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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.

Comments

[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.