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Post by Catsmate on Jun 21, 2022 21:42:36 GMT
Scavenge a few bits from The Echo Chamber scenario?
From the Fifth Doctor Big Finish audio, you mean? Could work but would need a few necessary changes.Personally I’m imagining said theatrical troupe is made up of a group of extremely morally indifferent “actors” with delusions of grandeur regarding their own talent. When I mean morally indifferent, I mean rather like Doctor Marshall Manor Meyer except of course on the extreme end of that. I get the impression Meyer might lend a hand if he felt like a situation he had caused had really got out of hand. Or if it felt it may hurt future business opportunities. But this group (let’s call them the Merry Wanderers for now) have devoted their lives to the craft and use any means possible to enhance their performance. Say for instance blowing up a star to serve as an impressive backdrop during a particularly dramatic set piece in one of their plays. Never mind the inevitable loss of life that would cause. To tie it into this SCP, I imagine that they tried to clone Shakespeare numerous times in order to use his genius to pen new, original plays for them. But for whatever reason, they could never perfect the process and abandoned their last attempt. The only reason they never tried to go back in time and abduct the Immortal Bard himself is because they thankfully don’t have access to time technology. Yet. Mind you, it’s not like it would have helped them much. Their mediocre and over the top performances wouldn’t have done justice to the material had they succeeded. Think Edward Lionheart from the masterpiece that is Theatre of Blood as an example. No doubt they’re also responsible for the deaths of a few critics as well. No, I hadn't heard of that one, I meant the Starter Set scenario. Theatrical troupe on large starship performs The Adventures of the Good Doctor using psychic crystals.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jun 21, 2022 21:55:09 GMT
Scavenge a few bits from The Echo Chamber scenario?
From the Fifth Doctor Big Finish audio, you mean? Could work but would need a few necessary changes. Personally I’m imagining said theatrical troupe is made up of a group of extremely morally indifferent “actors” with delusions of grandeur regarding their own talent. When I mean morally indifferent, I mean rather like Doctor Marshall Manor Meyer except of course on the extreme end of that. I get the impression Meyer might lend a hand if he felt like a situation he had caused had really got out of hand. Or if it felt it may hurt future business opportunities. But this group (let’s call them the Merry Wanderers for now) have devoted their lives to the craft and use any means possible to enhance their performance. Say for instance blowing up a star to serve as an impressive backdrop during a particularly dramatic set piece in one of their plays. Never mind the inevitable loss of life that would cause. To tie it into this SCP, I imagine that they tried to clone Shakespeare numerous times in order to use his genius to pen new, original plays for them. But for whatever reason, they could never perfect the process and abandoned their last attempt. The only reason they never tried to go back in time and abduct the Immortal Bard himself is because they thankfully don’t have access to time technology. Yet. Mind you, it’s not like it would have helped them much. Their mediocre and over the top performances wouldn’t have done justice to the material had they succeeded. Think Edward Lionheart from the masterpiece that is Theatre of Blood as an example. No doubt they’re also responsible for the deaths of a few critics as well. Not related to Doctor Who but could do something similar to the Sta Trek The Original Series episode The Conscience of a King which was a about a Shakespearean troupe with one of its actors being a former governor who did some bad things, could easily tie in a Shakespeare clone into the equation as well and change the United Federation of Planets to well The Galactic Federation, imagine a Draconian playing Macbeth!
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Post by Catsmate on Jun 22, 2022 8:30:50 GMT
From the Fifth Doctor Big Finish audio, you mean? Could work but would need a few necessary changes. Personally I’m imagining said theatrical troupe is made up of a group of extremely morally indifferent “actors” with delusions of grandeur regarding their own talent. When I mean morally indifferent, I mean rather like Doctor Marshall Manor Meyer except of course on the extreme end of that. I get the impression Meyer might lend a hand if he felt like a situation he had caused had really got out of hand. Or if it felt it may hurt future business opportunities. But this group (let’s call them the Merry Wanderers for now) have devoted their lives to the craft and use any means possible to enhance their performance. Say for instance blowing up a star to serve as an impressive backdrop during a particularly dramatic set piece in one of their plays. Never mind the inevitable loss of life that would cause. To tie it into this SCP, I imagine that they tried to clone Shakespeare numerous times in order to use his genius to pen new, original plays for them. But for whatever reason, they could never perfect the process and abandoned their last attempt. The only reason they never tried to go back in time and abduct the Immortal Bard himself is because they thankfully don’t have access to time technology. Yet. Mind you, it’s not like it would have helped them much. Their mediocre and over the top performances wouldn’t have done justice to the material had they succeeded. Think Edward Lionheart from the masterpiece that is Theatre of Blood as an example. No doubt they’re also responsible for the deaths of a few critics as well. Not related to Doctor Who but could do something similar to the Sta Trek The Original Series episode The Conscience of a King which was a about a Shakespearean troupe with one of its actors being a former governor who did some bad things, could easily tie in a Shakespeare clone into the equation as well and change the United Federation of Planets to well The Galactic Federation, imagine a Draconian playing Macbeth! That was a really good episode. The only ST:Discovery novel I have read, Drastic Measures, was an excellent prequel to the episode.
