History in Living Colour - Friday, Period 3 (Week 2)

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

"Okay!" the Doctor said, bounding into the room when the students had gathered. "No time for chatting, let's get to it. Get to what you might ask? If you are, you didn't read your syllabus! Ask Peyton or Dick for one if you missed out. They're you're TAs and in case you've forgotten, I'm the Doctor."

There were three doors in the room. "Pick a door, any door! Well, except the one leading out of the Danger Shop. One of these three doors, which will lead you to a turning point in history. This week is all about not messing with the turning points, the important stuff, the moments in history that make today the way it is. We're going to learn by doing the wrong thing. Do whatever comes naturally to you once you're on the other side of the door. When you're done, we'll talk about what happened as a result of your actions.

We're all a part of history in some way, shape or form, and there's a lot you can get away with when you're outside of your home time period - by the way, time travel happens, get used to it - but there are some things you should never tamper with. You'll see why. Or, if you read a lot of alternate history fiction, you'll already know. Go on, pick a door." He nodded towards the doors, then commented quietly to himself, "guess we did have time for chatting after all."

Comments

Re: Door 2

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

"So you will aid us in our time of need?"

Re: Door 2

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I'll help you get to safety, yeah," Dean said. "Not going to abandon a lady out here after all. It wouldn't be the chivalrous thing to do."

Re: Door 2

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

"There are not enough men like you these days, sir. I know my way to safety from here, but the guards will soon be upon us. If you could create a distraction, I will reach my men. I will leave one of them in hiding to retrieve you if you follow us, should you evade capture."

Re: Door 2

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry about me," Dean told her, already formulating plans in his head. "I'm real good at avoiding getting caught by the authorities."

Re: Door 2

[veryarthurdent.livejournal.com]

"Go with royal blessings." She gathered up her skirts and rushed off.

The guards began their approach, but the simulation stopped. "You just saved Mary, Queen of Scots from certain death," the Doctor said, approaching from behind a tree. "She met her men, went into hiding and organised the assassination of Queen Elizabeth the First. With Liz out of the way, she started running things. Not everyone was too happy about that. Will Shakespeare, poet, playwright, wrote a play about the whole ordeal and got an execution order for his efforts. Burned his folios too. All of the Bard's great works gone forever. Without his influence, well, it was downhill from there for Western literature and thought. You'd be surprised how many people were influenced by him."