Doctor who Set in Stone Preview

With our Doctor who series well on the way and the news that only the two part finale needs making it is time for us to give you a small preview of the first episode.

Episode one: Set in Stone

Starring: Allan Rafferty, Lauren Anderson, Abbie Steel

Written by: Allan Rafferty and Jacob Kay

Directed by: Jacob Kay

Quote, Unquote:

The Doctor: Now then, where are we off to?

Jess: 19 Cross Close

The Doctor: Year?

Jess: 2011

The Doctor: Nice one! Not enough cabbage.

In a nutshell...

Jessica Springs is amazed when some kind of asteroid smashes into her garden, upon investigation she finds herself transported back in time to an 18th century farm where the only way back is with a strange man who wears a bow tie and calls himself the Doctor...

"New series, new new Doctor, new new companion. The first episode of this fan series isn't one to miss with all kinds of Sci-fi action"

The premiere of Allan Rafferty and Jacob Kay's long awaited series takes the fans on an incredible time travelling adventure in the first five minutes alone! "It's a bold new way to open a who series", claims Rafferty, head of the new series. "We wanted something special", comments partner in crime, Jacob Kay. "we wanted to give the fans of the show an insight to the series and pretty much set the story arc from the word go".

The bones of this story are the same as any other basic Doctor who opener; the Doctor meets his companion and they decide to travel through time and space together, but this story just screams ambitious from the moment Jessica Springs finds a peculiar stone in her back garden.

"It's interest really, how much stress a companion must go through before becoming the companion", states Allan. " In some ways they have to pass a criteria test for the audience and coping with an unusual amount of stress is defiantly something the Doctor's assistant must do". 

"She's just amazed at this brand new world there is to explore", explains Lauren Anderson, the characters portrayer. "She loves History, it's her favourite topic at school and now the fact she has arrived in her favourite time zone scares her, but interests her further".

And this episode isn't only introducing the companion, the Doctor too is a new character himself. "He really is", laughs Rafferty. "Yes, he's a take on the Doctor I really wanted to do", he smiles and expands his point; " He's funny and loveable and serious all wrapped into one, the most eccentric Doctor since Tom Baker". The Doctor finds himself being taken captive by two scientists who conduct an experiment that is designed to create a living regeneration. "I've worked on this story once before in an old attempt at my series called 'Death of a Doctor'. The Doctor us already stressed in post regenerative form, but we didn't want to concentrate much on that, it's onwards and upwards for him".

In Set in Stone be sure to keep your eyes peeled as there are clues that head towards the story arc...