctor Who universe. The main star was Jo Brand as The Monk after her debut of the character in The Daleks' Master Plan. The main storyline involved The Monk getting joined by various time meddlers to cause hijinks in Earth's history for the fun it. The entire show was shot at WhoStudios’ Lambert Centre in front of a live studio audience. There was not title sequence just a title card with the show title and creator, who was Ronald D. Moore, who also wrote the pilot. However, the rest of the series was written by Steven Moffat, returning to the franchise after leaving it as showrunner in the late 1990s. Each episode was to focus on a character while the pilot set up everyone. As well as each episode taking place in the Monk's TARDIS and then the location wherever they were going to cause hijinks. The episode are: Incursio Britannica, Yakety Sax, Mincemeat, Axe Fight, Regency Night Fever, and Vienna.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: The New Renegade (2022-2023)

The third season of the show essentially got a new coat of paint from new showrunner Mike Flanagan, and somewhat being a soft reboot, but still felt like a proper successor to its first two seasons with its themes. It has a focus on the character of Vajahnari from the main show, along with older Who characters: the Black and White Guardians (Duncan Fraser). In addition, the character of Amanda Theodore from the Fourteenth Doctor era returns, knowing The Doctor but her not knowing him. Additionally, Kate Siegel and Brandon P. Bell joined as two new characters. The writers room for the series were mainly Doctor Who regulars as to keep it in line with the world of the various shows. Flanagan directed every episode, in addition to co-writing each episode due to heavy script rewrites from all the scripts he got back from the hired writers that he did not hire. The season was marketed as being very different, to keep its distance from the first two series, as they were quite mixed, hence the subtitle. The title sequence became a short title card with a slightly new theme tune to fit with the darker and more horrific tone. The season aired in two halves, the first from Episode 1-6 and the second from Episode 7-10. The episodes this season are Whispers in the Dark, Protocol 5, Wolthorpe Castle, Vajahnari's Gift, The Battle for the Universe, Guardians, Time's End, Last Chance, The Definition of Death, and Zakaktrantan.

Doctor Who (1986)

The Doctor has travelled for thousands of years in space and time... but now he decided to retire. He lives with Susan and her husband David, and their son, Alex. He wants to live a quiet life and be happy. But faces from the past won't let him be at peace. The next thing he knows, his entire family is dead or traumatized. Susan is gone... David is gone... and Alex is sent to a hospital where he'll never be the same again, despite his Time Lord blood. Now, The Doctor decides he will get his revenge on the people who did this... no matter the cost.

American Doctor Who - The Fifteenth Doctor (2023-2025)

After the events of the three part special, Rockwell bi-regenerates into the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Justice Smith, who was seemingly supposed to be the Fourteenth Doctor, until it was revealed Rockwell was coming back. Smith would then be playing the incarnation after Rockwell, as The Fifteenth Doctor while Rockwell was kept around if Smith's version was a failure.

American Doctor Who - The Fourteenth Doctor (2023)

After Moss left the role of the Doctor, it was decided to bring back Sam Rockwell as The Doctor, but a new incarnation with the same face, along with the producer who he worked under. It would only be three specials, with The Doctor and an old companion, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the show.

Captain America (1981)

Captain America and Falcon fight Baron Zemo in the present, while the former has flashbacks to his time in the war, when he fought Red Skull, alongside his trusted sidekick Bucky Barnes.

Nando's Great Lake Avengers

Nando's casting for an animated Great Lakes Avengers Disney+ show, that would be in the vein of a Seinfeld-esque sitcom.

Nando's The Authority for the DCU

This is Nando v Movies' casting for The Authority, for the upcoming DCU reboot by James Gunn.

The Bat of Gotham

A way to redeem all the great actors who played their certain roles magnificently in the Arrowverse, but were given horrible material to work with. Batwoman has been operating out of Gotham for years, even after the disappearance of Batman. With the help of some other heroes, she must take down the evil of Gotham, even if it means confronting her own past, and certain wrongdoings.

The Emerald Archer

A way to redeem all the great actors who played their certain roles magnificently in the Arrowverse, but were given horrible material to work with. Green Arrow and Black Canary fight crime in Star City along with their dysfunctional Arrow family. But old villains begin to resurface, and many wonder if there is something more, or if it's just a coincidence...

The Last Daughter of Krypton

A way to redeem all the great actors who played their certain roles magnificently in the Arrowverse, but were given horrible material to work with. In Metropolis, Supergirl has maintained a life she is content with. However, she constantly feels like an outsider and doesn't feel like she belongs on Earth. Despite this, she tries to help as much as possible, even when people from past and future remind her that there could be something better... or maybe even worse...

