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Post by masterdoctor on Nov 16, 2018 0:51:03 GMT
You have just woken up and have gotten an email from Big Finish themselves. In it, they have asked one simple thing(or is it). Due to the success that both the current tv show's historical and the critical success they themselves have had from The Great White Hurricane and The Barbarians and The Samurai, Big Finish are looking to commission a range focused on historicals across Doctor Who. You only have a couple rules.
1. While aliens can feature, they must not be the focus, such as The Demons of Punjabi
2. Since everyone on this forum has been asked to participate, everyone must not use the same historical event. Therefore, it is first come, first serve and if someone takes a historical event, no one else can use it.
May your mission commence and enjoy!
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on Nov 16, 2018 1:14:00 GMT
You have just woken up and have gotten an email from Big Finish themselves. In it, they have asked one simple thing(or is it). Due to the success that both the current tv show's historical and the critical success they themselves have had from The Great White Hurricane and The Barbarians and The Samurai, Big Finish are looking to commission a range focused on historicals across Doctor Who. You only have a couple rules. 1. While aliens can feature, they must not be the focus, such as The Demons of Punjabi 2. Since everyone on this forum has been asked to participate, everyone must not use the same historical event. Therefore, it is first come, first serve and if someone takes a historical event, no one else can use it. May your mission commence and enjoy! Hmm... I hope it's not too big an event to choose at the very start, but one idea that I had (that I actually submitted as my entry to the Paul Spragg Memorial Competition) was... Ever After: a small character piece of a soldier too afraid to fight in the trenches of WW1, and the Eighth Doctor (mid-Time War) comforting him with the knowledge that it is natural to be afraid in conflict whilst facing his own demons. I thought it was a nice little piece of reflection, especially so with it being 100 years since Armistice Day. |
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Post by fingersmash on Nov 16, 2018 4:23:31 GMT
The Price of Decadence
Setting: The Court of Versailles at the doorstep of the Revolution.
Doctor and Companion: 6th Doctor and Flip
Plot: The Doctor and Flip land in Marie Antoinette's boudoir. Normal nonsense occurs, Flip is passed around the ladies of the court while the Doctor gets embroiled in the politics. It ends with a massive speech from Flip about the ruling classes not caring for their people and that coming back to chop their heads off. Literally. The Doctor and Flip leave in a huff when their warning lies on deaf ears aside from one noble who storms out of the palace when no one listens to them. End on a grand speech from the Doctor talking about the majesty of Versailles but the cost of the decadence and whether or not is was worth it.
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Post by Digi on Nov 16, 2018 12:52:44 GMT
The Battle of the Alamo. The Doctor and companions are separated, with the a newly-joined companion and a seasoned companion finding themselves inside the fort during the siege, while the Doctor finds him/herself in the Mexican army's encampment. For the companions' side of the story, you could do a raw look at the terror of soldiers who are besieged and who know that it's very likely that they're all going to die (and maybe resultant gallows humour, if it could be worked into the script without being awkward). Also a harsh lesson for the brand new companion on what it really means to be a time traveller (the 'cannot interfere in pivotal historical events' trope). Meanwhile the Doctor is with the attacking army's leadership, and is trying to temper and delay the assault for the sake of his/her friends, but is limited in how much he/she can do because you can't prevent pivotal historical events. End with our heroes emerging physically unscathed, but the companions (particularly the new one) shellshocked at the savagery of seeing war up close. Perhaps conclude with the new companion being deeply angry with the others for not doing more to stop the attack, leaving a seed for another story. Alternative/modifications: Same story, but have the Doctor and the new companion inside the Alamo and it's the seasoned companion who's out with the Mexican army, ending with newbie mad at seasoned and unsure how to react to the Doctor. I think the story would also be interesting if it were a number of other historic 'great' sieges, like the siege and fall of Constantinople in 1453, or the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, but the core of the story here is really to put Our Heroes through the emotional wringer of the savagery of war. EDIT: My "alternative" paragraph was not meant to lay claim to 410/Rome or 1453/Constantinople, I only meant that those were alternative window dressing for the same story! If you feel like you have a great idea for either of those, by no means should you feel that I've already snapped them up!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 13:15:49 GMT
