Tis the season to be jolly and we're here to tell you that the 2011 Christmas Special "Stromboli's Comet" by Jez Strickley and Jake Johnson is now available to download in PDF format for your reading pleasure.

In the thirty-first century, energy prospecting has a new territory: comets. Arriving aboard a deep-space rig, the Doctor, Val and Tom are soon caught up in a battle for survival as its crew struggles to make comet-fall on Stromboli’s Comet in search of a lost rig. But there is more to Stromboli’s Comet than energy, and uncovering the answers will lead the Doctor to confront an enemy from his distant past…

"Stromboli's Comet" is free to download.

Merry Christmas.

DEBUTING

SATURDAY DECEMBER 17 2011

2011 TDWP CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

STROMBOLI'S COMET

by Jez Strickley & Jake Johnson

In the thirty-first century, energy prospecting is as crucial to humanity as it was a thousand years earlier, only now the rigs and drill platforms have a new territory: comets.

One such speeding rock, Stromboli’s Comet, is the biggest catch in the prospecting business, but more rigs have vanished hunting it than any other comet. And no one knows why.

Arriving aboard the Lokev, a deep-space rig captained by the veteran comet-chaser Pavel Komen, the Doctor, Val and Tom are soon caught up in a battle for survival as the Lokev attempts to make comet-fall on Stromboli’s Comet in search of a lost rig, the Urkübl, and its missing crew.

But there is more to Stromboli’s Comet than energy-rich minerals. Someone – or something – has infiltrated its interior, with deadly intentions.

As the Doctor searches for survivors of the Urkübl and uncovers a terrible trap, divisions in the crew of the Lokev leave Val and Tom facing an alien intruder who will stop at nothing to achieve its mission.

Who has hijacked Stromboli’s Comet and what is it so intent on protecting? Only the Doctor can uncover the answers, and they will lead him to confront an enemy from his distant past…

SATURDAY DECEMBER 17 2011

The Doctor Who Project is looking for artists who would be interested in doing artwork for us on a regular or semi-regular basis. Artwork can be in the form of hand-drawn, computer graphic generated, painted, sketched, CGI, Photoshopped etc.

We will be needing covers for our series of stories in 2012 and various promotional materials like posters, flyers, etc. Materials like our mastheads for TDWP or BRIEF ENCOUNTERS and the font styles we use will be supplied by us for use by the artist.

Guidelines for covers and other artwork are: 

• 8.5 x 11 inches at 300 dpi (2550 x 3300 pixels)
• RGB
• sent to us as an uncompressed .jpg or .tif or .bmp or .png file 

And when you do send in your artwork for covers, we will need: 

• a copy of the cover with the TDWP logo and title/author
• and a copy without 

TDWP/Brief Encounters logo's and font styles will be supplied to artists for their use.

If interested in working with us, please email us at thedoctorwhoproject[@]yahoo.ca with a sample of your work and details on yourself and past work.

Do you remember which story the Doctor encountered the Clocktower, or when he first defeated the Therianthropes? Which companion made their debut in a solo adventures pre-season? How many pairs of sunglasses did the Eighth Doctor collect over the course of his travels? What time-travelling cult, known as "The Thirteen", did the Doctor battle against numerous times?

No idea?

Now, here's your chance to discover the answer to these questions and more in this exclusive publication detailing 12 years of original Doctor Who fiction published by The Doctor Who Project.

This publication is 394 pages in total and has been made available in 4 separate links to 4 individual PDF files for your download convenience and features...

• Detailed information on every story published between 1999-2011
• In-depth examination of Seasons 27-37, the 2011 Specials, Brief Encounters, TDWP Specials and numerous other TDWP publications
• A Doctor Who/TDWP Timeline
• In-depth and detailed character biographies
• A look into the rich and vast TDWP Universe
• Details on the TDWP Editorial Boards
• Awards
• Biographies
• Story Covers
• Original Artwork
• And much more!

To download your copy of the TDWP Series Bible please go to the Guides section under the Specials tab on the site.

Debuting this Saturday, October 22nd from the pen of Duncan Johnson comes "The Mountain of Light", the latest in the line of the TDWP Specials for 2011.

Lahore, 1846.

The aftermath of the Battle of Sobraon. Reluctant to cede power to the new British Resident, Maharani Jindan plots her revenge, and she is not above making deals with devils to achieve her aims.  But one of those devils has a particular interest in the Doctor and in his travelling companions, and once she has her claws in them, she has no intention of letting go. The Doctor is about to face the most challenging dilemma: in order to save his friends, is he prepared to kill them?

Cover by Kevin Mullen

This is another in a series of original fan authored Doctor Who fiction published by The Doctor Who Project featuring the TDWP Tenth Doctor

The first in our series of specials for 2011 debuts today with PEACE OF MIND by Daniel Tessier which can now be downloaded in PDF format for your reading pleasure.  Just click on the link to your left, or visit the 2011 Specials page and download your free copy from there.  After reading the story, come back and send us an email and let us know what you think of the story.

From
THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT

Debuting
Saturday, September 24, 2011


PEACE OF MIND
by Daniel Tessier

All Val wants is to get back to her friends.

All Tom wants is to find Val.

All the Doctor wants is to get his TARDIS functioning so he can get back on his travels.

They don’t know it yet, but life on this strange new world is going to be far more difficult,
and when it’s finished with them, things will never be the same again.

All Pax wants is to get out of his village and see something of the world.
All Dea wants is to find out where she comes from.
They don’t know it yet, but their lives are linked, and soon they’ll change forever.
For the Doctor has come to their world,
and when he’s finished with them, things will never be the same again.

Cover by Alex Lydiate

This is another in a series of original fan authored Doctor Who fiction published by The Doctor Who Project featuring the TDWP Tenth Doctor

PEACE OF MIND
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

As we enter into the second half of 2011, TDWP is gearing up to present three brand new adventures in time and space to debut this Fall and featuring the further adventures of the eleventh Doctor and companions Val Rossi and Tom Brooker.

Coming in September is the first of three TDWP 2011 Specials with Dan Tessier's "Peace of Mind".

All Val wants is to get back her friends. All Tom wants is to find Val. All the Doctor wants is to get his TARDIS functioning so he can get back on his travels. They don't know it yet, but life on this strange new world is going to be far more difficult, and when it's finished with them, things will never be the same again.

Peace of Mind, coming September 2011...

• Work closely with the TDWP Range Editor and Editor.
• Assists the Editor in soliciting new writers.
• Edits written material to ensure proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.
• Works with writers to help fine tune their stories whether in style, direction, content, grammar, etc.
• Ensures that submitted stories are complete, accurate, free of cliches or hidden meanings, makes sense, progresses in a logical fashion and in good taste.
• May be called upon to represent TDWP at conventions, events, panels, online, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate should have the following skills and qualifications:

• Good editing skills.
• Possess a good command of the English language; speaks and writes English fluently.
• Should have had some prior experience with editing, preferably in editing fiction.
• Familiar with Doctor Who classic series, its history, characters, etc.
• The candidate should be imaginative, enthusiastic, open to new ideas, resourceful.
• Must be able to meet and adhere to deadlines.
• Be able to work well with others - team player.
• Be able to take direction from others.

If you are interested in the above position, please reply to the post by outlining why you feel you would be the ideal candidate for the post.

Applicants are also asked to include a sample(s) of their writing in Word or PDF format.

To apply for this position, email Bob Furnell & Samantha Warner at thedoctorwhoproject@yahoo.ca

If you're a fan of The Doctor Who Project, you'll want to join our all new page on Facebook.  Keep up-to-date with all the goings on, latest news, exclusive information and more, all on our Facebook page.

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As we enter into the second half of 2011, TDWP is gearing up to present three brand new adventures in time and space to debut this Fall and featuring the further adventures of the eleventh Doctor and companions Val Rossi and Tom Brooker.

PEACE OF MIND

by Daniel Tessier

All Val wants is to get back her friends.  All Tom wants is to find Val.  All the Doctor wants is to get his TARDIS functioning so he can get back on his travels.  They don't know it yet, but life on this strange new world is going to be far more difficult, and when it's finished with them, things will never be the same again.

THE MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT
by Duncan Johnson

Lahore, 1846.

The aftermath of the Battle of Sobraon.  Reluctant to cede power to the new British Resident, Maharani Jindan plots her revenge, and she is not above making deals with devils to achieve her aims.  But one of those devils has a particular interest in the Doctor and in his travelling companions, and once she has her claws in them, she has no intention of letting go.  The Doctor is about to face the most challenging dilemma: in order to save his friends, is he prepared to kill them? 

2011 Christmas Special: STROMBOLI'S COMET
by Jez Strickley & Jake Johnson

It is the turn of the third millennium in the Common Era Calendar (CEC) and as human beings have sought to find and settle Earth-type planets and terra-form uninhabitable planetoids into viable colony worlds, the drive for greater and more efficient energy sources has continued unabated.

As part of this relentless quest, human beings have begun to exploit all possible energy locations, including the speeding comet - a hurtling, ice-bound rock often carrying highly-prized and uncommon minerals. Of the innumerable comets in charted space, countless thousands have been surveyed using remote drilling drones - yet one remains strangely elusive: Stromboli's Comet.

Named after the now-extinct Italian volcano, Stromboli's Comet is approximately half the size of the Earth's moon, and was discovered a century earlier having taken a course from uncharted space. Crucially, It has been revealed to be rich in a substance known as Fluvium: the oil of the thirty-first century.

The catch is that no mining vessel has ever made comet-fall and returned...

The TARDIS crew arrive on board the Lokev, a mining station en route for Stromboli's Comet. It's captain, Pavel Komen, is determined to be the first to successfully mine the comet and establish drilling rights for the energy conglomerate for which he works.

Tension builds amongst Komen's crew as the comet draws closer, but upon landing all seems well, aside from the strange breakdown in communication devices, which prevents Komen from announcing his successful arrival to the conglomerate.

Then, strange energy spikes aboard the Lokev and the disappearance of various members of its crew casts doubt upon the entire enterprise, until the Doctor and his companions finally uncover the truth behind Stromboli's Comet...

COMING SOON to THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT

Quick note to let everyone know that all ordered copies of the TDWP Series Bible have now been shipped.  Depending on where you live you should have your copies over the next 7-10 days approximately.  Please drop us a line to let us know you get your copy and what you think of the publication.

After several months of worry, it looks like TDWP will be seeing print of a Christmas Special for 2011.  A brand new story by Jez Strickley has been approved for publication entitled "Stromboli's Comet" where it is the turn of the third millennium in the Common Era Calendar (CEC) and as human beings have sought to find and colonise Earth-type planets, and terra-form uninhabitable planetoids into viable colony worlds, the drive for greater and more efficient energy sources has continued unabated.  As part of this relentless quest, human beings have begun to exploit all possible energy locations, including the speeding comet - a hurtling, ice-bound rock often carrying highly-prized and uncommon minerals. Of the innumerable comets in the Milky Way Galaxy, countless thousands have been surveyed using remote drilling drones - yet one remains elusive: Stromboli's Comet.

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow, May 1st, is the deadline for story outlines to be considered for possible stories in our upcoming season 38.  If you're planning to submit an outline for consideration, please make sure you have the outline to us by 12 midnight on May 1st.

You can send outlines to thedoctorwhoproject[@]yahoo.ca.

Are you planning to submit a story outline for publication as part of the upcoming Season 38?  If so, interested writers are reminded that if they're planning to submit an outline for consideration as part of the season that the submission deadline of May 1st is fast approaching.  If you've always wanted to write for TDWP, well here's your chance, and if you've got a great idea for a story featuring our 10th Doctor and companions Val and Tom, then we encourage you to submit an outline by the deadline. 

Outlines don't have to be pages upon pages of detail, but just long enough so that we get an idea of what your story idea is about and what sort of story you want to tell.  Our story guidelines are available upon request, so do ask to be sent a copy if you're interested in writing for us. 

We look forward to hearing from you.

Remember, the deadline for story submissions is May 1, 2011 and can be sent to thedoctorwhoproject[@]yahoo.ca.

The deadline for applications has been extended to April 15, 2011.

The Doctor Who Project is looking to fill the post of ASSISTANT EDITOR.

The Assistant Editor duties will include:

1. Work closely with the TDWP Range Editor and Editor.
2. Assists the Editor in soliciting new writers.
3. Edits written material to ensure proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.
4. Works with writers to help fine tune their stories whether in style, direction, content, grammar, etc.
5. Ensures that submitted stories are complete, accurate, free of cliches or hidden meanings, makes sense, progresses in a logical fashion and in good taste.
6. Maybe be called upon to represent TDWP at conventions, events, panels, online, etc.
7. Other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate should have the following skills and qualifications:

1. Good editing skills.
2. Possess a good command of the English language; speaks and writes English fluently.
3. Should have had some prior experience with editing, preferably in editing fiction.
4. Familiar with Doctor Who classic series, its history, characters, etc.
5. The candidate should be imaginative, enthusiastic, open to new ideas, resourceful.
6. Must be able to meet and adhere to deadlines.
7. Be able to work well with others - team player.
8. Be able to take direction from others.