A company of travelling players visiting settlements on the fringes of an expanding interstellar society has a lot of potential.
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Post by grinch on Jun 22, 2022 20:58:28 GMT
From the Fifth Doctor Big Finish audio, you mean? Could work but would need a few necessary changes.Personally I’m imagining said theatrical troupe is made up of a group of extremely morally indifferent “actors” with delusions of grandeur regarding their own talent. When I mean morally indifferent, I mean rather like Doctor Marshall Manor Meyer except of course on the extreme end of that. I get the impression Meyer might lend a hand if he felt like a situation he had caused had really got out of hand. Or if it felt it may hurt future business opportunities. But this group (let’s call them the Merry Wanderers for now) have devoted their lives to the craft and use any means possible to enhance their performance. Say for instance blowing up a star to serve as an impressive backdrop during a particularly dramatic set piece in one of their plays. Never mind the inevitable loss of life that would cause. To tie it into this SCP, I imagine that they tried to clone Shakespeare numerous times in order to use his genius to pen new, original plays for them. But for whatever reason, they could never perfect the process and abandoned their last attempt. The only reason they never tried to go back in time and abduct the Immortal Bard himself is because they thankfully don’t have access to time technology. Yet. Mind you, it’s not like it would have helped them much. Their mediocre and over the top performances wouldn’t have done justice to the material had they succeeded. Think Edward Lionheart from the masterpiece that is Theatre of Blood as an example. No doubt they’re also responsible for the deaths of a few critics as well. No, I hadn't heard of that one, I meant the Starter Set scenario. Theatrical troupe on large starship performs The Adventures of the Good Doctor using psychic crystals.
Ah, I see! And yes, that does strike me as the sort of thing the Merry Wanderers might get up to. Using elaborate set pieces or alien aid with the very possibility of lives being taken in the process. But you see, what is drama if not true suffering channeled through an artistic medium? They’re quite mad, of course. Bordering on fanatical. But then again, considering their profession as actors people will probably just label them as eccentric. That is until the bodies start hitting the floor.
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Post by Catsmate on Jun 25, 2022 15:08:38 GMT
No, I hadn't heard of that one, I meant the Starter Set scenario. Theatrical troupe on large starship performs The Adventures of the Good Doctor using psychic crystals.
Ah, I see! And yes, that does strike me as the sort of thing the Merry Wanderers might get up to. Using elaborate set pieces or alien aid with the very possibility of lives being taken in the process. But you see, what is drama if not true suffering channeled through an artistic medium? They’re quite mad, of course. Bordering on fanatical. But then again, considering their profession as actors people will probably just label them as eccentric. That is until the bodies start hitting the floor. That has definite possibilities.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jun 26, 2022 17:35:21 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-883 SCP 883 is a large beehive that appears to be bigger on the inside. Maybe its a vespiform colony upon planet Earth or a new alien bee species, the dimensionally transcendental properties of the Box could even indicate its a TARDIS with a beehive theme to it
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13th Incarnation
It's complicated....
Posts: 3,753
Favourite Doctors: Thirteen, Six, Five, Two, Eight, Eleven, Twelve, One, Nine...
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Post by Catsmate on Jun 26, 2022 18:22:57 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-883 SCP 883 is a large beehive that appears to be bigger on the inside. Maybe its a vespiform colony upon planet Earth or a new alien bee species, the dimensionally transcendental properties of the Box could even indicate its a TARDIS with a beehive theme to it Hmmmm, a derelict and damaged TARDIS that's been colonised perhaps?
