79-527: The Ninth Doctor Adventures , announced in August 2020, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who . It sees the return of Christopher Eccleston reprising his role as the Ninth Doctor and will span four boxsets comprising an entire audio season that was released between May 2021 and February 2022. A second audio season of four more boxsets followed in 2022 and 2023;
158-520: A "rationalist rewrite", as popularized by Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality . Stories designed to be light-hearted and romantic. Another term for this genre is WAFF, which is short for "warm and fuzzy feelings." Stories in which a character is put through a traumatic experience in order to be comforted. The climax of these stories is usually when one character witnesses another character's suffering and alleviates it. Another type of hurt/comfort
237-772: A book and movie deal with renamed characters in 2014. A movie adaptation, After , was released on April 12, 2019. On May 22, 2013, online retailer Amazon launched a new publishing service, Kindle Worlds , which allowed fan fiction of certain licensed media properties to be sold in the Kindle Store , with terms including 35% of net sales for works of 10,000 words or more and 20% for short fiction ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 words. However, this arrangement included restrictions on content, copyright violations, poor document formatting, and use of misleading titles. Amazon shut down Kindle Worlds in August 2018. A similar trend began in Japan in
316-460: A common plot was a minor member of the USS Enterprise ' s crew saving the life of Kirk or Spock, often being rewarded with a sexual relationship as a result. The term "Mary Sue", which originated in a parody of stories in the wish fulfillment genre, often refers to an idealized or overpowered character who lacks flaws and is often seen as a representation of the author. An abbreviation of
395-453: A darkfic. "Dead Dove Do Not Eat", sometimes abbreviated as DDDNE, is a sub-category of darkfic. It began as an AO3 tag in 2015, intended to warn people that the story contained dark themes without explicitly condemning them; because the dark themes were tagged, it served to reinforce readers' attention to them. Since 2015, it has evolved into its own tag, meaning that sometimes other dark themes are not tagged and are assumed to be present in
474-683: A different setting. The term originated in the Xena: Warrior Princess fandom and was inspired by the episode "The Xena Scrolls", which featured 1940s-era descendants of the characters Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer, who are played by their respective actors, on an archaeological dig in an Indiana Jones pastiche . As the concept of the uberfic can be adapted into original fiction, many uberfic authors, such as Melissa Good, Radclyffe , and Lori L. Lake , have legally published their Xena uberfic as original lesbian literature . Also abbreviated as A/N, author's notes are typically found directly before
553-419: A download subscription service that mirrors its physical CD service. In addition, those who purchase Big Finish productions on CD through the company's website receive access to a complimentary download of the story. In September 2008, they released their first free downloadable play. UNIT: The Coup had previously been given away with an issue of Doctor Who Magazine . On February 8, 2017 they announced
632-466: A fandom or topic. These archives were followed by non-commercial automated databases. In 1998, the non-profit site FanFiction.Net was launched, which allowed anyone to upload content in any fandom. The ability to self-publish fan fiction in an easily accessible archive that did not require insider knowledge to join, as well as the ability to review stories directly on the site, led the site to quickly gain popularity. A popular example of modern fan fiction
711-407: A few sentences to novel-length and can be based on fictional and non-fictional media, including novels , movies , comics , television shows , musical groups , cartoons , anime and manga , and video games . Fan fiction is rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's creator or publisher or professionally published. It may infringe on the original author's copyright , depending on
790-825: A part of a story or the entire story. Historically, the terms "lemon", or explicit pornography, and "lime", sexually suggestive works, were euphemisms used to refer to explicit material. These terms were once common in the 2000s, but fell out of use before becoming popular again in December 2018 due to the censorship of adult content on Tumblr , as it allowed writers to circumvent "explicit terminologies" that could get their work flagged by platforms like Tumblr while still being able to tag their work as explicit. Trigger warnings are used to warn people of content in fan fiction that could be harmful or "triggering" for those who have dealt with traumatic situations, allowing them to prepare for or avoid certain content. Sometimes, content warning (CW)
