Should they do a ep of "Doctor Who" about "Children of Earth"?

[Jayson]

I think most people will agree that it was good for him to not be in the mini-series. With that said I still think it would be kind of intresting to find out the reason he wasn't there, from a inter-universe point-of-view. Maybe Tennant could guest star, next season and we find out or I kind of like the idea that he was actually helping during those events by rescuring children, that was already abducted by the aliens from other planets.

Jason

 

[Cky]

If ANYTHING is to be mentioned about Children of Earth, it'll be in the final two parts, and a conversation between Jack and the Doctor. Even then it'll only be in passing, nothing more.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Agreed, but I really hope it is brought up for longer than a few passing lines.

 

[StCoop]

Given that 20% of DW's audience are children they're not going to do anything that would encourage them to seek out COE.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

In my opinion, there should be fewer continuity references in Doctor Who, not more.

 

[PorthosShadow]

I think it might be interesting if one of the first things Jack did when he got back out into space was to track down The 456 and make them pay. He could enlist The Doctors help to do it or have already done it on his own which could make for an interesting reunion between the two.

 

[Worf2DS9]

You almost have to wonder though, whether by the time they get around to conceivably working CoE into DW briefly, that the actual TW series will have been off the air for quite a while and it would seem like they were dredging up "old news" so to speak. I mean, if this hypothetical episode were to air next month, then sure. But if it doesn't happen for over a year, then why bother? On the other hand, at the beginning of "Utopia", Jack brought up the fact that the Doctor left him behind in "Parting of the Ways", which happened two years previous, so who knows!

 

[Mr Light]

They could do a Dr Who episode where he goes after the 456. Don't have to necessarily involve Torchwood it could be on their homeworld.

 

[chardman]

I've got a feeling that if Jack runs into The Doctor, he's gonna go off about him not being there when he was really needed... in essence blaming the need to sacrifice his own grandson on The Doctor's absence/inaction against the 456. In fact, I'm guessing that Jack's anger might briefly get so out of hand that it may even play a significant role in The Doctor's need to regenerate.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Rather than an episode of Doctor Who, which, as Worf2DS9 points out, would be a little late, all things considered, I would like to see a novel, not unlike The Story of Martha, that explored what else was going on during the events of Children of Earth. That could mean Martha on her honeymoon. That could mean the Doctor doing whatever. That could mean Sarah Jane and Luke. That could mean the Brig. Basically, put the events of Children of Earth in context, in a way that an episode really wouldn't.

Could such a tale be told in such a way that worked for the NSA audience? That I don't know.

Oh, and I'd want Lawrence Miles to write it.

I think it might be interesting if one of the first things Jack did when he got back out into space was to track down The 456 and make them pay.

I do see Jack going all Abslom Daak-like on the Four-Five-Six. Hmm, John Barrowman with a chainsword. Hmm.

 

[Kelso]

Yeah, they should make an episode where all of the children of Earth are in danger... but The Doctor turns away in shame.

That would loads of fun to watch.

 

[Cutter John]

Yeah, they should make an episode where all of the children of Earth are in danger... but The Doctor turns away in shame.

That would loads of fun to watch.

But we all know he'd never do that. At least not without following it up with a heavy dose of Family of Blood style payback.

 

[David cgc]

It would be weird if the british government was freezing the Doctor out just like they were Torchwood. It'd be interesting if he was there the whole time, and just completely stymied by Frobisher's ass-covering.

 

[Sci]

I dunno why anyone would expect the Doctor to be there for this particular crisis. I mean, he spends 3/4ths of his time in the distant future or the distant past, fighting monsters and trapped with the TARDIS out of reach. It's entirely possible that the TARDIS telephone was ringing off the hook but the Doctor wasn't there to pick it up because he was saving damsels in distress in Ancient Greece or overthrowing the corrupt government of Ceti Alpha XVII in the year 29439.

 

[23skidoo]

The thing about Children of Earth was that it fulfilled the original mission statement of Torchwood -- which arguably they haven't fulfilled until now -- of telling stories Doctor Who truly cannot tell. And I don't mean stories involving orgasm monsters, I mean stories that paint humans in such a bad light it calls into question the Doctor's love for the planet, violating the principles dating back to 1963. CoE, in my opinion, was such a story. There was no way the Doctor could have been involved, and my hat off to RTD for actually addressing the issue in the mini-series (in the process making a strong tie all the way back to The Christmas Invasion when Torchwood was officially unveiled). (I don't think mentioning this is a spoiler; it's pretty minor.)

Just as several post-Journey's End episodes have acknowledged the moving of the Earth in some way -- CoE, Planet of the Dead -- I'm pretty confident that there will be at least a reference to the events in a future DW episode. If Jack appears again in DW that's almost a certainty. There's also a possibility a reference could be made in the finale, and I wouldn't put it past RTD to toss a reference into the upcoming SJA season, too. It's too big an event to be swept under the carpet. And if they're not deciding to retcon everyone regarding the Earth being moved, they won't ignore CoE and its ramifications.

Cheers!

Alex

 

[Messianni]

I dunno why anyone would expect the Doctor to be there for this particular crisis. I mean, he spends 3/4ths of his time in the distant future or the distant past, fighting monsters and trapped with the TARDIS out of reach. It's entirely possible that the TARDIS telephone was ringing off the hook but the Doctor wasn't there to pick it up because he was saving damsels in distress in Ancient Greece or overthrowing the corrupt government of Ceti Alpha XVII in the year 29439.

Exactly. He can't be there for every little crisis Earth manages to get itself into. He may not even want to.

 

[Worf2DS9]

^ Yeah, he's not Superman, after all.

"What?! Earth is in crisis again? Blimey, but we were just there! I'd really rather save the inhabitants of Moldavon XIV from the warring worms in the year five billion. Wouldn't you? Moldavon XIV. Happy people, lovely weather, peaches the size of pumpkins..."

 

[AviTrek]

^ Yeah, he's not Superman, after all.

"What?! Earth is in crisis again? Blimey, but we were just there! I'd really rather save the inhabitants of Moldavon XIV from the warring worms in the year five billion. Wouldn't you? Moldavon XIV. Happy people, lovely weather, peaches the size of pumpkins..."

But he does have a time machine. No reason he can't do both.

 

[Sci]

^ Yeah, he's not Superman, after all.

"What?! Earth is in crisis again? Blimey, but we were just there! I'd really rather save the inhabitants of Moldavon XIV from the warring worms in the year five billion. Wouldn't you? Moldavon XIV. Happy people, lovely weather, peaches the size of pumpkins..."

But he does have a time machine. No reason he can't do both.

Yeah, but he seems to have "anchored" himself to the timespan of Martha and Captain Jack. The connection between Martha's superphone and the TARDIS seems to function so that when Martha's phone activates from, say, the year 2009 in "The Sontaran Stratagem," the signal is received in the TARDIS at a point in the TARDIS's timeline that is the same amount of time relative to the TARDIS since Martha left as it has been relative to Martha since she left.

Perhaps that causes some kind of paradox to occur if he tries to go and change history if someone from Earth contacts him after the crisis they contacted him for has been resolved.

 

[Mr Light]

^ Excellent fanwankery That's actually a pretty good explanation.