50th Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon-a-thon, Round Three: Nine
50th Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon-a-thon, Round Three: Nine
(Secondary prompt: Other Doctors)
Round Two is still in progress, of course, with most of the scheduled (and unscheduled) contributions due to hit the comm over the next couple of weeks. We've had some Ten-themed fic and fanart already, though, and good stuff it has been too. Remember, those of you who've signed up with no specific date or who weren't able to make deadlines in the previous weeks and months, still post your works to the comm whenever you do get them finished - the fanwork itself matters far more than my attempts at scheduling!
Nevertheless, just like the Master's plans for universal domination or the last twenty minutes of The End of Time, this fanwork-a-thon never seems to stop. Time already for...
The next in our monthly series of anniversary fanwork-a-thons, this time dedicated to the mysterious stranger who keeps the internet conspiracy theorists guessing, the desperate, damaged survivor who's only looking for somebody to show the universe, to try to recapture something of what he lost in the Last Great Time War. But he can't fully hold in the rage or push down the guilt or stop fighting that good fight. Because he saw it happen. He made it happen. And in spite of all that, he's fantastic. He's:
Nine is this month's fanwork theme. It's strange now to think back to those heady, scary days of 2005, when Who came back onto our screens. For us oldschool fans, it was hard at first to know what to think of Russell T. Davies's new version of the old show. Personally, it took some getting used to, but as time went on the more it grew on me. And now, while there are still bits that bemuse more than amuse me, the Nine era seems like an all-too-brief golden age that gets better on every rewatch. And to think of all the new fans for whom this was the beginning, the gateway to the wonderful world of Who. Nine, we hardly knew ye, and you deserve commemoration. You know the drill by now: all forms of fan endeavour are welcome, be it fanfiction, fanart, vids, icons, podfic, fanmixes, and absolutely any other way you can think of to express your creativity while celebrating your love for this thing that is Who. Obviously Nine himself is a good place to start, but think of the companions, the enemies, the themes of the era too. That might include Rose and a different sort of Doctor-companion relationship; it might include that other innovation, Rose's associated characters Mickey and Jackie. I would be tickled pink if it included that handsome devil Captain Jack Harkness, impressed if it included a reference to "Bad Wolf", in awe if it included those classically Nine-era monsters the Slitheen. It could include just about anything. That, fanworkers, is your prerogative.
As ever, something that evokes the idea of the impending 50th Anniversary would be especially welcome, but maybe the best way to do that is by creating the most Nine-like Nine-related work you possibly can. For Who truly is a many-splendored thing.
And again, we have a secondary theme for those of you who would like to do something different. And for March 2013, that will be...
Other Doctors. You know, the other ones. The Eleven We Know are not the full story after all. Even back in the heyday of 60s Dalekmania we had that mysterious character "Dr. Who" (you know, it was his actual name!) who bore a suspicious resemblance to Grand Moff Tarkin and went around having suspiciously similar adventures to those of the First Doctor. Except his granddaughter Susan was still in junior school and his Barbara was her big sister! But he wasn't the only one. We have the Doctor(s) in the charity comedy special Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, who practically form a continuity unto themselves and include not only Blackadder's Gallifreyan cousin but the first female Doctor. Perhaps most highly-regarded of all, we have the other Ninth Doctor, from the webcast Scream of the Shalka, played by Richard E. Grant, who was briefly the BBC's official successor to Eight before the 2005 series was greenlit, and travelled time and space with a robotic duplicate of his "best enemy", the Master. And then there are John and Gillian, but they're a whole other story... And on top of that, of course, there are AU Doctors, fan-created Doctors, Twelve, whoever he or she ends up being, the Valeyard or the Dream Lord if you roll that way and even the Arthurian hippie future Doctor from the Target novelisation of Battlefield! In an infinite Whoniverse, the possibilities are infinite. Fertile fodder for fanworks, friends! And on that alliterative note, go create!
I hope you will find your creative appetites whetted. If so, please express your wish to participate in the comments to this post. It would be great if you could name a date too (list provided below) as it helps spread the contributions out over the whole month, but not an absolute requirement for those of you who prefer it free and easy.
The Days
March 2013
1 - femme_slash_fan
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 - miss_s_b
14
15 - squarededdie
16
17 - kaffyr
18
19
20 - fannishliss
21
22
23 - acerbictomes
24
25 - ponygirl72
26 - locker_monster
27 - clocketpatch
28
29
30 - nonelvis
31 - akashasheiress
Members who would like to participate but would prefer not to be tied to a specific date include: spaciireth
Probably best to read the rules, such as they are:
- Please feel free to post your fanworks directly to the community, or link to your own Livejournal/Dreamwidth account or any external archive or site you use for hosting your stuff.
- There are no minimum length requirements, but please put any large images or, in the case of fanfic, anything over 1000 words, under a cut or the other side of a link.
- There are no rating restrictions, but again please cut and provide warnings for anything over PG-13, or which might be considered triggering. Use your common sense.
- Character-bashing is in the eye of the beholder, but there are ways of critiquing or lampooning something you don't necessarily like about the show without resorting to straight-up hatchet-work that is going to cause angst on the comm. Common sense, again.
- Disclaimers may or may not actually work from a legal standpoint, but they help me sleep at night.
- Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
Anyway, that's my bit done. The rest is up to you. :)
(Secondary prompt: Other Doctors)
Round Two is still in progress, of course, with most of the scheduled (and unscheduled) contributions due to hit the comm over the next couple of weeks. We've had some Ten-themed fic and fanart already, though, and good stuff it has been too. Remember, those of you who've signed up with no specific date or who weren't able to make deadlines in the previous weeks and months, still post your works to the comm whenever you do get them finished - the fanwork itself matters far more than my attempts at scheduling!
Nevertheless, just like the Master's plans for universal domination or the last twenty minutes of The End of Time, this fanwork-a-thon never seems to stop. Time already for...
The next in our monthly series of anniversary fanwork-a-thons, this time dedicated to the mysterious stranger who keeps the internet conspiracy theorists guessing, the desperate, damaged survivor who's only looking for somebody to show the universe, to try to recapture something of what he lost in the Last Great Time War. But he can't fully hold in the rage or push down the guilt or stop fighting that good fight. Because he saw it happen. He made it happen. And in spite of all that, he's fantastic. He's:
Nine is this month's fanwork theme. It's strange now to think back to those heady, scary days of 2005, when Who came back onto our screens. For us oldschool fans, it was hard at first to know what to think of Russell T. Davies's new version of the old show. Personally, it took some getting used to, but as time went on the more it grew on me. And now, while there are still bits that bemuse more than amuse me, the Nine era seems like an all-too-brief golden age that gets better on every rewatch. And to think of all the new fans for whom this was the beginning, the gateway to the wonderful world of Who. Nine, we hardly knew ye, and you deserve commemoration. You know the drill by now: all forms of fan endeavour are welcome, be it fanfiction, fanart, vids, icons, podfic, fanmixes, and absolutely any other way you can think of to express your creativity while celebrating your love for this thing that is Who. Obviously Nine himself is a good place to start, but think of the companions, the enemies, the themes of the era too. That might include Rose and a different sort of Doctor-companion relationship; it might include that other innovation, Rose's associated characters Mickey and Jackie. I would be tickled pink if it included that handsome devil Captain Jack Harkness, impressed if it included a reference to "Bad Wolf", in awe if it included those classically Nine-era monsters the Slitheen. It could include just about anything. That, fanworkers, is your prerogative.
As ever, something that evokes the idea of the impending 50th Anniversary would be especially welcome, but maybe the best way to do that is by creating the most Nine-like Nine-related work you possibly can. For Who truly is a many-splendored thing.
And again, we have a secondary theme for those of you who would like to do something different. And for March 2013, that will be...
Other Doctors. You know, the other ones. The Eleven We Know are not the full story after all. Even back in the heyday of 60s Dalekmania we had that mysterious character "Dr. Who" (you know, it was his actual name!) who bore a suspicious resemblance to Grand Moff Tarkin and went around having suspiciously similar adventures to those of the First Doctor. Except his granddaughter Susan was still in junior school and his Barbara was her big sister! But he wasn't the only one. We have the Doctor(s) in the charity comedy special Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, who practically form a continuity unto themselves and include not only Blackadder's Gallifreyan cousin but the first female Doctor. Perhaps most highly-regarded of all, we have the other Ninth Doctor, from the webcast Scream of the Shalka, played by Richard E. Grant, who was briefly the BBC's official successor to Eight before the 2005 series was greenlit, and travelled time and space with a robotic duplicate of his "best enemy", the Master. And then there are John and Gillian, but they're a whole other story... And on top of that, of course, there are AU Doctors, fan-created Doctors, Twelve, whoever he or she ends up being, the Valeyard or the Dream Lord if you roll that way and even the Arthurian hippie future Doctor from the Target novelisation of Battlefield! In an infinite Whoniverse, the possibilities are infinite. Fertile fodder for fanworks, friends! And on that alliterative note, go create!
I hope you will find your creative appetites whetted. If so, please express your wish to participate in the comments to this post. It would be great if you could name a date too (list provided below) as it helps spread the contributions out over the whole month, but not an absolute requirement for those of you who prefer it free and easy.
The Days
March 2013
1 - femme_slash_fan
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 - miss_s_b
14
15 - squarededdie
16
17 - kaffyr
18
19
20 - fannishliss
21
22
23 - acerbictomes
24
25 - ponygirl72
26 - locker_monster
27 - clocketpatch
28
29
30 - nonelvis
31 - akashasheiress
Members who would like to participate but would prefer not to be tied to a specific date include: spaciireth
Probably best to read the rules, such as they are:
- Please feel free to post your fanworks directly to the community, or link to your own Livejournal/Dreamwidth account or any external archive or site you use for hosting your stuff.
- There are no minimum length requirements, but please put any large images or, in the case of fanfic, anything over 1000 words, under a cut or the other side of a link.
- There are no rating restrictions, but again please cut and provide warnings for anything over PG-13, or which might be considered triggering. Use your common sense.
- Character-bashing is in the eye of the beholder, but there are ways of critiquing or lampooning something you don't necessarily like about the show without resorting to straight-up hatchet-work that is going to cause angst on the comm. Common sense, again.
- Disclaimers may or may not actually work from a legal standpoint, but they help me sleep at night.
- Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
Anyway, that's my bit done. The rest is up to you. :)