Doctor Who Interlude

I love the fairytale feeling of series 5, but it occurred to me that it would've worked even better in series 1. Bad Wolf? Huge missed opportunity. Could've used a red/scarlet palette (which incidentally was used in series 5 to good effect), the "wolf in sheep's clothing" idea, and a whole load of "the better to ____ you with" references. That would have been awesome. Moffat perpetuated this so well, but RTD definitely missed the boat. Oh well.

More ideas for the fairytale-series-1-that-will-never-be:

• Jack as the woodcutter
• Misdirection for the audience; insinuate that the Doctor is the big, bad wolf
• Innocence, growing up motif
• Forests! Creepy shadows, etc. (Moffat wins.)
• My, what large ears you have. (Because he does. Have enormous ears. But we also don't want to beat the audience over the head with Lil' Red, so freely omit.)
• He also has a big nose. Just saying.

(In related news, I really need to stop rewatching series 1 and move on with my life.)