# RL historical figures you'd like to see on "Doctor Who"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 10, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074 "2009-11-10T18:34:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/21 "2009-11-11T03:17:06Z")
The Doctor meets Douglas Adams, takes him to Milliways for a quick bite of the Dish of the Day, and we find out that the Hitchhiker’s Guide novel was actually a non-fiction book masquerading as Science Fiction…
The Doctor finds out the real truth behind the legendary and infamous “Vlad The Impaler”, Vlad Tepesh
The Doctor meets up with P.G. Wodehouse
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/22 "2009-11-11T03:28:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Leonardo Da Vinci.
[Been there, done that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Death).
I like the Tesla idea, but it seems like something Torchwood would be involved in.
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### Author:  [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/23 "2009-11-11T03:46:02Z")
> [@Raguleader](#):
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> For kicks and giggles, I wanna say the Doctor and Jesus.
Astrid: This Christmas thing? What’s it about?
The Doctor: Long story. I should know. I was there. I got the last room.
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### Author:  [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/24 "2009-11-11T05:42:25Z")
Guy Fawkes. Turns out trying to blow up Parliament was the Doctor’s idea.
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### Author:  [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/25 "2009-11-11T07:05:20Z")
Would Edgar Allan Poe be a too obvious choice?
And what about Rasputin?
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/26 "2009-11-11T08:10:05Z")
> [@Raguleader](#):
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> Or maybe Hitler. Maybe The Doctor has to stop Hitler’s scientists from repairing a damaged TARDIS, teaming up with Patton or Zhukov to do so.
I think that would work best if we didn’t see Hitler. Heck, I wonder if it would be possible to pull it off without revealing it had anything to do with Nazis. It could be a case of the companion wanting to help the people out, but the Doctor not wanting to mess up history. Only at the end would they realize they were Nazis, and that helping out could have ruined the world.
I’m all about the twist endings like that.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/27 "2009-11-11T08:58:20Z")
There are craploads of [novels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_New_Adventures) (non-canonical but officially licensed) that cover this idea a few times. I’m sure there must be a Whovian geek around here who could supply us with some lowdown.
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### Author:  [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/28 "2009-11-24T23:46:50Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#):
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> At end of the _Shakespeare Code_ we learned that The Doctor was the “sworn enemy” of Elizabeth I, though The Doctor claimed not to know why. I’ve been waiting/hoping for an episode where we learn what her beef was.
Not likely to happen now. The queen was able to recognize him on site, and the Doctor will have a new face soon. But there is a throwaway line in [the next episode](http://www.denofgeek.com/television/366655/doctor_who_the_end_of_time_children_in_need_preview_clip.html).
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### Author:  [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rl-historical-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-doctor-who/517074/29 "2009-11-25T19:41:50Z")
I’d love an episode where the Doctor and his companion step out of the TARDIS roundabouts the year 0 in northern Israel. The Doctor looks up, sees a man on a hillside preaching to a small group of followers, and says, “Nope, back in the TARDIS, we’re skipping this one.”
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