Doctor Who: Lockdown!: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
No edit summary
Line 191: Line 191:
|[[Sven (Sven and the Scarf)|Sven]]
|[[Sven (Sven and the Scarf)|Sven]]
|[[Andrew Ireland]]
|[[Andrew Ireland]]
|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2020
|-
|20
|''[[Dalek alternative script extract (short story)|Dalek alternative script extract]]''
|[[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|[[Robert Shearman]]
|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2020
|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2020
|}
|}

Revision as of 20:34, 30 April 2020

This topic might have a better name.

Just Lockdown!, per Thread:116217 and Forum:Doctor Who prefix in titles

Talk about it here.

RealWorld.png

Doctor Who: Lockdown! (also stylised Doctor Who: LOCKDOWN!, originally titled Who at Home[1]) was a project founded by Emily Cook from Doctor Who Magazine who proposed the idea to Doctor Who fans as a simulcast watch-along of the show's 50th Anniversary, The Day of the Doctor, worldwide as a way to pass the time in self-isolation due to worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. The story was shown on 21 March 2020. She added that if the concept gained enough popularity, she would arrange more watch-alongs.[2]

For the first watch-along, Steven Moffat penned a short introductory skit, Strax Saves the Day, which was released on Twitter. The home-produced video starred Dan Starkey as Strax, represented on screen with a stuffed toy of the character, and featured the voice of Neve McIntosh as Vastra.

For the second watch-along Russell T Davies released a previously withheld prequel short story, Doctor Who and the Time War, which was released onto the Doctor Who website and depicted an alternate account to the Eighth Doctor's involvement in the Last Great Time War and the Ninth Doctor's origins, and a sequel audio story, Revenge of the Nestene, which was released onto YouTube and depicted the aftermath of the Nestene Consciousness's defeat at the hand of the Ninth Doctor.

Doctor Who: Lockdown! was only the hub of several varyingly-official watchalong projects on Twitter at the time. A The Five Doctors watchalong (with the hashtag #GameofRassilon) organised by Ellie Collins ("TardisMonkey") was promoted by Emily Cook but was not directly part of the Lockdown! line, and also saw a small scene with Paul Jerricho as the Castellan being filmed and released for the event.[3] Radio Times organised Torchwood simulcasts with John Barrowman tweeting along.[4][5] Nor were the tweetalongs the only occasion for the release of new webcast Doctor Who content, with Russell T Davies or even the BBC itself releasing new webcasts not connected with a particular watchalong in an effort to spread awareness of various facets of the crisis.

Watchalongs

# Episode Hashtag Featured Commentary Date and Occasion
1 The Day of the Doctor #SaveTheDay Steven Moffat 21 March 2020
2 Rose #TripofaLifetime
26 March 2020
15th Anniversary
3 Vincent and the Doctor #TheUltimateGinger
4 The Eleventh Hour #FishCustard
Steven Moffat
Matt Smith
Karen Gillan
Arthur Darvill
Adam Smith
3 April 2020
10th Anniversary
5 The Doctor's Wife #BiggerOnTheInside 11 April 2020
6 Heaven Sent #HellOfABird
7 The Stolen Earth / Journey's End #SubwaveNetwork
19 April 2020
Anniversary of Elisabeth Sladen's death
8 Human Nature / The Family of Blood #DoctorOfMine 24 April 2020
10 Dalek #TheMetaltron
Robert Shearman
Nicholas Briggs
Barnaby Edwards
30 April 2020
15th Anniversary
11 The Girl in the Fireplace #Clockdown
Steven Moffat
Sophia Myles
6 May 2020
14th Anniversary

Associated releases

Several new short stories and webcasts were released to tie into the watchalongs, or the COVID-19 pandemic in general, some of them on a dedicated Doctor Who: Lockdown YouTube channel.

Stories

# Title Featuring Author Release date
1 Strax Saves the Day Strax, Vastra Steven Moffat 21 March 2020
2 Things She Thought While Falling Thirteenth Doctor Chris Chibnall 25 March 2020
3 Message from the Doctor
4 Doctor Who and the Time War Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor Russell T Davies 26 March 2020
5 Revenge of the Nestene Nestene Consciousness
6 Incoming Message Yvonne Hartman
7 Press Play Thirteenth Doctor, Susan Pete McTighe 1 April 2020
8 Breaking Isolation Daleks Russell T Davies 2 April 2020
9 The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond Amelia Pond Steven Moffat 3 April 2020
10 The Terror of the Umpty Ums The Doctor 7 April 2020
11 United we stand, 2m apart Thirteenth Doctor Chris Chibnall 8 April 2020
12 Rory's Story Rory, Amy Neil Gaiman 11 April 2020
13 The Shadow Passes Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, Graham Paul Cornell 15 April 2020
14 Farewell, Sarah Jane Jo, Ace, Gita, Luke, Clyde, Rani, Mr Smith Russell T Davies 19 April 2020
15 The Simple Things Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Yaz, Ryan Joy Wilkinson 22 April 2020
16 Shadow of a Doubt Bernice Summerfield, Daughter of Mine Paul Cornell 24 April 2020
17 The Shadow in the Mirror Thirteenth Doctor, Daughter of Mine
18 The Castellan has returned and has brought a message from Gallifrey! The Castellan N/A 25 April 2020
19 Sven and the Scarf Sven Andrew Ireland 30 April 2020
20 Dalek alternative script extract Ninth Doctor, Rose Robert Shearman 30 April 2020

Documentary features

# Title Subject Released by Release date
1 BBC News | Friday 3 April 2020 Doctor Who: Lockdown! BBC News; YouTube 3 April 2020
2 The Long Song: Fan Cover | How To Get Involved... #LockdownLongSong YouTube 14 April 2020
3 Tests for the Mechanism of Heaven Sent's Confession Dial Early screen tests for Heaven Sent
4 Heaven Sent Previsualizations
5 The Doctors Say Thank You Thanking the NHS 25 April 2020

Footnotes