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The following is '''list of competitions''' held for ''Doctor Who'' fans (namely children) to design a new aspect for the series. | The following is '''list of competitions''' held for ''Doctor Who'' fans (namely children) to design a new aspect for the series. | ||
==1960s== | ==1960s== | ||
In 1967, [[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]] held a competition to design a monster that could defeat the [[Dalek|Daleks]]. The judges were ''Blue Peter'' hosts [[Valerie Singleton]], [[John Noakes]], and [[Peter Purves]] as well as [[Patrick Troughton]]. The three winners were: | In 1967, ''[[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]]'' held a competition to design a monster that could defeat the [[Dalek|Daleks]]. The judges were ''Blue Peter'' hosts [[Valerie Singleton]], [[John Noakes]], and [[Peter Purves]] as well as [[Patrick Troughton]]. The three winners were: | ||
* The [[Aquamen|Aqua Man]], created by 13-year-old Stephen Thompson. | * The [[Aquamen|Aqua Man]], created by 13-year-old Stephen Thompson. | ||
* The [[Hypnotron]], created by 8-year-old Paul Worrall. | * The [[Hypnotron]], created by 8-year-old Paul Worrall. | ||
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[[File:The Ugrakks TV Action 72.jpg|thumb|The winning design and the 25 runners-up. (TVA 72)]] | [[File:The Ugrakks TV Action 72.jpg|thumb|The winning design and the 25 runners-up. (TVA 72)]] | ||
The [[Ugrakk]]s were created by Ian Fairnington, the winner of a ''[[TV Action]]'' competition to design an original comic strip foe for the Doctor. The judges were [[Dennis Hooper]], [[Barry Letts]], [[Terrance Dicks]], [[Jon Pertwee]], and [[Roger Perry]]. The winner was announced in ''[[TV Action]]'' #72, along with 25 runners-up. The Ugrakks were featured in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Ugrakks (comic story)|The Ugrakks]]'' in 1972. | The [[Ugrakk]]s were created by Ian Fairnington, the winner of a ''[[TV Action]]'' competition to design an original comic strip foe for the Doctor. The judges were [[Dennis Hooper]], [[Barry Letts]], [[Terrance Dicks]], [[Jon Pertwee]], and [[Roger Perry]]. The winner was announced in ''[[TV Action]]'' #72, along with 25 runners-up. The Ugrakks were featured in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Ugrakks (comic story)|The Ugrakks]]'' in 1972. | ||
The ''[[BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition]]'' ran a Design a Monster competition while it was in Middlesbrough in 1973. [[Giles Schumm]] won with a monster called "the Prismus Glob", and he got to see filming of ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]''. While the original drawing has been lost, Giles Shumm redrew it from memory for [[DWM 567]] in 2021.<ref>"The Prismus Glob", [[DWM 567]].</ref> | |||
The ''[[Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool]]'' held an annual ''Design a Monster'' competition, with winning designs displayed in a case at the end of the exhibition.<ref>[https://blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com/blackpool-revisited-3/ ''Blackpool Revisited'']</ref> | |||
==1980s== | ==1980s== | ||
The ''[[Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool]]'' continued to have annual monster design competitions. [[Paul Pickford]] won the 1984 competition with "Skorx the Amatrathon",<ref>[https://blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com/blackpool-revisited-3/ ''Blackpool Revisited'']</ref> resulting in him winning a box of screen-used props including a gun from {{cs|Timelash (TV story)}}, a mask from | |||
{{cs|Snakedance (TV story)}}, and an {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}} Cyberman helmet.<ref>[https://blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com/longing-for-longleat/ ''Longing for Longleat'']</ref> | |||
[[Scott Sauber]] won the ''Doctor Who'' Casting Competition with a [[The Doctor|Doctor]] based on [[Brian Blessed]], a companion named [[Maggie (Winning Designs)|Maggie]] based on [[Meryl Streep]], and a [[The Master (Winning Designs)|Master]] based on [[John Hurt]]. | [[Scott Sauber]] won the ''Doctor Who'' Casting Competition with a [[The Doctor|Doctor]] based on [[Brian Blessed]], a companion named [[Maggie (Winning Designs)|Maggie]] based on [[Meryl Streep]], and a [[The Master (Winning Designs)|Master]] based on [[John Hurt]]. | ||
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The console [[Junk TARDIS]] was based on a design by [[Susannah Leah]], the winner of a [[2009]] ''[[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]]'' [[TARDIS console]] design competition. It would ultimately be featured in [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' in 2011. ([[CON]]: ''[[Bigger on the Inside]]'') | The console [[Junk TARDIS]] was based on a design by [[Susannah Leah]], the winner of a [[2009]] ''[[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]]'' [[TARDIS console]] design competition. It would ultimately be featured in [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' in 2011. ([[CON]]: ''[[Bigger on the Inside]]'') | ||
The ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' magazine held multiple design competitions: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Winning design | |||
!Creator | |||
!Story | |||
!Issue | |||
!Reveal Issue | |||
!style="width: 250px;"|Notes | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Sea-Rah DWA 61.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Sea-Rah]] | |||
|Lewis Grainger, 13 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Sea-Rah (comic story)|Sea-Rah]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 48]] | |||
