Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25222488-20140827235621/@comment-6078851-20140828141516

i was never a fan of the old dr who's but i've enjoyed it thoroughly from chris eccleston onward. i am a fan of time travel sci-fi when it's done properly, as in cause-and-effect, a changed past changes the future blah blah etc, and dr who is one of the few sci-fi's that do that properly (most of the time, but there is a few crap time travel shenanigans).

40k in dr who could be done though: there are alternate realities and dimensions he's occasionally been in, and the 40k universe could be done in that vein. the problem there however is that dr who is essentially a family show and 40k is far too brutal to be properly conveyed in dr who. not to mention that it's a 45 minute show and there's no way in hell that it's long enough to provide enough exposition for people who know nothing of 40k - the episode would only work without any exposition and aimed directly at 40k fans, and that would upset a massive amount of dr who fans.

so, it could be done, it could be epic, but it would only please a few (a lot of 40k fans like dr who, but that doesn't mean a lot of dr who fans like 40k). it would never happen because 40k's too big and too brutal.