Suggestions for a Dr. Who / Torchwood crossover

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One of the things I've been working on is a "Five Things" story for Captain Jack - minor spoilers for Utopia onward follow:



We know Captain Jack got thrown back in time to the 1860s. I want to write a story spanning that period, each chapter a crossover with something appropriate to the period.

1870-80s - a western of some sort - one of the Clint Eastwood films, I think.

1890s - the Buffyverse, Spike's encounter with Dracula and the reason Dracula owes him money. I think that this will be a poker game, or some other card game. Or possibly rat-baiting or similar.

1920s-30s - not sure yet, maybe something set in America e.g. The Grapes of Warth / The Great Gatsby / Thoroughly Modern Millie, but Cabaret might be fun if I can find a plot handle. Or Indiana Jones for that matter.

1966 - Lois & Clark (or Superman Returns for those who prefer that) - Kansas in the 1960s and the arrival of a small capsule from the planet Krypton. I've already written that, but I don't want it to be the first part of the story.

1970s-80s - one of the classic cop shows. The Sweeny? Kojak? Miami Vice? or take it a little later and make it Columbo or Hill Street Blues?

So, suggestions for all of the above (apart from 1966) would be appreciated.

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"or take it a little later and make it Columbo."

The Columbo pilot episode starring Peter Falk was filmed in 1968. The series ran from 71 to 78, and there were sporadic "return of" type movies from 1989 till 2003.

The character is even older than that, though. "Lt Columbo" first appeared in a 1960 episode "Enough Rope" of "The Chevy Mystery Show" on NBC, played by Bert Freed.

"Enough Rope" was adapted into a stage play "Prescription: Murder" starring Thomas Mitchell in 1962.

The 1968 pilot staring Peter Falk was an adaptation of "Prescription: Murder" back into a teleplay.

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Thanks - so I can fit him in pretty well any time from 1960 to 2003. Neat!

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Or even later. Peter Falk has a Columbo script that he wants to do, but ABC (who currently owns the rights) has passed on it, thinking that he's too old.

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Yes, I can see their point - he's in his seventies, I think. Unless they do a "20 years later" thing or something.

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A 70 year old Columbo could come out of retirement to consult on a difficult case, or something like that. Columbo was never a physical role; he always worked by thinking and talking, and the producers were never afraid of aging the character, along with Peter Falk. Now he could add some fake Alzheimer's to his "I'm just a dumb cop" act.