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  1. WI in 2010 the Lib Dems won enough seats to easily support Labour in government too?

    In the 2010 UK general election, the Conservatives won 307 seats, Labour won 258 and the Liberal Democrats won 57, with the rest won by various minor parties. Now, the Lib Dems could have conceivably helped keep the Labour Party in government, but not alone: together they would make a total of...

  2. The Mandela Effect in popular culture

    Here are a selection of quotes, facts and listings from various examples of film and TV, in an alternate timeline you may find oddly familiar... ___ DARTH VADER: "No, Luke. I am your father." – Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ___ RICK BLAINE: "Play it again, Sam." –...

  3. Alternative names for Romania?

    In OTL, Romania was so named because its inhabitants speak a Romance language (i.e. based on Latin). But the Eastern Roman Empire – now referred to as the Byzantine Empire – was also commonly called Romania at the time (i.e. "land of the Romans"). So in the event that the Eastern Roman Empire...

  4. DBWI: No "Tales of Springfield"

    It's really incredible to think that the Springfield franchise has actually been on TV for more than a quarter of a century now. But what if the TV show Tales of Springfield had never been spun off from The Simpsons? Would they still have retired The Simpsons at around the same time, or would...

  5. AHC: Former President of the US becomes Vice-President

    Your challenge is simple: have someone who formerly served as President of the United States later become Vice-President of the United States. And no, being Acting President doesn't count: they need to have been the actual President.

  6. Plausibility Check: "Babylon 5" on The WB network

    Here's the OTL situation: for most of its run, Babylon 5 was broadcast by the sort-of network PTEN (standing for Prime Time Entertainment Network), which was jointly owned by Warner Bros and Chris-Craft Industries. But in 1995 when Chris-Craft pulled out of PTEN to launch UPN jointly with...

  7. Alternate movie casting!

    List your ideas here. They could be people in the running for the role who missed out in OTL, people who you think would've been great, people you think would've been awful, anything you like. For example: Charlton Heston as Dr Henry Jones Sr. in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)...

  8. What would a single-LP White Album include?

    If the Beatles had decided to follow George Martin's advice and halve the number of songs included on the White Album, turning it from a double album to a single album, what songs would they cut? Here's the OTL track listing from the White Album: Side 1: 1. Back in the USSR 2. Dear Prudence 3...

  9. TLIAD -- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-2002)

    Do we really have to do the back-and-forth bold and regular text? Yes. Yes we do. Okay then. Now, onto more pressing matters: fifteen years of TNG? Are you nuts? Oh, I think I can make it work with an appropriately early POD. But I notice you're writing it in TLIAD form, which suggests some...

  10. Why did they never make a "Star Wars" '80s Saturday morning cartoon?

    Yes, I know they made Star Wars: Droids and Star Wars: Ewoks. I mean just a straightforward Star Wars show with Luke, Han and Leia in the Rebel Alliance. They could've set it between Episodes IV and V -- villains include Darth Vader, various other Imperial people (General Veers?) and probably...

  11. A Long-Running, Revolving-Cast "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

    Inspired by this text post on Reddit, I have an idea for a short limited-scope pop-cultural TL. The premise: the Star Trek spinoffs' seven-year rule is never established, and instead TNG goes on being made with an evolving cast and premise. First update on its way in a couple of hours; each...

  12. DB AHC: A disabled President of the United States of America

    With a POD not before, say, 1900 (just so it fits within the After 1900 forum), have a physically disabled person become President of the United States of America by no later than 1950. Their disability is your choice, but they must already be disabled when they assume office. Bonus points if...

  13. AHC: China and Taiwan both internationally recognised

    With a POD no earlier than 1950, can you make the People's Republic of China based on the mainland (or a successor government to the PRC) and the Republic of China based on Taiwan (or a successor government to the ROC) both recognised as legitimate countries by every other nation in the world...

  14. AHC: Save MyNetworkTV

    Background information: MyNetworkTV is a sort-of television network in the United States, originally created as a result of a hissy fit by Fox. When the networks UPN and The WB merged to form the new network The CW in 2006, the individual TV stations who would become affiliated with The CW...

  15. WI: Henry VIII has a son with Catherine Howard

    What if Queen Catherine Howard becomes pregnant with King Henry VIII's child and delivers a healthy baby boy, early in the year 1541? Because I have very little imagination, let's also call the child Henry, Duke of York. I'm asking about Catherine Howard specifically because I'm thinking about...

  16. How would an American "Doctor Who" realistically work?

    Inspired by a thread in NPC. What would Doctor Who realistically be like if it was made in America instead of the UK? Let's assume it's still a semi-educational children's series, and it begins airing around the same time as OTL. Let's also assume its premise is the same as OTL: mysterious alien...

  17. WI Channel 10 (Australian TV network) goes bankrupt in 1972?

    In 1972, the 0-10 Network (now known as Network Ten) was really close to going bankrupt before they were rescued by the controversial new program Number 96, which increased their ad revenue tenfold and set them at a consistent third place in the TV ratings. Number 96 was commissioned by the 0-10...

  18. Independent WIN Television network

    So, I learned today that this whole business happened six years ago. I'll summarise. First some background info: the Nine Network is a major commercial TV network in Australia. In 2007, though, its owned-and-operated stations only included Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin: the rest of the...

  19. WI Lon Chaney didn't die of lung cancer?

    In OTL, Lon Chaney was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1929 and died the following year. He only ever made one sound film (The Unholy Three, in 1930) but it definitely shows that he had a voice suited for talkies and could've continued his film career if he'd lived. So say Lon Chaney never gets...

  20. My tentative ideas for the electoral history of "The West Wing"

    Here's what we know from the show itself: -- Bartlet was preceded by a two-term centre-right Republican, under whom Leo served as Secretary of Labor -- Two fictional former Presidents are named: D.W. Newman (one-term Democrat) and Owen Lassiter (two-term Republican). -- The last real-world...
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