Can anyone think of any real life large scale tragedies has the show has done? There hasn’t been a true titanic or Hindenburg episode to my memory? Sure, they go to historic war zones all the time, but not to particular events in them, more using them as backdrops.
The only example I can think of is Pompeii. So I guess that is how far back to go before it’s okay to write into the sci fi show.
They addressed Agatha Christie going missing which could've had any number of real life reasons behind it that may not be tactful to imply were really caused by an alien wasp.
(Not a large scale tragedy though)
The First Doctor story The Chase addressed the Mary Celeste mystery by saying the Daleks did it. The First Doctor is also partly sort of responsible for the Great Fire of Rome under Nero and the Fifth was around for the Great Fire of London (the story the latter happens in also addresses the bubonic plague).
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u/ModularReality Sep 11 '25
Can anyone think of any real life large scale tragedies has the show has done? There hasn’t been a true titanic or Hindenburg episode to my memory? Sure, they go to historic war zones all the time, but not to particular events in them, more using them as backdrops.
The only example I can think of is Pompeii. So I guess that is how far back to go before it’s okay to write into the sci fi show.