If you are interested in the above position, please reply to the post by outlining why you feel you would be the ideal candidate for the post.

Applicants are also asked to include a sample(s) of their writing n Word or PDF format.

To apply for this position, email Bob Furnell & Samantha Warner at thedoctorwhoproject@yahoo.ca.

The deadline for applications has now been extended to April 15, 2011.

If you would like a copy of our full Season 38 Writers & Artist Guidelines, please contact Bob Furnell at thedoctorwhoproject@yahoo.ca to request a copy.

The Doctor Who Project is looking for artists who would be interested in doing artwork for us on a regular or semi-regular basis. Artwork can be in the form of hand-drawn, computer graphic generated, painted, sketched, CGI, Photoshopped etc.

We will be needing covers for our series of stories in 2011 and various promotional materials like posters, flyers, etc. Materials like our mastheads for TDWP or BRIEF ENCOUNTERS and the font styles we use will be supplied by us for use by the artist.

If you would be interested in working with us, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact us at thedoctowhoproject(@)yahoo.ca.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Doctor Who Project is pleased to announce the launch the official TDWP blog at www.whotopiamagazine.wordpress.com. 

A blog for TDWP you ask? 

Yup.  It’s something we’ve been thinking about for some time now and after the success of the accompanying blog for Whotopia, we decided to finally take the plunge and try one out for TDWP.

But what about the TDWP website?

Well, this blog isn’t meant to take place of the website, or the news section of the website.  Both of those will remain online for years to come.  But we thought we’d do with this blog is to provide our readers a little more insight and detail on some of those news items, as well as provide a look into some of the day-to-day happenings going on around TDWP HQ.  This will be our chance to provide more detail and/or information than what’s contained in a standard news item or PR item.  Plus, while we post regularly to the Fan Fiction thread on the Gallifrey Base forum, this will be an avenue for those of you to find out what’s happening with our various projects, special announcements, various details and information that we think our readers, our contributors and potentential contributors might like to know about TDWP.

So over the coming days, weeks and months, we’ll be providing you with an insight into The Doctor Who Project and some of our upcoming projects.  We hope you’ll make this blog part of your regular stops on the internet, and if you have any questions, or maybe there’s something you’d like to know about TDWP, or its history, etc, drop us an email and we’ll do our best to answer your questions.

THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE SEASON 38.

This will be the projects first full season of adventures since season 37 in 2009.

Season 38 is scheduled for publication in early 2012 and will consist of a full season of adventures featuring the TDWP Tenth Doctor with his companions Val Rossi and Tom Brooker.  The season will consists of 7 stories plus a Christmas special, (which will see publication in December 2012).  The season will be spearheaded by Range Editor Bob Furnell and Editor Samantha Warner.

While recent past seasons have seen publication around May to June of the year, Season 38 will be aiming for a possible March or April publication.  As a result of the change to the publication schedule, we are pleased to reveal that TDWP will be accepting story submissions beginning February 23, 2011.

Recent TDWP seasons have also featured an overall story arc, however, season 38 will not feature a story arc, but rather be a collection of stand-alone stories seeing the Doctor travelling in space and time.  The season will have an overall theme, that being what we are calling "Troughton-esque" - meaning stories that rev up the scare factor.  Combine Hammer Horror with Hinchcliffe crossed with elements from the Patrick Troughton era.  Think your classic base under siege; monsters, monster, monsters; creepy shadows and dark corners; classic scary environments.

* * * * *

ATTENTION WRITERS!

We want to hear from you.

Beginning February 23, 2011, The Doctor Who Project will begin accepting story outlines for possible stories to be included as part of Season 38.

Details you should be aware of: 

• Season 38 will consist of 7 stories, so there will be 7 story slots available to fill. (We will commission the Christmas story in 2012.)
• The theme for Season 38 will be "Troughton-esque" - meaning stories that rev up the scare factor.  Combine Hammer Horror with Hinchcliffe crossed with elements from the Patrick Troughton era.  Think of the classic base under siege; monsters, monster, monsters; creepy shadows and dark corners; classic scary environments.
• We will be accepting story outlines/ideas until May 1, 2011.
• The first draft deadline for stories will be September 24, 2011.
• Submission outlines can be sent to thedoctorwhoproject@yahoo.ca.

The Doctor Who Project is looking for artists who would be interested in doing artwork for us on a regular or semi-regular basis. Artwork can be in the form of hand-drawn, computer graphic generated, painted, sketched, CGI, Photoshopped etc.

We will be needing covers for our series of stories in 2011 and various promotional materials like posters, flyers, etc. Materials like our mastheads for TDWP or BRIEF ENCOUNTERS and the font styles we use will be supplied by us for use by the artist.

If you would be interested in working with us, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact us at thedoctorwhoproject@yahoo.ca.

Please note that TDWP is a fan run, produced, and published project and no monies are made from our publications.

We've also added two further season 36 story reviews today to the reviews section of the site.  Now available are reviews of The Web of Time and The Wax Museum, both reviewed by Steve Tomporowski.

Drop by the reviews section today and check out our latest story reviews. 

And if you'd like to review any of our story reviews, please feel free to do so.  Reviews should be submitted in Word format as an email attachment and should be sent to bobf60(@)shaw(.)ca.

• Over the past 12 years, TDWP stories have generally been in the 15,000-45,000 word range.
• Please do not submit a story idea featuring former companion(s) from the television series.
• Be creative - try to develop your own aliens, monsters, villains or foes. Using your own monsters/villains will be a better gauge of your abilities as a writer instead of relying on old monsters/villains.
• The Doctor Who Project does not use, or refer to, continuity from the Virgin/BBC novels, comic strips, the new television series from BBC Wales, or Big Finish audios for its "canon" - any companions who may have died in the novels (e.g. Liz Shaw) are still alive. Also, any major companion "personality" changes (e.g. Ace in the Virgin novels) has not happened in the Doctor Who Project. That's not to say that these companions would not have changed in their time away from the Doctor, it's just that they should not have changed in the same way as in the novels/audios.
• Story proposals can be as detailed as possible. The more detailed a proposal, the more likely your story will be accepted for publication.
• Proposals should be attached to an email as a Word or Rich Text Format document.
• Proposals should include your full name and email contact.
• Tell us a bit about yourself.

Now available is a brand new Brief Encounters adventure for download.  This Is How The World Ends by Robert Mammone sees the Doctor and Peri answering a distress signal from a distant planet, where they find themselves intertwined in the lives of two of the colonists who harbour great hopes for the future and a terrible secret from the past.  With the planet slowly dying, the Doctor wrestles with a decision which will have a lasting impact on the lives of those he seeks to rescue, as well as for himself.

This Is How The World Ends features the Sixth Doctor and Peri and is available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader. 

 Download your copy today!

Part one of the 2010 Christmas Special can now be found online.  You can download part one of The Angel of the North for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.  The story also features a revised cover which when the covers for parts one and two are lined up side by side form one large portrait featuring all the key elements of the story.

After December 18th, part one can be found under the Season 37 section of the Seasons area of the TDWP site or via www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/pages/seasons/season37.php

THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT
presents
THE 2010 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH
by Duncan Johnson

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 2010
THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH PART ONE

"You can cheat anyone else, harm anyone else, kill anyone else, but family is sacred. The rest of the galaxy may be out to get you, but you can always count on family to hide you and to bankroll you because one day you'll do the same for them."

When  a Lodge of Foamasi escapes into the past using a stolen tachyon reactor, it sets off a chain of events that will span three decades and involve four generations of Tom Brooker's family.

In search of the source of the disruption to the space-time, the Doctor and Tom travel to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1969, where Tom's maternal grandfather, Ian Townsend, is caught up in political corruption and becomes the target for a Foamasi assassination attempt.

Meanwhile, the Doctor, in the company of Tom's other grandparents, is helping Ryugin, a Draconian prince fleeing from his power-hungry younger sibling. But can even the Doctor save him from an indestructible cyborg hound programmed for one task and one task only: to kill?

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 2010
THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH PART TWO

"Just wait for me. I'll come back for you. I give you my word."

The Doctor returns to 1984 seeking a way to save Ryugin, but he is not the only one looking for the prince. Genroku Urabe, his once-betrothed, needs Ryugin's help if she is to save her people and she will take whatever aid she can get to complete her mission, be it that offered by Val or by the Foamasi. But when Ryugin wakes, the first person to cross his path is Hazel Townsend and it is an encounter that will change her life forever.

Finally, the TARDIS crew reunite on New Year's Eve 1999, just as the Foamasi reactivate the tachyon reactor, unleashing a temporal storm across Newcastle, past, present and future. As the Doctor races to save time and space, Tom's concern is for his family, caught up in a decades-long Draconian family feud. Who is Sara Ferris? What is her secret? And why is she so important to both the Foamasi and the Draconians? 

Among the shadows stalks the Okuri, determined to complete the mission at which it failed thirty years earlier. Has time already run out for the Doctor, for Tom and for the city of Newcastle?

Covers by Nicholas Giles

Exciting news for fans of TDWP.  We have a very special exclusive preview of the forthcoming 2010 Christmas Special: The Angel of The North by Duncan Johnson for you.  Just click on the link below to download the special preview.

http://www.4shared.com/document/hqNqAina/Episode_Preview_-_The_Angel_of.html

The story will be available in two parts with part one debuting Friday December 17th and part two on Saturday December 18th.

Coming soon, in time for the Christmas season will be a brand new Brief Encounters story.  Published sometime in the next three weeks will be Rob Mammone's "This Is How The World Ends" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri in an all new adventure. 

Answering a distress signal from a distant planet, the Doctor and Peri find themselves intertwined in the lives of two of the colonists who harbour great hopes for the future and a terrible secret from the past.  With the planet slowly dying, the Doctor wrestles with a decision which will have a lasting impact on the lives of those he seeks to rescue, and himself.

"This Is How The World Ends" will be available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Coming soon to TDWP is the 2010 Christmas Story entitled "The Angel of the North" by Duncan Johnson. 

We've added another five story reprints online today including:

• Season 28: The Darkest Day by Matt Grady & Tim Jones
• Season 30: The Things That Matter Part II by Tim Jones
• Season 30: The Rani of Chennai by Misha Lauenstein
• Season 30: Second Attempt by Jodie van de Wetering
• Season 30: Death of a Brigadier by Bob Furnell

All five stories are now available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Further stories from Seasons 30 and 31 will be online in the very near future.

As most of our readers will know, TDWP will not be publishing a full season of stories in 2011; instead we'll be publishing four specials throughout the year - Spring, Summer, Fall and Christmas.  We've already lined up stories for the Spring and Summer special, but we're excited to reveal that we've now lined up a candidate for the Fall special too.

The Spring Special is being penned by returning TDWP author Charles Heathcote.  Charles will be familiar to TDWP fans as the author of season 37s "The Clockmaker's Daughter".  The title of the special is "The Box".

The Summer Special is being also being penned by returning TDWP author Dan Tessier who penned "City of The Dragon" also featured in season 37.

And new to TDWP author Kevin Mullen will be penning the the Fall Special titled "Revenance of the Daleks" which sees the return of everyone's favourite pepperpots, the Daleks.

The Christmas Special slot is yet to be filled - you'll find details on submitting a story outline on this slot - but we're hoping to reveal details on this story in the coming weeks.

Also on schedule is the 2010 Christmas Special being penned by returning TDWP author Duncan Johnson.  This will be the second story to feature TDWP's new tenth Doctor, so I'm sure fans of TDWP will be looking forward to reading a new adventure for this newest Doctor.

Do you want to keep up to date with the latest news, events, stories and more for The Doctor Who Project?  If so, the best way is to join our exclusive Mailing List.  Just scroll down the page, insert your email address, choose subscribe, and click on "GO". It's that easy. Now you'll be kept up to date on all things TDWP.

We are looking for imaginative, original and entertaining story that will be published as our 2011 Christmas Special.    We are now accepting story proposals for the 2011 Christmas Special

Deadline for proposals and/or outlines October 30, 2010.

I.     Things To Remember for Your Proposal 

1. TDWP stories are generally in the 15,000-45,000 word range. Do not use former companions from the television series.
2. Your story should contain some element of Christmas in it as it will be intended as the Christmas Special.
3. Do not use any of the television series companions.
4. Be creative - try to develop your own aliens, monsters, villains or foes. Using your own monsters/villains will be a better gauge of your abilities as a writer instead of relying on old monsters/villains.
5. The Doctor Who Project does not use, or refer to, continuity from the Virgin/BBC novels, comic strips, the new television series from BBC Wales, or Big Finish audios for its "canon" - any companions who may have died in the novels (e.g. Liz Shaw) are still alive. Also, any major companion "personality" changes (e.g. Ace in the Virgin novels) has not happened in the Doctor Who Project. That's not to say that these companions would not have changed in their time away from the Doctor, it's just that they should not have changed in the same way as in the novels/audios.
6. Story proposals should be as detailed as possible.  The more detailed a proposal, the more likely your story will be accepted for publication.
7. Proposals should be attached to an email as a Word or Rich Text Format document.
8. Proposals should include your full name and email contact.
9. Tell us a bit about yourself.
10. If you have never written for TDWP before, please include a sample of your writing.

