A historic person as a future companion

[Starkers]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind seeing the Tesselecta again? A giant shape changing robot crewed by tiny people...that never gets old.

Could be Kamelion for the 21st Century

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Not quite historical, but I'd love for Sarah Bolger's Princess Mary from The Tudors to travel in the TARDIS.

That would definitely be fun, but I don't see her 16th century X-TREME CATHOLICISM!™ meshing well with the Doctor for very long.

See, I could see the Doctor (specifically, the tenth Doctor) taking Princess Mary on as a reclamation project. Plus, she changes over the course of the series; until Eustace Chapuys dies, the fourth season Mary is pretty mellow religiously.

 

[Kelthaz]

I don't really get the point of the Tesselecta. Why not just have a robot with AI or controlled remotely by a ship in orbit? Having an entire crew inside a human sized robot just seems kinda dumb -- what if it gets hit by a bus?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

But, if it was someone like DB Cooper or Amelia Earhardt, who just disappeared one day, that mystery is still there. They may have been killed by Daleks, or decided to stay in 25th Century Earth...

I suppose that would work, but Earhart brings back bad Voyager memories. Let's steer clear of that.

What if she wore the same pants as in Night at the Museum? I'd have to give a thumbs up...

 

[marillion]

But, if it was someone like DB Cooper or Amelia Earhardt, who just disappeared one day, that mystery is still there. They may have been killed by Daleks, or decided to stay in 25th Century Earth...

I suppose that would work, but Earhart brings back bad Voyager memories. Let's steer clear of that.

What if she wore the same pants as in Night at the Museum? I'd have to give a thumbs up...

Schwing!!

 

[G2309]

I think I'd prefer a made up person representing a time and place from our history. If it was a real person from history we'd always wonder if thats how they would react.

 

[David cgc]

I don't like the idea. The problem with using an historical character is that you know how his story arc is going to end. If Abe Lincoln joins the TARDIS crew you pretty much know that he's not going to go down fighting the Daleks.

But, if it was someone like DB Cooper or Amelia Earhardt, who just disappeared one day, that mystery is still there. They may have been killed by Daleks, or decided to stay in 25th Century Earth...

If they're going to keep pandering to Americans (which I'm all for, by the way), I would love a story where the Doctor either meets or turns out to be D.B. Cooper.

 

[Sean_McCormick]

I'm wondering, why no one has mentioned Albert Einstein yet. After all, it might be interesting to see his first attempt to steal the TARDIS.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I don't like the idea. The problem with using an historical character is that you know how his story arc is going to end. If Abe Lincoln joins the TARDIS crew you pretty much know that he's not going to go down fighting the Daleks.

But, if it was someone like DB Cooper or Amelia Earhardt, who just disappeared one day, that mystery is still there. They may have been killed by Daleks, or decided to stay in 25th Century Earth...

If they're going to keep pandering to Americans (which I'm all for, by the way), I would love a story where the Doctor either meets or turns out to be D.B. Cooper.

I'm not sure that most Americans are that familiar with Cooper.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Since a few missed references to the Graduate, I wouldn't be suprised.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I'm not sure that most Americans are that familiar with Cooper.

Except maybe for regular viewers of Prison Break.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I don't like the idea. The problem with using an historical character is that you know how his story arc is going to end. If Abe Lincoln joins the TARDIS crew you pretty much know that he's not going to go down fighting the Daleks.

But, if it was someone like DB Cooper or Amelia Earhardt, who just disappeared one day, that mystery is still there. They may have been killed by Daleks, or decided to stay in 25th Century Earth...

Whatever happened to Jimmy Hoffa? Maybe the Cybermen got him rather than the mob.

 

[Sindatur]

I'm not sure that most Americans are that familiar with Cooper.

Except maybe for regular viewers of Prison Break.

San Jose, CA has (Or at least used to have) a Dance club called DB Coopers, with a guy parachuting from the ceiling and money falling out of a bag.

 

[David cgc]

I'm not sure that most Americans are that familiar with Cooper.

They don't have to be. It's still a framework for a great story set in the states, and it'd just be a bonus for the people who knew it was based on something that really happened. Like the missed opportunity to put the secret message in Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon where the missing "a" is supposed to be. I also remember reading somewhere that there actually was an mysterious unnamed nobleman who hobnobbed with Madame du Pompadour, but I can't find anything about that now, and I suspect it may have been a wikipedia prank. But if it wasn't, it'd be a good example of another "stealth historical."