|[[DWA 61]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in 2008, also included in the story was a character named [[Lewis (Sea-Rah)|Lewis]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Heather McCrimmon original.jpg|125px]]<br>[[Heather McCrimmon]] | |||
|[[Joanne Hall]], 10 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Chromosome Connection (comic story)|The Chromosome Connection]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 76]] | |||
|[[DWA 96]] | |||
|Design-a-Companion competition in January 2009 | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:TARDIS control room (Terror in the TARDIS) DWA 118.jpg|250px]]<br>[[TARDIS control room (Terror in the TARDIS)|TARDIS control room]] | |||
|Matthew Lee | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Terror in the TARDIS (comic story)|Terror in the TARDIS]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[DWA 118]] | |||
|Design the TARDIS competition in June 2009 | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Wolfgang Ryter DWA 122.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Wolfgang Ryter]] | |||
|Hamish Gough, 12 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Flight of the Giurgeax (comic story)|Flight of the Giurgea]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[DWA 122]] | |||
|Design-a-Companion competition in July 2009 | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Bacothormeon DWM 124.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Bacothormeon]] | |||
|Aidan Patrick Hood, 11 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Genius Trap (comic story)|The Genius Trap]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 110]] | |||
|[[DWA 124]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in 2009 | |||
|} | |||
==2010s== | ==2010s== | ||
''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' held multiple design competitions: | The ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' magazine held multiple design competitions: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Winning design | |||
!Creator | |||
!Story | |||
!Contest Issue | |||
!Reveal Issue | |||
!style="width: 250px;"|Notes | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Haemogoth DWA 192.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Haemogoth]] | |||
|Loukas Avlonitis-Perrin, 12 | |||
|N/A | |||
|[[DWA 178]] | |||
|[[DWA 192]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in November 2010. The Haemogoths were an unseen species, referred to in the novel ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]'' and the television story ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', whom readers were asked to submit designs for. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Prisoner Zero T-shirt DWA 193.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Prisoner Zero]] T-shirt | |||
|Jay Kent, 11 | |||
|N/A | |||
|[[DWA 174]] | |||
|[[DWA 193]] | |||
|Design a T-shirt competition | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Mykuootni DWA 207.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Mykuootni]] | |||
|Jack Shepherd, 11 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Power of the Mykuootni (comic story)|Power of the Mykuootni]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 192]] | |||
|[[DWA 207]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in March 2011. Also had a model displayed at the [[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)|Doctor Who Experience]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:The Very Cool Bow Tie DWA 218.jpg|250px]]<br>The Very Cool Bow Tie | |||
|Lucy Sutton, 12 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Very Cool Bow Tie! (comic story)|The Very Cool Bow Tie!]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 185]] | |||
|[[DWA 218]] | |||
|Design a Bow Tie competition | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Screamer by Jessica Rickarby.jpg|250px]]<br>The [[Screamer (Screamers!)|Screamer]] | |||
|Jessica Rickarby, 12 | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Screamers! (comic story)|Screamers!]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 209]] | |||
|[[DWA 224]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in June 2011. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:DWA CS 240 Kchrusivour 2.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Kchrusivour]] | |||
|Sean Worley | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Kchrusivour Gambit (comic story)|The Kchrusivour Gambit]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 223]] | |||
|[[DWA 240]] | |||
|Design competition in October 2011. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Doominator DWA 265.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Fuegolem|Doominator]] | |||
|Lucy Robinson | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Doomland (comic story)|Doomland]]'' | |||
| | |||
|[[DWA 265]] | |||
|Design-a-Monster Competition in April 2012. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Decky Flamboon by Mitchell Collett.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Decky Flamboon]] | |||
|Mitchell Collett | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Meteorite Meeting (comic story)|Meteorite Meeting]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 283]] | |||
|[[DWA 293]] | |||
|Design-a-Companion competition in November 2012. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Maritimus Carcharias DWA 295.jpg|250px]]<br>''[[Maritimus Carcharias]]'' | |||
|Joe Dutton | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shark Shocker (comic story)|The Shark Shocker]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 282]] | |||
|[[DWA 295]] | |||
|Design a spaceship competition in November 2012. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Homozillian eyedrop DWA 306.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Homozillian eyedrop]] | |||
