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|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
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|enemy                  = [[Dracksil Forg]]
|enemy                  = [[Dracksil Forg]]
|setting                = [[Dowdonia]]
|setting                = [[Dowdonia]]
|writer                = [[Ben Tedds]]
|writer                = Ben Tedds
|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by                = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|read by                = [[Jacob Dudman]]
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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 [[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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* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Dracksil Forg]]
* [[Dracksil Forg]]
* [[Lawnier]]
* [[Haragh Phermore]]
* [[Shenri]]
* [[Allden]]
* [[Weyfrank Shwitz]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Currently profitable careers include [[graphic designer]] and [[architect]].
* 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]].
* 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]].
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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 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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== 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]]

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  • 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]]