Announcing the Who@50 52nd Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon!
It occurs to me that that time of year is fast-approaching us once again - we are mere weeks away from the 52nd Anniversary of Doctor Who! And as in previous years, I thought it would be nice to commemorate it here at who_at_50 via the medium of fanwork.
Please allow me to announce, therefore, the who_at_50 52nd Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon, celebrating more than half a century of Doctor Who-related goodness. All - that is all - forms of fannish endeavour are welcome - fanfic, fanart, fanvids, fanmixes, icons, podfic, and absolutely any other medium in which you want to express your creativity and celebrate your love for that which is Who, almost certainly including some I've never even heard of. Signups are open from today; posting of fanworks will commence from 1 November 2015 and continue throughout the month. Anything evoking the idea of the extraordinary longevity and diversity of Who would be especially welcome, but maybe the best way to do that is by creating the most typically Doctor Who-like Doctor Who fanwork you can?
If you're interested in taking part, please say so in the comments to this post to get added to the list of participants. It would be great if you could name a date in advance (list provided below) as it helps spread the contributions across more of the month, but it's not essential to do so.
November 2015
1 - ghost2
2
3
4
5 - shivver13
6 - merryghoul
7
8 - locker_monster
9
10
11
12 - gallif_migrant
13
14
15
16 - dbskyler
17 - tangotabby
18
19
20 - alltimeandspace
21 - liadtbunny
22
23 - a_phoenixdragon
24
25
26
27
28 - x_disturbed_x
29 - nonelvis
30 - newmoonstar
Participants who would prefer not to be tied to a specific date include: wunnerwmn, lost_spook, angelus2hot, femme_slash_fan
To try and reflect as broad a swathe of the many and different parts of Doctor Who as it has existed over the years, I'm also going to ask people to pick a category for their fanwork from the following list. The idea is to pick one that hasn't already been picked by somebody else, but it's not a deal-breaker - if you really really want to do one somebody else has already gone for, please let me know and, softhearted fool that I am, I will probably relent. Also if you can think of a category that I've missed which you'd like to use, that's fantastic too. :) If all of the categories are already taken when you sign up, then please feel free to choose whichever one you'd like.
First Doctor -
Second Doctor - liadtbunny
Third Doctor - newmoonstar
Fourth Doctor - lost_spook
Fifth Doctor - shivver13
Sixth Doctor - wunnerwmn
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor - a_phoenixdragon
Ninth Doctor - angelus2hot
Tenth Doctor -
Eleventh Doctor
Twelfth Doctor - nonelvis
War Doctor - locker_monster
Other Doctors - gallif_migrant
Multi-Doctor - tangotabby
The Master/Missy - alltimeandspace
Companions -
Minor Characters - x_disturbed_x, femme_slash_fan (because you can never have too many!)
Torchwood - ghost2
Sarah Jane Adventures - dbskyler
Audios
Comics - merryghoul
Novels -
And finally I suppose we ought to go over what I laughingly refer to as the rules:
- 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.
- Fanworks you are creating for any other 'thon or challenge coinciding with this one are eligible for inclusion here, provided the person running the other 'thon is okay with it.
- 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!
And that is my bit said - now the rest of you can have at it!
Please allow me to announce, therefore, the who_at_50 52nd Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon, celebrating more than half a century of Doctor Who-related goodness. All - that is all - forms of fannish endeavour are welcome - fanfic, fanart, fanvids, fanmixes, icons, podfic, and absolutely any other medium in which you want to express your creativity and celebrate your love for that which is Who, almost certainly including some I've never even heard of. Signups are open from today; posting of fanworks will commence from 1 November 2015 and continue throughout the month. Anything evoking the idea of the extraordinary longevity and diversity of Who would be especially welcome, but maybe the best way to do that is by creating the most typically Doctor Who-like Doctor Who fanwork you can?
If you're interested in taking part, please say so in the comments to this post to get added to the list of participants. It would be great if you could name a date in advance (list provided below) as it helps spread the contributions across more of the month, but it's not essential to do so.
November 2015
1 - ghost2
2
3
4
5 - shivver13
6 - merryghoul
7
8 - locker_monster
9
10
11
12 - gallif_migrant
13
14
15
16 - dbskyler
17 - tangotabby
18
19
20 - alltimeandspace
21 - liadtbunny
22
23 - a_phoenixdragon
24
25
26
27
28 - x_disturbed_x
29 - nonelvis
30 - newmoonstar
Participants who would prefer not to be tied to a specific date include: wunnerwmn, lost_spook, angelus2hot, femme_slash_fan
To try and reflect as broad a swathe of the many and different parts of Doctor Who as it has existed over the years, I'm also going to ask people to pick a category for their fanwork from the following list. The idea is to pick one that hasn't already been picked by somebody else, but it's not a deal-breaker - if you really really want to do one somebody else has already gone for, please let me know and, softhearted fool that I am, I will probably relent. Also if you can think of a category that I've missed which you'd like to use, that's fantastic too. :) If all of the categories are already taken when you sign up, then please feel free to choose whichever one you'd like.
First Doctor -
Second Doctor - liadtbunny
Third Doctor - newmoonstar
Fourth Doctor - lost_spook
Fifth Doctor - shivver13
Sixth Doctor - wunnerwmn
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor - a_phoenixdragon
Ninth Doctor - angelus2hot
Tenth Doctor -
Eleventh Doctor
Twelfth Doctor - nonelvis
War Doctor - locker_monster
Other Doctors - gallif_migrant
Multi-Doctor - tangotabby
The Master/Missy - alltimeandspace
Companions -
Minor Characters - x_disturbed_x, femme_slash_fan (because you can never have too many!)
Torchwood - ghost2
Sarah Jane Adventures - dbskyler
Audios
Comics - merryghoul
Novels -
And finally I suppose we ought to go over what I laughingly refer to as the rules:
- 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.
- Fanworks you are creating for any other 'thon or challenge coinciding with this one are eligible for inclusion here, provided the person running the other 'thon is okay with it.
- 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!
And that is my bit said - now the rest of you can have at it!