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jun 26, 2022 18:25:06 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-883 SCP 883 is a large beehive that appears to be bigger on the inside. Maybe its a vespiform colony upon planet Earth or a new alien bee species, the dimensionally transcendental properties of the Box could even indicate its a TARDIS with a beehive theme to it Hmmmm, a derelict and damaged TARDIS that's been colonised perhaps?Colonised by vespiforms or just bees in general due to the reference that some bees are aliens after their migration back into space
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Post by grinch on Jun 27, 2022 11:31:10 GMT
Ah, I see! And yes, that does strike me as the sort of thing the Merry Wanderers might get up to. Using elaborate set pieces or alien aid with the very possibility of lives being taken in the process. But you see, what is drama if not true suffering channeled through an artistic medium? They’re quite mad, of course. Bordering on fanatical. But then again, considering their profession as actors people will probably just label them as eccentric. That is until the bodies start hitting the floor. That has definite possibilities.Strikes me as the sort who could be recurring opponents for a modern PROBE. Recurring in the sense that they just seem to keep showing up! Admittedly that might be because in their eyes, Earth has some of the finest playwrights and dramatists in the universe. For a final adventure involving the troupe, you could even have PROBE attempt to stop them from performing “The Hanged King’s Travedy” a play which (even without the participants of psychotic actors) brings with it chaos and turmoil wherever it’s performed.
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Post by grinch on Jun 27, 2022 11:31:42 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-883 SCP 883 is a large beehive that appears to be bigger on the inside. Maybe its a vespiform colony upon planet Earth or a new alien bee species, the dimensionally transcendental properties of the Box could even indicate its a TARDIS with a beehive theme to it Hmmmm, a derelict and damaged TARDIS that's been colonised perhaps?Maybe it was even gifted to the Vespiforms as a means of preserving their race should they be wiped out?
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Post by grinch on Jun 27, 2022 11:32:03 GMT
* SCP 303 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-303 A strange emaciated figure who manifests behind doors and instils feelings of fear in whoever encounters it. Apart from that, it’s quite harmless. Personally I’m just imagining PROBE has managed to contain it in their base much to the chagrin of their new boss who states that they don’t have the space to just seal off a section of their headquarters. * SCP 1269 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1269 A mailbox which becomes dangerously fixated on any female resident who resides in the same property as itself. * SCP 1432 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1432 A 17 minute silent video sequence which has been found on numerous generic DVDs in a variety of locations within the U.S. Hard to say, what the explanation behind this would be. Maybe it’s an attempt to propagate feelings of nihilism in the human race? Or even brought into existence by the increasing apathy of humanity? * SCP 1812 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1812 A second Moon which appears and vanishes and which has strange memetic properties on those who view it. * SCP 1892 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1892 A doctor’s chair which desires to help its patients yet utilises medical techniques appropriate to the era. Basically, a lot of lobotomies. * SCP 2547 scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2547 4000 different members of the family Canidae who manifest in rural American towns. Believed to be the subjects of the Native American God Coyote. But just who is Coyote within the Whoniverse? Some errant reality warper?
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Post by grinch on Jul 2, 2022 13:25:27 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1233scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4233The Moon and Sea Champion. Two strange bordering on incomprehensible figures. Both definitely have their place in the files of PROBE and UNIT. If I were to offer an explanation, perhaps the pair are Tulpas or thought forms brought on by humanity’s fascination with the Moon and Sea. It does make me wonder whether as humanity continues to expand outwards, whether a Space Champion will be born.
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Post by grinch on Jul 4, 2022 20:48:19 GMT
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 4, 2022 22:02:32 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1471 SCP 1471 is an entity found within reflections and images that comes into existence by people downloading an app that is meant to give people a friend. Can send you texts and appear in the back of images and such, certainly an interesting SCP.
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Post by grinch on Jul 5, 2022 19:58:04 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1471 SCP 1471 is an entity found within reflections and images that comes into existence by people downloading an app that is meant to give people a friend. Can send you texts and appear in the back of images and such, certainly an interesting SCP. I rather like the idea of the entity being a benign one. It doesn’t do anything remotely threatening and it strikes me as one you could easily communicate with via sign language.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 5, 2022 19:59:53 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1471 SCP 1471 is an entity found within reflections and images that comes into existence by people downloading an app that is meant to give people a friend. Can send you texts and appear in the back of images and such, certainly an interesting SCP. I rather like the idea of the entity being a benign one. It doesn’t do anything remotely threatening and it strikes me as one you could easily communicate with via sign language. I agree it does feel better when its benign there, would UNIT/PROBE even try and contain it or anything if its not hostile at all though sure its weird and alien but like would they since its not doing harm.