|Gregor Stanley | |||
|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Eye Spy (comic story)|Eye Spy]]'' | |||
|[[DWA 294]] | |||
|[[DWA 306]] | |||
|Design-a-Gadget competition in March 2013. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Cyber Champ DWA 10.jpg|250px]]<br>Cyber Champ | |||
|Charlie Banks | |||
|N/A | |||
|[[DWA 302]] | |||
|[[DWA 310]] | |||
|Upgrade the Cyberman competition | |||
|} | |||
''[[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]]'' had a competition to design sonic devices for the [[Paternoster Gang]] in 2013. The three devices appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'': | ''[[Blue Peter (series)|Blue Peter]]'' had a competition to design sonic devices for the [[Paternoster Gang]] in 2013. The three devices appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'': | ||
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* [[Strax]]'s [[sonic lorgnette]] was designed by an 11-year-old named Arthur | * [[Strax]]'s [[sonic lorgnette]] was designed by an 11-year-old named Arthur | ||
[[DWM 490]] announced a monster design competition related to 2015's ''[[Doctor Who Festival]]'', with the winning monster facing the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic. However, the results of this competition are unknown. | |||
== 2020s == | |||
The [[Krakanord]], created by Hugh Brown, was the winning entry of the ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' monster-designing contest in 2021. It was featured in [[WC]]: ''[[The Genuine Article (webcast)|The Genuine Article]]'', which also featured the return of the Abzorbaloff. | The [[Krakanord]], created by Hugh Brown, was the winning entry of the ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' monster-designing contest in 2021. It was featured in [[WC]]: ''[[The Genuine Article (webcast)|The Genuine Article]]'', which also featured the return of the Abzorbaloff. | ||
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[[Category:Pre-production]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 4 July 2024
The following is list of competitions held for Doctor Who fans (namely children) to design a new aspect for the series.
1960s[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1967, Blue Peter held a competition to design a monster that could defeat the Daleks. The judges were Blue Peter hosts Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, and Peter Purves as well as Patrick Troughton. The three winners were:
- The Aqua Man, created by 13-year-old Stephen Thompson.
- The Hypnotron, created by 8-year-old Paul Worrall.
- The Steel Octopus, created by 4-year-old Karen Dag.
While these monsters never appeared in the series, they were "brought to life" by the BBC Visual Effects Department.[1] Years later, they received an in-universe acknowledgement in the 1996 novel The English Way of Death.
1970s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Ugrakks were created by Ian Fairnington, the winner of a TV Action competition to design an original comic strip foe for the Doctor. The judges were Dennis Hooper, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, Jon Pertwee, and Roger Perry. The winner was announced in TV Action #72, along with 25 runners-up. The Ugrakks were featured in COMIC: The Ugrakks in 1972.
The BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition ran a Design a Monster competition while it was in Middlesbrough in 1973. Giles Schumm won with a monster called "the Prismus Glob", and he got to see filming of The Monster of Peladon. While the original drawing has been lost, Giles Shumm redrew it from memory for DWM 567 in 2021.[2]
The Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool held an annual Design a Monster competition, with winning designs displayed in a case at the end of the exhibition.[3]
1980s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool continued to have annual monster design competitions. Paul Pickford won the 1984 competition with "Skorx the Amatrathon",[4] resulting in him winning a box of screen-used props including a gun from Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (TV story)"], a mask from Snakedance [+]Loading...["Snakedance (TV story)"], and an Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"] Cyberman helmet.[5]
Scott Sauber won the Doctor Who Casting Competition with a Doctor based on Brian Blessed, a companion named Maggie based on Meryl Streep, and a Master based on John Hurt.
Wanda Sue Morain and Mike Acord jointly won the following Doctor Who Design Competition with their artwork based on Sauber's casting choices. This art was featured in the Winning Designs feature in DWM 131 in 1987.
1990s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Vortexians were created by 16-year-old Paul Fisher for Doctor Who Magazine's Design a Monster competition. As the winner, the Vortexians got to be the featured villain in Land of the Blind, which featured elements from Fisher's notes on the Vortexians. (DWM 224)
There were three runners-up in the competition. All three had cameos in Land of the Blind:
- The Zrontaks, designed by 18-year-old Richard Burnell
- The Insoids, designed by 14-year-old Jason Powdrill
- The Pharaohs, designed by 18-year-old Justin Askham
2000s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Abzorbaloff was created by nine-year-old William Grantham, an entrant to a Blue Peter competition to design a monster for Doctor Who. The on-screen Abzorbaloff remained mostly faithful to the drawing. The drawing had depicted the Abzorbaloff as about the size of a "double-decker bus", rather than the human size it was depicted as in TV: Love & Monsters. A runner-up, Sad Tony, later featured in WC: The Genuine Article.