Every Man A King The Doctor, post S24 and pre-25, travels to Louisiana in the 1930s and meets Huey Long, The Kingfish. For those unfamiliar - read up about him, he's fascinating. What the world could have been like if just a few things were different... Audio Watchdog will know all about him being from those parts. Anyway, The Doctor lands there "by chance" and there's a two way dynamic, it's with Long that McCoy's Doctor learns and perfects his long-game manipulations and at the same time, in Long's assassination, we see The Doctor realise just how dangerous this incarnation will be if he chooses to act as the arch-manipulator. Ultimately, in seeing Long turning on Roosevelt for "the good of the nation", the Doctor decides he has to do the dirty work now in this body before his next regeneration who may not be so willing. No monsters - the evil will be uncontrolled populism (very 2018!) and the nature of man and Timelord alike. Ace will be in the TARDIS with a cold.  courtesy of S19! |
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 16, 2018 14:27:50 GMT
As a German, I pick one of our most important historical events and one of the historic examples of a peaceful revolution. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Re-Unification. You won't need any aliens or time travel shenanigans for that. Doctor and companions travel to Berlin to see the unification celebrations. Maybe one of them is a secret David Hasselhoff fan and wants to see the concert at the wall? Of course the TARDIS is off course and so they end up in Eastern Berlin just before the Big Event, when it was still unclear if the whole thing would end in bloodshed or not. The Doctor and companions befriend some people there who have relatives in the West and are eager to reunite with them. In the crowds, there are also lots of STASI agents who wait for orders to start the violence, and at the border gates, armed military is waiting for the order to shoot. The Doctor and/or his companions get arrested by some of these STASI agents because they behave suspiciously... and they have to try to prevent a volatile situation from escalating and keep historic events on track. I am actually surprised this has not been done before by Big Finish. Some amazing material there, especially fitting for a nice positive Doctor Who story.
Not sure yet which TARDIS team I would prefer in this setup, though.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 14:37:14 GMT
As a German, I pick one of our most important historical events and one of the historic examples of a peaceful revolution. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Re-Unification. You won't need any aliens or time travel shenanigans for that. Doctor and companions travel to Berlin to see the unification celebrations. Maybe one of them is a secret David Hasselhoff fan and wants to see the concert at the wall? Of course the TARDIS is off course and so they end up in Eastern Berlin just before the Big Event, when it was still unclear if the whole thing would end in bloodshed or not. The Doctor and companions befriend some people there who have relatives in the West and are eager to reunite with them. In the crowds, there are also lots of STASI agents who wait for orders to start the violence, and at the border gates, armed military is waiting for the order to shoot. The Doctor and/or his companions get arrested by some of these STASI agents because they behave suspiciously... and they have to try to prevent a volatile situation from escalating and keep historic events on track. I am actually surprised this has not been done before by Big Finish. Some amazing material there, especially fitting for a nice positive Doctor Who story.
Not sure yet which TARDIS team I would prefer in this setup, though.
Have you seen Good Bye, Lenin! with Daniel Brühl? It's one of my very favourite German films. I can easily imagine The Doctor in something like that, having to stop someone who was in a coma in East Germany finding out about reunification as the shock would literally kill them! Wonderful film with one of my favourite images in cinema:  |
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Post by Digi on Nov 16, 2018 14:45:36 GMT
Wasn’t one of the War Doctor stories set in East Berlin? It’s been a while since I’ve listened to them and can’t recall...