869-430: A person having their soulmate's name written on their skin at birth or a specific change that occurs when two soulmates see or touch each other for the first time. The most common trope in this genre is a character being convinced that they do not have, want, or deserve a soulmate, only to be proven wrong as they fall in love. Stories in which a character is sent back in time to get a second chance while having knowledge of
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#1732856182126948-416: A person is excited about a fandom. A portmanteau of fan and canon. It is an "unofficial canon" idea that is widely accepted to be true among fans, but is neither confirmed nor officially endorsed by the original author or source creator, preventing it from being considered canon. Fanon can refer to an interpretation of the original work or details within it. A fan's personal interpretation of canon, such as
1027-560: A picture on Instagram showing him holding the script, which revealed title of the first episode, Sphere of Freedom, and writer Nicholas Briggs. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season. Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on science fiction properties. These include Doctor Who ,
1106-515: A special: The Legacy of Time which combined several spin-offs, including UNIT , The Diary of River Song , Bernice Summerfield and Counter-Measures . Other celebratory releases included the third series of Ravenous (featuring almost all Eighth Doctor companions); fourth series of Ravenous (featuring multiple incarnations of the Master ; the sixth Series of the Early Adventures (in which
1185-428: A third audio season of four followed in 2023 and 2024. The Ninth Doctor , as portrayed by actor Christopher Eccleston , first appeared in 2005 for the relaunch of Doctor Who . Eccleston is notable for portraying The Doctor for one series before departing. Since, Eccleston had vowed never to return to the science fiction series, even declining to portray the character in the fiftieth anniversary special " The Day of
1264-448: Is E. L. James 's Fifty Shades of Grey , which was originally written as fan fiction for the Twilight series and featured Bella and Edward. To avoid copyright infringement, James changed the characters' names to Ana and Christian for the purposes of her novels, a practice known as 'pulling-to-publish'. Anna Todd 's 2013 fan fiction After , about the boy band One Direction , secured
1343-399: Is fiction written in an amateur capacity by fans as a form of fan labor , unauthorized by, but based on, an existing work of fiction . The author uses copyrighted characters , settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator(s) as a basis for their writing and can retain the original characters and settings, add their own, or both. Fan fiction ranges in length from
1422-431: Is "fusion fic", in which the two universes are merged into one. Stories that are darker or more depressing than the original, often done in contrast to them. This is sometimes done with media that is intended to be light-hearted or for children. Darkfic can also refer to content that is "intentionally disturbing", such as physical or emotional violence or abuse. However, not all stories tagged as "dark" are considered to be
1501-513: Is a combination of "song" and "fiction"; as such, it is also referred to as "songfiction". Since many song lyrics are under copyright , whether songfics are a violation of copyright law is a subject of debate. Some fan fiction sites, such as FanFiction.Net, have prevented authors from posting songfics with lyrics from songs that are not in the public domain . In an essay in Music, Sound, and Silence in Buffy
1580-457: Is a piece of writing that is exactly 100 words long, although it is commonly used to refer to any short fan fiction. A fandom is a group of fans of a work of fiction who dedicate their time and energy to their interest. Fan labor , such as fan fiction, is written by fans as a way to express their creativity and love for the original work. A person who is an enthusiastic member of one or more fandoms. The term fangirling/fanboying refers to when
1659-440: Is a variant of romance that focuses on exploring a relationship between two or more characters from the original fandom(s). It has several fandom-specific subgenres, including slash, which focuses on homosexual pairings, and femslash , which is similar but instead focuses on lesbian pairings. The term "shipping" can also refer to a fan who is heavily invested in a relationship between two characters. Writers of fan fiction often use
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#17328561821261738-624: Is committed to ensuring that those working for the company are protected from discrimination due to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnancy or maternity leave, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation. Until July 2006, Gary Russell served as producer of the Doctor Who audios. When Russell left the company, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs took joint responsibility as Co-Executive Producers. Briggs now bears creative responsibility for Big Finish's Doctor Who range, along with script editor Alan Barnes . David Richardson holds
