Mind scrambled!

Right now, I, Allan Rafferty, have a lot on my mind. What should I think about? My upcoming English exam revision of course and yes before anyone frowns upon me I revise. But inside my head there is a battle going on! Doctor who is being broadcast on the TV, I have a hot cup of black tea accompanied by a copy of Doctor who: The Writers Tale- the final chapter which sits firmly and teasingly by its side. Writing for episode two is complete and so the crazy shoot is about to begin, the big stressful week where for 3-5 days all me and Jacob Kay ever think about are framing and locations and cast members...

And yes, right now we are in a crisis! Not one, but TWO cast members are missing, one on an unplanned holiday and the other just hasn't got back to us and so our days our spent trolling through my facebook page trying desperately to find a replacement, the male is not such a hard part to cast as we have arranged filming blocks to be easy and get his parts done in one day, but the female supporting cast member, we have to find her by SUNDAY! And we're running out of options, on the other hand we have the perfect villain and the script is as scary as we initially planned, so I'm told.

And meanwhile under all this revision and pre-prod for episode two, my fingers are frantically working to get the episode 5 script done before it's scheduled film dates in late June- early July! My mind is crazy. Maybe somewhere deep inside that crazy is trying to breakout and one day I'll be living in a mental hospital whispering things like "the Jellyfish! THEY DON'T LIKE WATER!" and "Would you like to see my spoon collection?" But for now my mind is working, working along side that of Jacob Kays (GOD HELP US, FORGET THE RAPTURE OR 2012, NOW IT REALLY IS THE END OF THE WORLD) We keep trying to decide whether the YMCA is truly relevant to the plot and of course it must be because when we stop and think this character is the creation of two mad men and in that case, in a world that is created by Allan Rafferty and Jacob Kay of course the YMCA is relevant, how could it not be?

And then there are the casting calls for episode 3, so many scary people have applied it's brilliant and just you all wait, when our series hits the monitors, it will be Doctor who history! Let's just hope it's good history. And now ideas for the finale, oh the finale, are swarming into my head, all those things on an epic scale, will the companion die? Will she survive that long? Will we ever get there? Time will only tell and so as you can all see my mind is well and truly scrambled, scrambled inside the world of who... Not much room to complain,  it's gonna be a blast!

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Episode 5 brought forward in the filming schedule!

With episode 2 well into pre production now, Allan and Jacob have been considering the rest of the series and have confirmed a brilliant actor as part of the series, due to complicated reasons of her own the two have had to bring episode 5 forward in the filming schedule, the episode which was originally set to be filmed after the 4th has been brought forward to take place after episode 2 is complete. "It had to be done", explains Producer, writer and actor Allan Rafferty. "Mandy is too good an opportunity to pass off, plus episode 5 is quite an easy one to film too, the rest of the series shall be filmed in order and I guarentee once episode 3 is completed its filming stage, episode one shall be released"

Plans for the release date have been discussed and without confirming anything it seems the most realistic approach would be to aim for a date in September and release an episode per fortnight with a month break in between episode 3 and 4 so that the rest of the series can be planned. And so for now the writing of episode 2 goes on, filming dates planned for the May half term break and episode 5 will begin shortly after.

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Episode one Completed!

Following wrapping all the filming up on episode 1 the post production is now complete, the release date remains to be unconfirmed but work on the second script begins shortly. "We want to release the episodes in every time the one that follows has been filmed", comments Jacob Kay. "We thought that by doing this we have time to breath and by the mid series break the audience will be well acquainted with the Doctor and his companion Jess".

Episode 2 has been confirmed to be called "Playtime" and is said to be the most scary in the series. "It's a brand new feat", says Allan. "We've done the sci-fi stuff but now we want to add a bit of horror and in the style of classical who make the audience watch from behind their spinny chairs", the episodes cast is confirmed to feature Allan's other halves little brother who is 6 years old, the locations will be mainly in a playground but other parts are also included- "- which we can't give away, spoilers", Allan grins.

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Doctor who is in session...

It has been anticipated for almost 3 years now but after many trials and errors Allan Rafferty's fan series is in the production, with the 1st episode already entering post production and episode 2 being written it seems that finally the Doctor Allan portrays will be coming to our monitors. "It's been a long time in the making", says Rafferty, now 17 years of age, since he started at 14 he has learned a lot about film making and writing also, working on such projects as "Sherlock" and "Time Agent".
"I think now is finally the time to get a series out", he continues. "when I was young I made some awful episodes but it was all in the learning curb".  Since starting in 2007 Allan has gone through a lot of changes in his ideas, will he be using any of the old episodes he created? "No, but the storyline for the first episode, set in stone was an adapted version of the original first episode". Another change in the series run is the fact that he now has a partner, Jacob Kay, who helps him form all the ideas in the series and directs most of it too. "It really is very handy having someone there to bounce ideas off, the great thing is that I'm not the only one who knows where the series is going and the enthusiasm we share for the show is equal, we plan to give the same thrilling adventure to all fans of Doctor who".
The First episodes release date is not far off however it is unconfirmed, only confirming that the series will be released in 2011 and before any release date can be given, episode two and three must be filmed.

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