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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Dracksil Forg]] sells [[idea]]s. For the right price, he's got a solution to every possible [[problem]]. His reputation is impeccable, and whilst his ideas aren’t flawless, he has a 100% money-back guarantee.
[[Dracksil Forg]] sells [[idea]]s. For the right price, he's got a solution to every possible [[problem]]. His reputation is impeccable, and whilst his ideas aren't flawless, he has a 100% money-back guarantee.


Dracksil has started selling to a new type of customer. They are [[dictator]]s, [[warlord]]s; species having trouble conquering [[Galaxy|galaxies]] or controlling populations. However, for these clients, Dracksil's ideas keep falling apart.
Dracksil has started selling to a new type of customer. They are [[dictator]]s, [[warlord]]s; species having trouble conquering [[Galaxy|galaxies]] or controlling populations. However, for these clients, Dracksil's ideas keep falling apart.
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Tedds developed the idea for Forg's business after speaking with a friend who had also entered the competition. Tedds "bemoaned [his] struggle to come up with something, ending [his] own message with ‘Why can’t we just go into a shop and buy an idea?’".<ref>http://www.thewhoshelf.com/2019/12/29/ben-tedds-interview/</ref>
* Tedds developed the idea for Forg's business after speaking with a friend who had also entered the competition. Tedds "bemoaned [his] struggle to come up with something, ending [his] own message with ‘Why can’t we just go into a shop and buy an idea?’".<ref>http://www.thewhoshelf.com/2019/12/29/ben-tedds-interview/</ref>
* The Doctor is described as "a tall man with short grey hair", implying that the story is set during Series 8. However, the cover image of the Doctor with longer hair contradicts this, suggesting the story is instead set during Series 10.  
* The Doctor is described as "a tall man with short grey hair", although the cover image him with longer hair.  


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 22:00, 2 January 2020

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The Best-Laid Plans was a special free release in the Short Trips audio range from Big Finish Productions. It was the winning entry in The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity.

Publisher's summary

Dracksil Forg sells ideas. For the right price, he's got a solution to every possible problem. His reputation is impeccable, and whilst his ideas aren't flawless, he has a 100% money-back guarantee.

Dracksil has started selling to a new type of customer. They are dictators, warlords; species having trouble conquering galaxies or controlling populations. However, for these clients, Dracksil's ideas keep falling apart.

There's something that unites these failing ideas. A name, screamed and whispered angrily among the rants of Dracksil's new clientele: the Doctor, the Doctor, the Doctor...

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Notes

  • Tedds developed the idea for Forg's business after speaking with a friend who had also entered the competition. Tedds "bemoaned [his] struggle to come up with something, ending [his] own message with ‘Why can’t we just go into a shop and buy an idea?’".[1]
  • The Doctor is described as "a tall man with short grey hair", although the cover image him with longer hair.

Continuity

to be added

External links

Footnotes