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'''Script books''' have sometimes been released giving the scripts — generally the [[shooting script]]s — of various episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''Script books''' have sometimes been released giving the scripts — generally the [[shooting script]]s — of various episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
==Overview== | |||
A television script can take various forms of revisions and drafts from the original submission of a storyline to the final broadcast. | == Overview == | ||
A television script can take various forms of revisions and drafts from the original submission of a storyline to the final broadcast. Not always, but often, the most common progression is as follows. | |||
The script, as delivered by the author, is revised by a script editor to produce a rehearsal script. The director and production team work from the '''rehearsal script'''. | The script, as delivered by the author, is revised by a script editor to produce a rehearsal script. The director and production team work from the '''rehearsal script'''. | ||
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The rehearsal scripts are further revised by the actors in rehearsals, and for technical and aesthetic reasons. Camera operations and technical crew details are added and refined into a '''camera script'''. | The rehearsal scripts are further revised by the actors in rehearsals, and for technical and aesthetic reasons. Camera operations and technical crew details are added and refined into a '''camera script'''. | ||
The programme is made from the camera script. Once agreed this copy may be considered 'LOCKED', but this is not the end of the process. | The programme is made from the camera script. Once agreed this copy may be considered 'LOCKED', but this is not the end of the process. | ||
The version of a script prepared ''before'' filming is more recently referred to as a '''shooting script''' (to which further last minute omissions and additional dialogue scenes may be added), these may be due to any number of reasons - practical reasons, timing, technical reasons, or simply changes from the actors themselves before all filmed material is submitted to the editing and post-production teams for a further series of, often quite radical, changes. | The version of a script prepared ''before'' filming is more recently referred to as a '''shooting script''' (to which further last minute omissions and additional dialogue scenes may be added), these may be due to any number of reasons - practical reasons, timing, technical reasons, or simply changes from the actors themselves before all filmed material is submitted to the editing and post-production teams for a further series of, often quite radical, changes. | ||
A final version of the script, reflecting what was actually transmitted, may also be produced. This is called a '''programme-as-broadcast script'''. | A final version of the script, reflecting what was actually transmitted, may also be produced. This is called a '''programme-as-broadcast script'''. | ||
== Doctor Who script releases == | == Doctor Who script releases == | ||
During the history of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise, a limited number of teleplay scripts have been commercially released. These have ranged from teleplays taken from the original 1963-89 TV series, to scripts from the 2005-present revival. [[Big Finish Productions]] has published several volumes of scripts taken from its ongoing line of audio dramas. And to date two books featuring three teleplays from unproduced stories have been published, all featuring abandoned [[First Doctor]] stories: ''[[The Masters of Luxor]]'', ''[[Farewell Great Macedon]]'', and ''[[The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance]]''; the latter is a single-episode script included in the same volume as ''Farewell Great Macedon''. One script book, for the unbroadcast (but partially completed) ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' was also published with the UK release of a video of the story. | During the history of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise, a limited number of teleplay scripts have been commercially released. These have ranged from teleplays taken from the original 1963-89 TV series, to scripts from the 2005-present revival. [[Big Finish Productions]] has published several volumes of scripts taken from its ongoing line of audio dramas. And to date two books featuring three teleplays from unproduced stories have been published, all featuring abandoned [[First Doctor]] stories: ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'', ''[[Farewell Great Macedon (TV story)|Farewell Great Macedon]]'', and ''[[The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (TV story)|The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance]]''; the latter is a single-episode script included in the same volume as ''Farewell Great Macedon''. One script book, for the unbroadcast (but partially completed) ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' was also published with the UK release of a video of the story. | ||
== Titan script book series == | == Titan script book series == | ||
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File:Titan The Tribe of Gum.jpg|[[The Tribe of Gum (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Tribe of Gum]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />01/1988 | |||
File:Titan The Tomb of the Cybermen.jpg|[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Tomb of the Cybermen]] <br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br /> 29/08/1989 | |||
File:Titan The Talons of Weng-Chiang.jpg|[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] <br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br /> 11/1989 | |||
