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'''''Fifty-Fifty''''' or '''''50/50''''' was an unproduced audio story planned by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] | {{unprod}} | ||
'''''Fifty-Fifty''''' or '''''50/50''''' was an unproduced audio story planned by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s 50th anniversary in [[2013 (production)|2013]]. It would have depicted a "big, epic and pretty brutal showdown" between the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s, with [[Ace]], [[Hex]], and [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] being forced to choose sides.<ref name="#17">[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-seventh-and-eighth-doctors-attitudes-to-each-other-going-somewhere.174442/post-7042955 Re: The Seventh and Eighth Doctors' attitudes to each other - Going Somewhere? #17]</ref> | |||
''50/50'' would have relied on a very different ending to the ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' trilogy: the revelation that the [[Great Old One|Old | ''50/50'' would have relied on a very different ending to the ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' trilogy: the revelation that the [[Great Old One|Old Gods]] and other monsters were returning because something travelling very fast was smashing holes through the dimensions. This object would have been revealed to be the bruised and battered Eighth Doctor, who would tell Hex that the Seventh Doctor had caused it and that they were fast approaching "the moment where 7 went bad."<ref name="#23">[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-seventh-and-eighth-doctors-attitudes-to-each-other-going-somewhere.174442/post-7045294 Re: The Seventh and Eighth Doctors' attitudes to each other - Going Somewhere? #23]</ref> | ||
As Hall was planning | The story would have involved the "Temporal Wish", which could be used three times to "recalculate" time so specific events could be rewritten without [[timeline]] damage. The Temporal Wish and other dangerous technologies would have been on a ship called [[UNS Pelican|the ''Pelican'']] headed for the [[Big Bang]].<ref>[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/bf-steven-hall-and-the-seventh-doctor-vs-the-eighth-doctor-potential-spoilers.195454/post-7877520 BF, Steven Hall and the Seventh Doctor vs the Eighth Doctor]</ref> | ||
As Hall was planning ''Fifty-Fifty'' when he wrote ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'', many character moments there were designed to build toward the showdown between the two Doctors. However, because of the characters involved and the actors the story needed, it was deemed too expensive and never produced.<ref name="#17" /> Hall suggested it might fit in with a "new generation" of ''[[The Lost Stories]]''.<ref name="#23" /> | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 19 June 2024
Fifty-Fifty or 50/50 was an unproduced audio story planned by Steven Hall for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in 2013. It would have depicted a "big, epic and pretty brutal showdown" between the Seventh and Eighth Doctors, with Ace, Hex, and Lucie being forced to choose sides.[1]
50/50 would have relied on a very different ending to the Black and White trilogy: the revelation that the Old Gods and other monsters were returning because something travelling very fast was smashing holes through the dimensions. This object would have been revealed to be the bruised and battered Eighth Doctor, who would tell Hex that the Seventh Doctor had caused it and that they were fast approaching "the moment where 7 went bad."[2]
The story would have involved the "Temporal Wish", which could be used three times to "recalculate" time so specific events could be rewritten without timeline damage. The Temporal Wish and other dangerous technologies would have been on a ship called the Pelican headed for the Big Bang.[3]
As Hall was planning Fifty-Fifty when he wrote A Death in the Family, many character moments there were designed to build toward the showdown between the two Doctors. However, because of the characters involved and the actors the story needed, it was deemed too expensive and never produced.[1] Hall suggested it might fit in with a "new generation" of The Lost Stories.[2]
