Stories by @optimistic_writer

Telltale's The Walking Dead

Lee Everett is in the back of a police car being taken to prison after killing his wife's lover. Suddenly, the cop hits a man and they are driven off the road. Lee comes face to face with what looks like a decaying corpse, living, but also not. While going through the woods, he finds a house and comes across a young girl named Clementine. He ultimately decides that he must help her and stay by her side through the apocalypse of the living dead.

What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - The Fifteenth Doctor (2019)

This is the third and final season of the Fifteenth Doctor's tenure. After the debacle regarding Ronald D. Moore last season, a new showrunner was brought on, this time being Adrian Hodges. He wanted to make Doctor Who "event television", bring back the old serial style, and have it air throughout the entirety of the year. As well as bringing back some famous villains. After all of her companions either left or died, The Doctor is joined by a new companion named Bertie, who is a scientist. The stories this season are: The Doomsday Cannon, Homeland, The Long Struggle, Praxeus, The March of Evil, and Her Final Stand.

American Doctor Who - WIDWWA Edition [Eighth-Sixteenth Doctors] (1991-present)

Not done yet. Now we have a What If story within a What If story. What if Doctor Who was American, but also, what if that Doctor Who was never axed in 1989? As a nice little bonus, here are all the Doctors post-Seventh Doctor to the present day, as it would be in the WIDWWA universe.

American Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor (2018-2022)

After another comfortable three seasons, Matthew Modine decided to leave the role of the Doctor. Now with a new producer, there was an ultimate change-up: the Doctor would become a woman. With this, many defenders and detractors ranging from genuine criticism to blind love/hate. However, they would stick to their guns, and Elizabeth Moss would be cast as The Doctor. She would be more along the lines of a jovial and quirky Doctor than the last few darker Doctors. With this, Elizabeth Moss as The Doctor begins!

American Doctor Who - The Twelfth Doctor (2014-2017)

After another 3 years, Gubler ultimately decided to leave the role, feeling like his time had come. Wanting to shake things up further, as well as having it feel like Classic Doctor Who, an older actor was going to be brought on to play the Doctor. Many candidates were considered, but ultimately, Matthew Modine was chosen to play the title role, and he was yet another huge fan of the classic series. With this, Matthew Modine as the Doctor begins.

American Doctor Who - The Eleventh Doctor (2010-2013)

Despite the immense popularity of his Doctor, Sam Rockwell ultimately decided to leave the role after 4 years, thinking his time was done. ABC considered canceling the show due to his popularity, but the producer at the time decided to convince them otherwise. With this, a new producer took his place, and with that, a new Doctor, who was more along the lines of a goofier and childlike portrayal, but still kept the madman in a box personality, while also being an old man in a young man's body. With this, Matthew Gray Gubler was eventually chosen to fill the role. Now, his reign as the Doctor begins!

American Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor (2006-2010)

After only one season, Aaron Eckhart ultimately decided to leave the role after getting a major role in the Brian De Palma film, The Black Dahlia, and thought that would broaden his career more. With this, hunting high and low, Sam Rockwell was eventually chosen as the Tenth Doctor to replace Eckhart, as he was a huge fan of the series when he was growing up. With this, Sam Rockwell begins his tenure as the Doctor.

American Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (2005)

The release of the film garnered mixed box office reception and was a box office bomb. Because of this, the trilogy and reboot of the show was cancelled. However, Disney eventually released the entire series on DVD around the 40th anniversary of the show, which managed to garner a lot of attention towards the series. It was with this, that they finally announced the reboot of the series following The Doctor after the eighth incarnation (as not to confuse new viewers). The actor that was chosen was Aaron Eckhart who would be very different from other incarnations, and would be a darker Doctor who had PTSD from a fabled and unseen Time War in between the film and the new series. With this, Aaron Eckhart now leads the new series with his reign as The Doctor.

American Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor [Doctor Who: The Movie] (1996)

Despite a change in actor, and the last few years of Lithgow's run being quite good, the abysmal ratings convinced ABC to finally cancel the series. During the next few years, there were rumors going on that there was going to be a reboot of the series with a different premise or a feature film to garner attention back to the series. Following the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of ABC and their assets, they ultimately decided to fast track a film which had a rough storyline with an unknown writer. They hired Sam Raimi to direct and write the film, as he was a huge fan of the series as a child. Disney and Sam Raimi planned a trilogy of films with each film featuring a famous Doctor Who villain (the first would be The Master, the second would be the Cybermen and the third would be the Daleks) and then a continuation of the series with the new Doctor. There were many candidates for the role (with Raimi's first choice being Bill Paxton) but they ultimately decided on Kevin Bacon. And now, Kevin Bacon's (very short) reign as The Doctor begins!

American Doctor Who - The Seventh Doctor (1987-1989)

After a year long cancellation of the show, and Christopher Walken being forced to the leave the role due to studio politics, the crew were left scrambling to find another Doctor. One of the crew saw a commercial for the upcoming comedy movie Harry and the Hendersons, and believed John Lithgow would be a good choice for a more lighthearted, fun, and eccentric Doctor. With this, they asked him to be the next Doctor, and he ultimately said yes despite various reservations. John Lithgow's reign as the Seventh Doctor begins.

American Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor (1984-1986)

After his three years were done, Robin Williams ultimately left the role of The Doctor. The ratings and audience reception was good so the producer wanted to do something very risky: start the next incarnation of the Doctor as unlikeable and make him more likeable as time went on, and make him a dark figure. With this, Christopher Walken was cast, who ultimately loved the show and was happy to be a part of it. Walken wasn't a huge fan of the direction they were going in, but loved the character so much, he agreed to it anyway. With this, Christopher Walken as the Sixth Doctor begins.

American Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor (1982-1984)

Despite initially being skeptical, Gene Wilder ultimately fell in love with playing the character, and played The Doctor for 7 whole seasons. But, once the production entered the 80s, Wilder didn't really like the direction it was going, especially with the new hot shot producer that he worked for, for a season. So, he ultimately decided his seventh season would be his last. So a new Doctor needed to be found. The new producer wanted to find someone who was more down to Earth and personable, while also showcasing the manic portrayal of the Doctor when needed. And his choice was Robin Williams. It was very perfect timing as Williams was just finishing his run on another show as an alien: Mork and Mindy. When they approached him for the role, he immediately agreed, being a big fan of the show in his youth. He was a bit skeptical going from one TV show to another, so he approached Jack Lemmon for advice, and Lemmon told him to do the show only for 3 seasons to avoid typecasting. Which is what Williams ultimately decided to do because of this. Now, Robin Williams as the Fifth Doctor begins!

American Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor (1974-1981)

After the somewhat declining ratings of the Second Doctor Era, the Third Doctor era jumpstarted the Golden Age of Doctor Who with some of the best stories at the time. As well as many highly favoring Price's version of the character. He tried to stay on as long as possible, and was the longest serving Doctor at the time, but eventually, he decided to leave the role as he felt his time was up after 5 years, and wanted to go back to film full time. With this, there was yet another hunt for The Doctor. After a lot of time and tribulation, the producers believed they found the perfect Doctor: Gene Wilder. The producer wanted someone who could play both very very dark and very very light, as well as a touch of arrogance and being very sarcastic. And none of this was more apparent than in Wilder's performance of Willy Wonka. Even though Wilder was somewhat against doing a television series at the height of his career, he eventually decided to do it when he saw the direction the series was taking, being more in touch with horror and aiming the show towards an older audience. With this, the reign of Gene Wilder's Fourth Doctor begins!

American Doctor Who - The Third Doctor (1970-1974)

After another three seasons of Doctor Who, and with the success of The Odd Couple, Jack Lemmon ultimately decided to leave the role of The Doctor. Wanting to shake things up further, as well as "beating out" Star Trek as it was cancelled the same year, they wanted for a more grounded approach to Doctor Who, inspired by the Cold War thrillers of the time, as well as the rise of action films. They wanted a Doctor who was a bit more of an action hero but also a scientist to have brains and brawn. Eventually, Vincent Price was chosen as he wanted to get away from being typecast in horror fare and loved to be a role model for children. Thus begins the reign of Vincent Price as the Third Doctor!

American Doctor Who - The Second Doctor (1966-1969)

Towards the end of Ray Walston's third season as the character of The Doctor, he had a small health scare and wanted to leave the series because he didn't want the series to die with him if he did so. The production of the series was in chaos. They didn't know what to do with their main star leaving. Walston suggested they simply recast him, but they felt like it was too cheap. A writer of the series suggested that they recast him with someone entirely different, as The Doctor was technically an alien, so they can explain it was part of his biology. They took the idea and ran with it, deciding to go for someone younger and ties to comedy. They eventually settled on Jack Lemmon, who wanted to go back into TV. In order to compete with NBC's upcoming show Star Trek, they ultimately decided to make the series in color as well as have a focus on alien planets and heavy sci-fi. Here we enter Jack Lemmon's era as The Second Doctor.

American Doctor Who - The First Doctor (1963-1966)

On September 6, 1963 the American television series, Doctor Who, debuted. While it at first received mixed reviews, it slowly became one of the most watched shows on television. Thanks to the incredible producers and writers, as well as the amazing wit and performance of Ray Walston as The Doctor, it cemented its place in pop culture. It followed the adventures of the very manic and mysterious figure of The Doctor as he goes on adventures in time and space within his phone booth called the TARDIS along with his various companions.

At the Mountains of Madness (2010)

A group of scientists head an expedition to the Arctic Circle where they come upon awesome sights, but unspeakable horrors and unfathomable creatures. They might even find the secret to the origins of mankind itself.

John Carpenter's Halloween IV (1988)

It's been 10 years since that fateful night. 10 years since his reign of terror. 10 years since the night he came home. For the past decade, the townspeople won't let him truly die, and now another reign of terror has begun. Is it The Shape once more? Or someone entirely new, who wants the legacy of The Lord of the Dead to live on?

Alien III (1990)

After the deadly events of the film Aliens, the spaceship Sulaco carrying the sleeping bodies of Ripley, Hicks, Newt, and Bishop is intercepted by the Union of Progressive Peoples. What the UPP forces don't expect is another deadly passenger that is about to unleash chaos between two governmental titans intent on developing the ultimate Cold War weapon of mass destruction.

Batman Beyond (1981)

A new Dark Knight protects the Gotham of the future under the tutelage of the original Batman, Bruce Wayne.