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 16, 2018 17:34:10 GMT
As a German, I pick one of our most important historical events and one of the historic examples of a peaceful revolution. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Re-Unification. You won't need any aliens or time travel shenanigans for that. Doctor and companions travel to Berlin to see the unification celebrations. Maybe one of them is a secret David Hasselhoff fan and wants to see the concert at the wall? Of course the TARDIS is off course and so they end up in Eastern Berlin just before the Big Event, when it was still unclear if the whole thing would end in bloodshed or not. The Doctor and companions befriend some people there who have relatives in the West and are eager to reunite with them. In the crowds, there are also lots of STASI agents who wait for orders to start the violence, and at the border gates, armed military is waiting for the order to shoot. The Doctor and/or his companions get arrested by some of these STASI agents because they behave suspiciously... and they have to try to prevent a volatile situation from escalating and keep historic events on track. I am actually surprised this has not been done before by Big Finish. Some amazing material there, especially fitting for a nice positive Doctor Who story.
Not sure yet which TARDIS team I would prefer in this setup, though.
Have you seen Good Bye, Lenin! with Daniel Brühl? It's one of my very favourite German films. I can easily imagine The Doctor in something like that, having to stop someone who was in a coma in East Germany finding out about reunification as the shock would literally kill them! Wonderful film with one of my favourite images in cinema: Hahaha, that was one of the most successful films in Germany, it is like asking at Starbucks if they have coffee...  Yep, of course I have seen that one. One of my favorite films actually.
Since I experienced the whole story in person while a teen, it packs even more of a punch.
I am glad that this movie was also successful internationally.
Yeah, as I said, it would make a wonderful Who story.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 16, 2018 17:36:54 GMT
Wasn’t one of the War Doctor stories set in East Berlin? It’s been a while since I’ve listened to them and can’t recall... Not sure about the War Doctor (since I have yet to listen to any of his stories) but Main Range Red Planets is set partly in East Berlin.
But it is not about East Berlin as a setting, but the German reunification as a setting, especially the single most important night when the wall was opened... and there was every possibility that it could have ended in bloodshed.
But luckily, it turned into one of history's peaceful revolutions.
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Post by Digi on Nov 16, 2018 18:09:58 GMT
Wasn’t one of the War Doctor stories set in East Berlin? It’s been a while since I’ve listened to them and can’t recall... Not sure about the War Doctor (since I have yet to listen to any of his stories) but Main Range Red Planets is set partly in East Berlin.
But it is not about East Berlin as a setting, but the German reunification as a setting, especially the single most important night when the wall was opened... and there was every possibility that it could have ended in bloodshed.
But luckily, it turned into one of history's peaceful revolutions.
Of course! I apologize if I came across in any amount as “it’s been done” — that wasn’t my intent at all, I was just looking for someone with a better memory than mine to refresh me! |
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 16, 2018 18:18:20 GMT
Not sure about the War Doctor (since I have yet to listen to any of his stories) but Main Range Red Planets is set partly in East Berlin.
But it is not about East Berlin as a setting, but the German reunification as a setting, especially the single most important night when the wall was opened... and there was every possibility that it could have ended in bloodshed.
But luckily, it turned into one of history's peaceful revolutions.
Of course! I apologize if I came across in any amount as “it’s been done” — that wasn’t my intent at all, I was just looking for someone with a better memory than mine to refresh me! Wasn't meant as such at all... I just wanted to specify, because "East Berlin" existed for 41 years and the years in the beginning differed quite a lot from let's say the 60s, the 80s and the very end. And we were tasked to provide a specific historic event. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 22:38:57 GMT
An elderly couple are out in the snow and see a patch of blue waving in the trees. Bright blue with polka dots. They take the scrap of cloth and walk forward, finding more and more as they walk until they see a patch of red-green just above the permafrost. Too bright for nature. It seems to buzz wiith life. They dig and discover that it belongs to a coat and the coat belongs to a man. Shot straight through the chest (badly) and left for dead in the snow. They nurse him back to health over many months and eventually learn he calls himself the Doctor. He's lost his friend and must search for her, but it is a dangerous time in Russia. It's the 1930s and Yezhovschina, the Reign of Yezhov, during the Great Purges has begun. An overwhelming wave of arrests and executions that will become infamous in the history of the country. So where does the Doctor decide to go? To Moscow. To its heart. He's certain he'll find his answers there and the duty-bound couple go with him... I got the idea from catching a clip of Colin in War and Peace.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 0:29:39 GMT
Intending to take Jo into her future to enjoy the first Burning Man festival in San Fransisco, the Doctor is less than thrilled when the Tardis lands at the right place but at the wrong time..and won't leave. His annoyance soon turns to alarm though when he discovers exactly when he and Jo are and just why his ship won't respond.
