devious

daleks?

Again, we don't want to give too much away, though a trailer has been seen at a Convention, it is no secret the Daleks are involved.
However, keen fans will know that they didn't feature a great deal in the BBC's "Genesis of the Daleks" - and so their exact involvement (and number!) in our story will remain a mystery at this juncture! We have other delights for the Doctor and his companions - the first of which (the first episode's climax, in fact) is something quite remarkable (and secret!).

writing

The story evolved over a few years from it's original premise. We were certain from the start it would concern the two-and-a-halfth Doctor, since Tony Garner, our actor, seemed to look so much like a cross between the two actors who played nos 2 and 3. We were fascinated by the idea of the Doctor being taken out of time midway through a regeneration - being an incomplete incarnation he would find everything new - new situations, new companions, a new history.

We have perhaps pretensiously designed the tale to be enjoyed on a few levels - hopefully! For the casual viewer, the final episodes may seem a bit of a shoot-em-up/chase/will they-won't they make it type of story. (Is there any other genre these days?) Whilst on another level, the time effect and its implications will give food for thought while the viewer is trying to work out who is behind everything. No more clues will be given, and even when we hopefully show some more segments, you'll be none the wiser.

It was always intended that Tony's Doctor would meet his intended future self - i.e the Third Doctor. We couldn't have been more honoured and proud to have had the chance for that final scene to have been played out with the real actor. Technically te last time he acted as The Doctor on camera he was able to create for the first time the moments before he first emerges from the tardis at the start of the BBC's Spearhead from Space, after a unique regeneration scene.

I see Ashley's left his glass-fibre chemicals lying carelessly around again

As the project has taken us many years, chiefly because we've all had other lives away from the occasional weekend filming sessions, we've had to write around a few strange things to enable the story to progress. Noticing we were all ageing at different rates, we decided to play up the time-ripple line to the tale. As our players (the Doctor and his companions, and the "Rescue Party") get closer to the centre of the scientific complex with its mysterious time weapon, they all feel the effects of the device.

Similarly, we've had changes of personnel. At the outset, the main trio in the project were Ashley, David and Barry. After a year or two, Steve came in after Barry had decided we'd all still be doing this years later! How right he was. However, we're grateful for his help and expertise over the start of the project, especially the "Imberhorne" sessions where we simulated the Scottish Highlands right here in gentle, undulating Sussex. Blimey those fake mountains were heavy!

We've also had to change our cast. Whilst Lynette had only turned up for one day's filming, she was soon drafted in as an assistant, whilst Karl had to leave us after the Imberhorne session, and so a rewrite led to us drafting in Anthony to play Phillip, whilst Karl's character was renamed Luxulyan, and left behind in the Highlands. And yes, before you all mention it, Ashley likes to name characters after Scottish islands, or Cornish villages/ If anyone tells us via email where Imberhorne is then they can feel very clever and smug - for we don't have enough spare funds for prizes!!!


	*daleks?* Again, we don't want to give too much away, though a trailer has been seen at a Convention, it is no secret the Daleks are involved. However, keen fans will know that they didn't feature a great deal in the BBC's "Genesis of the Daleks" - and so their exact involvement (and number!) in our story will remain a mystery at this juncture! We have other delights for the Doctor and his companions - the first of which (the first episode's climax, in fact) is something quite remarkable (and secret!).

writing The story evolved over a few years from it's original premise. We were certain from the start it would concern the two-and-a-halfth Doctor, since Tony Garner, our actor, seemed to look so much like a cross between the two actors who played nos 2 and 3. We were fascinated by the idea of the Doctor being taken out of time midway through a regeneration - being an incomplete incarnation he would find everything new - new situations, new companions, a new history.

	We have perhaps pretensiously designed the tale to be enjoyed on a few levels - hopefully! For the casual viewer, the final episodes may seem a bit of a shoot-em-up/chase/will they-won't they make it type of story. (Is there any other genre these days?) Whilst on another level, the time effect and its implications will give food for thought while the viewer is trying to work out who is behind everything. No more clues will be given, and even when we hopefully show some more segments, you'll be none the wiser.

It was always intended that Tony's Doctor would meet his intended future self - i.e the Third Doctor. We couldn't have been more honoured and proud to have had the chance for that final scene to have been played out with the real actor. Technically te last time he acted as The Doctor on camera he was able to create for the first time the moments before he first emerges from the tardis at the start of the BBC's Spearhead from Space, after a unique regeneration scene.

	As the project has taken us many years, chiefly because we've all had other lives away from the occasional weekend filming sessions, we've had to write around a few strange things to enable the story to progress. Noticing we were all ageing at different rates, we decided to play up the time-ripple line to the tale. As our players (the Doctor and his companions, and the "Rescue Party") get closer to the centre of the scientific complex with its mysterious time weapon, they all feel the effects of the device.

Similarly, we've had changes of personnel. At the outset, the main trio in the project were Ashley, David and Barry. After a year or two, Steve came in after Barry had decided we'd all still be doing this years later! How right he was. However, we're grateful for his help and expertise over the start of the project, especially the "Imberhorne" sessions where we simulated the Scottish Highlands right here in gentle, undulating Sussex. Blimey those fake mountains were heavy!

	We've also had to change our cast. Whilst Lynette had only turned up for one day's filming, she was soon drafted in as an assistant, whilst Karl had to leave us after the Imberhorne session, and so a rewrite led to us drafting in Anthony to play Phillip, whilst Karl's character was renamed Luxulyan, and left behind in the Highlands. And yes, before you all mention it, Ashley likes to name characters after Scottish islands, or Cornish villages/ If anyone tells us via email where Imberhorne is then they can feel very clever and smug - for we don't have enough spare funds for prizes!!!


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