Doctor Who: The Crystal Conundrum (2004) is a fan film made on The Sci-Fi Cruise that stars officials doctor who stars!
Most notably it features Sylvester McCoy as The Seventh Doctor with Lisa Bowerman as Professor Bernice Summerfield. A companion she played in Big finish. This marks her first on screen appearance.
Its a sequel to Death Takes A Holiday.
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Main Cast[]
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
- Archaeologist 1 - Jennifer Lowden
- Archaeologist 2 - Priscilla Daniels
- Archaeologist 3 - Dan Murphy
- Tourist 1 - Judi Heath
- Tourist 2 - Tina Stitzer
- Tourist 3 - Jason Knight
- Screaming Woman - Ann McIntosh
- Jockey 1 - John Heath
- Jockey 2 -Mike Leahy
- BBC Radio Newsman - Joey Reynolds
- Extras - Members of the Sci-fi Sea Cruise
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- Written by: Jennifer Lowden, Ron Daniels & Judi Heath
- Director: Stephen Ballew
- Producer: Dan Harris
- Cinematography, Sound and Editing by: Dan Harris
- Additional Camera: Katherynn Murphy
- Creative Consultant: Rob Shearman
- Continuity: Doug Neman
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- This Story has many official doctor who stars reprise their TV roles.
- This story marks the first time Lisa Bowerman plays Bernice Summerfield in a visual media. she would later do so again officially in Transmission from Mars.
- Despite it being a Seventh Doctor Story. The Doctor Who logo shown is the "diamond logo" commonly associated with Tom Baker's time as the Fourth Doctor,
Filming locations[]
Recorded on location in Belize, Mexico, and aboard the Carnival Elation
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Special Edition[]
Doctor Who Fan Adam Boyes plans to make an updated version of The Crystal Conundrum using appropriate Title sequence and improved Special effects.
Continuity[]
- The Doctor takes out his Zybanium crystal, explaining, “I had trouble with it a while back, and this one is wearing out. I’m going to replace it.” (Death Takes A Holiday)
- The Doctor travels to Mexico, He has previously been to Mexico in his First Incarnation (The Aztecs)
- Jamie McCrimmon mentions The Sixth Doctor (The Two Doctors)
- The Zybanium crystal braking makes Time go funny, People and animals start transforming dramatically, similar to how the Rani creates a temporal trap (Dimensions in Time)
- The Seventh Doctor mentiones that this incarnation never used a Sonic Screwdriver, It was destroyed during his Fifth Incarnation by the Terileptil (The Visitation)
Novelization[]
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In 2019 Doctor Who Fan Adam Boyes announced he will be writing a unofficial Novelization of the story inspired by the recent Target books.
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Watch it HERE