Things that would have happened if I were a Doctor Who companion

[xiphias]

Doctor: If someone who knew the future, pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives... could you then kill that child?

Sarah Jane Smith: We're talking about the Daleks. The most evil creatures ever invented. You must destroy them. You must complete your mission for the Time Lords!

Doctor: Do I have the right? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear... in peace, and never even know the word "Dalek".

Sarah Jane Smith: Then why wait? If it was a disease or some sort of bacteria you were destroying, you wouldn't hesitate.

Doctor:'But if I kill. Wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks.

Ian: [reaches over and pinches the two wires together]. Fine. I'll do it.

Comments

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

That's one of the differences between real life (simulation in RPGs) and fiction (storytelling in RPGs).

That result is better for history, but it makes for a less interesting story.

Kiralee

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Actually, the result wouldn't have made any difference -- the way the episode played out, the same result would have happened either way.

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

It's been somewhere around 20 years since I first / last saw the episode in full, and my memory may not be perfect. But, as I recall, the final solution did not end with the destruction of the Dalek race, and the Doctor knew, or planned it that way (it wasn't just something the BBC cooked up later so they could keep using the Dalek... well, it probably was something the BBC cooked up so they could keep using the Daleks, but they did it at the time, and it was in the story...)

If the Doctor's right (in your quotation above), and touching the two wires together would cause the Dalek's to cease to exist... well, that would be a different end result.

Kiralee

[nextian.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the new season? Same moral dilemma. He did it once. He couldn't do it twice.

I don't know if I could. I'd certainly shoot Hitler, but could I kill every single Nazi in all of WWII? Maybe not.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Every Nazi? Maybe not. Every SS member? Yeah, probably.

[arib.livejournal.com]

Just like the first doctor's companion named Ian, very pragmatic.

[sproutntad.livejournal.com]

Wait, the Dr had a companion named Ian? Didn't he have one named Leila *maybe spelled differently* but still.... Mom, Dad???? Is this the REAL reason you named us like you did??

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the first Doctor, William Hartnell, travelled with a science teacher and a history teacher from his granddaughter's school, named Ian and Barbara respectively.

More interesting is that the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, travelled with companions, among whom were Sarah Jane Smith and Lt. Harry Sulivan, who often travelled together. They were played by Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter.

Notice that? The actors who played the fourth Doctor's companions were named Ian and Elisabeth.

[deerdancer22.livejournal.com]

Close - her name was Leyla and she was an Amazon warrior type - tall, long hair, skimpy clothes and a real warrior!

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

You forgot the most important reason why the Doctor hesitates to kill the Daleks: if he wipes them out, he takes himself off the air. :)

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