Sao Til was the created by Tim Ingham, who won a costume contest held by Tonight's the Night in 2009. Ingham played Sao Til in a a sketch mini-episode on the program.
The console Junk TARDIS was based on a design by Susannah Leah, the winner of a 2009 Blue Peter TARDIS console design competition. It would ultimately be featured in TV: The Doctor's Wife in 2011. (CON: Bigger on the Inside)
The Doctor Who Adventures magazine held multiple design competitions:
Winning design | Creator | Story | Issue | Reveal Issue | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sea-Rah |
Lewis Grainger, 13 | COMIC: Sea-Rah | DWA 48 | DWA 61 | Design-a-Monster Competition in 2008, also included in the story was a character named Lewis. |
Heather McCrimmon |
Joanne Hall, 10 | COMIC: The Chromosome Connection | DWA 76 | DWA 96 | Design-a-Companion competition in January 2009 |
TARDIS control room |
Matthew Lee | COMIC: Terror in the TARDIS | DWA 118 | Design the TARDIS competition in June 2009 | |
Wolfgang Ryter |
Hamish Gough, 12 | COMIC: Flight of the Giurgea | DWA 122 | Design-a-Companion competition in July 2009 | |
Bacothormeon |
Aidan Patrick Hood, 11 | COMIC: The Genius Trap | DWA 110 | DWA 124 | Design-a-Monster Competition in 2009 |
2010s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor Who Adventures magazine held multiple design competitions:
Winning design | Creator | Story | Contest Issue | Reveal Issue | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haemogoth |
Loukas Avlonitis-Perrin, 12 | N/A | DWA 178 | DWA 192 | Design-a-Monster Competition in November 2010. The Haemogoths were an unseen species, referred to in the novel The Forgotten Army and the television story The Pandorica Opens, whom readers were asked to submit designs for. |
Prisoner Zero T-shirt |
Jay Kent, 11 | N/A | DWA 174 | DWA 193 | Design a T-shirt competition |
Mykuootni |
Jack Shepherd, 11 | COMIC: Power of the Mykuootni | DWA 192 | DWA 207 | Design-a-Monster Competition in March 2011. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. |
The Very Cool Bow Tie |
Lucy Sutton, 12 | COMIC: The Very Cool Bow Tie! | DWA 185 | DWA 218 | Design a Bow Tie competition |
The Screamer |
Jessica Rickarby, 12 | COMIC: Screamers! | DWA 209 | DWA 224 | Design-a-Monster Competition in June 2011. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. |
Kchrusivour |
Sean Worley | COMIC: The Kchrusivour Gambit | DWA 223 | DWA 240 | Design competition in October 2011. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. |
Doominator |
Lucy Robinson | COMIC: Doomland | DWA 265 | Design-a-Monster Competition in April 2012. | |
Decky Flamboon |
Mitchell Collett | COMIC: Meteorite Meeting | DWA 283 | DWA 293 | Design-a-Companion competition in November 2012. |
Maritimus Carcharias |
Joe Dutton | COMIC: The Shark Shocker | DWA 282 | DWA 295 | Design a spaceship competition in November 2012. Also had a model displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. |
Homozillian eyedrop |
Gregor Stanley | COMIC: Eye Spy | DWA 294 | DWA 306 | Design-a-Gadget competition in March 2013. |
Cyber Champ |
Charlie Banks | N/A | DWA 302 | DWA 310 | Upgrade the Cyberman competition |
Blue Peter had a competition to design sonic devices for the Paternoster Gang in 2013. The three devices appeared in TV: Deep Breath:
- Madame Vastra's sonic hat-pin was designed by a 13-year-old named Connor
- Jenny Flint's sonic gauntlet was designed by a 7-year-old named Amber
- Strax's sonic lorgnette was designed by an 11-year-old named Arthur
DWM 490 announced a monster design competition related to 2015's Doctor Who Festival, with the winning monster facing the Twelfth Doctor in a Doctor Who Magazine comic. However, the results of this competition are unknown.
2020s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Krakanord, created by Hugh Brown, was the winning entry of the Doctor Who: Lockdown! monster-designing contest in 2021. It was featured in WC: The Genuine Article, which also featured the return of the Abzorbaloff.
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ "Monster Competition" at the BBC Archive
- ↑ "The Prismus Glob", DWM 567.
- ↑ Blackpool Revisited
- ↑ Blackpool Revisited
- ↑ Longing for Longleat