Unless you've been hibernating for the last year, you'll be aware that Doctor Who is back with a bang for a new series. With new friends, new time zones and most excitingly the brilliant Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor to step into the TARDIS and start a new chapter in TV history.
To celebrate this, we invited five R29ers – all fans of Doctor Who – to step inside a time machine of their own and tell us what the future (2300 to be exact) looks like through their eyes. Will it be a new civilisation? A planet inside a library? Or maybe the end of the universe?
Here's what they told us...
Meg O'Donnell, Junior Art Editor
"I really hope that the likes of plastic and other non-recyclable synthetic materials are no longer and that our oceans and landscapes are completely rid of these harmful materials. Humans, marine life and animals are safe to roam without inhaling toxic fumes and ingesting plastic straws. I hope as humans we live less selfishly and have total consideration for our beautiful world, at the forefront of our minds, always."
Jazmin Kopotsha, Entertainment Editor
"The future is really, really clean, you guys. I envision (ahem, wish) that hygiene is really up there on the world priority list, everything smells like anti-bac and we’ve got to grips with the waste problem. In my mind it looks a bit like the world Ellen Page creates in Inception – slightly better but not quite familiar. We won’t be living the Jetsons lifestyle just yet but there’ll definitely be loads of fancy tech floating around. My bet is hands-free calling – no phones needed, just a little chip in the side of your face that you tap to chat to your mates."
Jess Commons, Health & Living Editor
"The internet has forced advancement on us faster than many can handle. This is why we see so much hate at the moment – people are scared of the lives they know 'changing' and are trying to control this by lashing out, closing borders and passing laws that look backwards. I hope in 300 years, if we still exist, we'll have learned to use technology to connect better with each other, rather than further isolating and polarising ourselves. Also, a machine that does exercise for you and then feeds you pizza. That would be good."
Sadhbh O'Sullivan, Social Media Assistant
"I'm going to remain the optimist – we have somehow overhauled the very real Climate Change Crisis and are now all running on renewable energy. Consequently, the air has cleared and you no longer end up with black dirt under your nails just for going outside. Our current generation's obsession with plants has turned the landscape into a weird faux forest where we walk to work, watering each other's pot plants before featuring them on our IG stories (which now all live in the glasses we wear). The gender binary that's been propped up for years has been toppled, and everyone's understanding of gender, sex and sexuality is one that is respectful, accommodating and exciting. A girl can dream!"
Emily McDonald, International Sales & Partnership Manager
"It’s 2318, I wake after two hours' sleep to the smell of sizzling tofu (we’ve long eradicated the need to doze and everyone on the planet is a vegan). En route to the shower, I pop into the '60 second workout machine' and burn 1,000 calories by deploying excess brain energy and maximising positive thoughts. My shower tells me that my skin is slightly dry and squirts me with shower gel (designed to complement my DNA). Oh and it’s my 165th birthday (illness isn’t really a thing) so I'm looking forward to blowing out them candles."
Check out the brand new Doctor’s adventures on BBC One and BBC iPlayer every Sunday evening
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