Before the shutdown of the old Guild I had this little idea growing into the seeds of existence, but I never got it off the ground.

Basically, if you have ever seen Classic Doctor Who before (Doctor's 1-7) - then you will be familiar with the format of serials, a singular Doctor Who story comprised of 1 - 14 episodes. This allows for introductions of serial characters, characters that are only involved with one particular serial - and the extended length of time compared to New Who episodes allows for more character development and scenes. There are on average about 4-8 serials for series.

Companions also are about, that are commonly introduced as serial characters but are then taken on from 3 serials to even several series if they have room for development or are popular (for example Jamie McCrimmon, Sarah Jane Smith and Ace.)

And then there is the Doctor, whom, when he would be killed or die, can regenerate into a new body with a new personality, or in our case from one roleplayer to another. One incarnation sticks around for 2 - 7 series.

So, my idea is to roleplay our own version of the tale, starting with a First Doctor and then progressing through roleplayers playing serial characters and companions and the Doctor. For convenience sake the first place the Doctor needs to land after escaping from Gallifrey is 1960's England so we can have a police box as the (not yet named) TARDIS. And we could either hold a serial or part of one there while the Chameleon Circuit breaks, (as the First Doctor and Susan did while she attended school - later for the rest of the serial heading back to caveman times.)

Because it was my idea, I would reserve the spot of the First Doctor for myself, but that leaves spaces open for 1-3 companions initially, or some being introduced a few serials later.

Also, I need serial characters for the beginning serial, the number being arranged based on the story.

The rules are:

1: Only have one character per serial, whether it be a serial character, a companion or Doctor.
2: After a serial has ended and thus your serial character also, you can then apply for one of the other two options, and vice versa.
3: Posts that include interaction between any characters will not be conversed as one liner speech quotes, but written together on http://titanpad.com/ .
4: Serial characters include inhabitants of visited planet, monsters / the threat that the serial will need solving.
5: No short posts, always include SsPS, third person roleplaying, and I don't mind language but keep it in context with character. Always write in the third person and in the past tense, to keep in sync with other players.
6: Ideas for anything will always be taken into account, and please let us decide as a community a serial topic before you apply with your own.
7: Enjoy!

Application Sheets

Name:
Age:
Gender (If Applicable):
Race:
Birth Date (In terms of the record of Earth years in the Universe):
Location:
Personality:
Appearance:
Biography:
Applying for Serial Character or Companion:

The Doctor's app will be posted when it is needed.

OK, to begin, please put ideas for a first serial. We will be starting just after the Doctor escapes from Gallifrey and steals a TARDIS (with or without companions) and lands on Earth in the 1960's, disguising as a police box.

If a companion wants to be a Time Lord / Lady or a Gallifreyan citizen, please apply right away, if not, wait until the serial has been decided before applying.

Name: Al'Klin Havenachi
Age: 250
Gender (If Applicable): Male
Race: Allornian (An OC race, more later)
The allornians are a proud and long living race, some have been known to live for more than a thousand years if they take care of themselves. They are reptilian water creatures by nature, but have broken their primitive ways and now stand tall as a race that is nearly second to the timelords in technology. Their appearance is a scaly humanoid shape that is thin, but a whopping eight foot tall. They have four arms and six-fingered hands that are spread out to make catching fish easier, but are used now to tinker. (Two thumbs, two fingers after that, and two fingers in the middle) These fingers are slightly webbed, up to the first joint. They have long spindly legs packed with muscle, and three-toed feet, again with webbing to the first joint. Their head is lizard-like and has four eyes, two large ones set in the middle, and two medium ones above the larger eyes, and slightly towards the edge of the face. they have razor sharp teeth, and forked tongues.
Their society is peaceful and bent towards finding technology to share with the other races, and this race owns the second largest library, and plans to surpass that, and have the largest one full of knowledge to help the other races advance. All the while these creatures seek out enlightenment, and once one even ascended. They are against violence, but if provoked are fearsome in combat. Don't let their small frame fool you either, their muscles are packed down and are able to be thrice as dense as a humans, allowing awesome levels of strength should they train themselves to the peak of their race's fitness. Their scales are also tough, and can take bullets for a while, though bruising will still occur. Their ways of mating and reproductive organs are surprisingly similar to humans, and the birth is live birth. This was made to protect the young while they grow. The Females can be distinguished by the fact they are mostly shorter and stockier than the males, and have more elegant faces. They also have a slight curve at the chest, though these are not mammaries.
Birth Date: 250 years ago, is all I can say.
Location: Where ever the doctor first sets down, i guess.
Personality: Peaceful and kind. A very held back fellow that is slow to anger and quick to cool. He is intelligent and understanding, but can be fearsome when angered.
Appearance: Black with a white chest and belly, and stripes of blue down his back. His eyes are iridescent green.
Biography: He was born like any other Allornian, and lived their life. He was raised by his parents until the age of twenty, which he went off to one of the many academies. There he learned about his favored subjects by, well, teaching himself. After researching about other races, politics for them, their cultures, he went on what is kind of a holiday, where allornians either just rest, or raise a child. Al'Klin found his mate after looking for a while. She was beautiful for that race, not as stocky as most other females, and taller. Al'Klin settles down with her for a while, and eventually they decided to have a child. They raised it until it was of age, then it went off to the academy. This was nbot without love, however, and they actually took him there to say their goodbyes. He might just meet his son again. After a while Al'Klin and Flora, which was his mate's name, took seperate ways. They still remember eachother, but they have only met again a few times. for another 160 years he traveled the universe, meeting new races and old races. But at one point he meets the last of the time lords, and is interested in this man. After meeting the fellow, he was whisked away and brought into a world of fascinating wonder and adventure.
Applying for Serial Character or Companion: Companion.
(Ack, i suck at teh bios.)