II.     Additional Information of Importance

Please do not submit a story idea that features one of the following as TDWP has recently featured stories using: 

• Yeti
• Cybermen
• The Great Intelligence
• Daleks

 Things I'd like to see:

1. Adventure and excitement
2. A sequel to a past TDWP story or a reappearance of a monster, villain or foe from a past TDWP story (e.g. Therianthropes)
3. A possible return of a classic monster - Sea Devils, Ice Warriors, Sontarans, Rutans, Sil, etc.

If you would a copy of the full proposal guidelines please email us to request your copy.

Story outlines can be emailed to us directly by October 30, 2010.

TDWP fans will be happy to learn that we've now uploaded the reprint versions of Season 28's, "The Cosmic Plot of Doctor Hu" and "Black Magic".  Both stories are now available for download in PDF format and can be found on the season 28 page of the site.

Over the next week or two, we'll be uploading the missing reprint versions of our stories, so keep tuned to the TDWP site for news of newly uploaded stories.

Do you want to keep up to date with the latest news, events, stories and more for The Doctor Who Project?  If so, your best way is to join our exclusive mailing list.  Just scroll down the page, insert your email address, choose subscribe, and click on "go" - it's that easy.  Now you'll be kept up to date on all things TDWP.

The event of the summer season has finally arrived.  It's time for the TDWP 2010 Summer Special, Pendragon by Duncan Johnson.  Things have very much changed for Val and Tom.  The TARDIS has landed in Sixth Century Britain, the time of King Arthur and Camelot.  The two are in a time without the conveniences of the 21st century and they're both out of their depths.  They want to go home but the Doctor is in a coma.  How will they cope in this strange land and how will they get home?  Only the Doctor can get them home.

Pendragon is available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Hey all! Check out the following that TDWP resident artist Kevin Mullen put together for TDWP.

Very cool isn't it?

Thanks to Kevin for sharing this with us.

It's been an exciting ride full of adventure and thrills this season, but sadly the time has come as the season concludes today with WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE by Arnold T. Blumberg.

It’s the end…and nothing has been prepared for.

A looming darkness stalks the Doctor, heralding doom for his current incarnation and perhaps the entire universe as well. A terrible, ancient force is ready to break through into our reality at last. On Earth, the Make-A-Meti stores are having a banner first year, selling their furry friends to children around the world while an old soldier readies himself for one last battle and searches the stars for a battered blue box. 

An era is coming to an end, but what follows may be the beginning of a glorious new adventure…or an eternal nightmare. Hooray!

WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE is available to download free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Just click on the link and download the story directly to your PC.

Don't forget to drop by the TDWP FORUM at http://www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum/ to rate and discuss the story and to chat with other TDWP fans.

The penultimate story of Season 37 debuts today featuring "City of the Dragon" by Daniel Tessier.

The Doctor, Valentina and Tom arrive in Singapore, a city that is at once a hotbed of technological development and the product of millennia-old cultures. There they must face threats both technological and mystical, as ancient forces cause havoc for their own ends. While Val faces a being she would never have believed existed, Tom finds himself embroiled in shocking events at the forefront of technology, while the Doctor finds his endurance tested as he fights to save lives...

"City of The Dragon" is available to download free in PDF format for Adobe Reader.  Download your copy today by clicking on the link under the story title.  And, don't forget to drop by the TDWP FORUM at http://www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum/ to rate and discuss the story and to chat with other TDWP fans.

Season 37 continues today with the sixth story of the season - Temporal Rendition by Jez Strickley.

Who exactly is the mysterious Rector? And why are the Time Lords so interested in Terra Zentrum? To discover the truth, the Doctor must risk confronting one of Gallifrey’s most unpleasant practices.

WE'RE MAKING CHANGES TO THE TDWP FORUM

Over the next few days or so we'll be making a few changes to the forum.  The first of these have been the addition of several new posting areas such as:

1. Brand new ARTWORK forum.  This will be a section were the TDWP Editors and the TDWP Artists will be sharing their artwork with you.  This will be the area were you can see exclusive never before seen TDWP artwork, new artwork by TDWP artists, plus this is the area where you can discuss and talk about the artwork of TDWP.
2. A brand new forum category called THE WRITERS CORNER.  Here we'll be offering a chance for forum users to post samples of their own fan fiction, plus an area where if you're interested in writing fan fiction where you can ask the editors and authors of our stories for advice on writing, and more.

In addition to the above we'll be adding other new areas to help make this forum a much more lively and more interactive place.  Plus, if you've got any ideas on how we might go about improving the forum, please do drop us an email and tell us your ideas.  You can email us at the general TDWP email.

THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT FORUM http://thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum/index.php

1. TDWP stories are generally in the 15,000-45,000 word range.
2. Do not use former companions from the television series.
3. Be creative - try to develop your own aliens, monsters, villains or foes. Using your own monsters/villains will be a better gauge of your abilities as a writer instead of relying on old monsters/villains.
4. The Doctor Who Project does not use, or refer to, continuity from the Virgin/BBC novels, comic strips, the new television series from BBC Wales, or Big Finish audios for its "canon" - any companions who may have died in the novels (e.g. Liz Shaw) are still alive. Also, any major companion "personality" changes (e.g. Ace in the Virgin novels) has not happened in the Doctor Who Project. That's not to say that these companions would not have changed in their time away from the Doctor, it's just that they should not have changed in the same way as in the novels/audios.
5. Story proposals should be as detailed as possible. The more detailed a proposal, the more likely your story will be accepted for publication.
6. Proposals should be attached to an email as a Word or Rich Text Format document.
7. Proposals should include your full name and email contact.
8. Tell us a bit about yourself.

• Yeti
• Cybermen
• The Great Intelligence

An ancient, lonely Nestene is diverted towards Earth, where she sets in motion a complex plan to trap the Doctor and his companions.  Find out what her plans are in the "The Plastic People" by Misha Lauenstein, the latest story in the continuing adventures of season 37 featuring the Ninth Doctor and his companions Tom and Val. 

The story is available now in downloadable PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader. And don't forget after you've read the story drop on over and join the TDWP Discussion Forum www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum to discuss the story.

News Flash!

Quick note to let everyone know that the broken link for "The Clockmaker's Daughter" has now been fixed and there shouldn't be any problems with downloading it.  Sorry for any inconvenience this caused.

Season 37 continues with the fourth story of the season - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Charles Heathcote and Jodie van de Wetering.

The Doctor and his companions, Tom and Val, arrive in France to collect a piece of art that has disappeared from the TARDIS gallery. Once there they discover that France has transformed into a dilapidated, uniform place, all of its beauty lost.

Separated, they begin to investigate, discovering that the Clocktower – an ancient Gallifreyan sect – has taken over. They are searching for the last time-piece and it is in the hands of a young girl, now they must stop them before they conquer the world and ultimately conquer time.

You can download the story in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader. 

And after you've read the story drop on over and join the TDWP Discussion Forum www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum to discuss the story.

GREETINGS EVERYONE.

We here at THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT would like to invite each and everyone one of you to join the TDWP FORUM at http://thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum

Join in the discussion on your favourite fan fiction series, TDWP and meet up with fellow TDWP fans to talk about all things TDWP.  Participate in one of the on-going member discussions, start new discussions, talk about your favourite characters, tell us what have been your favourite writers, or favourite villains, or vote in our weekly SEASON 37 STORY POLLS, where you the reader can rate what you thought of the latest story.

The forum is very new and we'd like to encourage as many of our readers to join the forum and join in on the fun on the TDWP FORUM.  We want to encourage all of you to help make the forum a lively place where the fans of TDWP can come and talk TDWP.

SO JOIN UP TODAY!

THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT FORUM
http://thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum

Season 37 continues today with the debut of the third story of the season, Keepsakes by Simon Birks. 

A long time ago, the Doctor mislaid a prized possession, a keepsake - Issue one of his cherished Crescent Cortex comic collection. He's tried not to think about it until now, but when he finds Tom lost in the TARDIS' myriad of corridors, it unlocks in him a need to find it once more, and he journey's to the last planet he remembered having it. But immediately the Doctor sees the danger; somehow the landscape of this planet has been transformed into the landscape pictured in the comic. When the Doctor succumbs to an unknown illness, it's up to the separated Tom and Valentina to solve the mystery, with the help of some very mysterious characters, including a mute boy, and the Doctor's childhood heroine.

Keepsakes is now available for download in PDF format for Adobe Reader.

Don't Forget!  After you've read the story, drop on over and join the TDWP Discussion Forum www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum to discuss, and rate, the story.

Stop the noise.  It's too much!

People say silence is golden but what they actually mean is quietness.  Remember that old Hollywood cliché; it’s quiet, too quiet.  Clichés are only clichés because they’re true.  Total silence is unsettling.  It makes you feel uneasy.  It feels wrong.  That’s because in between all the everyday sounds we hear, there exists a nightmare and its here with us right now.

Find out how to stop the noise by downloading Noises by Andrew McCoy - story two from season 37 - today in PDF format for Adobe Reader.

And after you've read the story drop on over and join the TDWP Discussion Forum www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum to discuss the story.

Thanks to one of our eagle-eyed readers who took the time to email us and let us know that some of the story links on the site haven't been working.  Now that we know this, we're going to take a few days to go through the entire TDWP site to see what links are working and not and then over the next week or so, fix every link so that they work correctly.  So if you notice that a link isn't working, check back in a few days and it'll likely be fixed.

So far we've fixed all the links in the Season 27 section of the site and then its on to the links in seasons 28, 29 and 30.

It's finally here.  The debut of SEASON 37, The Doctor Who Project's latest collection of original Doctor Who fiction featuring the Ninth Doctor and introducing new companions Valentina Rossi and Tom Brooker. 

In this exciting launch to the season by author Lynn Clark, the Doctor is made a request by an old friend.  Reluctantly complying with his friends wish, the Doctor's travels take him to Earth where he meets Val Rossi and Tom Brooker.  There the three become in a race against time and an alien bounty hunter as they try and find the missing Princess of Sparana Prime.  Find out more in this new adventure...

"The Wanderer" is available for download in PDF format for Adobe Reader.  Please note you will need Adobe Reader installed on your PC to be able to access the PDF.  Free downloads of Adobe Reader can be obtained directly from Adobe.com.

We're almost there. 

One more day.

SATURDAY APRIL 17 2010

TDWP Season 37 debuts with an all new adventure for the Doctor.

Join us here on the TDWP site as "The Wanderer" by Lynn Clark is made available for exclusive download in PDF format.

See you Saturday!

All of us here at the TDWP HQ are counting down the days till the debut of Season 37.  We can't wait for the season to begin and we're very positive that our readers will be very pleased with the latest collection of stories.  The Doctor meets new companions Val and Tom in the very first story and from there the three travel throughout all of time and space facing all sorts of adventures.  Throughout the season there will be a force or entity that is trying to assert its power and influence. The Doctor will continually feel like his life is not his own. Something, or someone, is trying to control him. Trying to influence him and guide his destiny. Something is trying to take control of the universe and make it its own. The Great Intelligence is at work again. Each story the Doctor will battle its influence either directly or indirectly. But each time he does, his life seems to be slipping away from him. Each battle tires him out more and more and he begins to age. By the end of the season the Great Intelligence will be at full power and will make its last great stab at taking over the entire universe. Despite the Doctor being tired and worn out he summons the strength and courage to defeat the Great Intelligence one last time.

So don't forget.  Join us here as Season 37 begins Saturday, April 17, 2010.

Do you want to keep up to date with the latest news, events, stories and more for The Doctor Who Project?  If so, the best way is to join our exclusive Mailing List.  Just scroll down the page, insert your email address, choose subscribe, and click on "GO". It's that easy. Now you'll be kept up to date on all things TDWP.

With just over a month till the launch of Season 37, further details are being revealed about the forthcoming season.  As previously announced, Season 37 will featuring eight new stories with an additional all new Summer Special following on a few weeks after the conclusion of the regular season.  Further to that, we can now provide readers with details about each of the nine stories.

Throughout the season there will be a force or entity that is trying to assert its power and influence. The Doctor will continually feel like his life is not his own. Something, or someone, is trying to control him. Trying to influence him and guide his destiny. Something is trying to take control of the universe and make it its own. The Great Intelligence is at work again. Each story the Doctor will battle its influence either directly or indirectly. But each time he does, his life seems to be slipping away from him. Each battle tires him out more and more and he begins to age. By the end of the season the Great Intelligence will be at full power and will make its last great stab at taking over the entire universe. Despite the Doctor being tired and worn out he summons the strength and courage to defeat the Great Intelligence one last time. He wins but at a great cost. His body and spirit have worn out and once again he faces regeneration.

Story 1: THE WANDERER by Lynn Clark

The planet Sparana Prime has always been ruled by their royal family, until every member is killed in a terrible accident.  Chancellor Aqaires knows that there is a missing daughter, and seeks the Doctor’s help in trying to find her.  He agrees, knowing that he won’t be the only one hunting for the lost princess.

