Leondude's Dilemma

Note: Listen to this while reading this blog post:

Me: *finds out there is a competition to write a Doctor Who adventure for Big Finish*

*reads rules for competition*

5. Submissions can be set in the universe of Doctor Who in the Classic Series and the New Series, i.e. at any time in the lives of the Doctor from his first incarnation in An Unearthly Child up to and including his twelfth in Twice Upon a Time. The only exception to this is the War Doctor. Due to licensing agreements we cannot include the War Doctor in stories submitted for this opportunity, so please don’t use this character.

6. No established monsters (for example, Daleks, Cybermen, and so on) or villains (for example, the Master, the Rani, and so on) can be used, nor established Doctor Who characters (including those from the Worlds of Doctor Who; for example, UNIT, Jago & Litefoot, Counter-Measures, and so on). Most television companions from the New Series (2005 onwards) cannot be used, except for Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble. However, classic series companions (excluding K-9), plus companions created by Big Finish (such as Charlotte Pollard, Hex, Evelyn Smythe, etc.) can be used. (Note: do not create a new companion for the Doctor in your story).

Oh...

That's gonna be difficult for me.

On the one hand, I could throw my hat in the ring and hope for the best. But on the other, I know from experience on this very site that my luck with winning competitions is piss-poor. And while I have infrequently fantasized about being an official Doctor Who writer, with writing an audio drama for Big Finish being close enough to make that fantasy a reality, I've been looking at the previous winners of this annual competition and the only stories they've written are the one winning story for each of them so it probably wouldn't be worth my time.

Besides, it's an annual thing so there's always a next time. Probably didn't even need to write this blog post in the first place.