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Terror of the Sontarans Free FREE TERROR OF THE SONTARANS PDF John Dorney,Dan Starkey,Ken Bentley,Sylvester McCoy,Bonnie Langford,Tom Webster | none | 30 Sep 2015 | Big Finish Productions Ltd | 9781781785454 | English | Maidenhead, United Kingdom Sontaran - Wikipedia Be among the first to hear about exclusive offers, news and latest releases from Big Finish by signing up to our Newsletter. We love Stories Big Finish produce great full-cast audio drama for CD and download, Terror of the Sontarans many popular television fantasy series. Written by Dan Starkey John Dorney. Once it was a mining facility. Then later its corridors rang with screams generated by grotesque military experiments. However when the Doctor and Mel arrive on a hostile alien world after detecting a Terror of the Sontarans signal, the base they find themselves in is almost deserted. But not for long. Soon the Doctor's old enemies, the Sontarans, have landed, and are searching for the remnants of their previous research team. Before long they uncover evidence of strange occurrences on the planet. Of madness and death. They are warriors bred for war, strong of spirit and unafraid of death. To fear the Terror of the Sontarans is an act of betrayal. Nothing holds terror for the Sontarans. DS : Alright thanks. I am standing up with the laptop on Terror of the Sontarans kitchen worktop, as oddly there's very good wifi reception here. And it stops me from dozing off when I'm writing JD : That would help certainly. I'm tempted to put that in the writers notes DS : Why not? Although I think I wrote most of our script in the last flat I was in, not my current one. However, I think I'm going to adopt it as Terror of the Sontarans handy way of keeping alert — I bruised a rib a month or two ago, which made it difficult to get comfortable sitting down, so I adopted this method. And we all know how bad sitting down is for you JD : You know, that's what I mainly remember about writing old scripts. Where I was. I have distinct memories of wandering around a park in Bromley trying to generate ideas for Echoes of Grey. Key lines for Solitaire on Grove Park station I think I wrote some of Requiem for the Rocket Men standing at the kitchen top as I was moving into a new house. DS : Yes! The first scene I wrote for Terror of the Sontarans was on a train from somewhere like Nottingham I think. JD : What was it like to write that first scene? For me, that was the very last scene of Solitaireand because it was my second play I was so used to it by then I missed it completely DS : Hah! Yes, I've yet to actually write that, since you did all the Doctor and Mel scenes initially. Terror of the Sontarans for the first scene OK deep breath. JD : Yeah, the freedom of being able to change things is great. You take risks and sometimes they pay off because you're not obliged to keep them. DS : Completely! I think I was aware just how nasty I could make him from then on. JD : Ah, so you decided to go straight for the Sontarans? Ease your way in as you're so familiar with the voice. DS : Yes. As I'm sure you've found, the planning can only go so far, because when you start actually writing the scenes, interesting tangents can spark off! DS : Ah, a nice list of dried ingredients waiting Terror of the Sontarans be stirred together. Into the cake of drama. Or something. JD : I kept finding bits where I thought 'well, actually, this has to happen next, as this has just happened'. And scenes ending before you'd expected because they reached the dramatically correct moment. JD : Yeah, it's the tricky thing with a synopsis. You want to tell the story, but if a synopsis was the best way to tell the story, we'd sell the synopsis. DS : Yes, but mostly from my own edifications rather than stuff put in the public realm — you know, submitting unsolicited scripts — but I had written stuff for my comedy theatre company The Fitzrovia Radio Hour. And there was always a lot of workshopping with our shows anyway — where we pulling the scripts apart and pitching in with ideas, so it's not entirely alien process. I think it's having a forum to actually write in and then directing your energies. Actually being given a deadline! That's really handy! And being told what not to write — in terms of plot or themes — that's really handy as well. JD : People always assume guidelines are restrictive, but they're a good way to fire the imagination. DS : Yeah, there's a lot of improv games — like the ones from Whose Line Is It Anyway Terror of the Sontarans where the point is to deal with a Terror of the Sontarans, and it's the pleasure of seeing the performer succeed or more likely fail brilliantly that makes it work. I think that my 'improv head' is a very handy resource when writing, especially dialogue! Terror of the Sontarans : That's why actor's make good writers I think. I tend to view a script as an improv exercise where I'm playing all the parts. And, if need be, where I can hone it all a bit later. DS : Exactly! The creative head and the editor head need to be swapped. Like Worzel Gummidge. JD : And you've done a bit of improv as a Sontaran, so I can see why they wanted a Sontaran story from you — it's automatically an interesting prospect. You've Terror of the Sontarans the potential to offer insights the rest of us don't have. DS : Well, I have had a lot of time inside the suit to think about it. And obviously there's not just the depiction of them on TV, there's the spin-off media too, so it's all had time to percolate into my head when I'm producing a performance. And hopefully this script will give another interesting perspective on them. I don't think that you can be too 'definitive' about it too. As I see it, they've been fighting an un-winnable war for umpteen thousand years, so I imagine they're going to try different horrible things out every-time we meet them! JD : Terror of the Sontarans certainly what sets them Terror of the Sontarans from the other alien races in Doctor Who. Usually humanity is just collateral to them. DS : I'm sure I mutter to myself — even on the train — when coming up with dialogue. JD : Oh I do as well. David Richardson and I once share a train journey together when I was writing the opening scenes of The Assassination Games. His Facebook post said Terror of the Sontarans 'Dorney is muttering to himself. Well, of course he is. That's how you do it. DS : Yes, I had the delights of trying to speak some of my own dialogue in this one. So, I only have myself to blame for some of the knottier bits of technobabble or overly long clauses which take ages to resolve and can't really be said in one breath even if they have to JD : I've rarely been in productions that I have written. There's always the faint worry that writer-me will screw it up for actor-me and vice versa. So I rarely take part — unless it's getting killed off in Scene 1 of Iterations of I JD Terror of the Sontarans Well, as I've said many times, we've killed each other more times than is strictly decent. Although technically, I think you've only actually killed me once. Too much fun. DS : And in the case of Sontaran punch-ups, best left until the end to save on the old cough syrup JD : Yeah, that was my main take away from my one scene Sontaran guest part in this story. It hurts the throat. I'm amazed Terror of the Sontarans can do it all day! DS : I'd like to say it's all good technique dear boy, but I think I've just managed Terror of the Sontarans trick my throat into feeling that it's normal. Up to a point JD : Anything else you'd like to add? Or anything from the Sontarans themselves? Sontaran : Do not buy this recording human scum! It depicts another ignominious defeat at the hands of the Doctor! Free Big Finish Newsletter. Doctor Who: Terror of the Sontarans by John Dorney Terror of the Sontarans I'll agree this one disappointed a little compared to the last two releases, though there were still things I liked. As you said, some definitely interesting characters, I loved the way Anvil Jackson reminded me so much of Zap Branigan from futurama. Also the creapy horror definitely worked for me, or at least Terror of the Sontarans did most of Terror of the Sontarans way. I don't know why, but the Sontarans seem ideally suted to horror elements, precisely because! I agree this one wasn't pacing wise one of my favourites, but mostly I attribute that to the Sontarans themselves. While I agree on Strax being a one trick pony and these days not that interesting having been run into the ground for comedy potential, it'll be interesting whether a meeting with jago and Lightfoot and presumably some better writing can give him more scopeI personally rather like the individual approach to Sontarans.
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