Season 33 (1996-97)
Season 33 would've aired from September 7th, 1996 to February 1st, 1997, being the first season with Hugh Grant as the Ninth Doctor, and the third season with Toby Whithouse and Debra Stephenson as Pearce and Riana Anderson.
You've heard it here first, folks! Hugh Grant is the Ninth Doctor! And with a new Doctor, came new titles and a new theme, made by the one and only Vangelis. The titles start out in a vortex, where the TARDIS spins right at us and back where it was. The credits for Grant, Whithouse, and Stephenson fade in and out, making a fresh new logo appear. The creators' credits, the episode name/writer, and part number fade in and out respectively, ending the titles. The first part of the first serial is slightly different, as the name of Robert Lindsay replaces Grant's.
NEW MILLENNIUM
by GARY RUSSELL
The Doctor, nearing the end of his eighth life, is charged with transporting the remains of his fellow Time Lord, the Master, back to their home planet. Despite his precautions, his old enemy is not only not dead, but is out for revenge.
Creating a timing malfunction in the TARDIS, and bringing the Doctor and his companions to Cardiff in 1999, the Master escapes and puts his plans into motion.
The Doctor must find a beryllium atomic clock and stop the Master, but after being shot down by members of a street gang, how will he succeed?
The Eighth Doctor would've regenerated at the end of the first part, and here's how the regeneration goes: Pete, on night-shift at the morgue, watches the 1931 film version of Frankenstein, as the Doctor comes back to life and, at last, regenerates into his ninth body. His old face glows and turns into the features of a brand new, younger man, followed by a release of dense, foggy breath from his mouth. Surprised and slightly disorientated, he springs up from the gurney and begins banging on the door, attracting Pete's attention. When Pete arrives to see what is the source of the sound, the new Doctor knocks the metal door off its hinges. He is clad in just a shroud, a sight mirrored by the image in the movie. Pete faints in shock while the Doctor stumbles into a deserted wing of the hospital. He walks into a room where he sees himself in broken pieces of mirror. Confused by his new face he falls to his knees and cries out, "Who am I?"
STATE OF CHANGE
by CHRISTOPHER BULIS
Ancient Egypt, 41 BC. The Doctor, Pearce and Riana watch as Cleopatra's pleasure barge glides up the Nile in preparation for her fateful meeting with Mark Antony. And an alien presence observes the TARDIS, waits for it to dematerialise, then pounces.
When the time ship lands, our heroes find themselves in ancient Rome, in the tomb of Cleopatra. But something is very wrong. The tomb walls depict steam-driven galleys and other disturbing anachronisms.
The Roman Empire is preparing for a devastating war — using weapons from the future capable of destroying the entire world.
This would've taken place in, like, Egypt or something.
UNNATURAL HISTORY
by JONATHAN BLUM and KATE ORMAN
Cardiff, somehow, has changed since the start of 2000. The laws of physics keep having acid flashbacks. There are sightings of creatures from outside our dimensions, stranded aliens and surrealist street performers. The city has become a mecca for those who revel in impossible creatures — and those who want to see them pinned down and put away.
Riana's past is catching up with her — a past she didn't know she had. The Doctor is in danger of becoming the pièce de résistance in a twisted collection of creatures. And beneath the waters of the Bay, something huge is waiting.
With time running out, the Doctor must choose which to sacrifice — a city of wonders, or the life of an old and dear friend.
This would've marked the first appearance of the Faction Paradox, which would later appear in the future...
PHANTASMAGORIA
by MARK GATISS
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and his companions to the London of 1702 where a mysterious highwayman roams the streets, a local occultist has made contact with the dead and gentlemen of fashion are disappearing, only to find themselves in a chamber whose walls weep blood...
The time travellers become enmeshed in the hideous plans of Sir Nikolas Valentine, a gambler at the mysterious Diabola Club who always seems to have a winning hand...
This would've started on the day that William of Orange died: 8 March 1702.
THE SILVER TURK
by MARC PLATT
Roll up! Roll up! To the great Viennese Exposition, where showman Stahlbaum will show you his most wonderful creation, the Silver Turk — a mechanical marvel that will not only play for you the fortepiano, the spinet and the flute, it will play you at the gaming table too!
But when the Doctor brings his assistants to nineteenth-century Vienna, he soon identifies the incredible Turk as one of his deadliest enemies — a part-machine Cyberman.
And that's not even the worst of the horrors at large in the city...
In one scene, the orphans suddenly remember about the Cybermen... And what they did...
CATASTROPHEA
by TERRANCE DICKS
The planet's real name is Kastopheria, but generally it's been rechristened Catastrophea — it's a catastrophe waiting to happen. Supposedly civilised races are exploiting the world, squabbling over its wealth and resources, while the indigenous population — golden-skinned giants — seem not to care what their own fate might be.
The Doctor and his partners soon become embroiled in a plan to keep peace between different parties vying for control over the planet.
But what is the strange glowing crystal lying hidden in impenetrable jungle? How will the arrival of the proud, warlike Draconians affect the fragile peace? In his quest to find the truth behind the secret history of the People, the Doctor risks unleashing a force more terrible than the galaxy has known for aeons...
This would've taken place on a planet named, you guessed it, Catastrophea.
SEEING I
by JONATHAN BLUM and KATE ORMAN
He has no idea why they ran away from him.
The two orphans are homeless on the streets of the colony world of Ha'olam, trying to face what's just happened between them and the Doctor. He's searching for them, and for answers. While she struggles to survive in a strange city centuries from home, the Doctor comes across evidence of alien involvement in the local mega-corporation, INC — and is soon confined to a prison that becomes a hell of his own making.
Where did INC's mysterious eye implants really come from? What is the company searching for in the deserts? What is hiding in the shadows, watching their progress? Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle — Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them?
This would've marked the first appearance of the I, a species working under one mind.
THE ENGLISH WAY OF DEATH
by GARETH ROBERTS
The Doctor, Pearce and Riana are hoping for a holiday in London in the sweltering summer of 1930. But the TARDIS is warning of time pollution. And that's not the only problem.
What connects the isolated Sussex resort of Nutchurch with the secret society run by the eccentric Percy Closed? Why has millionaire Hepworth Stackhouse dismissed his staff and hired assassin Julia Orlostro? And what is the truth behind the infernal vapour known only as Zodaal? With the heat building, the Doctor and his friends set out to solve the mysteries.
In the past, The Doctor has fought the Hypnotron, the Aquamen, and the Steel Octopus.
Well, that's it for this episode for Doctor Who: Cerulean Future. Leave a comment on this post if you want more. And until then, see ya!
Hello, I was just wondering if you were ever considering continuing this series at some point in the future? I really like your story ideas and concepts.
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