Academic Doctor Who Poll

[neadods]

So, there's someone in Australia who's working on a Chicks Dig Timelords-style book, only it's about race and Doctor Who. And I have been known to have opinions on the subject. (In fact, one of the links on the website under "This is the kind of thing I want" is to Mickey, Martha, and the Message that Doesn't Belong on Who.) About a week ago I was directly approached to either expand the essay into something longer or give permission to reprint the original blog post.

Given those two options, I'll take Door A: there's more to be said after Martha's first season, and certainly I never mind giving my opinion, especially in print.

On the other hand, as I started to rough draft the essay and realized how much ground I have to go back over and episodes I'd have to rewatch even for just 5000 words, my overwhelming reaction was "BLAAARGH!"

So:

[Poll #1787327]

Comments

[zinelady.livejournal.com]

One of the things I really enjoyed in the stories was when Sherlock went under disguise. Maybe he could go undercover? Or what about someone reenacting Jack the Ripper's crimes? Or some other less famous serial killer. Or someone is killing homeless people, but the Yard isn't that concerned about it to call Sherlock in because TPTB don't care, but Sherlock does because they are 'his network'. Maybe someone kidnaps Mycroft for some reason and his assistant comes to Sherlock to get help to find out where they are hiding him. You could have someone kidnap Sherlock and John has to come to his rescue...or vice versa. If you want angst in it, it could be something that is beyond Sherlock's abilities to fix and John's in danger. Sherlock could be going crazy knowing he can't help. Depending on what you want, you could have Sherlock collapse on a case because he hasn't eaten (I really think this would have happened sometime) and John putting his foot down as a doctor and making him eat.