1817-525: Is featured in the 40th-anniversary story Zagreus . His part in the story was pieced together from snippets of Pertwee's dialogue from the fan-produced Doctor Who video "Devious". The actor John Hurt also recorded appearances as the War Doctor for Big Finish prior to his death in 2017. Destiny of the Doctor , produced in conjunction with AudioGO , who were rights holders to the 2005–present series, marked
1896-453: Is whump, which focuses on the character's suffering, sometimes to the exclusion of comfort; excessive whump may also be considered darkfic. Stories in which a version of the author is transported to the fictional world that the fan fiction is based on, which are often written in the first person . Self-insert fanfiction is often compared to Mary Sue characters. Some researchers argue that self-insert characters can be found in literature from
1975-489: The Audio Visuals fan series of unlicensed Doctor Who audio plays. The name of the company was taken from the episode "The Big Finish" of the 1989-1993 ITV series Press Gang . On 25 July 2019, Big Finish made a statement about equality and diversity in response to requests from fans wishing the company to make a statement on the views expressed by a few individuals they have worked with. The company stated that it
2054-557: The First Doctor encountered the Second Doctor , as well as using the character of Katerina for the first time); The Diary of River Song series 5 (the first appearance of Eric Roberts ' Master since the 1996 film and the return of Missy ). In August 2020, Big Finish announced a new series of audios beginning release in May 2021, featuring Christopher Eccleston reprising his role as
2133-786: The Judoon , the Sycorax , and the Sontarans ). The latter story will also connect into the Time War . According to Big Finish's website in May 2018, their license was expanded to feature properties set during the Twelfth Doctor's era up until Twice Upon a Time . This has allowed Big Finish to explore more recent characters and areas from Doctor Who , as seen in Paternoster Gang ; Jenny, The Doctor's Daughter ; and Tales from New Earth . Developments in
2212-529: The Ninth Doctor (for the first time since his departure from the series in 2005). In December 2021, Big Finish announced that their license to produce Doctor Who audios was extended until the 31st of March 2030. In June 2022, Big Finish announced that in November of the same year, the prices of all unreleased boxsets as of that month would see an increase in price due to the rising costs of production and supply costs. These new prices are yet to be announced as of
2291-590: The Patrick McGoohan role. In July 2018, Big Finish released audiobook versions of the first two novels of the Star Trek: Prometheus trilogy. Narrated by Alec Newman , these releases adapt Fire with Fire and The Root of All Rage , with the third story-- In the Heart of Chaos -- released in December 2018. Fan fiction Fan fiction or fanfiction , also known as fan fic , fanfic , fic or FF ,
2370-1295: The United Kingdom , 5.6% in Canada , and 4% in Australia . A 2020 study of Archive Of Our Own users found that of the surveyed profiles that stated a nationality, 59.7% were located in North America, 16.1% in Great Britain and an additional 10% in Mainland Europe, 6.3% in Oceania, 2.8% in Scandinavia, 2.2% in Asia, 1.8% in South America and the Caribbean, and 0.2% in the Middle East. The study did not include profiles written in Chinese, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, or Turkish. A 2020 study of Harry Potter fan fiction writers on Archive of Our Own found that of
2449-421: The "regular" list of genres , there are some genres particularly associated with fan fiction. These genres can overlap and include: Stories with an angst -ridden mood that focus on a character or characters who are brooding, sorrowful, or in anguish. Stories that feature characters set in a universe other than their canonical one. There are several types of alternative universe: it may make dramatic changes to
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2528-708: The 15th of September 2022. Other spin-offs include the Gallifrey series (with Lalla Ward as Romana , Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K-9 ); the Dalek Empire series; the UNIT series; the Iris Wildthyme series starring Katy Manning ; the Sarah Jane Smith series and the I, Davros series. Big Finish have also produced a series of Doctor Who plays based on alternative scenarios (for example, what if
2607-498: The 1960s and 1970s, as dōjinshi , independently published manga and novels, were published by dōjin circles, with many being based on existing manga , anime , and video game franchises. Manga artists such as Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujiko Fujio formed dōjin groups, such as Fujio's New Manga Party ( 新漫画党 , Shin Manga-tō ) . At the time, artists used dōjin groups to make their debut as professional artists. This changed in