On Earth, the year is 2031.  Valentina Rossi is the editor of the Mysterious Times, a paranormal journal; she gets a call of a UFO sighting and goes to investigate.  Her curiosity puts her in the path of an alien bounty hunter and a stranger who insists his blue box is a time/space machine.  Her friend, Tom Brooker, is in a boring dead-end job and hoping for something more.  He finds it…in the shape of Anna Cross, whom he thinks is the woman of his dreams.  But that dream could turn into a nightmare.

STORY 2: NOISE by Andrew McCoy

‘People say silence is golden but what they actually mean is quietness.  Remember that old Hollywood cliché; it’s quiet, too quiet.  Clichés are only clichés because they’re true.  Total silence is unsettling.  It makes you feel uneasy.  It feels wrong.  That’s because in between all the everyday sounds we hear, there exists a nightmare and it's here with us right now.’

Answering a distress signal the TARDIS arrives on an isolated planet at the edge of the universe.  The Doctor, Val and Tom find themselves in a deserted base.  The crew of colonists have disappeared and the only evidence they were ever there is the ringing of the base alarm and claw marks on the wall where someone has fought for their life and lost.

Val and Tom discover that travel in time and space is more dangerous than they would have ever imagined.  The two friends must learn to work together if they are to survive the dangers that the universe throws at them and the Doctor must face a childhood nightmare that he thought nothing more than a myth.

STORY 3: KEEPSAKES by Simon Birks

A long time ago, the Doctor mislaid a prized possession, a keepsake - Issue one of his cherished Crescent Cortex comic collection. He's tried not to think about it until now, but when he finds Tom lost in the TARDIS' myriad of corridors, it unlocks in him a need to find it once more, and he journey's to the last planet he remembered having it. But immediately the Doctor sees the danger; somehow the landscape of this planet has been transformed into the landscape pictured in the comic. When the Doctor succumbs to an unknown illness, it's up to the separated Tom and Valentina to solve the mystery, with the help of some very mysterious characters, including a mute boy, and the Doctor's childhood heroine.

STORY 4: THE CLOCKMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Charles Heathcote & Jodie van de Wetering

The Doctor and his companions, Tom and Val, arrive in France to collect a piece of art that has disappeared from the TARDIS gallery. Once there they discover that France has transformed into a dilapidated, uniform place, all of its beauty lost.  Separated, they begin to investigate, discovering that the Clocktower – an ancient Gallifreyan sect – has taken over. They are searching for the last time-piece and it is in the hands of a young girl, now they must stop them before they conquer the world and ultimately conquer time.

STORY 5: THE PLASTIC PEOPLE by Misha Lauenstein

An ancient, lonely Nestene is diverted towards Earth, where she sets in motion a complex plan to trap the Doctor and his companions.

When the Doctor and company arrive in Vancouver on the eve of the 2010 Olympics, they decide to take in an exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery: Bodyworkz - an exhibit of human Bodies in various states of dissection that have been turned into plastic statues.

In the deserted building, as the once-living art works come to life, the TARDIS crew are forced to battle the re-animated remains of human beings. Trying to keep himself, Tom, Val and their new companion alive, the Doctor must use all of his physical and mental abilities to try to overcome the Nestene consciousness that controls the gruesome army of the dead. And their little dog, too.

STORY 6: TEMPORAL RENDITION by Jez Strickley

When the TARDIS becomes snared on the edge of a dimensional rift, the Doctor is forced to venture into pocket space, a perilous place where many an unwary space farer has lost his mind. But escaping from this outer space quicksand only lands the Doctor, Val and Tom in even more trouble when they find themselves seeking refuge on board an anonymous spaceship with a terrible purpose.

Intent on finding out the truth behind the spaceship, the time travellers head for the planet Terra Zentrum, where rumours of temporal terrorists threatening the time lines have turned this quiet little backwater into a fortress of fear.

Who exactly is the mysterious Rector? And why are the Time Lords so interested in Terra Zentrum? To discover the truth, the Doctor must risk confronting one of Gallifrey’s most unpleasant practices.

STORY 7: CITY OF THE DRAGON by Dan Tessier

The Doctor, Valentina and Tom arrive in Singapore, a city that is at once a hotbed of technological development and the product of millennia-old cultures. There they must face threats both technological and mystical, as ancient forces cause havoc for their own ends. While Val faces a being she would never have believed existed, Tom finds himself embroiled in shocking events at the forefront of technology, while the Doctor finds his endurance tested as he fights to save lives...

STORY 8: WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE by Arnold T. Blumberg

Exciting news - it's just been revealed that the official launch for SEASON 37 will be Saturday, April 17th beginning with the premiere story "The Wanderer" by Lynn Clark.  This will then be followed by 7 new stories over the next 7 weeks and following on from the season finale, as per past seasons, will see the release of the Season 37 Author Bios & Interviews.  July 3rd will then see the release of the 2010 Summer Special, "Pendragon" by long-time TDWP contributor, Duncan Johnson.

The complete Season 37 release schedule will be:

• April 17 - The Wanderer by Lynn Clark
• April 24 - Noise by Andrew McCoy
• May 1 - Keepsakes by Simon Birks
• May 8 - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Charles Heathcote & Jodie van de Wetering
• May 15 - The Plastic People by Misha Lauenstein
• May 22 - Temporal Rendition by Jez Strickley
• May 29 - City of the Dragon by Dan Tessier
• Jun 5 - Where Best Friends Are Made by Arnold T. Blumberg
• Jun 12 - Artist Bios & Interviews by Bob Furnell
• Jul 3 - Pendragon by Duncan Johnson

Throughout the season there will be a force or entity that is trying to assert its power and influence. The Doctor will continually feel like his life is not his own. Something, or someone, is trying to control him. Trying to influence him and guide his destiny. Something is trying to take control of the universe and make it its own. The Great Intelligence is at work again. Each story the Doctor will battle its influence either directly or indirectly. But each time he does, his life seems to be slipping away from him. Each battle tires him out more and more and he begins to age. By the end of the season the Great Intelligence will be at full power and will make its last great stab at taking over the entire universe. Despite the Doctor being tired and worn out he summonds the strength and courage to defeat the Great Intelligence one last time.

The Doctor will be joined by two new companions this season in the form of Val Rossi and Tom Brooker who will travel alongside of the ninth Doctor.

Throughout the season, as well as before and after, readers are encouraged to join the TDWP FORUM at www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum to participate in discussions, polls, share opinions and more on the stories and overall season.  Membership is free to join, so drop on by and sign up today.

As a follow up to our previous post on when TDWP Season 37 will begin, we can confirmed that an April launch date is definitely on the cards.  The exact date hasn't been revealed yet, but we do know that as with previous TDWP seasons, it will be a Saturday, with each story released each Saturday over a 8 week period.  This will be followed by a special authors publication and the Summer Special.

New companions Tom Brooker and Val Rossi have been introduced to the public and for the first time ever and here are pics of the two characters:

Tom Brooker

Val Rossi

A MESSAGE FROM TDWP RANGE EDITOR, BOB FURNELL

Hi all.  I'm currently working on a project for TDWP called "The Series Bible" and one of my aims in doing this is to try and include an up-to-date bio on everyone who has contributed to TDWP over the past 11 years.  Some of our former contributors are still in contact with me but there are others I'm trying to track down.  This is where you can help me.

I'm trying to track down the following people, or perhaps you might know the current whereabouts of these people?  If so, I would like to hear from you as I would very much like to include a bio on these individuals for the work they contributed to TDWP.

I'm trying to track down:

• Jamie Hunn (aka Jamie Williams) - use to post on the Outpost Gallifrey (OG) art forum.  Did numerous covers for TDWP.
• Devon Shaddick - also use to post on the OG art forum.  Did one cover for TDWP.
• Charles Kirchoff - may have been on the old rec.arts.doctor.who mailing list. Story author.
• James Margitch - as above - resides in Australia.  Story author.
• Scott Marshall - may have been on the old rec.arts.doctor.who mailing list.  Story author.
• Graham Bell - use to post on the old OG forums. Story author.

If you know anything about any of the above people, or are indeed one of these people please contact me direct at tdwp[at]thedoctorwhoproject[dot]com.

Thanks.

Another season of original adventures in time and space coming soon from THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT.

Featuring adventures written by:

Lynn Clark / Andrew McCoy / Simon Birks

Charles Heathcote & Jodie van de Wetering

Misha Lauenstein / Jez Strickley / Dan Tessier

Arnold T. Blumberg

and

Duncan Johnson

In our continuing efforts to add the missing stories from seasons 28 and 29, we've added two more stories to the list of those now available.  These include two more season 28 stories, "Silver Plague" by James Margitch and the season finale, "Escape Pod" by Misha Lauenstein.  Both stories can now be downloaded in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Many of you who have been reading TDWP stories for some time may recall at one point TDWP had its very own discussion forum where you could go to discuss TDWP, its stories and projects.  Unfortunately that forum was closed down, but we have some very exciting news for each of you. 

The Doctor Who Project Forum is back and now accepting new members.

The all TDWP FORUM is where everyone can join in on the numerous discussions on all things TDWP.  Forum members can discuss the on-going series of TDWP stories from the very first season right up to the current season.  Vote in one of our story or season polls, or talk to fellow TDWP fans about your favourite story, favourite writer, and more. 

Registration is free however the TDWP forum requires you to register an account before you post.  This is a private community open only to registered users. To get to the new forum, just click on the TDWP Forum button at the top of this page and then register to get access.  It's that simple.

Work continues apace on bringing you another season of new stories from The Doctor Who Project with Season 37.  The season is expected to debut sometime in April or May and will feature eight new original adventures in time and space featuring the ninth Doctor and new companions Val Rossi and Tom Brooker.

The season premiere "The Wanderer" by Lynn Clark introduces new companions Tom and Val.  The premiere will then be followed by another seven stories and will be followed by a special publication of the season 37 author biographies and interviews. 

The complete Season 37 lineup is as follows:

• Story 1/11C - The Wanderer by Lynn Clark
• Story 2/11D - Noise by Andrew McCoy
• Story 3/11E - Keepsakes by Simon Birks
• Story 4/11F - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Charles Heathcote & Jodie van de Wetering
• Story 5/11G - The Plastic People by Misha Lauenstein
• Story 6/11H - Temporal Rendition by Jez Strickley
• Story 7/11J - The City of The Dragon by Dan Tessier
• Story 8/11K - Where Best Friends Are Made by Arnold T. Blumberg

Roughly four or five weeks, season 37 will be followed by the 2010 Summer Special, an all new adventure from returning TDWP author Duncan Johnson.  (The story code for this story will be 11L.)

Each story will be published individually and featuring an original cover by one of TDWP's stable of artists.  Art Editor Alex Lydiate is currently working with our artists on the covers which should be made available on the website a few weeks prior to the launch of the season.

Keep tuned to the TDWP website for further details on the season as we get closer to the official launch date.

TDWP has added two Season 29 stories to the site today.  These include the Season 29 premiere story, "Plan 8 of The Daleks" by Misha Lauenstein and the second story of the season "Blossom Core" by Kyle Bastian.  Both stories are available to download in PDF format by visiting the season 29 section of the TDWP site.  Further stories are forthcoming over the next few weeks.

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It's been a long time coming but TDWP is happy to announce that starting today, and over the next few weeks, we'll be adding the re-formatted missing season 28 and 29 stories beginning with Misha Lauenstein's Season 28 premiere "The Cosmic Plot of Doctor Hu" .  Join the eighth Doctor as he meets Tamara Scott for the first time and as they attend a mysterious garden party hosted by the strange Doctor Hu.  Now available to download in PDF format.

Further stories will follow every couple of days and over the next 3 weeks, we hope to have all the re-formatted stories online for fans to download.

We were quite surprised to receive the following title sequence from TDWP reader Alex O'Neil.  We think you'll agree that its quite brilliant actually. All of us here at the TDWP HQ were mighty impressed by it and have to thank Alex for sending it to us.  Have a watch. We think you'll like it too.

"Peaceful people are hardly every trouble, Sssterex.  These sheep will bend to us like a reed to a forceful breeze.  Those who are at peace don't know how to fight back.  They cry, they plead, and they try to bargain.  But they never fight back.  And those few who do, are easily dealt with; and, make a fine example to the rest as well."

Kalen is a peaceful planet where its people are about to celebrate the 'Esh'Ri'Ul, an annual national holiday of peace and love.  But before the celebrations can begin, they are attacked by the vicious Skelexol.  Who are the Skelexol and why have they come to Kalen?  What is the connection of Mia to the Doctor's past and why is it everytime the Doctor wants to take a well deserved rest and holiday, his plans seem to go awry?  These questions and more will be answered in this years Christmas special "And The Child Shall Lead" by Samantha Warner and Karen Kalbacher.

The Doctor, heartsick with past events, decides that it's time for a long rest, but it seems fate has other plans for him.  Rather than finding himself in a peaceful setting, he's thrust headlong into Kalen's troubles.  Who are the alien invaders?  Will the Doctor be able to pierce through the falling shadows?  And, who is the young woman that seems to know all about the Doctor? 

Join TDWP as we celebrate the holiday season in this special Christmas release on Saturday, December 12, 2009.  "And The Child Shall Lead" will be available to download for free in PDF format.

What is Brief Encounters?

