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user: You are replying to Christopher J_Wood about "Cindras Wave".

They wrote:
CJ>> The Doctor masquerades as a company offical to infiltrate a
CJ>> planet where a group of miners are in conflict with the alien
CJ>> populace.
PG>> Sounds a bit Pertwee-esque to me.
Cw> We thought it was Troughtenesque! :}}
CJ>> <Title Unknown> A story featuring a group of androids who wish
CJ>> to achieve Time Travel.
PG>> Why would an android want to travel in time?
Cw> There was a reason, Mark? :}}
CJ>> <Title Unknown>  Doctor regnerates story - If I remember
CJ>> featuring a hidden gallifrey that was the true seat of power
CJ>> for the Timelords...
CJ>> <Title Unknown>  Ice Warriors & US Army vs UNIT & the Doctor.
CJ>> Set in the antarctic if I remember rightly.
CJ>> I think Mark has the complete script he wrote for this story.
PG> CJ>> <Cindras Wave>  Gallifreyen Prison Planet holding the
PG> CJ>> timelords most inhospitable occupants.  Due to a malfunction
PG> CJ>> the cryogenics systems have gone berzerk and the criminals are
PG> CJ>> ready for their revenge.  I wrote this one, if I remember, the
PG> CJ>> Cindra's Wave refers to a wall of sand that circles the
PG> CJ>> planet, insuring that no-one lives long enough to make their
PG> CJ>> escape...which is bad news as the TARDIS lands half sunk in
PG> CJ>> the sand...  novel idea of the planet's systems powered via
PG> CJ>> the local sun energy converted into the core through the
PG> CJ>> solar-crystlised sand! Well I liked it... :}}
PG>> This sounds quite good.
PG>> Had you seen Shada when you came up with the idea?
Cw> I was aware of it, saw Shada shortly after - one good idea deserves
Cw> another ripoff! :}
PG> CJ>> <Title Unknown>  Insects invade Gallifrey via the TARDIS.
PG> CJ>> <Title Unknown>  Gallifreyans and Chinese martial
PG> CJ>> arts/mystique(!).
PG>> Hmmm.  ;)
Cw> This was actually quite cool, all Marks work - people killed via sound
Cw> or something.
PG> CJ>> <Title Unknown>  TARDIS revealed to be controlled by an entity
PG> CJ>> that has been looking after the Doctor all these years...
PG>> This sounds a little bit of a crack filler.
Cw> Crack filler?!  How dare you! :]
PG>> I dunno... It does seem amazing that he keeps landing in the right
PG>> place all the time, but it's more romantic to say that it's just
PG>> pot luck.
Cw> The entity was some sort of octopuss creature thingy - blimey were've
Cw> had enough of them with War of the Worlds Series 2! :}}
PG> CJ>> Most were written by Mark, and I think he's incorporated some
PG> CJ>> of the ideas in his NA submissions.  Ask him nicely, he has
PG> CJ>> the files on disk somewhere I think.
PG>> Are these stories on any kind of secret list?
Cw> Not what I'm aware of.  Although elements were used in his rejected
Cw> novel I think.
PG>> Some people like to protect their ideas..  If not would it be OK to
PG>> see anything?
Cw> Well if it isn't marks going to kick my head in over it... most of the
Cw> ideas were posted up previously so I can't see any harm.  Ask Mark.
PG>> I think that recently the stories have become too much in favour of
PG>> eternal battles and finding more and more powerful enemies.
PG>> It should really be back to basics for the Doctor - why not have a
PG>> historical for a change that doesn't feature some crazed alien
PG>> trying to destroy the human race or the entire universe?
Cw> Gather you didn't like the Movie then? :)))
PG>> What about the good old fashioned stories such as the battles and
PG>> seiges with the Cybermen in space etc.
Cw> I think the Nth Doctor book has the script for the Dark Dimension that
Cw> has the Daleks and Cybermen in, although even that story featured a
Cw> super OTT villian.
PG>> I'd quite like to discuss some ideas for either NAs or the new
PG>> McGann season with some people.
Cw> What would you like to see?   Post some ideas up.
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assistant: My TARDIS strayed across a relay beacon from Christopher J_wood to Peter
Goddard, dated Saturday July 20 1996:
I suspect this might have been 'Contact' -- we wanted to do a decent first
contact story, featuring truly alien aliens, rather than rubber-suited blokes
with English accents. There would have been two factions trying to establish
first contact, their motives initially unclear. Ace would have been with one
team, leaving the Doctor with the other.
Yeah, there's a vague hint of 'Power of the Daleks' about it, with perhaps a
bit of 'Frontios' thrown in for good measure.
I think it was something to do with this *human* who'd been exiled to this
asteroid belt. To keep him company he built some marionettes. Over the years
they developed a mind of their own and began hijacking starships to salvage
parts. I wanted to tie it in with another story, whereby the marionettes were
acting on behalf of someone or the other... someone who wanted a fully
functioning time-machine...
Yeah, something odd happened the Eye of Harmony on Gallifrey, throwing all
the TARDIS vessels out of synch. Renegade Timelords began returning to
investigate, finding themselves returning to different points in Gallifrey's
history. The Doctor and Master ended up an almost medieval Gallifrey, ruled
by telepaths.
That's right. I think it had something to do with the Ice Warriors forcing
Earth into a premature ice age (forget how). Naturally, the Yanks (who always
like to be on the side of the winner), aided the Ice Warriors in their plan
to take over Earth. The UNIT team would have been the same from
attlefield'.
I lost the script for the 2nd episode ages ago, but most of the 1st episode
exists in script form.
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