The Scarlet Speedster

A way to redeem all the great actors who played their certain roles magnificently in the Arrowverse, but were given horrible material to work with. The Flash has been operating in Central City for almost a decade, and he's still just getting started. With young heroes on his side, as well as support from his various non-powered friends and family, it looks like some returning villains from his past will take him on once again. But it looks like, he might not be able to win this time...

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Sixteenth Doctor [Part 2] (2022)

The Restoration was many things. A send off for Jane Espenson's time on Doctor Who, a celebration of BBC's Centenary, and combined the Eleventh, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth Doctors for the first time on screen together. As well as bringing back many popular companions, the Time Lords, and having the Cybermen. It also was the first time Doctor Who used the AR Wall, a way to share big landscapes and scope without using major sets. Mainly to recreate the Fourteenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor console rooms. It would be a 90 minute television film. For this episode, The Doctor faces the consequences of his actions as he reunites with both former friends and former enemies...

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doktor - Przez Czas i Przestrzeń (2022)

Season 3 was pretty much guaranteed after Tomasz Szafrafiski joined the show. After another project and the Christmas special, things started to look bad for TTAS. This was mainly due to "Lex TVN", a media bill passed in Poland that would result in TVN having to be sold. Luckily, the bill would be vetoed in January 2022. The last chance of bilingual production also ended with Eve, due to the low ratings of the English version. TVN viewed this as a failure on their part and urged the showrunners to put in more international references into the show to get more viewers outside of Poland. While Szafrafiski was unhappy with the list of criteria, he managed to make it work for this season. It would also be Pola's last season, and was set to introduce another companion played Kamila Bujalska, based on Gemma Legato. The episodes this season are: Nadchodzą Dinozaury (Enter the Dinosaurs, an adaptation of Invasion of the Dinosaurs), Zerwij Kajdany (The Liberation, an adaptation of Broken Shackles), Doktor z Mokrą Głową, (The Alien Who Stole the Moon, an original story), Śmierć Dalekom (Beyond the Dead Planet an adaptation of Death to the Daleks), Grób Cybermenów [Parts I and II] (The Rise of Telos [Parts I and II] and adaptation of Tomb of the Cybermen), Pogoń za mataczem (Race Against the Meddler, an adaptation of the Cold Front episode, Timeless), Rebirth of the Mara (an original story), Doktor Widmo (One Night in London, an adaptation of The Phantom Doctor)... CONTINUES IN COMMENTS

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doctor Who: Adventures (Jul. - Sept. 2022)

The fourth season (which is essentially the second half of series 3) would be underway only 4 months after the previous series. This would be the first and last time that a series of 20 episodes would be split up like this, as for series 5, the entire 20 episode block would be under just one series. Some episodes had to be switched around due to the season long arc involving the villain, the Revoc, wasn't showcased in the series 3 "finale". But this involved undercutting the return of the Daleks for this series. BBC had some mandates, that the Queen's Platinum Jubilee had to be at the forefront of episode 1, and that another episode had to tie into the BBC's 100th Anniversary. As well as a story that Phil Ford implemented later on that could be a backdoor pilot for other TARDIS teams in this animation format. The episodes this series are: Prince of the Daleks, The Marinus Factor, The King's Wrath, Murder on the Dancefloor, Data Breach, Kyle's Schooldays, Victory of the Sontarans, Opening Night, The First Adventure, and The Abomination.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Sixteenth Doctor [Part 1] (2022)

In 2021, Mal young and Jane Espenson decided on the 3-serial format for Season 56. Deciding on who should do the first part of this spectacular event, Espenson went to her old writing partner, Ronald D. Moore, who initially said no. He has reservations on returning to the show after his extremely messy exit, so he shrugged it off as a friend being a friend. After a discussion with Ira Steven Behr, Moore reconsidered and accepted (although if he hadn't Ben Aaronovitch would've filled in for him). So then, it was announced in November 2021 at ODWC that Ronald D. Moore would be returning to the show, and that he would be reimagining the First Doctor story, The Daleks' Master Plan as a 6 part serial with each episode being 50 minutes. This would also mark for the first time that Doctor Who would be a Paramount+ Original outside of the UK. The episodes featured are: The Carnivorous Jungle, The Guardian's Tale, The Face of the Enemy, The Cry of the Past, The Secret of Kembel, and The Mutation of Time.

The Weather Man (1968)

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

Lord of War (1989)

An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.

Zodiac (1985)

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.