The concept of Brief Encounters is to publish a series of short stories set within the Doctor Who universe. The stories will feature classic Doctor/Companion pairings from the original television series (up to Survival), and from the ongoing adventures of the Eighth and Ninth incarnations as published by TDWP.

Each Brief Encounters short story will be published as each individual short story is completed by the author. To date we have published 3 such stories featuring the second, third and sixth Doctor, which can be found on the TDWP site under "Brief Encounters" in the Seasons section.

Story Requirements

1) Stories must be original whilst also fitting within established original television series continuity.
2) The stories will be around 5,000 words in length.
3) The use of established enemies/monsters should be avoided. We would rather have exiting new characters and monsters featuring in the stories rather than using established ones.

Interested in contributing?

If you are interested in contributing to Brief Encounters please send your story submissions to us by clicking on the email link above. Submissions should contain the following:

1) The Doctor and companion that the story concerns.
2) Details of key characters/monsters.
3) A brief synopsis of the story.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us direct.

We look forward to reading your proposals.

The ninth Doctor returns for a special holiday adventure in TDWP's 2009 Christmas Special released this Christmas.  Just in time to celebrate the holiday season on December 12, 2009, TDWP presents "And The Child Shall Lead" by TDWP Editor Samantha Warner and Karen Kalbacher.  In this all new Doctor Who adventure, the Doctor arrives on the planet Kalen, where the people are at peace.  Everyone is gathering for their highest holiday, a celebration of light, family and honour.  But on the very eve of the festivities, their peace is broken by a race of creatures that seem to resemble Death himself.  The Doctor, heartsick with past events, decides that it's time for a long rest, but it seems fate has other plans for him.  Rather than finding himself in a peaceful setting, he's thrust headlong into Kalen's troubles.  Who are the alien invaders?  Will the Doctor be able to pierce through the falling shadows?  And, who is the young woman that seems to know all about the Doctor? 

Join TDWP as we celebrate the holiday season in this special Christmas release on Saturday, December 12, 2009.  "And The Child Shall Lead" will be available to download for free in PDF format.

Continuing the tradition we started in 2007, this year will see the publication of our second Christmas special.  This years special is by TDWP editor, Samantha Warner and will be available in December.  Titled "And The Child Shall Lead", Samantha has promised us a story that centers around the theme of Christmas but sees the Doctor embroiled in a story of a very different nature.  Further details on this years special will be forthcoming soon.

Work continues apace on the forthcoming scheduled Season 37 with first drafts of the stories having now been received from several of the writers.  These drafts will be read over and edited by both Samantha Warner and Bob Furnell and returned to the writers for any revisions, or changes, needed.

Season 37 will feature an on-going story arc involving the Great Intelligence from the Troughton era stories The Abominable Snowman and The Web of Fear as it reasserts itself in today's world.  The Doctor must fight to defeat the Great Intelligence, but at what cost to him?  Each story will be connected but also act as a stand-alone story for those readers who won't necessarily follow the entire season.  The season will also see the addition of two new companions in the form of Valentina "Val" Rossi and Tom Brooker, two 21st century humans from Earth who join the Doctor in the first story of the season The Wanderer by Lynn Clark.

Other stories featured include: Noise by TDWP newcomer Andrew McCoy; Keepsakes by Simon Birks (who wrote the season 36 story The Goyellercanth); The Clockmakers Daughter, a joint effort by newcomer Charles Heathcote and TDWP veteran Jodie van de Wetering; Temporal Rendition by returning season 36 author, Jez Strickley; The City of the Dragon by Dan Tessier, who some of you may remember from his Brief Encounters story, Monkey Cups; and finally Where Best Friends Are Made which sees the return of Arnold T. Blumberg.

Readers will also be interested to know that TDWP will once again be featuring a special Christmas release which will be penned by popular TDWP writer, Duncan Johnson.

Season 37 is schedule for reason in the first half of 2010 with a Christmas special in December 2010.

What is Brief Encounters?

The concept of Brief Encounters is to publish a series of short stories set within the Doctor Who universe. The stories will feature classic Doctor/Companion pairings from the original television series (up to Survival), and from the ongoing adventures of the Eighth and Ninth incarnations as published by TDWP.

Each Brief Encounters short story will be published as each individual short story is completed by the author. To date we have published 3 such stories featuring the second, third and sixth Doctor, which can be found on the TDWP site under "Brief Encounters" in the Seasons section.

Story Requirements

1) Stories must be original whilst also fitting within established original television series continuity.
2) The stories will be around 5,000 words in length.
3) The use of established enemies/monsters should be avoided. We would rather have exiting new characters and monsters featuring in the stories rather than using established ones.

Interested in contributing?

If you are interested in contributing to Brief Encounters please send your story submissions to us by clicking on the email link above. Submissions should contain the following:

1) The Doctor and companion that the story concerns.
2) Details of key characters/monsters.
3) A brief synopsis of the story.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us direct.

We look forward to reading your proposals.

Here's your chance to get to know the writers behind the stories of Season 36.  Now available is the Season 36 Author Biographies and Interviews featuring interviews with all 5 writers.  Available to download in PDF format.

A visit to the Gamma-Magna star system triggers an unexpected turn of events as the TARDIS is penetrated by a deadly foe who is able to unpack the Dcotor's memories at will.  Forced to make a dark and disturbing journey down memory lane, the Doctor is confronted by long-gone companions and adversaries, as his anonymous interrogator seeks to discover what makes the Time Lord tick.  As the Doctor struggles to distinguish reality from fiction, a deadly game of questions ensues which threatens to destory him.

"Questions" is available to download for free in PDF format.

Once upon a time a man named the Doctor did a shameful thing, something he had to do to save the lives of an entire planet. Now the guilt has come back to haunt him in the shape of a sphere; a silver sphere on its own journey home.  But rectifying the problem is not going to be easy; scatter over space and time are others affected by it; manipulated by it; changed by it.  Now they are coming together: Pamanzi, a trader with a hidden past; Jeremiah, a man drive to insanity in the search for his missing family; and the Goyellercanth herself.  The Doctor is lost, following the instincts of a sphere, its instincts of survival, and hoping, at last, that he is doing the right thing...

"The Goyellercanth" by Simon Birks is now online to download and read in PDF format. 

We've uploaded an interview conducted way back in 2008 with TDWP Senior Range Editor Bob Furnell to the TDWP site.  Interviewed by Jez Strickley, this interview can be found in the Interviews section of the TDWP site.  Bob talks in-depth about his then feelings about TDWP, Doctor Who fan fiction, and plans for future TDWP seasons.  The interview is free to download in PDF format.

In our continuing efforts to update and revise our past publications, TDWP is pleased to announce that we now have another story from Season 27 online - Rebecca Dowgiert's "Stigmata". 

The Doctor simply wanted a stroll on his favourite planet...but, when he arrives in the medieval French town of Gerant during the Hundred Years War, he finds a town shaken by report of holy visions and miracles. Investigating with the help of the local priest and a young midwife, Denora, the Doctor discovers that aliens are manipulating the townsfolk to some mysterious end, and that Gerant's visitors are willing to kill to prevent any interference in their plans. Hunted by agents of the aliens and accused of murder, the Doctor and Denora must survive the traditional ordeal faced by all accused of witchcraft, and find a way to drive away Gerant's unwanted guests.

Drop by the Season 27 section of the site and download this story for free in PDF format.

...the third story of the season, Will Harvey's "The Box of Secrets". 

All the Doctor wanted was a peaceful holiday on Tensira, but fate conspires against him once again.  Accidentally finding himself in the Imperial throne room, he can’t resist showing off his knowledge and realises too late that he’s just added his name to the top of the Emperor’s list.  A list of scientists who are expected to open a mysterious, indestructible box... or die for their failure. The Emperor, his sanity dissolving in paranoia and isolation, has convinced himself that the box’s unknown contents are the only thing which can keep him safe.  He has killed his own subjects in pursuit of his obsession, and will kill as many more as it takes.  Rebellion and assassination hang heavy in the air. Someone is going to die, it seems, and soon.  It may be that the best the Doctor can do is choose who it is to be.

"The Box of Secrets" is now available for free download in PDF format.

Season 36 continues with the publication of the second story of the season - "The Wax Museum" by Jez Strickley.

Intent on taking his mind off of recent events, the Doctor pays a visit to the Celestial Exhibition, a rare showcase of artwork from across the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Exhibition’s favourite son is the master-sculptor Nanos Mortich, a man for whom art is everything. Mortich specialises in waxwork models of the rich and famous – waxworks which just so happen to be atomically perfect.

Suspicious of Mortich’s latest exhibit, the Doctor decides to take an unguided tour of the sculptor’s famous Wax Museum.

However, the Doctor’s arrival is exactly what Mortich has been waiting for...

Why are Mortich’s waxworks so lifelike? And just what sort of trap has the Doctor walked into this time?

Now available for free download in PDF format for Adobe Reader.

The time has finally arrived.  It's a new season of adventures in time and space as the ninth Doctor travels back to Gallifrey in the Season 36 debut story, "The Web of Time" by Robert Mammone.  Returning to Gallifrey via the Timescoop, the Doctor seeks vengeance on the High Council for their actions in "Journey's End".  But not all is as it seems; and where is Silver, and for that matter, where are the Time Lords?   As the mystery deepens, the Doctor must find answer before time runs out.  Will he succeed?  Find out in the Season 36 Debut, "The Web of Time", now available to download in PDF format from TDWP.

We're counting down the hours till the official launch of our latest collection of stories debuts tomorrow, Saturday, September 12, with the first story of the season "The Web of Time" by Robert Mammone. 

Returning to Gallifrey via the Timescoop, the Doctor seeks vengeance on the High Council for their actions in "Journey's End".  But his task is interrupted by the reappearance of Silver.  But this is not the Silver he knows - something more alien and sinister.  Barely escaping with his life, the Doctor stumbles across a young orphan girl named Alienka.  Together, they journey to the Capital, intent on seeking answers to the mystery around them.

In the Capital, the mystery only deepens, for not only has the High Council vanished, but so have every Time Lord.  The Capital is now a shadow haunted place, full of old memories and creatures that stalk the empty halls.  As they journey towards the heart of the city, the Panopticon, they discover that a monstrous creature is weaving a new web of time, anchored on one side by the Matrix and on the other by the Eye of Harmony.

Soon the Doctor is in a race against time to purge the Matrix of a race of extra-dimensional creatures known as the Teteo-Colotl before they are able to bind the Eye of Harmony to their web.  But not all is as it seems.  Before this adventure is finished, the Doctor will question not only the very nature of reality itself, but also his own motivations.

"The Web of Time" will be available to download for free in PDF format on Saturday, September 12.

As part of our on-going re-publication of some of our older back catalogue stories, we're pleased to announce that the third story from our debut season is now online for downloading.  In "The Doctor's New Clothes" a new persona deserves a new look as the Eighth Doctor gets to grips with his new regeneration.

Over the next several weeks, The Doctor Who Project will be revising and revamping all of its back catalogue stories from Seasons 27 through to Season 30 by reformatting all of these stories with new covers, back covers and fixing the text within each story to make it easier for reading.  Obviously this is a project of some scope and size so we hope that all of our readers will bare with us while we reformat all 28 stories.  As part of this on-going project, readers will note that the first three stories from Season 27 have already been reformatted and now available for downloading.

TDWP now has its own forum area where you can go to discuss TDWP and all of its related projects.  You'll find the TDWP area as part of the all new WHOTOPIA Magazine Forum at www.whotopia.ca/forums

The forums are free to join.  All you have to do is create a user name and password, and follow the directions for joining the forum.  Its that simple.

We'd like to encourage all of you to join the new forum to discuss TDWP - there are already some discussion topics there - but by joining the all new Whotopia forums, not only will you be able to talk about TDWP, but you'll also be able to chat with other Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures fans about these series as well as Whotopia magazine.

So please drop by the new forums.  Sign up, and let's start discussing TDWP and more.

We hope to see you there.

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Suspended within a tumbling rectangle as black as the depths of space, the Doctor raced through the vortex, a speck of life adrift in a churning sea of time.  Shielded from the scouring chronal winds, the Doctor was going home.  Home to Gallifrey, seat of the greatest temporal power in the universe.  Home once more to a people who had again betrayed him.  “I have to go, Silver...you know that…”  His strained voice making the words harsh, and once more life is about to change for the Doctor.

And so begins another adventure for our favorite Time Lord as he becomes embroiled in a new season of adventures in time and space as The Doctor Who Project presents Season 36, debuting Saturday, September 12. 

The season features five new adventures from the pens of Robert Mammone, Jez Strickley, Will Harvey, Simon Birks and Bob Furnell. 

Each adventure will be published once a week over a five-week period and will be published in short-story format featuring covers designed special for each story by Philip Boyes, Kevin Mullen, Brian Taylor and Karen Kalbacher.  Each adventure will be available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

As an added bonus, readers will be to download exclusive related content such as the SEASON 36 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES AND INTERVIEWS publication featuring biographies on each author and exclusive interviews. 

Plus you’ll be able to chat about SEASON 36 and TDWP with fellow TDWP fans on our exclusive new forum at www.whotopia.ca/forums. Join in the conversation and discuss your favorite stories, writers, and more on WHOTOPIA/TDWP FORUM.

