🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 02:39 AM UTC:
Curiously enough, I have learned from reading Doctor Who magazines that
there is a writer on Doctor Who named David Howe. I read at least one
article by him and saw him mentioned various places. On doing a Google
search on the name David Howe, this one got the top spot, and our David
Howe got the second. Anyhow, they are not the same person. They don't
look the same, and they live on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Anyway, I'm thinking that one of the primary characteristics of the
Doctor Who TV show is its randomness. The Doctor would frequently let his
TARDIS take him hither and thither at random, not knowing where or when he
would turn up next. Also, when the Doctor regenerated, he could not control
or predict what changes this would have on his personality, though maybe he
would have some foreknowledge from meeting his future selves. But, of
course, the cast, audience, and writers would not have this
foreknowledge.
So what I'm thinking is that a Doctor Who variant should have some kind
of random element to it. For example, a checkmated King might regenerate
into some random combination of any two one or two space leapers, and if
this allowed him to escape checkmate, then the game could continue. And
maybe he could also be limited to the number of regenerations. I'm also
still thinking that a card game, similar to Knightmare Chess, would be
appropriate.