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Opportunity for New Writers

For a very limited period, Big Finish is pleased to invite prospective writers to pitch ideas for a one-off, 25-minute Fifth Doctor and Nyssa audio adventure, which we hope will make up one of four single-episode stories comprising a future
 
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I'd take a swing at this but I think my Dr Who knowledge atrophied sometime around Grade 10.  Unfortunately.  Because I think this could be fun.

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[greylock.livejournal.com]

I'd take a swing at this but I think my Dr Who knowledge atrophied sometime around Grade 10. Unfortunately. Because I think this could be fun.

What's to know?
The Doctor is a hero, bouncing around time and space in the TARDIS, Nyssa is a vaguely telepathic, sympathetic bio-chemist from the destroyed technological paradise of Trakan, and they have adventures.

Continuity really isn't an issue, and the characters are defined more by the supporting mythos than the actual characters.

(That said, the Big Finish stories are usually pretty solid).

(Obviously, I haven't a single idea or I'd be up for this).

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Feb 1 is a pretty tight deadline. It's also the (self-imposed, agent-promised and certain-to-be-missed)deadline for my actual book. I dont see how I could.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Feb 1 is a pretty tight deadline.

Well, there is that too.
But IIRC they only want a 500 word breakdown and a single scene.

But you mount a good argument.

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

500 word and a breakdown? Hmm... I missed that part. I'll mull it over.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that it's what it said in the pdf.

[stabarinde.livejournal.com]

The Fifth Doctor should have been on the go when you were in Grade 10, so it should all be relatively fresh. If continuity bothers you, you can probably find synopses of the Big Finish adventures online somewhere. You can definitely find synopses of the TV show from that time on Wikipedia, or on the BBC website. The key things are to figure out if your adventure takes place before or after Adric died - not for major continuity issues, but because it makes the Doctor a lot more protective, conservative, a bit dark. Also, no sonic screwdriver. :)

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

I've always hated the sonic screwdriver. :)

I wont hold my breath on this... I really have NO time at the moment. But I'll kick it around. You never know.

[stabarinde.livejournal.com]

I actually like the sonic screwdriver - the concept I mean. And it's always been a very Doctor-y Thing for him to wield, as it's in no way a weapon, and the Doctor abhors weapons and violence for the most part. But it's been used as the miracle-cure all too often. It is possible to craft a story that includes it, without relying completely on it, but it's a fine line that was constantly being crossed in the late 70s early 80s, which is why the producer had it killed off. Davidson's Doctor was the better for it, if memory serves.

I have two Who stories on the go at the moment (for the TV series). In one the Screwdriver is confiscated, and in the other, in a nod to the Tom Baker story The Ark in Space, he's left it on the Tardis by mistake, and can't get back to it. In the former (I really like this bit), he actually needs something like a sonic screwdriver to save the day, but has to improvise with two 20 ton generators and a ULF transceiver array. :D

[belegdel.livejournal.com]

used as the miracle-cure all too often

Indeed. A key point totally lost on the current batch of writers, who not only resurrected the screwdriver but threw in the psychic paper.

May as well have given him "plot resolution powers" and been done with it.

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Bingo. It's why I can't stand the show.