Wednesday, August 19, 2015

BBC wants your Doctor Who fanfic and fan films


The fanbase for Doctor Who generates an incredible amount of original content, with the equivalent of hundreds of books worth of new stories and hours of short films centred on the Time Lord being created every year. It's a potentially rich vein of talent, and one the BBC is looking to tap with a new initiative leading into the upcoming season of the show itself.

Launching as part of the BBC's Make it Digital campaign, which encourages people to experiment with coding, programming and digital technology, the new Mission Dalek challenges fans to put together their own stories featuring Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor, bringing him into conflict with his most persistent nemeses. Exactly how he gets there is left entirely up to you though, with the BBC providing an almost entirely blank slate. The broadcaster says "there’s no need to know about the upcoming episodes, except they involve the Time Lord taking on the mighty Daleks."

By: Matt Kamen,

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