Help me add a natural-as-possible title drop into a scene for every TV story that lacks one.
Pre-existing title drops that don’t include words like “the” are still counted as title drops, e.g. “So that’s it! You’re a time meddler!”, “It’s your last chance of cussing at a gunfighters doom”.
Pre-existing title drops which have one word off which could easily be changed are also counted, e.g. The Edge of Destruction, The Tomb of the Cybermen.
The list is as follows:
An Unearthly Child
Planet of Giants
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Web Planet
The Crusade
Mission to the Unknown
The Myth Makers
The Daleks’ Master Plan
The Tenth Planet
The Power of the Daleks
The Highlanders
The Underwater Menace
The Macra Terror
The Faceless Ones
The Evil of the Daleks
The Enemy of the World
The Web of Fear
Fury from the Deep
The Wheel in Space
The Mind Robber
The Seeds of Death
Spearhead from Space
Doctor Who and the Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
I ran out of time to list them all, sorry. I’ll try to list more at some point. (Apparently, I only have a certain length of time during which I can edit my posts, so maybe not.)
So what you’re saying is that you and Susan aren’t from Earth? What is she then? An Unearthly Child™?
It’s happening… The Daleks are invading. It’s The Dalek Invasion of Earth™!
Yes my dear, this planet has the most webs in the entire constellation! Some people call it The Web Planet™.
Indeed, they’ve started. We’re going to end up in the middle of The Crusade™.
So what you’re telling me is that we’re sending them to a place which we know nothing about? That’s madness, a Mission To The Unknown™!
It’s no good, the bleeding is too much. Before they get to us we’re going to need a Doctor, Who- mean person who doesn’t care about the bleeding turns around and says And? someone screams and points, this is followed by a musical sting and us seeing what they’re pointing at The Silurians™!
(Yes they’re all intentionally terrible, yes I’ve not even seen these episodes)
Basically, look for stories where the title isn’t spoken at any point. Try to insert a line of dialogue into the script that says the title and make it work.
12:
Deep Breath
Into the Dalek
Robot of Sherwood
Time Heist
Mummy on the Orient Express
Flatline
In the Forest of the Night
Death in Heaven
The Magician’s Apprentice
The Witch’s Familiar
Under the Lake
Before the Flood
The Girl Who Died
The Woman Who Lived
The Zygon Inversion
Heaven Sent
Hell Bent
The Husbands of River Song
The Return of Doctor Mysterio
Thin Ice
Knock Knock
The Pyramid at the End of the World
The Lie of the Land
The Eaters of Light
World Enough and Time
The Doctor Falls
Twice Upon a Time
“Is she some sort of unearthly child, doctor foreman?” “Oh no, but I might be hmm? Ah just kidding, chesterfield, we are all a bit unearthly but certainly not children!”
“Yes Barbara I am afraid we four are trapped on some sort of Planet, hmpf.” “You are saying we are trapped on the Web Planet?!”
“Nothing in ze World can stop me now!” “But professor Zaroff this is Madness you are becoming an Underwater Menace!”
“Yes quite ol Chap, this is certainly a Situation for me, Doctor Who” “And the Silurians?” “Yes Brigadier, I will deal with them somehow!”
Twelfth Doctor: Knock knock
(Yes they are all very incredible and thought-provoking, yes I leave this Conversation after adding nothing of worth to it! Yes nothing in this World can stop me now).
LINX: Peace. Fear not. I shall not harm you.
IRONGRON: It speaks. Who are you? Where do you come from?
LINX: I am a Sontaran officer, a Time Warrior. My name is Linx.
SARAH: It’s a long story. For a start, you’ve got a very nasty twin.
HARRY: Twin?
DOCTOR: There’s been an Android Invasion, Harry.
CYBERMAN: Our deep space probes have identified the Tardis.
LEADER: It’s destination?
CYBERMAN: The freighter.
LEADER: Excellent! Our contingency plans can go ahead. The Earthshock will proceed accordingly.
