Could you run me through a few of them? I can’t open the site.
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Here are the guidelines for the opportunity:
All entries must be submitted electronically either as Word-compatible documents or PDF pages, sent to competitions@bigfinish.com. Entries must consist of two parts: a synopsis and an opening excerpt from the story.
The synopsis must be a single page (this tends to be approximately 500 words).
The opening excerpt from the story should also be a single page (again, approximately 500 words – prose, not drama script). This is to give a flavour of the writer’s ability and intentions, which can change if the story is commissioned. See below for how to download some examples from previous years.
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No established monsters (for example, Daleks, Cybermen, and so on) or villains (for example, the Master, the Rani, and so on) can be used, nor established Doctor Who characters (including those from the Worlds of Doctor Who; for example, UNIT, Jago & Litefoot, Counter-Measures, and so on). Most television companions from the New Series (2005 onwards) cannot be used, except for Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble. However, classic series companions (excluding K-9), plus companions created by Big Finish (such as Charlotte Pollard, Hex, Evelyn Smythe, etc.) can be used. (Note: do not create a new companion for the Doctor in your story).
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If you’ve never heard a Doctor Who - Short Trip before, it’s recommended that you give one a listen to get a sense of how they sound and what can be done in the format. These are the stories previously published as part of the Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity:
2016: Doctor Who: Forever Fallen by Joshua Wanisko
2017: Doctor Who: Landbound by Selim Ulug
2018: Doctor Who: The Last Day at Work by Harry Draper
2019: Doctor Who: The Best Laid Plans by Ben Tedds
2020: Doctor Who: Free Speech by Eugenie Pusenjak
2021: Doctor Who: The Lichyrwick Abomination by Joe Vevers
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Thanks!
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What character from British public domain would make a good doctor who guest? (Asking for my short trip submission [if I can find the time to write it])
I am thinking of using either Sherlock Holmes (classic not cumberbatch) or King Arthur.
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Maybe King James? I dunno.
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I think Holmes will be Who 
I go with.
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Holmes actually did exist, but he looked at the Book of the Enemy and turned himself and those closest to him into fiction.
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King james is real. I am kind of confused by what you mean.
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Nevermind I know what you mean.
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How can we have that in common and still disagree on this? 
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The Rosa Parks thing was a) a predestination paradox caused by no one in particular, and b) Rosa Parks was - and I know this sounds crazy, but please go to the Wikipedia page for Claudette Colvin - Rosa Parks was a false flag. I know, trust me, I know. But a competent showrunner would’ve read Rosa’s Wikipedia page.
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The Frankenstein thing was also a predestination paradox, and also utterly nonsensical in the implication that also, it’s not a predestination paradox. But for sure, Maxine Alderton is the only one even remotely approaching competency.
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She was just there for the King James thing, she didn’t really affect the outcome.
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I don’t care if she defeated Darkseid, the Flux still destroyed the entire Universe and she not only didn’t stop it, she acted like she had won.
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Being smart doesn’t make her the Doctor.
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I agree, but sadly, not enough people know about Claudette Colvin, so it would not have given the same reaction as Rosa Parks.
The predestination paradox is another name for the Bootstrap Paradox. While the Doctor did influence events, he didn’t write the book under Mary Shelley’s name so it doesn’t fit.
True, but she did show him that not everything weird is Witchcraft.
She may have not stopped it, but it was her plan that led to the destruction of the Flux… and several million hostile aliens.
True, but it helps.
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