So, don’t forget that date – SEPTEMBER 12, 2009.  We expect to see you there.

Do you want to keep up to date with the latest news, events, stories and more for The Doctor Who Project?  If so, your best way is to join our exclusive mailing list.  Just scroll down the page, insert your email address, choose subscribe, and click on "go" - it's that easy.  Now you'll be kept up to date on all things TDWP.

For the first time in seven years, the first three stories from Season 27 can now be found online for your reading pleasure.  The Final Sunset, Best Enemy and The Doctor's New Clothes can now be found in the Season 27 section to download in PDF format.  These stories were not available for some time due to problems with the diskettes the files were stored on.

When it came to putting the stories together for the online Season 27 Omnibus, it was discovered that many of the story files had become corrupted due to the age of the floppy diskettes that the stories were stored on.  Of the seasons eight stories, approximately 50% of the files were affected.  Unfortunately these were the only versions we had of these stories and we had to go back and recreate many of the story files.  Luckily so far we were able to save the first three stories, which you now have here for your reading enjoyment.

The Final Sunset is the very first published TDWP story and features the Seventh Doctor in a story featuring an archeological dig, a strange virus, a foe from the past and the reappearance of old friend.  This is followed by Best Enemy which sees the Seventh Doctor visit a unique alien culture where one of the most evil entities is the planet's most trusted dignataries. The story also sees the regeneration of the Seventh Doctor.  Then it's back in the TARDIS and time for the new Doctor pick his new outfit in The Doctor's New Clothes.

So grab a cup of tea, some cookies, find a comfy chair, sit back, relax and enjoy The Final Sunset, Best Enemy and The Doctor's New Clothes.

"Monkey Cups" by Dan Tessier, the third and final entry in our first set of Brief Encounters stories, is now available to download for your reading pleasure.  The Doctor and Peri take a trip to nineteenth century Borneo in search of the fabled Rafflesia flower - a seemingly harmless trip that takes a turn for the worse when they encounter British explorer Professor Crumb and a group of deadly Iban warriors. However, the true threat is something very different - something that isn't human. The travellers discover that evolution doesn't always run quite the same course across the Universe...  Available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.  And, don't forget to drop by the TDWP section in the Whotopia forum (www.whotopia.ca/forums) to let us know what you think of the story and talk about this and other TDWP stories.

The second story in our new "Brief Encounters" series, "Symbiosis" by John Davies, is now available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Nobody could ever question Ben Jackson's loyalty.  In the navy and now in time and space, he was someone to be trusted, someone to have on your side.  He was unshakable. With Polly and the Doctor, this trait had become symbiotic.  Together, they were a team, a unit - rock solid in taking care of each other no matter what the Universe may throw their way.  And right now, as Ben moves quietly through an alien control room, this solidarity is needed more than ever.  Polly has been captured.  Imprisoned by the Emod, her only hope of salvation rests with Ben and the Doctor.  However, as time passes and Polly's would be rescuers strive to reach her, Ben finds himself undergoing a personal trial of faith.

Download now!  And don't forget to drop by the TDWP section in the Whotopia forum (www.whotopia.ca/forums) and let us know what you think of the story.

The first story in our new BRIEF ENCOUNTERS line of past doctor short stories is now available for you to download.  "Fear The Dark" by Robert Mammone features the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith in an all new adventure when a small team of scientists have been secreted aboard a research station located on a hidden asteroid in deep space.  Their mission – successfully test a system designed to create wormholes at will, and enable their government to use it to quickly end a rebellion that is threatening to topple the old order.  The final test is successful – too successful, rupturing the fabric of the universe and allowing living shadows to cross over, consuming the scientists.  When the 3rd Doctor and Sarah Jane arrive, they discover the remnants of an investigative team sent to determine what has gone wrong.  Initially under suspicion, the Doctor and Sarah team up with the surviving investigator, Lieutenant Ruschenko.  With the threat of a full blown invasion imminent, they must work together to drive the creatures back into their own dimension, and seal the breach before the universe is overwhelmed by creatures intent on consuming every living being.

"Fear The Dark" is available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.  After reading the story, drop by the TDWP section in the Whotopia forum (www.whotopia.ca/forums) and let us know what you think of the story.

The date has been set.  Grab your pencil and/or pen and get ready to mark the following date down on your calendar. Ready? Here we go!  Saturday, September 12, 2009.  That’s the official launch date for TDWP Season 36 which features 5 brand new original adventures for the TDWP Ninth Doctor.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

STORY ONE – THE WEB OF TIME

Author: Robert Mammone

Returning to Gallifrey via the Timescoop, the Doctor seeks vengeance on the High Council for their actions in "Journey's End".  But his task is interrupted by the reappearance of Silver.  But this is not the Silver he knows - something more alien and sinister.  Barely escaping with his life, the Doctor stumbles across a young orphan girl named Alienka.  Together, they journey to the Capital, intent on seeking answers to the mystery around them.  In the Capital, the mystery only deepens, for not only has the High Council vanished, but so have every Time Lord.  The Capital is now a shadow haunted place, full of old memories and creatures that stalk the empty halls.  As they journey towards the heart of the city, the Panopticon, they discover that a monstrous creature is weaving a new web of time, anchored on one side by the Matrix and on the other by the Eye of Harmony.  Soon the Doctor is in a race against time to purge the Matrix of a race of extra-dimensional creatures known as the Teteo-Colotl before they are able to bind the Eye of Harmony to their web.  But not all is as it seems.  Before this adventure is finished, the Doctor will question not only the very nature of reality itself, but also his own motivations.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

STORY TWO – THE WAX MUSEUM

Author: Jez Strickley

Intent on taking his mind off of recent events, the Doctor pays a visit to the Celestial Exhibition, a rare showcase of artwork from across the Milky Way Galaxy. The Exhibition’s favorite son is the master-sculptor Nanos Mortich, a man for whom art is everything. Mortich specializes in waxwork models of the rich and famous - waxworks which just so happen to be atomically perfect. Suspicious of Mortich’s latest exhibit, the Doctor decides to take an unguided tour of the sculptor’s famous Wax Museum. However, the Doctor’s arrival is exactly what Mortich has been waiting for... Why are Mortich’s waxworks so lifelike? And just what sort of trap has the Doctor walked into this time?

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

STORY THREE – THE BOX OF SECRETS

Author: Will Harvey

All the Doctor wanted was a peaceful holiday on Tensira, but fate conspires against him once again.  Accidentally finding himself in the Imperial throne room, he can’t resist showing off his knowledge and realises too late that he’s just added his name to the top of the Emperor’s list.  A list of scientists who are expected to open a mysterious, indestructible box... or die for their failure.  The Emperor, his sanity dissolving in paranoia and isolation, has convinced himself that the box’s unknown contents are the only thing which can keep him safe.  He has killed his own subjects in pursuit of his obsession, and will kill as many more as it takes.  Rebellion and assassination hang heavy in the air.  Someone is going to die, it seems, and soon.  It may be that the best the Doctor can do is choose who it is to be.

OCTOBER 3, 2009

STORY FOUR – THE GOYELLERCANTH

Author: Simon Birks

Once upon a time a man named the Doctor did a shameful thing, something he had to do to save the lives of an entire planet. Now the guilt has come back to haunt him in the shape of a sphere; a silver sphere on its own journey home.  But rectifying the problem is not going to be easy; scatter over space and time are others affected by it; manipulated by it; changed by it.  Now they are coming together: Pamanzi, a trader with a hidden past; Jeremiah, a man drive to insanity in the search for his missing family; and the Goyellercanth herself.  The Doctor is lost, following the instincts of a sphere, its instincts of survival, and hoping, at last, that he is doing the right thing...

OCTOBER 10, 2009

STORY FIVE – QUESTIONS

Author: Bob Furnell & Jez Strickley

A visit to the Gamma-Magna star system triggers an unexpected turn of events as the TARDIS is penetrated by a deadly foe that is able to unpack the Doctor’s memories at will.  Forced to make a dark and disturbing journey down memory lane, the Doctor is confronted by long-gone companions and adversaries, as his anonymous interrogator seeks to discover what makes the Time Lord tick.  As the Doctor struggles to distinguish reality from fiction, a deadly game of questions ensues which threatens to destroy him.

Each adventure will be published once a week over a five-week period and will be published in short-story format featuring covers designed special for each story by Philip Boyes, Kevin Mullen, Brian Taylor and Karen Kalbach.  Each adventure will be available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

As an added bonus, readers will be to download exclusive related content such as the SEASON 36 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES AND INTERVIEWS publication featuring biographies on each author and exclusive interviews.  Plus you’ll be able to chat about SEASON 36 and TDWP with fellow TDWP fans on our exclusive new forum at www.whotopia.ca/forums. Join in the conversation and discuss your favorite stories, writers, and more on WHOTOPIA/TDWP FORUM.

So, don’t forget that date – SEPTEMBER 12, 2009.  We expect to see you there.

TDWP is pleased to announce the launch BRIEF ENCOUNTERS beginning Saturday, July 18th with the debut of “Fear The Dark” by Robert Mammone.  Brief Encounters is TDWP’s new line of original short stores centering on past television Doctors numbers 1 through 7.  Our first mini-season of adventures will consist of 3 brand new adventures over a three week period with subsequent adventures appearing on a as and when basis.  Each story will be published with specially designed covers by Karen Kalbach, Alex Lydiate and Philip Boyes and will be available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The first adventure, Fear The Dark by Robert Mammone, debuts July 18th in an adventure with the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith where a small team of scientists have been secreted aboard a research station located on a hidden asteroid in deep space. Their mission - successfully test a system designed to created wormholes at will, and enable their government to use it to quickly end a rebellion that is threatening to topple the old order.  When the final test is successful - too successful; it ruptures the fabric of the universe allowing living shadows to cross over.  When the third Doctor and Sarah Jane arrive, they discover the remnants of an investigative team sent to discover what went wrong.  Initially under suspicion, the Doctor and Sarah team up with the surviving investigator and work together to drive the creatures back into their own dimension and seal the breach before every living being has been consumed. 

This will be followed on July 25th with Symbiosis by John Davies with an adventure featuring the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly. Nobody could ever question Ben Jackson's loyalty.  In the navy and now in time and space, he was someone to be trusted, someone to have on your side.  He was unshakable. With Polly and the Doctor, this trait had become symbiotic.  Together, they were a team, a unit - rock solid in taking care of each other no matter what the Universe may throw their way.  And right now, as Ben moves quietly through an alien control room, this solidarity is needed more than ever.  Polly has been captured.  Imprisoned by the Emod, her only hope of salvation rests with Ben and the Doctor.  However, as time passes and Polly's would be rescuers strive to reach her, Ben finds himself undergoing a personal trial of faith.

And on August 1st, our first collection of past doctor adventures concludes with Monkey Cups by Dan Tessier.  The Sixth Doctor and Peri take a trip to nineteenth century Borneo in search of the fabled Rafflesia flower - a seemingly harmless trip that takes a turn for the worse when they encounter British explorer Professor Crumb and a group of deadly Iban warriors.  However, the true threat is something very different - something that isn't human.  The travelers discover that evolution doesn't always run quite the same course across the Universe.

Many of you who have been reading TDWP stories for some time may recall at one point TDWP had its very own discussion forum where you could go to discuss TDWP, its stories and projects.  Unfortunately that forum was closed down, but we have some very exciting news for each of you. 

TDWP now has its own forum area where you can go to discuss TDWP and all of its related projects.  You'll find the TDWP area as part of the all new WHOTOPIA Magazine Forum at www.whotopia.ca/forums

The forums are free to join.  All you have to do is create a user name and password, and follow the directions for joining the forum.  Its that simple.

We'd like to encourage all of you to join the new forum to discuss TDWP - there are already some discussion topics there - but by joining the all new Whotopia forums, not only will you be able to talk about TDWP, but you'll also be able to chat with other Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures fans about these series as well as Whotopia magazine.

So please drop by the new forums.  Sign up, and let's start discussing TDWP and more.

We hope to see you there.

www.whotopia.ca/forums

1. Stories must be original whilst also fitting within established continuity.
2. The stories will be up to and around 5000 words in length.
3. The use of established enemies/monsters should be avoided if at all possible as we would rather have exciting new characters and monsters featuring in the stories rather than using established ones. (That is to say we're not against using established characters but would prefer to see new and original adversaries created first.)

1. The Doctor and the companion the story concerns
2. Details of key characters/monsters
3. A brief synopsis of the story plot

Drop by the Season 36 page now for details on our upcoming season of new adventures featuring 5 new exciting tales in time and space featuring stories by Rob Mammone, Jez Strickley, Will Harvey, Simon Birks and Bob Furnell.

The Season 36 page now includes synopsis for each of the stories, plus we reveal the exclusive story covers by Kevin Mullen, Brian Taylor and Karen Kalbach.

Season 36 is set to debut Fall 2009.

We've just updated details on our forthcoming collection of past doctor stories called "Brief Encounters".  Drop by the "Brief Encounters" section of the site and find out details on the first three stories, as well as view the cover for "Fear The Dark" by Rob Mammone.  We're hoping to debut this line of stories in the next few weeks so stay tuned to TDWP for details and announcements.

