Doctor Who Blog

50 Glorious Years: Epilogue - To Our Children’s Children’s Children’s Future

Where do things go from here for Doctor Who, for the next 50 years? Well we know it starts with Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor (let’s not get into a tedious numbering debate - at least, not here, and not yet). The wonderful thing about Doctor Who is that one feels it really could go anywhere, and that, even if there are stops and starts, it will indeed last another 50 years and longer. Which would mean that not only will many of the original fans from the 60’s be outlived by the shnow, even fans like myself (who may be described as being from the 1980’s) won’t get to see all future Doctor Who stories that will be made. Which is why it is always great to see new generation after new generation to get into the show, because, unselfishly, we know that Doctor Who is such a great show, a fantastic idea and such an important role-model and hero as the main character, it is important that future generations enjoy the character long after we are able to do so on this mortal coil. As for what technological innovations might be around decades from now for new episodes to be made in…....well that’s something to have fun imagining.

Another question is whether fans will get a chance to see all of the old stories that we haven’t been able to, in one form or another. As either episode recoveries and animations seem to happen every year lately, and as technology continues to improve, the chances of us being able to sit down and watch Doctor Who from beginning to the present day seems more and more likely, and far more so than it ever did. Just like the notion that there is a new generation of fans who may never know what it is like to watch The Mind of Evil in black and white (and may not ever know what it was like to dream for decades that one day we could do so), there one day might be fans who will never know what it is like to have to listen to a missing story soundtrack without any moving images whatsoever. Well, it’s a nice dream to have, for both Doctor Who’s past and Doctor Who’s future.

1 Comment...

nice post keep it up

Posted by Eric  on  04/28  at  03:41 AM

Post a comment

Name:

Email:

Location:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below:


Recent Stories

Issue 172

After the anniversary : Enlightenment reviews the anniversary celebrations! Plus…

  • Michael Wisher and Philip Hinchcliffe interviewed
  • The recovered Troughton episodes
  • News and reviews

Download this issue

Issue 171

Their Secrets Revealed : The final reviews for Season 2013! Plus, in this last print issue of Enlightenment before the all-digital era begins…

  • Re-evaluating recovered episodes—you know, hypothetically…
  • The Gazetteer of Doom
  • News and reviews

Myth Makers Presents: Golden Years

Gold represents something long-lasting, something untarnished and unaffected by the passage of time. Myth Makers Presents: Golden Years celebrates the timeless elements of Doctor Who that have appealed to the show’s followers for half a century. Celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who with DWIN’s fiction anthology, Myth Makers!

An important message for DWIN members

Enlightenment will be switching to a digital only publication and membership fees will be ending. Find out more about this important change

New Doctor to be Announced LIVE on SPACE this Sunday!

Who will be the next Doctor? Find out LIVE on SPACE this Sunday at 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific.


Is something broken?

©Doctor Who Information Network (DWIN) 2009