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- #1615215
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- Doctor Who Unbound season 22+
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What if the 6th Doctor became a Hermit like in the Twin Dilemma?
A while back, I used the first BBV Stranger film and made it an alternate 6th Doctor intro story because the Twin Dilemma is an awful first impression of him (thread here: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Doctor-Who-alternate-6th-Doctor-intro-story/id/105206), and originally, I was just going to leave it there.
But then I discovered a series of fan films made in the 80’s which features an alternate 7th Doctor and is the 1st time in any media the Doctor was played by a woman, and I thought they were really interesting (and much better than most of the Chris Chibnall era).
And so I thought, could I edit together the BBV Stranger films (at least the 1st 3, as Nicola Bryant left after the 3rd film and they became clearly not Doctor Who and their own origianl idea) and a proper 6th Doctor regeneration story to lead into the barbara benedetti films (which has the Doctor regenerate into her companionless)?
And so I got started on Unbound season 22 (Unbound is the Doctor Who equivalent of What if? Big Finish have done quite a few audios around various what if’s):
SUMMONED BY SHADOWS
Read my original post for the full breakdown of what I changed. Since I managed to get a free ai voice clone site, I was able to give Peri a few inner monolouge lines to make Twin Dilemma and Stranger material a bit more compatible (like why Peri now has an english accent).
GARDEN
The original title of this was More than a Messiah (adapted from the DW Audio Visuals story of the same name), but I changed it to Garden because I felt it was more appropriate.
I made the 1st scene a pre-titles sequence (I’m trying to keep things consistent) before I added an ai line to establish where the Tardis was (this is important for later).
I got rid of the scene where the Doctor and the titular character are naked (as it didn’t really fit the story and the fact it proceeds fine without it should tell you everything).
The confrontation between everyone in the cave took the most work to get right. First I redid the effect when the titular creature dissapers so it looks more smooth, then I flipped the footage of the planet exploding everytime you see it (so it looks less like reused footage) and I used a bit of behind the scenes footage to extend the shot of the old woman along with some cave footsteps so that it sounds like the Doctor and co make it back to the Tardis in time before the planet explodes (unlike the original, where they survive with no obvious explnation).
I also added 1 last ai line as an inner thought at the end to explain why the Doctor stops dressing how he does in the 1st 2 Stranger movies.
I also took the oppritunity to add a post-credits scene, using footage from the Airzon Soloution. You might be a bit confused as to why, but given the themes of the story, and it’s importance later to a character explanation later, then it will make sense. Also added the Tardis interior sound effect to hint at where the characters are.
IN MEMOERY ALONE
This is without doubt the best Stranger film. The only edits I did (aside from add the Doctor Who titles and credtis), was combine both sources of the spaceship crash and make it a pre-titles sequence). I did think about adding a post-credits scene where the Doctor and Peri teleport back into the Tardis, but I’m not a special effects guru and I couldn’t quite find shots of the unconsious Doctor and Peri I would have used for it. Besides, it wasn’t really neceassary, so I decided to make do without.
RETIREMENT
A friend of mine pointed out I could use footage from the 5th and 6th Strnager movies to make a minisode to deal with Peri’s departure, so I did.
It was mostly just combining clips from episode 5 showing the Doctor (having retired and working a regular job on Earth and going by the name Preston as part of a new beginning) and Rose together. That and it’s a nice WTF for the audience for a few minutes before I used a clip from the 6th and last Stranger movie of the Doctor sitting down and thinking about Rose (the Earth woman whom he’s working for), but this time, I used a few clips of the Doctor and Peri instead, with the Doctor (using more ai lines) explaining what happened between them and ultimately resolving to quit his retirement and go back to saving the universe (and fortunatly for me here, there was no inner thoughts here in the original, so I didn’t have to repalce the rather fitting sound effects and music).
And now, onto the regeneration story. You might be wondering how I could put 1 together since 6 has no solo stories and never got a proper 1 on TV due to various behind the scenes issues, wel…
THE TIMELASH
Yes, I used the awful Timelash as the regeneration story. Why? Because I watched the Whoflix edit and realised that Peri spends most of the story locked up and since ai clone voices were now a thing, I could remove her completely without too much issue.
And don’t worry, I used the new effects from the blu-ray because they look so much nicer than the originals.
After making the arrival Vena a pre-title sequence (to make it consistent with the rest of Unbound season 22)
We open with the Doctor arriving on the planet (so that means the 1st 20 minutes of part 1 are gone because they are completely pointless to the narrative (and they featured Peri a lot in them, so getitng rid of them made my goal much easier), I came across the only shot which featured Peri in it I couldn’t get rid of, which is when The Doctor exits the Tardis. Fortunatly, it was a still shot, so a friend of mine replaced Peri in it with the Tardis interior.
Another benefit of getting rid of the 1st 20 minutes, was that I had plenty of shots of the Borad to use, so I could have him listening in to conversations or saying something (and since they hide his face prior to his confrontation with the Doctor, I didn’t have to worry about lip-syncing).
I followed the structure of the Whoflix edit for the most part, so that made it pretty easy to figure out what I should cut out. I did have to do some rearranging of the material to make it work without Peri, and added a few music cues from other 6th Doctor stories to add some atmosphere.
I also want to thank my friend for giving me a clean view of the Board’s screen so that I could get rid of the fake Borad (since he’s gone in this edit) and add footage from Revelation of the Daleks to help explain the Board’s new plan (since Peri was part of it originally). I also added a computer voice in a few parts to help make it more coherent.
The ending is the most different part. Since I couldn’t have the Doctor negoatiate with the Bandrills to stop the missle (since Peri is in it), now the Doctor says there isn’t time to negotiate with them and immediatly goes to the Tardis to stop them. I used a clip from the Sontaran Fix to show the Doctor piloting the Tardis and cruically, pushes the wrong button, which in this edit, causes his regeneration (because this allows the radiation from the missile to enter the Tardis, forcing the Doctor to regenerate).
The final scene is mostly various clips on the Tardis scanner while the 6th Doctor clone explains everything (along with a short clip of the Doctor at the Tardis controls from Mark of the Rani) before he collapses and regnerates (want to thank my friend again for editing the regneration, using a modified screenshot from Vengence on Varos and a publicity photo).
DM me if you want to see this. You can find the Barbara Benedetti films here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJZWk_PDnWo4p35aAa6Bb4MHoYBSeCqgM (which is Unboud season 23. I don’t feel the need to edit them at the moment, only the regneration at the end of the 4th film, which I have done at the start of Unbound season 24).
Yes, I’m already at work at the next season of this series, using a fan film Doctor who was in both 4:3 and 16:9 films. Not sure when they;ll be done, but hopefully sooner rather than later.
If there’s any fan films you would like to see me use, here’s the criteria they need to match:
-In 16:9 (and preferably HD)
-Doctor is a man (which is stated in the Unbound season 24 regeneration, which cuts off before we see it fully)
-Doctor is travelling alone at the start.
-the series has ended.
-the series isn’t connected to other DW fan films.
-has the Doctor regenerate at some point (and preferably companionless).
-at least 4 stories at 17 minutes minimum