Nobody could ever question Ben Jackson's loyalty.  In the navy and now in time and space, he was someone to be trusted, someone to have on your side.  He was unshakable. With Polly and the Doctor, this trait had become symbiotic.  Together, they were a team, a unit - rock solid in taking care of each other no matter what the Universe may throw their way.  And right now, as Ben moves quietly through an alien control room, this solidarity is needed more than ever.  Polly has been captured.  Imprisoned by the Emod, her only hope of salvation rests with Ben and the Doctor.  However, as time passes and Polly's would be rescuers strive to reach her, Ben finds himself undergoing a personal trial of faith.

Beginning April 9th and over the next week or so you'll start to see a few changes happening with the TDWP site.  One such change will be separating Seasons 27-30 from being one complete section to dividing the four seasons up into a separate page section for each season.  Other forthcoming changes, will be adding a page for our upcoming collection of short stories called "Brief Encounters".  In order to make these changes, and prepare the new sections of the site, you may notice certain older pages missing or certain stories temporarily being unavailable.  Please note that this will be temporary while we make changes to the TDWP site.  Your understanding during this time is appreciate and please rest assure that we will have the missing stories reinstated as quickly as possible. 

1. Stories must be original whilst also fitting within established continuity.
2. The stories will be up to and around 5000 words in length.
3. The use of established enemies/monsters should be avoided if at all possible as we would rather have exciting new characters and monsters featuring in the stories rather than using established ones. (That is to say we're not against using established characters but would prefer to see new and original adversaries created first.)

1. The Doctor and the companion the story concerns
2. Details of key characters/monsters
3. A brief synopsis of the story plot

The 8th Doctor, Tamara and Grae are back once again in an exciting new adventure from one of TDWP's most popular writers, Jodie van de Wetering in "Stone and Cauldron".

A woman, a man, a stone and a problem.  The Doctor comes to the aid of an old friend, an archaeologist who’s found something improbable in a muddy field.  The local pagan community might be the only people who can shed light on the discovery, but they’re facing problems of their own as newer, more radical elements rise through the ranks.  But a side-trip back in time to the source of the problem brings more questions than answers, as the Doctor uncovers... A woman, a man, a stone and a problem.

"Stone and Cauldron" is available to download free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

1. Plot synopsis of the story (a 3-5 paragraph synopsis of your story - this is not the blurbs previously written up but rather a plot synopsis or overview of what happens in your story. The synopsis can be as detailed as you'd like but not more than 5 paragraphs in length.)
   
2. A list of all the main characters in the story
   
3. A list of all the supporting characters in the story
   
4. Where does the story take place? [Location(s) of the story]
   
5. When does the story take place? [Date and time]
   
6. Who is the main villain/chief protaganist of the story? [include a short description]
   
7. Who is the featured monster if applicable [provide a description]
   
8. Is there an alien race featured? If so, please name them. [If they are a new alien race, please provide a short description]
   
9. Additional info [any information you feel is important that is not covered in the above]

1. Blown Out of The Sky - Misha Lauenstein
   
2. Fallout - Kyle Bastian/Karen Gold
   
3. Tomb of Shadows - John Gordon Swogger
   
4. Nadir - Karen Gold
   
5. Tears of Rassilon - Kyle Bastian
   
6. Leaving The Red - Tim Jones
   
7. The Children's Crusade - Julio Angel Ortiz
   
8. The Covenant of Lord Byron's Bones - Karen Gold
   
9. Lokahi - Kyle Bastian
   
10. Insight - Julio Angel Ortiz
    
11. New Born - Lesleigh Force
    
12. Split Infinities - Mark Simpson
    
13. Chill - John Gordon Swogger
    
14. Gunpowder - Kyle Bastian/Julio Angel Ortiz
    
15. The Atef Crown - Lesleigh Force
    
16. The Shadow Emperor - Mark Simpson
    
17. Day of The Dead - Lesleigh Force
    
18. The Legend of the Green Man - Alex Wilson-Fletcher
    
19. Cradle of Death - John Gordon Swogger
    
20. A Christmas Story - Craig Charlesworth
    
21. Moonlight Part One - Jack Rees
    
22. Moonlight Part Two - Jack Rees
    
23. The Curse of The Jade Skull - Arnold T Blumberg
    
24. Strange Meeting - David P May
    
25. Aurum Et Plumbum - Craig Charlesworth
    
26. Journey's End - John Gordon Swogger
    
27. Beauty Is Only... - Scott Marshall

It's finally here!  Almost two years in the making, the time has finally arrived.  The TDWP Programme Guide is now available to download for your reading pleasure.

The TDWP Programme Guide is your indespensible guide to getting to know TDWP and covers every story published between 1999-2008.  Each story is listed in publication order and includes the storyline, cast list, producer, writer, script editor credits and more. 

The TDWP Programme Guide is available to download free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

After numerous delays, we're pleased to announced that the TDWP PROGRAMME GUIDE is finally going to see the light of day.  Scheduled for publication in January 2009, our exclusive guide to covering Seasons 27-35 will look at each of these seasons with detailed information on the writers, publication dates, story synopsis and more.  Keep tuned to the TDWP site for this highly anticipated publication coming soon!

TDWP is pleased to announce that the first story of Season 36 will be The Web of Time by Robert Mammone.  Rob will be continuing the threads started in season 35's finale Journey's End and bringing them to a satisfying conclusion in his story.  Rob will be familiar to many of you as he is the author of season 35's Dreadnought.  Season 36's lineup includes:

• The Web of Time by Robert Mammone
• The Wax Museum by Jez Strickley
• The Box of Secrets by Will Harvey
• The House At The End of Time by Paul Robison
• Questions by Bob Furnell

Season 36 is scheduled for publication in 2009.

• Co-ordinating the required artwork for TDWP
• Working with the existing TDWP artist contributors
• Recruiting new artist contributors
• Co-ordinating the covers, and back covers, for our various publications such as Season 36 and Brief Encounters
• Must have knowledge of various graphic programs

If interested in the above postion, please submit your interest, and a sample of your work to Bob Furnell @ jigsawpublications@yahoo.ca.

The Doctor Who Project is looking to fill the position of Range Editor.  Duties would include:

• Co-ordinate publication of stories and seasons
• Perform edits to story first and final drafts
• Publicize upcoming stories and seasons through various methods (eg. internet, message boards, etc)
• Work with TDWP Editor/Senior Range Editor in reviewing possible stories for publication
• Work with TDWP Editor/Senior Range Editor to set up season story order
• Work with TDWP Editor/Senior Range Editor to set up deadlines for writers
• Work with Art Editor to co-ordinate creation of story covers (front and back)
• Work with Art Editor to set up deadlines for artists
  Solicit and recruit new writers and artists to project
• Work with TDWP website administrator to have material posted/uploaded to website
• Write promotional materials

If interested in the above position, please email Bob Furnell at jigsawpublications@yahoo.ca with a sample of your work.

TDWP returns with another season of adventures in 2009 with Season 36 featuring five new stories and a Christmas Special.  The season features two returning and three new authors.

The first story spot is still open at this time, however we are hoping to announce who will be writing this story in the coming weeks.  We can confirm that whoever pens the season debut, their story will address the issues left unresolved at the end of Season 35.

The Wax Museum is Story 2 and is being penned by Jez Strickley.  This will be Jez's first story for TDWP.  His name may be familiar to a few TDWP readers, as he is the Editor for the Doctor Who fanzine Whotopia.

Will Harvey returns to TDWP as he pens Story 3 entitled The Box of Secrets.  Will was the author of Season 34's First Born.

Paul Robinson is another new writer to TDWP and he'll be penning Story 4, The House At The End of Time.  Paul will also have a story featured in TDWP's upcoming short story collection Brief Encounters.

And, after a six year absence, TDWP Range Editor Bob Furnell returns to pen the Season Finale with the tentatively titled Questions.

Season 36 will also feature a special Christmas Story again which will be written by TDWP Editor Samantha Warner.  Samantha's story will be titled And The Child Shall Lead Him.

If you're planning to submit a story outline for consideration for Season 37, you've got just under two weeks till the November 15th deadline.  TDWP is accepting story outlines from writers who are interested in writing for our season 37 collection of stories.  There are eight slots available, one of which includes the 2010 Christmas Special.  Prospective writers should read our submission guidelines before submitting any story proposals for consideration, or email us at jigsawpublications@yahoo.ca for a copy of our Season 37 Writers Guide.

TDWP NEEDS YOU!

TDWP (THE DOCTOR WHO PROJECT) is looking for writers who would be interested in becoming a part of our team and writing fiction for our series of original Doctor Who adventures.

TDWP centers on the continuing adventures of an alternate Doctor and his companions. Stories are published as part of an overall season that concentrates on delivering a collection of short stories that sees the Doctor facing new and original situations in time and space.

We are looking for imaginative, original and entertaining stories to fill our lineup of 8 stories for Season 37.

Throughout the season there will be a force or entity that is trying to assert its power and influence. The Doctor will continually feel like his life is not his own. Something, or someone, is trying to control him. Trying to influence him and guide his destiny. Something is trying to take control of the universe and make it its own. The Great Intelligence is at work again. Each story the Doctor will battle its influence either directly or indirectly. But each time he does, his life seems to be slipping away from him. Each battle tires him out more and more and he begins to age. By the end of the season the Great Intelligence will be at full power and will make its last great stab at taking over the entire universe. Despite the Doctor being tired and worn out he summonds the strength and courage to defeat the Great Intelligence one last time. He wins but at a great cost. His body and spirit have worn out and once again he faces regeneration.

The 2010 Christmas special will be a little different for TDWP. For most of the story our Doctor will have to deal with his regeneration and his companions will have to face a threat without him. But the Doctor will eventually recover to assist his companions and win the battle for them.

The season will also see the introduction of two new companions. One male - Tom Brooker - and one female - Valentina Rossi.

Season 37 will break down as follows:

11C - Story 1: Introduces new companions
11D - Story 2
11E - Story 3
11F - Story 4
11G - Story 5
11H - Story 6:
11J - Story 7: resolution to the Great Intelligence story arc

11K - 2010 Christmas Special

• We will be accepting story proposals and outlines beginning September 2, 2008.

• Deadline for proposals and/or outlines November 15, 2008.

For further information, please visit the TDWP website at www.thedoctorwhoproject.com, or email us at jigsawpublications@yahoo.ca to obtain a copy of our Season 37 Writers Guidelines.

TDWP is pleased to announce that effective September 2, 2008 we will be accepting story outlines from writers who are interested in writing for our season 37 collection of stories.  There will eight slots available, one of which includes the 2010 Christmas Special.  Prospective writers should read our submission guidelines before submitting any story proposals for consideration, or email us at jigsawpublications@yahoo.ca for a copy of our Season 37 writers guide.

The closing date for story proposals will be November 15, 2008.

We have just updated our submission guidelines to for those of you who are interested in contributing to Season 37.  The updated guidelines now include details on new companions Valentina Rossi and Tom Brooker.  Please consult the Submission Guidelines for full details.

Season 35 comes to an exciting conclusion today with publication of John Gordon's "Journey's End". The TARDIS is dead. An impact with a Null-Time event causes the time-ship to collapse in on itself and deposit the Doctor, Silver and Mortimer on a small Caribbean island in November, 1963. A terrible accident, the Doctor says - but is it? Events of worldwide importance make their impact on the tiny island, and the stranded TARDIS crew begins to discover that nothing is quite happening by accident. As history begins its inevitable unfolding, the Doctor is faced with the prospect of a terrible, cosmic destiny, and the end to all his journeys.

Journey's End is free to download for your reading pleasure in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Is it the end for the Doctor, Silver and Mortimer?  To find out, be sure to download the SEASON 35 finale this Saturday June 7th to find out.

JOURNEY'S END coming Saturday, June 7, 2008.

Season 35 begins to wind down as today we feature the penultimate story of the season, Robert Mammone's "Dreadnought". 

For millennia, the name Dreadnought struck fear across the galaxy.  Now, shrouded in history, they have faded from memory.  But are not completely gone.  One of the last of their kind has re-emerged on Earth from an aeons old slumber, ready to topple human civilization in a matter of weeks.  Can the Doctor and Silver find away to defeat this creature of darkest legend?  Or will they see everything they hold dear die under the onslaught of the Dreadnoughts?

"Dreadnought" is available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Enjoy.

Season 35 continues with another historical adventure by Duncan Johnson for your enjoyment.  In June 1553, Jane Dudley became Queen of England. Nine days later, she was deposed, arrested and imprisoned in the of London. In February of the following year, she was executed. This is the story of what might have been.  "Nine Days" can be downloaded for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Loch Ness isn't the only lake in the world that can boast a legend about a sea monster in the lake.  There's Canada's Ogopogo legend too. Join us as Misha Lauenstein gets to the bottom of Canada's legend in this weeks story "Ogopogo" now available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

When the TARDIS is hit by a meteor, the Doctor and Silver investigate the crash of the meteorite into the picturesque British Columbia home of the famed lake monster Ogopogo. While trying to get in some time to go to the beach and browse the book stores, the time travellers find themselves involved with the odd crew of the submarine sent down from the University to investigate the meteor. A member of the local Salish Indian band tells them that the meteor has landed near the legendary underwater cave of N'ha·a·itk. Will they encounter the mythical creature when they arrive at the bottom of the lake? Or something even more bizarre?

