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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.

Synopsis[]

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Plot[]

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The Doctor and Summerfield land

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Cast[]

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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Crew[]

  • 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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Story notes []

  • 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[]

Main article: Novelization

In 2019 Doctor Who Fan Adam Boyes announced he will be writing a unofficial Novelization of the story inspired by the recent Target books.

Link[]

Watch it HERE

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