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|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
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|enemy                  = [[Dracksil Forg]]
|enemy                  = [[Dracksil Forg]]
|setting                =  
|setting                = [[Dowdonia]]
|writer                = [[Ben Tedds]]
|writer                = Ben Tedds
|director              = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by                = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|read by                = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|producer              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|producer              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
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|cover                  = [[Mark Plastow]]
|cover                  = [[Mark Plastow]]
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|release date          = [[29 December (releases)|29 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|release date          = 29 December 2019
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|production code        = BFMSTDLPAUL04
|production code        = BFMSTDLPAUL04
|isbn                  = 978-1-83868-092-3
|isbn                  = ISBN 978-1-83868-092-3
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'''''The Best-Laid Plans''''' was a special free release in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio range from [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the winning entry in ''[[The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity]]''.  
'''''The Best-Laid Plans''''' was a special free release in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio range from [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the winning entry in ''[[The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== 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 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.


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


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Dracksil Forg]]
* [[Dracksil Forg]]
* [[Lawnier]]
* [[Haragh Phermore]]
* [[Shenri]]
* [[Allden]]
* [[Weyfrank Shwitz]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Currently profitable careers include [[graphic designer]] and [[architect]].
* One [[property mogul (The Best-Laid Plans)|property mogul]] was a [[postman]] before changing careers on Dracksil's advice. He later assisted Dracksil with his [[cottage]] on the [[beach]]es of [[Titania 9]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* 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", although the cover depicts him with longer hair.
* This episode was released as a download only,


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-short-trips-the-best-laid-plans-2130}}
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 04:38, 31 October 2024

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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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 depicts him with longer hair.
  • This episode was released as a download only,

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]