2686-515: The 1960s. The first Star Trek fanzine, Spockanalia (1967), contained some fan fiction; many others followed its example. These fanzines were produced using offset printing and mimeography and mailed to other fans or sold at science fiction conventions for a small fee to cover the cost of production. Unlike other aspects of fandom, women were the primary authors of fan fiction; 83% of Star Trek fan fiction authors were female by 1970, and 90% by 1973. One scholar states that fan fiction "fill[s]
2765-561: The 1970s storyline The Talons of Weng-Chiang ; Counter-Measures , featuring a group of scientists featured in 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks ; Vienna , focusing on an assassin named Vienna Salvatori (played by former Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actress Chase Masterson ) who was introduced in the Seventh Doctor audio drama The Shadow Heart ; UNIT, originally focused around the UNIT during
2844-687: The 1980s. In a 2008 podcast, Nicholas Briggs explained that all scripts are sent through the TV show's offices in Cardiff to prevent any potential conflicts in continuity. The return of Sarah Jane Smith to the continuity of the TV series, and subsequent The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-off, resulted in the character's no longer being available to Big Finish (forcing the cancellation of an ongoing Sarah Jane Smith audio series). According to Briggs, permission from Russell T Davies , producer and creator of The Sarah Jane Adventures , had been secured that would have allowed
2923-413: The 19th century and earlier. There are several types of self-inserts, including: "y/n" (short for [insert] your name"), "xReader," and "imagines." Several of these subgenres are unique to specific platforms. Stories based on an existing fan work. On Archive of Our Own, this type of recursive fan fiction is called a "remix". Stories which are interspersed with the lyrics of a relevant song. The term
3002-543: The 2005 revival TV series also impacted the availability of certain characters. For example, Big Finish was no longer allowed to use the character of Davros , following his return to the series in 2008, although this restriction has since been lifted and Davros returned to Big Finish in The Curse of Davros (January 2012). Prior to the character's being featured in the new series, he had been used in several plays, portrayed by Terry Molloy , who played Davros in three TV serials in
3081-955: The Ambassadors of Death ). Two TV spin-offs from the Doctor Who universe have been continued in audio form by Big Finish: Torchwood and Class which has featured the return of several characters from the original cast: Gwen Cooper ( Eve Myles ), Owen Harper ( Burn Gorman ), Toshiko Sato ( Naoko Mori ), Ianto Jones ( Gareth David-Lloyd ), Rhys Williams ( Kai Owen ), Andy Davidson ( Tom Price ), Suzie Costello ( Indira Varma ), Captain John Hart ( James Marsters ) and Bilis Manger ( Murray Melvin ) have all reprised their roles in Torchwood . Characters from Doctor Who have also appeared in Torchwood audios, including Yvonne Hartman ( Tracy-Ann Oberman ) and Jo Grant. Big Finish have also created several new characters of Torchwood in their continuation of
3160-505: The Big Finish app. The Doctor Who audio plays have, to date, featured seven of the ten living actors to play the character of the Doctor in the series ( Tom Baker , Peter Davison , Colin Baker , Sylvester McCoy , Paul McGann , Christopher Eccleston , and David Tennant ), as well as many of the regular supporting actors over the many years of the programme. The late Jon Pertwee 's voice
3239-893: The British sci-fi comic strip anthology magazine 2000 AD . These consisted of sixteen Judge Dredd stories with two additional plays featuring characters from the Strontium Dog strip. The Judge Dredd series drew heavily upon Big Finish's repertory company established through their Doctor Who series with many actors crossing over such as Toby Longworth (who voiced Dredd), Clare Buckfield , Nicholas Briggs , Mark Donovan and Teresa Gallagher who voiced Chief Judge Hershey . The series would also feature many special guest stars such as The League of Gentlemen ' s Mark Gatiss playing Judge Death , Doctor Who companion actress Nicola Bryant (who would also direct 99 Code Red! ) plus Blake's 7 star Stephen Greif as Efil Drago San. Writers for
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3318-457: The Doctor " due to his feelings that the story "didn't do the character any justice" and felt the BBC still owed him an apology. In 2018 the actor stated about his exit, “What happened around Doctor Who almost destroyed my career... I gave them a hit show and I left with dignity and then they put me on a blacklist. I was carrying my own insecurities as it was something I had never done before and then I