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Post by grinch on Jul 5, 2022 20:05:28 GMT
They might try and suppress the app if only to uphold the Masquerade and avoid a potential panic but aside from that it doesn’t really seem to cause anyone any harm. (Discounting the long term inevitable psychological effects, of course) I could see PROBE hiring someone affected by the app if only to use them as a chance to study or communicate with the entity.
Personally, I’m just wondering whether the app is used as a medium to channel through some species from another dimension or whether it deliberately creates said creatures as a form of artificial life.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 5, 2022 20:11:04 GMT
They might try and suppress the app if only to uphold the Masquerade and avoid a potential panic but aside from that it doesn’t really seem to cause anyone any harm. (Discounting the long term inevitable psychological effects, of course) I could see PROBE hiring someone affected by the app if only to use them as a chance to study or communicate with the entity. Personally, I’m just wondering whether the app is used as a medium to channel through some species from another dimension or whether it deliberately creates said creatures as a form of artificial life. For your first point the Masquerade had already been broken though after Aliens in London so really trying to cover up aliens is somewhat out of the question there. And yeah PROBE/UNIT/Torchwood hiring someone to try and communicate with the entities that exist within the phone would be beneficial lest it can actually communicate via text message instead. I like that idea that it creates said creatures when someone downloads the app, its maybe their reproduction method, someone downloads the app leading to specialised code to form and then create the entity, having to learn on the behaviour of the person its attached to to understand the world around them and such, after 90 hours becoming mature enough and staying with the person its grown attachment with.
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Post by grinch on Jul 6, 2022 19:48:31 GMT
They might try and suppress the app if only to uphold the Masquerade and avoid a potential panic but aside from that it doesn’t really seem to cause anyone any harm. (Discounting the long term inevitable psychological effects, of course) I could see PROBE hiring someone affected by the app if only to use them as a chance to study or communicate with the entity. Personally, I’m just wondering whether the app is used as a medium to channel through some species from another dimension or whether it deliberately creates said creatures as a form of artificial life. For your first point the Masquerade had already been broken though after Aliens in London so really trying to cover up aliens is somewhat out of the question there. And yeah PROBE/UNIT/Torchwood hiring someone to try and communicate with the entities that exist within the phone would be beneficial lest it can actually communicate via text message instead. I like that idea that it creates said creatures when someone downloads the app, its maybe their reproduction method, someone downloads the app leading to specialised code to form and then create the entity, having to learn on the behaviour of the person its attached to to understand the world around them and such, after 90 hours becoming mature enough and staying with the person its grown attachment with. I like it. It would be a case of studying an entirely new species. Even though some Stories from the Foundation do depict 1471 as a deadpan snarker, it does make me wonder whether all of the members of its species are exactly the same or whether they differ personality wise.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 6, 2022 19:57:52 GMT
For your first point the Masquerade had already been broken though after Aliens in London so really trying to cover up aliens is somewhat out of the question there. And yeah PROBE/UNIT/Torchwood hiring someone to try and communicate with the entities that exist within the phone would be beneficial lest it can actually communicate via text message instead. I like that idea that it creates said creatures when someone downloads the app, its maybe their reproduction method, someone downloads the app leading to specialised code to form and then create the entity, having to learn on the behaviour of the person its attached to to understand the world around them and such, after 90 hours becoming mature enough and staying with the person its grown attachment with. I like it. It would be a case of studying an entirely new species. Even though some Stories from the Foundation do depict 1471 as a deadpan snarker, it does make me wonder whether all of the members of its species are exactly the same or whether they differ personality wise. I like the idea that the different members of the species take on the personalities and mannerisms of the person that they are "Assigned" to making each one different in some way allowing for a bond between the creature and its "owner"
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Post by spydalek on Jul 6, 2022 22:18:15 GMT
For your first point the Masquerade had already been broken though after Aliens in London so really trying to cover up aliens is somewhat out of the question there. I thought it didn't come out the bag till the Sycorax? Because I specifically remember Nine showing a newspaper and being all like "See, even when it's right in front of you, you'll still deny it." at the end of World War Three.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 6, 2022 22:25:43 GMT
For your first point the Masquerade had already been broken though after Aliens in London so really trying to cover up aliens is somewhat out of the question there. I thought it didn't come out the bag till the Sycorax? Because I specifically remember Nine showing a newspaper and being all like "See, even when it's right in front of you, you'll still deny it." at the end of World War Three. The Sycorax was 10 not 9, in Aliens of London it was the Slitheen spaceship crashing right into Big Ben which broke the Masquerade, the Sycorax came after that event.
