The Creature From The Lake

***The Creature From The Lake*** is the pilot episode of MDW: Season 1, starring Nathan Blake and Jack Driver as companions. The episode has recently been remastered, having taken down the original due to major quality concerns.

From a production standpoint, it marked WhoBlocks Productions' first *Minecraft Doctor Who* story.

## Synopsis

A mysterious box has crash landed next to Nathan and Jack's house. A freshly regenerated Doctor exits and quickly notices something wrong with their lake, but is it enough to save the world from an underwater threat?

## Plot

Nathan breaks in to Jack's house, claiming 'the door was open' as an excuse. The two go into the kitchen to grab something to eat, and then headoutside. All of a sudden, they see the TARDIS flying through the air. It crash lands next to the home, and The Doctor appears outside of it, freshly regenerated.

He falls unconscious, and the two take him inside. When he wakes up, he notices something odd about the lake Nathan claims has 'been there forever'. They head down to the docks, and The Doctor scans the lake with his sonic screwdriver. It picks up a signal from under the lake; the man collects his diving suit and jumps in to discover what turns out to be a cave.

A creature is chained up in bars under the lake. The Doctor returns to the docks to tell Nathan and Jack that he wants to free the creature, but as this occurs an Ice Warrior appears behind him, demanding for the creature not to be unchained. The Doctor is told that the Ice Warrior works for Queen Iraxxa, who is in a support chamber prolonging her life.

The creature breaks free, followed in quick succession by many others of the same race (the Lava Golems) around the world. The Doctor and his allies are transported to the Ice Warrior's ship, only to find the Queen dead. She had tried to escape her life support chamber.

The golems are now finally, after lying low for thousands of years, in prime position to annihilate the planet. However, The Doctor quickly secures the planet's safety by encapsulating every creature on Earth in the TARDIS shield except for the Lava Golems, which causes them to perish.

Nathan and Jack questions the TARDIS, and so The Doctor shows them inside. To their surprise, they realise that it's bigger on the inside! They are amazed at the machine, and after the day's events, agree to travel with The Doctor.

## Cast

* James Bixler (Jimbo\_Gaming) as The 20th Doctor
* ABlankSlate as Jack
* YourLuckyTardis as Nathan
* ItsArcticVision as Ice Warrior

## Crew

* Executive Producers - James Bixler, YourLuckyTardis
* Builders - WhoBlocks Productions
* Editor, VFX & Post-Production Lead - YourLuckyTardis
* Production Co-ordinator & Camera Operator - ItsArcticVision

## Trivia

* This episode was produced twice; one was a remaster for WBP and one was the original from the original brand, Quantera Studios.
* The original episode spent 2 days in production and 5 in post-production. The remaster spent much longer in the pipeline.
* In the original, you can briefly see another TARDIS in the background when The Doctor leaves Jack's house. The reason behind this is unknown and it is not confirmed to be a continuity error.
* **Continuity Error:** When The Doctor leaves Jack's house, it's night. However, when Nathan and Jack follow him, it's day.