3397-600: The Doctor had never left Gallifrey, or had been a woman), collectively titled Doctor Who Unbound . This has allowed them to cast other actors in the role of the Doctor, including Sir Derek Jacobi , Arabella Weir and David Warner . In 2013, following the death of original Romana actress Mary Tamm , Big Finish introduced a previously unknown third incarnation of Romana, played by American actress Juliet Landau . Other spin-off series include Jago & Litefoot , featuring Henry Gordon Jago ( Christopher Benjamin ) and Professor George Litefoot ( Trevor Baxter ), characters from
3476-488: The Ninth Doctor’s world, bringing back to life a character I love playing.” A second season was announced on 13 September 2021. Subsequently, a third season was announced on 9 March 2023. Nicholas Briggs revealed that he would direct some episodes of the series and that other directors would also be involved. He also revealed he has written a story but was not sure if the BBC would accept it. Christopher Eccleston posted
3555-841: The TV series in several releases. In March 2024, Big Finish made the stories from all three seasons available once more as digital downloads. This is the first time these have been available in more than a decade. Big Finish also produced and sold 5 seasons of The Tomorrow People audios until renewed licence negotiations failed in late 2007, the range was withdrawn in total in December 2008. Big Finish has released audio dramas based upon other works as well, including Dark Shadows , Sherlock Holmes , Stargate , Captain Scarlet , Terrahawks , The Avengers and The Picture of Dorian Gray . In 2016, Big Finish produced and released its first series of The Prisoner stories , written and directed by Nicholas Briggs and starring Mark Elstob in
3634-538: The Vampire Slayer , University of Sydney professor Catherine Driscoll commented that the genre was "one of the least distinguished modes of fan production" and that "within fan fiction excessive attachment to or foregrounding of popular music is itself dismissed as immature and derivative". Uberfic is a form of alternative universe in which characters physically resemble and share personality traits with their canon counterparts, but have new names and backgrounds in
3713-631: The Worlds and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ; A New Alice in the Old Wonderland , based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ; and Wide Sargasso Sea , based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte . The modern phenomenon of fan fiction as an expression of fandom and fan interaction was popularized and defined by the Star Trek fandom and its fanzines , which were published in
3792-414: The backstory of a character or the nature of relationships between characters. It can be drawn from subtext present in the canon, but cannot directly contradict it. If other fans share this interpretation, it can become fanon. A Mary Sue , also known as MS, is a term which editors and writers credit as originating in Star Trek fan fiction and later becoming part of the mainstream. In early fan fiction,
3871-502: The beginning or after the end of a fan fiction or its chapters, but can be written at any point in the story and are used to convey direct messages from the author to the reader regarding it. Also known as a beta. Someone who edits or proofreads someone else's fan fiction. The original story. This refers to anything related to the original source, including the plot, setting, and characters. Disclaimers are author's notes which typically inform readers about who deserves credit for
3950-457: The character (and actress Elisabeth Sladen ) to return to Big Finish for a series of stories alongside Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, but Sladen's illness and death in April 2011 put an end to those plans. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who in 2013, Big Finish created a series in the style of The Companion Chronicles range titled Destiny of the Doctor narrated by companions throughout
4029-615: The characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from 2000 AD , Blake's 7 , Dark Shadows , Dracula , Terrahawks , Sapphire & Steel , Sherlock Holmes , Stargate , The Avengers , The Prisoner , Timeslip , and Torchwood . Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures , a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed Doctor Who stories, but by then had become officially independent from
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#17328561821264108-434: The copyright holder and those that were not. Fan fiction is defined by being related to its subject's canonical fictional universe , either staying within those boundaries but not being part of the canon, or being set in an alternative universe . Thus, what is considered "fanon" is separate from canon. Fan fiction is often written and published among fans, and as such does not usually cater to readers without knowledge of
4187-599: The first Big Finish Day in Barking . On 11 February 2012, a second one was held. As of September 2015, there have been seven Big Finish Days, with more planned. In February 2008, Big Finish launched a new download service through their website, which would provide audio plays in MP3 format, free of any digital rights management . They currently provide the large majority of their catalogue in MP3 and M4B format, with very few outstanding exceptions. In late April 2008, Big Finish released
