Auditions now open!

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Following up from the production posts of a few weeks ago...

A small group of Doctor Who fans are currently producing a series of audios based on the BBC Webcast, Scream of the Shalka (written by Paul Cornell, starring Richard E. Grant, as the Doctor, Derek Jacobi as the Master, and Sophie Okonedo (Liz X) as the companion, Alison). It’s based heavily on the format established by our beloved Big Finish (4 x 25 minute episodes). The series will run to 7 episodes with a contained arc.



We’re looking to recruit four actors to play the main characters. These are:

• The Doctor – an adventurer in space and time (a bit cranky)
  
• The Master – former nemesis of the Doctor, now a robot trapped inside the TARDIS (too charming for his own good, or anyone else’s)
  
• Alison Cheney – a former history student and former barmaid, now adventurer in space and time (restrained, but kind. Willing to talk, willing to fight back)
  
• Sigurd – a Viking poet/warrior, now adventurer in space (open and warm, excited by everything, unashamed of his bloody past, and generally good natured)

For the first three, it’s best to watch Scream of the Shalka (which is free!). We’d like to get as close to the sound of the original actors as possible. This means we are ideally looking for British accents/good approximations, and good approximations of the way they speak. We’re less bothered by gender – as long as you give both a strong performance and a good impression of the character (without necessarily impersonating the character), we can work something out.

Sigurd is a new character, so feel free to take him in whatever direction you feel is best, within the aforementioned confines.

We have three short dialogue sections for each character, taken from the finished scripts, for actors to audition with. We’d like actors to record all three sections in the environment they would record the actual episodes, and with the equipment they would use.

More details and audition pieces in this post.

PLEASE GET YOUR AUDITIONS IN BY 12:01 AM (BST) SEPTEMBER 17TH.


We are also still looking for production team members!
If you’re experienced and/or interested in directing, audio editing, sound effects, or music composition and/or performance, come check out details and apply for a production position in this post. (We especially need SFX people! Where my foley peeps at? ...Anyone?)

Image by the lovely anadapta0801, who is doing our cover art.