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Post by spydalek on Jul 7, 2022 6:59:33 GMT
I thought it didn't come out the bag till the Sycorax? Because I specifically remember Nine showing a newspaper and being all like "See, even when it's right in front of you, you'll still deny it." at the end of World War Three. The Sycorax was 10 not 9, in Aliens of London it was the Slitheen spaceship crashing right into Big Ben which broke the Masquerade, the Sycorax came after that event. I'm aware. I'm just saying that I'm pretty sure the spaceship in Aliens of London/World War Three was written off as a hoax and it was the Sycorax that broke the masquerade later that year. Though whether the masquerade is broken depends on the era, especially in NuWho. They go back and forth on it all the time.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 7, 2022 7:32:58 GMT
The Sycorax was 10 not 9, in Aliens of London it was the Slitheen spaceship crashing right into Big Ben which broke the Masquerade, the Sycorax came after that event. I'm aware. I'm just saying that I'm pretty sure the spaceship in Aliens of London/World War Three was written off as a hoax and it was the Sycorax that broke the masquerade later that year. Though whether the masquerade is broken depends on the era, especially in NuWho. They go back and forth on it all the time. I am pretty sure a giant spaceship crashing into Big Ben with the very same "government" declaring ww3 with the aliens would be hard to cover up especially when its on the news with thousands of eye witnesses.
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Post by spydalek on Jul 7, 2022 8:02:19 GMT
I'm aware. I'm just saying that I'm pretty sure the spaceship in Aliens of London/World War Three was written off as a hoax and it was the Sycorax that broke the masquerade later that year. Though whether the masquerade is broken depends on the era, especially in NuWho. They go back and forth on it all the time. I am pretty sure a giant spaceship crashing into Big Ben with the very same "government" declaring ww3 with the aliens would be hard to cover up especially when its on the news with thousands of eye witnesses. As Nine says in that episode :"They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face - nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick." It wasn't till the Sycorax that the human race couldn't stop denying it.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 7, 2022 8:03:27 GMT
I am pretty sure a giant spaceship crashing into Big Ben with the very same "government" declaring ww3 with the aliens would be hard to cover up especially when its on the news with thousands of eye witnesses. As Nine says in that episode :"They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face - nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick." It wasn't till the Sycorax that the human race couldn't stop denying it. I am happy to discuss this further with you within messages as to not derail this thread on for longer.
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Post by grinch on Jul 7, 2022 20:11:35 GMT
As Nine says in that episode :"They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face - nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick." It wasn't till the Sycorax that the human race couldn't stop denying it. I am happy to discuss this further with you within messages as to not derail this thread on for longer. To avoid any potential arguments, I think it’s safe to say that the state of the Masquerade is entirely up to the GM when constructing their campaign. You don’t have to follow the official series canon to the letter if you really don’t want to. Personally, I think there’s a story idea in just why humanity seems to keep forgetting these alien incursions and invasions. Is it due to some psychological factor programmed into the human race or due to the actions of an outside group?
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Post by soultaker666212 on Jul 9, 2022 14:31:17 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1867 SCP 1867 is a variable neon slug that is sapient and seems to be telepathic, taking on the identity of an British explorer. Honestly reading through this, its perfect for doctor who, a rather interesting SCP to introduce to your games.
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Post by grinch on Jul 9, 2022 20:04:04 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1867 SCP 1867 is a variable neon slug that is sapient and seems to be telepathic, taking on the identity of an British explorer. Honestly reading through this, its perfect for doctor who, a rather interesting SCP to introduce to your games. Lord Blackwood is a fun one. I like to think he was an ex Torchwood agent or associate who was changed into his current form. That or it’s an ordinary sea slug that thinks he is Lord Blackwood.
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Post by Catsmate on Jul 9, 2022 20:28:41 GMT
scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1867 SCP 1867 is a variable neon slug that is sapient and seems to be telepathic, taking on the identity of an British explorer. Honestly reading through this, its perfect for doctor who, a rather interesting SCP to introduce to your games. Lord Blackwood is a fun one. I like to think he was an ex Torchwood agent or associate who was changed into his current form. That or it’s an ordinary sea slug that thinks he is Lord Blackwood. I'm reminded a bit of Flashman, and the various Steampunk pastiches of him.
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