TIME RAPTORS History’s about to get clawed! CREATED BY Simon Taylor & Riley Hearn © Simon Taylor & Riley Hearn 2017 Contact: Simon Taylor +61 423 162 166 [email protected] Illustrations by Aleisha Moan, Rob Corless and Paul Kasab INTRODUCTION TITLE: Time Raptors Our target audience are males and females between the ages of 12 and 18. This audience fits into the YOUNG ADULT age range and GENRE: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure. allows us to maintain the the irreverant humor while exploring weightier themes. We hope that they will identify with and learn life lessons from TYPE/FORM: 13 x 30” 2D Animation the Time Raptors. Much like past generations have done with shows such as M*A*S*H, Scrubs and Daria. TAG-LINE: History’s about to be clawed! The show will also have a wider appeal because, let’s face it, dinosaurs LOG-LINE: After saving two time-travelling velociraptors, a teenage girl are cool. Franchises such as Jurassic Park and Walking with Dinosaurs joins their quest to track down displaced prehistoric refugees, before a still prove to be hugely popular, with the former seeing its 25th rogue dinosaur force can use them to conquer Earth and destroy the anniversary this year. People the world over continue to be amazed human race. and entranced as they try to comprehend how these massive creatures lived. They also help put life into perspective - dinosaurs roamed for SYNOPSIS: ANNIE TURNER (19) plans to travel, discover herself and put millions of years and were gone in a flash. Carpe Diem. off growing up for as long as possible. Her opportunity arises when two Velociraptor siblings (the eccentric HANS and no-nonsense GOMEZ) A conscious choice has been made to make the majority of the voice open a time portal in her workplace, turning it into a primordial cast female. Simple fact is that girls like dinosaurs too and we want to battleground. Annie proves herself to be handy in this stressful situation present them with strong, compelling and inspiring idols. No character and the raptor siblings ask her to join their elite time travelling team. will be running away from a T-Rex in high heels in this dinosaur fuelled franchise. Women kick ass every day out in the real world and our Her role is to accompany the raptors’ as their ‘human expert’, whilst show will be no different. travelling through human history catching displaced prehistoric refugees, and ferrying them back to safety. See, dinosaurs were never Taking the lead from recent animated shows (such as Bojack wiped out by the asteroid, they simply set up a new home in a pocket Horseman, Rick and Morty, and Big Mouth) we won’t steer away dimension on the Moon. But not all dinosaurs agree with this new from challenging, complex and tough subject matter. Life is difficult, utopia, and a civil war is brewing. confronting and has the nasty habit of rearing up at the most inopportune times and to ignore this would be wholly inauthentic. Annie now fights alongside the lunar dinosaurs, in order to save Earth from a rogue dinosaur group who believe that the planet belongs to Those who live and breathe science fiction would be our primary them. Annie soon realises that these adventures may force her to grow audience. Our hope is to create a diverse and colourful world that fans up faster than moving in with her boyfriend or getting a bachelor’s can play and delve into. Inspired by shows like Doctor Who, Gravity degree ever could. Falls and Star Trek we want to encourage our audience to interact with us online and out in the real world. We intend to one day take the Oh! And, yes, the dinosaurs can talk. centre stage at Comicon. AUDIENCE & THEME: Time Raptors is a poignant coming of age tale By focusing on crafting good and engaging stories we hope to attract dressed up as an irreverent science fiction adventure. At its core, this an older and more diverse tertiary audience. We intend to embrace series is about throwing off the shackles of childhood and growing up. our own younger/formative years (the 90s and early 00s) and present Of course there’s a lot that goes along with this, such as death, love, a nostalgic visual template for the show. Just like with Stranger Things responding to change and playing well with others. and Guardians of the Galaxy, we believe that this will add a level of charm and authenticity. THE GATE ROOM “This is where the magic happens. The two greatest minds of our time worked in concert to create a marvel of science not seen since. Those two minds, unfortunately, got us into this mess...” THE STORY ANNIE TURNER (19)’s mother wants her choose a university A manipulative genius cyborg, JACK’S not a happy camper, law degree. Tom (her boyfriend) has asked her to move in and uses a Compsognathus mercenary force to exert with him. He wants to start their life together. Hell! It seems control. like everyone wants Annie to grow up, and stay grounded but she knows that this life isn’t for her. Yet. A time portal opens Gomez feels responsible for Jack’s disfigurement and in her workplace, spewing out a pair of prehistoric Terror becomes obsessed with finding him. Hans, divested of Birds. Luckily, two friendly Velociraptors are not far behind Gomez’s restraining influence, becomes steadily more and reassure the trapped humans that all will be okay… erratic. Annie finds herself covering for her quirky friend, but starts to think that Gomez and Wiggens’ concerns about him (Yep, the dinosaur’s talk. Well, their advanced technology are grounded. translates their language into English. Otherwise, it’s all screeches and snarls.) MR-1 learn that Jack’s plans are nearing completion and rally the Moon-Base to find and stop him. In prevention of the One raptor is a kick-arse soldier - GOMEZ. She’s a veteran Moon Base hindering his plot, Jack schemes to draw the MR of the Great Snake War, a vegetarian and slightly over- teams to Earth for a fight, leaving the Moon Base weak and protective of her younger brother, HANS. He’s a genus open to his attack. and a man child. In fact, he’s one step away from being a mad scientist. Both unpredictable sorts, he and Annie Jack’s attack on the Moon Base is only barely repelled, both quickly bond. Annie goes back to the moon with them. She sides suffering heavy losses. As a final act of revenge before learns that thousands of prehistoric creatures are scattered he is locked away and tried for his crimes, Jack sends Hans throughout time. to the past without a time device of his own, and destroys the Bases’ time device in the process. MR-1 are separated Under the control of the practically dressed bureaucratic with no apparent way to reach each other; Annie on Earth, T-Rex commander (WIGGENS), Moon Recon teams track Gomez on the crippled base and Hans trapped somewhere these scattered refugees down before a rogue dinosaur in time. element can convert them to their cause and fulfil their long- gestated schemes of world dominance. In her pursuit of adventure, Annie’s life has spiralled out of her control. With her parents getting along better than ever Annie joins Hans and Gomez’s team (MR-1) as an historical and her boyfriend finding a new partner, she finds that the advisor. After a series of missions and close shaves, they grounded life she railed against is no longer on offer. arrive in Victorian London, discovering that JACK THE RIPPER is the raptors’ long-lost brother and leader of the But there is hope, in form of a letter from the 1900s. It seems rogue force. that Hans is living under the assumed identity of H.G Wells and he has a plan. LONDON 1888 “As far as nicknames go... ‘the ripper’... it could be far worse... It’s accurate... It’s exactly what i intend. Humanity will be riven with terror and hatred for one another... and when they understand, it will be too late...” CHARACTERS Hans (Velociraptor, Male, MR-1 Science Officer) Although he has a set of razor sharp teeth, Hans has kind eyes and a warm smile. What Hans lacks in size and strength, he makes up for in smarts. The only problem is that his brilliance is often clouded by his accident-prone, erratic manner and man-chid priorities. Knowing that he can get lost in his work and push things too far, Hans lives by a set of rules. These help guide his actions and what he believes in. Without them, he could easily follow the same dark path of his brother, Jack. Think of Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor (Doctor Who). ANNIE TURNER (Human, Female, 19, MR-1 Human Advisor) Annie isn’t sure what she wants out of life, but is damn sure that she doesn’t want anyone deciding it for her. The type of person who would watch the film rather than read the book, Annie prefers to figure out stuff as she goes. She’s a quick thinker, cool under pressure, and will crack a joke any time or place. Annie also has a tendency to avoid her own personal problems and dodges the obligations of burgeoning adulthood. Think of a female, less drunk and vulgar, Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean). CHARACTERS WIGGENS (T-Rex, Male, Director of Lunar Command) In this world T-Rex’s are not fierce hunters, but instead bureaucrats.