That's cool. This has helped me think of a good serial, involving you and humans of 1960's Earth.

I like how you've instantly gone the route away from typical human companions and embraced the non-visual side that is our advantage so we can pull off a Mass Effect style roleplay.

Accepted, I will pardon the 'meh' bio. Seems like an interesting character.

So anyway, my idea is that you are acting as an emissary, or ambassador of the Allornians - and it it the first time your race has visited Earth, in that time period because your race has not mastered time travel.

You land a spaceship just as the to be named TARDIS crash-lands on Earth. Al'Klin is greeted with horror and threat as they think he is there to enslave or kill the human race.

They are scared at first and shy away until human domination instincts kick in and they try to kill you. The Doctor and Al'Klin are caught up in all this mess, and thus a serial is born.

Thoughts?

I like it! Just as long as does not die in that first part.
He will understand that humans are edgey, since he did research other races.

Yeah, of course he has to stay alive.

For the time being...hehehe.

So, now we need some angry humans to join.

I'll be happy to play as a companion for any doctor :D
Any specific requirements?

Not particularly, as long as it fits in with either this serial or a future one.

A good idea is for you to play a serial character in this first one as we integrate myself and Jonxla as primary characters and after that character finishes with the serial you can come in as a companion.

That is my thought, feel free to overrule it if you have a better idea.

Hello!

I could play a companion. I also want a regeneration of The Master.

We seem a bit lacking in villains over here. Would one mind my throwing in here? I love the classic series (Sylvester McCoy withheld [spit] ).

Apart from his final season. I've head good things about that.

Silver Carrot said
Apart from his final season. I've head good things about that.

Mehh. He started off on tumultuous ground. You can forgive him and the show for a lot of things that went on. They sort of inherited a lot of the problems already at play.

Ooh, I know. the 80's weren't great times for the show.

By regeneration of the Master, you mean you want to play him?

And Ersatz, a villain is precisely what we need - we have already established a starting serial and need some nasty 1960's humans to threaten us.

Eru Iluvatar said
And Ersatz, a villain is precisely what we need - we have already established a starting serial and need some nasty 1960's humans to threaten us.

That was what I was going for. I'll have to break the trope of xenophobic army general though. I'll keep my brain to the ground.

Yeah, I want to play the Master. Is that allowed?

Yeah, sure. Maybe it would be more useful in later stories? Unless...

You are the Master from the future after he finds out The Doctor has helped this alien, who is second in technological advancement to the Gallifrey. He thinks they will become even more powerful and destroy the Time Lords, so he waits outside their planet and when a stray one (Al'Klin) leaves you chase him to Earth and then you mind control the humans to help you kill him.

And Carrot can be the Master's human assistant, not under his spell - if you like.

I'm fine for waiting until later stories. I was just calling it before demand got too high :3

Well it's your call.

There is also always places for everyone.