4266-458: The first time Big Finish produced storylines featuring the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors to mark the 50th anniversary of the franchise. In February 2015, Big Finish announced that following a licensing deal with BBC Worldwide , they had been permitted to produce an audio series entitled UNIT: Extinction , starring Kate Stewart played by Jemma Redgrave . The debut of the character on audio marks
4345-575: The following decades, as dōjinshi became more popular and dōjin groups formed in groups such as school clubs. This culminated in 1975 with the Comiket , a convention in Tokyo that helped to establish the fandom. A 2010 study found that 75.2% of account holders on FanFiction.Net allowed the website to disclose their location and that 57% of accounts originated from the United States , followed by 9.2% created in
4424-420: The genre to explore homosexual pairings for popular characters who are not in, or not specified to be in, homosexual relationships in canon. A subcategory of shipping, "curtainfic", which depicts romantic couples in mundane domestic situations such as picking out curtains, was once used but has somewhat fallen out of use. Also known as porn or erotica . Sexually explicit or pornographic fan fiction, which can be
4503-506: The hiatus years of Doctor Who , starring the Seventh Doctor ( Sylvester McCoy ) and Elizabeth Klein ( Tracey Childs , who first appeared in Colditz ) and later became focused on UNIT from the revived series, featuring Kate Stewart ( Jemma Redgrave and Osgood ( Ingrid Oliver ), as well as guest characters Jo Grant, River Song ( Alex Kingston ) and Doctor Chin Lee ( Pik-Sen Lim , who first appeared in
4582-486: The jurisdiction and on legal questions, such as whether or not it qualifies as " fair use " (see Legal issues with fan fiction ). The attitudes of authors and copyright owners of original works towards fan fiction have ranged from encouragement to indifference or disapproval, and have occasionally responded with legal action. The term came into use in the 20th century as copyright laws began to distinguish between stories using established characters that were authorized by
4661-480: The late 1990s, before a hardback short story anthology licence was granted to Big Finish, who took over the name and produced them until their licence to publish such stories was revoked in the spring of 2009. Big Finish currently continues to produce audio-only Short Trips productions. In 2016, Big Finish's licence to produce Doctor Who audios was extended to 20 June 2025. In 2019, Big Finish reached its 20th anniversary of producing Doctor Who audios and released
4740-474: The most popular works for unauthorized adaptations, with a notable example of Jane Austen fan fiction being Old Friends and New Fancies . Many unauthorized stories of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle have been created, including The Adventure of the Two Collaborators by J. M. Barrie . Other notable works include The Space Machine and Morlock Night , respectively based on The War of
4819-717: The need of a mostly female audience for fictional narratives that expand the boundary of the official source products offered on the television and movie screen." Fan fiction has become more popular and widespread since the advent of the World Wide Web. According to one estimate, fan fiction comprises one-third of all book-related content on the internet. In addition to traditional fanzines and conventions, Usenet newsgroups and electronic mailing lists were established for fan fiction and fan discussion. Online, searchable archives of fan fiction were also created, with these archives initially being non-commercial hand-tended and specific to
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#17328561821264898-466: The original media. The term fan fiction has been used in print as early as 1938; in the earliest known citations, it refers to amateur-written science fiction , as opposed to "pro fiction". The term also appears in the 1944 Fancyclopedia , an encyclopaedia of fandom jargon , in which it is defined as "fiction about fans, or sometimes about pros, and occasionally bringing in some famous characters from [science fiction] stories". It also mentions that
4977-412: The original plot. It is also called "Peggy Sue" after the movie Peggy Sue Got Married , in which this scenario happens to the titular character. "Groundhog Day", named after the film , is a variation of this trope in which time travel happens repeatedly, usually until the time traveler "gets it right". Stories that feature characters, items, or locations from multiple fandoms. Another type of crossover
5056-434: The original source material, and often containing pseudo-legal language disavowing any intent of copyright infringement or alluding to fair use . Such "disclaimers" are legally ineffective and are based on misunderstandings of copyright law , particularly confusion between illegal copyright infringement and unethical plagiarism . Disclaimers have fallen out of use since Archive of Our Own's rise in popularity. A drabble