Because the date is April 15th 1906, three days before an earthquake devastates the city and kills thousands. And emanating from somewhere in San Fransisco is a distress signal from a Type 40 Tardis.
The Doctor's Tardis..
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Post by Star Platinum on Nov 17, 2018 0:47:28 GMT
On loan from UNIT to their Canadian allies, the Doctor and Liz Shaw get caught up in the October Crisis. After one hostage is killed, can the Doctor Save Liz Shaw and British diplomat James Cross.
I'm actually tempted to enter it for the short trip contest now.
Do I get bonus points for having the contemporary Doctor and Companion handle the situation?
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Post by Digi on Nov 17, 2018 0:59:18 GMT
On loan from UNIT to their Canadian allies, the Doctor and Liz Shaw get caught up in the October Crisis. After one hostage is killed, can the Doctor Save Liz Shaw and British diplomat James Cross.
I'm actually tempted to enter it for the short trip contest now.
Do I get bonus points for having the contemporary Doctor and Companion handle the situation?
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Post by masterdoctor on Nov 17, 2018 1:02:34 GMT
On loan from UNIT to their Canadian allies, the Doctor and Liz Shaw get caught up in the October Crisis. After one hostage is killed, can the Doctor Save Liz Shaw and British diplomat James Cross.
I'm actually tempted to enter it for the short trip contest now.
Do I get bonus points for having the contemporary Doctor and Companion handle the situation?
Well, you’ve combined my home country and one of the best Doctor-Companion teams, so that alone earns you bonus points. But yes, having a historical without the need of a Tardis is a great idea! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 1:33:01 GMT
On loan from UNIT to their Canadian allies, the Doctor and Liz Shaw get caught up in the October Crisis. After one hostage is killed, can the Doctor Save Liz Shaw and British diplomat James Cross. I'm actually tempted to enter it for the short trip contest now. Do I get bonus points for having the contemporary Doctor and Companion handle the situation?
I'm not Canadian, have no idea what the October Crisis is (Googling it now) and also think it'd be terrific to hear this story. (I'm also just going to very quietly leave this link here.  ) |
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Post by fingersmash on Nov 17, 2018 2:46:02 GMT
Title: A Perfect Land
Setting: The fictional country of Paisen, mid-late Renaissance
Doctor: 13
Plot: Soon after saying goodbye to Ryan, Yaz, and Graham, the TARDIS lands in a small valley in the alps and the Doctor discovers a prosperous nation. A veritable superpower rising from a tiny nation sitting on a smorgasbord of valuable resources. Suspecting interference in time, she charms her way into the court and meets Prince Henri di Paisen and his bodyguard Illya. Henri and the Doctor bond over Henri's mind for inventing and mechanics. Meanwhile, a plot is brewing between the Duchies of Savoy and Milan in the underbelly of the court to take Paisen and destroy it by killing the king and prince, leaving the young nation a footnote of a footnote of a footnote in history with no obvious successors and a quick collapse. With the Doctor trying to figure out what is happening along with Henri and Illya, expecting historical interference, they don't discover the true plot until far too late. The story ends on a bleak note, with the Doctor, Henri, and Illya barely making it out alive in the TARDIS and the newly thrown together team escaping with Henri in tears over his home.
Hey, no one said it had to be a real historical event...
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courtesy of S19!
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