Sunday 26 July 2020

Sunday adventure hook: Exile

Exile

On a distant world, far in the future, the travellers find exactly one human. A human who vanished from Earth in the 1900s...

“Okay, how did he get here?”
“He says he escaped an alien smuggling ship.”
“Anyone we knew?”

Wednesday 22 July 2020

New Paradigm Dalek Miniatures

As painted yonks ago, and reupping for a thread on Lead Adventure.



The Hollow Planet

The Hollow Planet, a print-and-play escape game at home, coming soon from the makers of the official Doctor Who escape room A Dalek Awakens.

Sunday 19 July 2020

Sunday adventure hook: The Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt

Steal this and apply to Time Lord:

An action thriller about an immortal trying to out run the two grim reaper bounty hunters tasked with finally laying them rest. Cue close calls much in the style of Final Destination.

Here they come.
SON M. on Twitter

“So is this normal?”
“Not even by my standards.”

Thursday 16 July 2020

Three years of Thirteen

Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the Thirteenth Doctor three years ago today.

Sunday 12 July 2020

Sunday adventure hook: Day Of Honour

Day Of Honour

(Named after the online launch of the Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire Rulebook)

A fantasy or sci-fi Olympics or other sporting competition is a tried and tested trope idea, I’ve done it more than once. But consider the kind of politicking that goes into getting to stage a major sporting event. How do you prepare for an interplanetary tournament?

“Can we have a laser show without starting an interplanetary war?”

Sunday 5 July 2020

Sunday adventure hook: The Rite Of Spring

The Rite Of Spring

The first performance of The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky is said to have caused a riot. This seems to be an embellishment of later reviews based on it being booed, but let’s find out...

“So it’s about a human sacrifice dancing herself to death? Fun.”
“Yeah, lets hope nobody starts doing it for... oh, here we go...”

Saturday 4 July 2020

Carry On Doctor... Who

Discovering the potential existence of Carry On To Moscow got me wondering, since they did Spying (spy-fi) and Screaming (horror, aimed at the Hammer house style of lurid colours) and had quite a few actors in common including William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, why Carry On never had a go at time travel...

Imagining Sid James as the Locum and Barbara Windsor as his bosom companion, with Kenneth Williams as the Supervisor...