Doctor Who - Dillon of Poppintree

by trythepoisonapple

Before the Doctor began teaching at St. Luke's University and met Bill, there was a companion none of us have ever heard of. Follow Dillon Foster, a mechanic and aspiring artist from Poppintree, Ireland, who is taken for a wild ride on the TARDIS with the Doctor. Uncover the mystery of Dillon's bewildering relationship with the TARDIS mainframe. Written in SCREENPLAY format.

1. Episode 0 - A Word from the Author

A Word from the Author:

Whenever we watch Doctor Who, we each imagine different adventures

the Doctor may have, specifically off screen. Are there companions we've

never even heard of?

When I was a senior in college, I took a course in one-hour television

drama screenwriting, so I chose to write a spec script for Doctor Who.

The announcement that Clara would be exiting the show had just been

made, so I decided to write the first episode of a new season with a new

companion.

Then the season 10 premiered with the beautiful Bill. The alien used in

"The Pilot" was very close, yet just distant enough, from the alien I

designed for my spec script, so I decided there was no point in holding

onto this story anymore. I always intended to send it to an agent to

become a screenwriter, but no agent will consider it now given its

similarities to "The Pilot".

One thing I've always wanted to see has been a modern male companion,

but an interesting dynamic I've always been curious about was the Doctor

with an Irish companion. In the NEW Doctor Who season, there's been

little to no exposure to Irishmen, so thus Dillon was born.

So here's a warning to the reader: I am not Irish, and my only exposure

to Irish language and culture has been through my step-grandfather from

Belfast. The dialogue was designed by a Californian who used the Internet

and movies/TV to discover the slang and sentence composure of a young

adult from Poppintree, Ireland. I apologize in advance for any mistakes.