File:Titan The Daleks.jpg|[[The Daleks (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Daleks]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />12/1989 | |||
File:Titan The Masters of Luxor.jpg|[[The Masters of Luxor (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Masters of Luxor]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />24/08/1992 | |||
File:Titan The Daemons.jpg|[[The Daemons (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Daemons]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />05/11/1992 | |||
File:Titan The Power of the Daleks.jpg|[[The Power of the Daleks (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Power of the Daleks]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />18/03/1993 | |||
File:Titan Ghost Light.jpg|[[Ghost Light (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: Ghost Light]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />29/07/1993 | |||
File:Titan Galaxy 4.jpg|[[Galaxy 4 (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: Galaxy 4]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />15/07/1994 | |||
File:Titan The Crusade.jpg|[[The Crusade (script)|Doctor Who The Scripts: The Crusade]]<br />[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]<br />17/11/1994 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Big Finish audio scripts == | == Big Finish audio scripts == | ||
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File:The Audio Scripts Vol1.jpg|[[The Audio Scripts]]<br />[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]<br />24/04/2003 | |||
File:The Audio Scripts Vol2.jpg|[[The Audio Scripts: Volume Two]]<br />[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]<br />28/09/2003 | |||
File:The Audio Scripts Vol3.jpg|[[The Audio Scripts: Volume Three]]<br />[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]<br />08/04/2004 | |||
File:The Audio Scripts Vol4.jpg|[[The Audio Scripts: Volume Four]]<br />[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]<br />10/02/2005 | |||
File:Dalek Empire The Scripts.jpg|[[Dalek Empire: The Scripts]]<br />[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]<br />07/2004 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Other script books == | == Other script books == | ||
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File:Shada script book.png|[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]] VHS release script book<br />[[BBC Video]]<br />1992 | |||
File:BBC Script of the Film.jpg|[[Doctor Who: The Script of the Film]] <br />[[BBC]]<br />17/05/1996 | |||
File:DW The Scripts 74 75 HB.jpg|[[Doctor Who: The Scripts: Tom Baker 1974/5]]<br />[[BBC]] <br />18/10/2001 | |||
File:HB The Shooting Scripts 2005.jpg|[[Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts]]<br />[[BBC]]<br />13/10/2005 | |||
File:FarewellGreatMacedon.jpg|[[Farewell Great Macedon (book)|Farewell Great Macedon]]<br />[[Nothing at the End of the Lane (publisher)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]]<br />10/2009 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 21 March 2024
Script books have sometimes been released giving the scripts — generally the shooting scripts — of various episodes of Doctor Who.
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
A television script can take various forms of revisions and drafts from the original submission of a storyline to the final broadcast. Not always, but often, the most common progression is as follows.
The script, as delivered by the author, is revised by a script editor to produce a rehearsal script. The director and production team work from the rehearsal script.
The rehearsal scripts are further revised by the actors in rehearsals, and for technical and aesthetic reasons. Camera operations and technical crew details are added and refined into a camera script.
The programme is made from the camera script. Once agreed this copy may be considered 'LOCKED', but this is not the end of the process.
The version of a script prepared before filming is more recently referred to as a shooting script (to which further last minute omissions and additional dialogue scenes may be added), these may be due to any number of reasons - practical reasons, timing, technical reasons, or simply changes from the actors themselves before all filmed material is submitted to the editing and post-production teams for a further series of, often quite radical, changes.
A final version of the script, reflecting what was actually transmitted, may also be produced. This is called a programme-as-broadcast script.
Doctor Who script releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the history of the Doctor Who franchise, a limited number of teleplay scripts have been commercially released. These have ranged from teleplays taken from the original 1963-89 TV series, to scripts from the 2005-present revival. Big Finish Productions has published several volumes of scripts taken from its ongoing line of audio dramas. And to date two books featuring three teleplays from unproduced stories have been published, all featuring abandoned First Doctor stories: The Masters of Luxor, Farewell Great Macedon, and The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance; the latter is a single-episode script included in the same volume as Farewell Great Macedon. One script book, for the unbroadcast (but partially completed) Shada was also published with the UK release of a video of the story.
Titan script book series[[edit] | [edit source]]
Big Finish audio scripts[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Audio Scripts
Big Finish
24/04/2003
The Audio Scripts: Volume Two
Big Finish
28/09/2003
The Audio Scripts: Volume Four
Big Finish
10/02/2005
Other script books[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who: The Script of the Film
BBC
17/05/1996
Doctor Who: The Scripts: Tom Baker 1974/5
BBC
18/10/2001
Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts
BBC
13/10/2005
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