After a slight delay, "Aurum In Plumbum" is now available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader.

An adventure in history...

Nero's Rome is in tatters - devastated by fire, now torn apart from within as various political factions vie for power.  A series of gory murders seems set to light the powder keg the city has become - unless the Doctor can find the culprit and bring him to justice. But when the list of suspects includes Gods, corrupt Senators and a criminal from the Doctor's own past, that's not going to be a simple matter.  With Silver lined up as the killer's next victim, and Nero himself in danger, time is a luxury the Doctor and his new friend Cornelius do not have.

We regret to inform readers that the publication of "Aurum In Plumbum" will be delayed for a few days due to a fault discovered with the actual Word document.  We are working to resolve this issue and are hoping to have the story online as soon as possible.  We apologize for this inconvenience and hope to rectify this problem as soon as possible.  Thank you for your understanding.

Once again the Doctor's uncanny knack for landing himself in trouble manifests itself when the TARDIS arrives in war-ravaged France in David P. May's "Strange Meeting". And trouble certainly finds him in the shape of a bullet.  Silver knows all too well that if the Doctor dies, she will be trapped in the past.   The First World War is a conflict the Doctor has no desire to influence and yet, even though all he wants to do is get away quietly; his very presence there is to have a profound effect on two men on opposite sides of the battle.  Two men who will spend the rest of their lives wondering about that strange night in December 1915...

"Strange Meeting" is available to download in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat Reader for your reading pleasure.

Season 35 continues with the third story of the season, Arnold T. Blumberg's "Doctor Who and the Curse of The Jade Skull".  The Doctor and Silver travel back to the American Old West in this exciting new adventure available to download for free in PDF format for Adobe Reader.

‘The evil that men do lives after them, Doctor...but sometimes, the men themselves are damned difficult to get rid of.’ 

The TARDIS brings Doctor Who and Silver to the dusty mining town of Crawford, Wyoming in the late 1880s. There they meet Daniel Edward Cayde, a hired gun with a murky past. But even worse things are roaming around town in the dark of night… As glowing green corpse’s claw their way out of the cold earth and march toward Crawford with human flesh on their otherwise empty minds, the Doctor discovers that an even greater terror lies in wait, biding its time after millennia of cold calculation. Apocalypse has arrived in Crawford, and the very forces of Time, Mind and Life are at stake. Even Doctor Who may not be able to resist the Curse of the Jade Skull!

The exciting conclusion to our two part season 35 premiere "Moonlight" is now available for your reading pleasure.

The Doctor is dead. Planet Earth is under attack. Armageddon has come.  Out of the fire and bloodshed comes one teenage girl. Her name is Rachel Silverstein. With the wolves drawing in and time running out, can she save the world?  Earth is facing its last hours. A hunt for an ancient relic is coming to an end. The orphan boy Seth will reveal his last secret. And Rachel will face her destiny.  Welcome to the end of the world.

"Moonlight: Part Two" is available free to download in PDF format for Adobe Reader.

It's been awhile since our last batch of story reviews have been uploaded to the site, but today we've managed to add 4 new reviews - Season 33's "Freedom Fighter, The Orion Express, The Shadow Emperor" and "Mist".  Drop by our reviews section to read these latest reviews.  And on a related note, we'll be uploading reviews for the first two stories from Season 35 later this week.

Welcome everyone to another season of exciting adventures in time and space from The Doctor Who Project.  Season 35 has officially begun today with our season debut adventure "Moonlight: Part One" by Jack Rees with additional material from Samantha Warner.  Just click on the link to your left and for your reading pleasure you can download in easy to access Adobe Acrobat reader in PDF format the entire story. 

Once you've read the story, why not drop by the TDWP Forum  http://www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/forum/ and let us know what you think of the story by voting in our story poll.

Enjoy!

TDWP's latest season of exciting all original Doctor Who adventures begins Saturday April 12, 2008, featuring 9 new exciting adventures.

STORY ONE

[10L] MOONLIGHT PART ONE

BY JACKSON REES

Earth- the present day. 

What connects the disaster at NASA, a strange signal from an American foster house, and a large UFO above Africa? The Doctor is on the hunt to unravel the mystery, while Rachel does some detecting of her own, back home in Connecticut.  A world wide conspiracy is at hand, with the unstoppable ‘Pentacle Corporation’ behind it. Time is running out, with alien cults and demonic creatures drawing in, not even the Doctor will be able to save us this time...

STORY TWO

[10M] MOONLIGHT PART TWO

BY JACKSON REES

The Doctor is dead. Rachel is left to face Armageddon as the wolves set the world aflame. With the monsters drawing in, and the hunt for an ancient relic coming to an end, can she find it within herself to save us all?  Seth will reveal his last secret. Rachel will face her destiny. Their time is now. The countdown to the end of the world has begun...

STORY THREE

[10N] DOCTOR WHO AND THE CURSE OF THE JADE SKULL

BY ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG

 ‘The evil that men do lives after them, Doctor...but sometimes, the men themselves are damned difficult to get rid of.’

The TARDIS brings Doctor Who and Silver to the dusty mining town of Crawford, Wyoming in the late 1880s. There they meet Daniel Edward Cayde, a hired gun with a murky past. But even worse things are roaming around town in the dark of night… As glowing green corpse’s claw their way out of the cold earth and march toward Crawford with human flesh on their otherwise empty minds, the Doctor discovers that an even greater terror lies in wait, biding its time after millennia of cold calculation. Apocalypse has arrived in Crawford, and the very forces of Time, Mind and Life are at stake. Even Doctor Who may not be able to resist the Curse of the Jade Skull!

STORY FOUR

[10P] STRANGE MEETING

BY DAVID P. MAY

Once again the Doctor's uncanny knack for landing himself in trouble manifests itself when the TARDIS arrives in war-ravaged France in 1915. And trouble certainly finds him in the shape of a bullet.  Silver knows all too well that if the Doctor dies, she will be trapped in the past.   The First World War is a conflict the Doctor has no desire to influence and yet, even though all he wants to do is get away quietly; his very presence there is to have a profound effect on two men on opposite sides of the battle.  Two men who will spend the rest of their lives wondering about that strange night in December 1915...

STORY FIVE

[10Q] AURUM IN PLUMBUM

BY CRAIG CHARLESWORTH

Nero's Rome is in tatters - devastated by fire, now torn apart from within as various political factions vie for power.  A series of gory murders seems set to light the powder keg the city has become - unless the Doctor can find the culprit and bring him to justice. But when the list of suspects includes Gods, corrupt Senators and a criminal from the Doctor's own past, that's not going to be a simple matter.  With Silver lined up as the killer's next victim, and Nero himself in danger, time is a luxury the Doctor and his new friend Cornelius do not have.

STORY SIX

[10R] OGOPOGO

BY MISHA LAUENSTEIN

The Doctor and Silver find themselves in the resort town of Kelowna, British Columbia where the locals talk of a mythical lake-dwelling creature known as Ogopogo. What does that have to do with the mysterious meteor that crashed into the lake the night before their arrival?

STORY SEVEN

[10S] NINE DAYS

BY DUNCAN JOHNSON

In June 1553, Jane Dudley became Queen of England. Nine days later, she was deposed, arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London. In February of the following year, she was executed. This is the story of what might have been.

STORY EIGHT

[10T] DREADNOUGHT

BY ROBERT MAMMONE

For millennia, the name Dreadnought struck fear across the galaxy.  Now, shrouded in history, they have faded from memory.  But are not completely gone.  One of the last of their kind has re-emerged on Earth from an aeons old slumber, ready to topple human civilization in a matter of weeks.  Can the Doctor and Silver find away to defeat this creature of darkest legend?  Or will they see everything they hold dear die under the onslaught of the Dreadnoughts?

STORY NINE

[10U] JOURNEY’S END

BY JOHN GORDON

The TARDIS is dead. An impact with a Null-Time event causes the time-ship to collapse in on itself and deposit the Doctor, Silver and Mortimer on a small Caribbean island in November, 1963. A terrible accident, the Doctor says - but is it? Events of worldwide importance make their impact on the tiny island, and the stranded TARDIS crew begins to discover that nothing is quite happening by accident. As history begins its inevitable unfolding, the Doctor is faced with the prospect of a terrible, cosmic destiny, and the end to all his journeys…

TDWP is looking for talented artists to work with us in creating promotional and publication materials such as posters, photo montages, story covers, character portraits or more.  If you enjoy creating these sort of materials we'd like to hear from you.  Drop us an email and say hello - maybe even include a sample of your work.

We look forward to hearing from you. 

TDWP is looking for writers who would be interested in penning material for one of our two on-going projects - our regular series of seasonal stories and for our new short story collection, Brief Encounters.

TDWP centers on the continuing adventures of an alternate Doctor and his companions.   Stories are published as part of an overall season that concentrates on delivering a collection of short stories that sees the Doctor facing new and original adventures in time and space.

From season 36 onwards, our team will consist of our Ninth Doctor and his new companions Valentina Rossi and Tom Brooker.

Our editors work with our writers to help them improve at their craft.  We offer constructive and useful advice with the view of helping you become the best you can at your craft and writing the best story possible.  Its a true team environment at TDWP, where we're all working towards the same common goal.

If TDWP interests you as the sort of project you'd like to write for, we'd like to hear from you.  Send us an email and tell us about yourself, maybe even send us a sample of your work.

For more information on TDWP, check out our submission guidelines or have a look around the site.  If you have any questions, drop us a line.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Bob, Samantha and Alex

COMING SOON - SEASON 35

An all new season of adventures in time and space featuring the ninth Doctor, Silver and Mortimer

STORY ONE

[10L] MOONLIGHT PART ONE

BY JACKSON REES

Earth- the present day. 

What connects the disaster at NASA, a strange signal from an American foster house, and a large UFO above Africa? The Doctor is on the hunt to unravel the mystery, while Rachel does some detecting of her own, back home in Connecticut.  A world wide conspiracy is at hand, with the unstoppable ‘Pentacle Corporation’ behind it. Time is running out, with alien cults and demonic creatures drawing in, not even the Doctor will be able to save us this time...

STORY TWO

[10M] MOONLIGHT PART TWO

BY JACKSON REES

The Doctor is dead. Rachel is left to face Armageddon as the wolves set the world aflame. With the monsters drawing in, and the hunt for an ancient relic coming to an end, can she find it within herself to save us all?  Seth will reveal his last secret. Rachel will face her destiny. Their time is now. The countdown to the end of the world has begun...

STORY THREE

[10N] DOCTOR WHO AND THE CURSE OF THE JADE SKULL

BY ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG

 ‘The evil that men do lives after them, Doctor...but sometimes, the men themselves are damned difficult to get rid of.’

The TARDIS brings Doctor Who and Silver to the dusty mining town of Crawford, Wyoming in the late 1880s. There they meet Daniel Edward Cayde, a hired gun with a murky past. But even worse things are roaming around town in the dark of night… As glowing green corpse’s claw their way out of the cold earth and march toward Crawford with human flesh on their otherwise empty minds, the Doctor discovers that an even greater terror lies in wait, biding its time after millennia of cold calculation. Apocalypse has arrived in Crawford, and the very forces of Time, Mind and Life are at stake. Even Doctor Who may not be able to resist the Curse of the Jade Skull!

STORY FOUR

[10P] STRANGE MEETING

BY DAVID P. MAY

Once again the Doctor's uncanny knack for landing himself in trouble manifests itself when the TARDIS arrives in war-ravaged France in 1915. And trouble certainly finds him in the shape of a bullet.  Silver knows all too well that if the Doctor dies, she will be trapped in the past.   The First World War is a conflict the Doctor has no desire to influence and yet, even though all he wants to do is get away quietly; his very presence there is to have a profound effect on two men on opposite sides of the battle.  Two men who will spend the rest of their lives wondering about that strange night in December 1915...

STORY FIVE

[10Q] AURUM IN PLUMBUM

BY CRAIG CHARLESWORTH

Nero's Rome is in tatters - devastated by fire, now torn apart from within as various political factions vie for power.  A series of gory murders seems set to light the powder keg the city has become - unless the Doctor can find the culprit and bring him to justice. But when the list of suspects includes Gods, corrupt Senators and a criminal from the Doctor's own past, that's not going to be a simple matter.  With Silver lined up as the killer's next victim, and Nero himself in danger, time is a luxury the Doctor and his new friend Cornelius do not have.

STORY SIX

[10R] OGOPOGO

BY MISHA LAUENSTEIN

The Doctor and Silver find themselves in the resort town of Kelowna, British Columbia where the locals talk of a mythical lake-dwelling creature known as Ogopogo. What does that have to do with the mysterious meteor that crashed into the lake the night before their arrival?

STORY SEVEN

[10S] NINE DAYS

BY DUNCAN JOHNSON

In June 1553, Jane Dudley became Queen of England. Nine days later, she was deposed, arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London. In February of the following year, she was executed. This is the story of what might have been.

STORY EIGHT