Watch the Screenplay Reading:

In this episode of Doctor Who, The Doctor and her friends are caught in the middle of a museum heist, but the perpetrator is a familiar face to the Thirteenth Doctor. But who is she?

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Jen: Val Cole
Ryan Sinclair: Geoff Mays
Yasmin Khan/: Allison Kampf

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

My screenplay is about The Thirteenth Doctor and The “Fam” are caught in the middle of a museum heist on the planet Prodigal. The Doctor seems to recognize the perpetrator, but she is unsure from where. This screenplay is mostly about the mystery of the criminal and the secrets of Prodigal.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

The genre is Sci-fi Adventure.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I believe my screenplay should be made into a movie because the twist is that it contains a character who has not yet had a resolved character arc. I think this twist character could have a lot of potential for interesting drama. Within this screenplay, I feel as though I have fleshed out certain concepts that have always been under the surface for Thirteen, but were never fully explored.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Mysterious and fun.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

I’m going to cheat a little bit with this question and say the movie series I have seen the most was the Back to the Future trilogy. I was completely obsessed with the trilogy ever since I was a kid and although I haven’t seen the films in a few years, I could probably still quote any scene from memory.

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

I plotted the screenplay for about three months and it took me two months to write and edit.

7. How many stories have you written?

Way too many! I wanted to be Terry Pratchett until I realized I didn’t want to write prose, I just wanted to be snarky. But I’ve written eight screenplays so far.

8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

That’s a hard pick. Today it’s “Burning Pile” by Mother Mother. But that could change.

9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

My biggest obstacle when writing this screenplay was probably balancing all of the characters and their reactions to everything. Especially considering the twist. But that was also the most fun part, figuring out how to write the dynamic between The Doctor and her “Fam” was an interesting experience and a fun writing experiment.

10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Pigeons, they’re so misunderstood.

11. You entered your screenplay via FilmFreeway. What has been your experiences working with the submission platform site?

FilmFreeway is pretty much the only platform I use to submit screenplays. I find the platform efficient and easy to use.

12. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?

I submitted to this festival because I already thought this would be a fun story for Doctor Who before knowing about this and when I saw this festival on FilmFreeway I figured I’d give it a try.