Time travel into an alternate universe where Doctor Who was an American show
The United States is a land of Manifest Destiny. If we see something that someone else isn’t using, we take it. And if we see something they’re using really well, we take that too, and change it to suit our tastes. Doctor Who has become immensely popular in the U.S. since the show’s revival in 2005, and it was perhaps inevitable that someone would attempt to make an American version of the show. But fittingly, given the show’s time spanning nature—and the fact that it was a massive flop the last time someone tried to just directly copy the show in the States—YouTube user Sam Vestey has gone further in his vision of an American Doctor Who, creating an entirely separate history for the show using famous American actors as the various incarnations of the Doctor. Using clips from the actors’ various film and television careers, the video attempts to imitate the stylistic and acting choices of the show’s 50-year history.
