Fuck idk

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twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

-cup empty: you will need to pee soon

1. Do not do age verification.

Do you have a rough budget? No. Currently seems unlikely they’ll fund it at all.

Do you know if the actors you want will be available? No. Literally don’t know when it could be filmed.

Do you know where it will be filmed? No. Don’t know which companies would even be involved.

Do you have the new Doctor for the regeneration? No. Because you don’t even know if there’s going to be a following series.

You do not know: the Characters and Actors, the Scope, the Locations, the ability to create Sets, Aliens, the future Doctor themselves, and even if it was going to end up the last episode or not.

And worst of all the BBC won’t even actually officially even cancel it but are saying ‘well if we get a partner’, leaving you in limbo, which along with everything else will come with more changes and restrictions you can’t foresee, including your own status as a writer for it anyway (and ones you won’t work with even if they did).

Can you write a fanfic for it, of course you can, but you cannot do an Actual Real World Script without knowing at least your rough guides for those things. Did he have the ideas? Sure. And time-wise this man is famous for bringing those together and being able to knock out scripts in a sleepless weekend - like Midnight. Writing isn’t the issue.

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.