5135-485: The second time Big Finish have been actively permitted to utilise material introduced in the 2005 revival. In May 2015, Big Finish announced a new series of Torchwood , featuring Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman ). Since this announcement. In 2017, Big Finish announced six new stories of Class featuring original members of the class, as well as a story starring Ace ( Sophie Aldred ). On 27 June 2015, it
5214-657: The series from Miracle Day , most notably Tyler Steele (Jonny Green). Starting with January 2017, Big Finish also began releasing the "Torchwood One" series set before the events of Doomsday (Doctor Who) . Other writers for Big Finish include Rob Shearman and The League of Gentlemen 's Mark Gatiss , who have also written for the 2005 relaunch of the Doctor Who television series. Shearman's 2005 TV episode " Dalek " has been acknowledged as being based upon his Big Finish storyline Jubilee . Between 2002 and 2004, Big Finish released eighteen audio plays featuring characters from
5293-476: The series included David Bishop , Dave Stone and James Swallow . In July 2011, Big Finish obtained a licence to produce audiobooks and novels based on the BBC television series Blake's 7 . On 1 February 2012, the first collection of audiobooks, Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles , was released featuring original cast members from the television series. Eleven more followed. Since then five series of full cast audio dramas have been released. Earthsearch
5372-438: The setting, such as a "fantasy AU" that places characters from a non-fantasy canon in a world of magic; change characterization, which is often referred to as someone being "out of character" (OOC) rather than a proper AU; or change major plot events to suit the author's purposes, such as in a fix-it fic . Stories that feature characters in a world, often very similar to canon, where soulmates are real. Common mechanics include
5451-423: The show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield . In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official Doctor Who plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story The Sirens of Time . Doctor Who and spin-offs have remained the main part of the company's output ever since, although they have since diversified. Many of those initially involved in Big Finish had worked on
5530-502: The show's history. In addition to this, Big Finish released a multi-doctor story featuring all surviving Doctors of the classic series and almost every companion in The Light at the End . Big Finish also published a series of short story anthologies taking place in the Doctor Who universe under the overall title of Short Trips . Three Short Trips collections were published by BBC Books in
5609-512: The story. Stories that rewrite canonical events that the author disliked or otherwise wanted to "fix", such as major plot holes or a tragic event or ending; for instance, an alternate universe where "everyone lives". Fix-it fics that focus on correcting flaws in the original work are also known as a "rebuild fic", named after the Rebuild of Evangelion series. If it focuses heavily on critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning, it can be considered
5688-463: The term "one true pairing", referring to a person's favorite ship. OT3, OT4, and so on is the term used for a polyamorous OTP. A standalone piece of writing, as opposed to a multichapter work. Stories about real people, usually celebrities, rather than fictional characters. The book After by Anna Todd , later adapted into a film of the same name , was originally a real person fan fiction about One Direction member Harry Styles . Shipping
5767-448: The term is "sometimes improperly used to mean fan science fiction; that is, ordinary fantasy published in a fan magazine ". Before the adoption of copyright in the modern sense, it was common for authors to copy characters or plots from other works. For instance, Shakespeare 's plays Romeo and Juliet , Much Ado About Nothing , Othello , As You Like It and The Winter's Tale were based on recent works by other authors of
5846-413: The time. In 1614, Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda wrote a sequel to Cervantes' Don Quixote before he had finished and published his own second volume. Among 19th-century literature that has been subject to depictions not authorized by the original author include Bram Stoker 's Dracula ' s depiction in the translated adaptation Powers of Darkness . The works of Jane Austen remain among
5925-455: The title of senior producer across all ranges, organising the schedules across the company's output, as well as having creative producer responsibility for The Companion Chronicles , Lost Stories, and the spin-off Jago & Litefoot . The Chairman and co-executive producer of the company is Jason Haigh-Ellery. Big Finish Day is a fan convention featuring guest appearances by Big Finish actors. On 11 June 2011, Tenth Planet Events hosted
6004-571: The users who disclosed their gender in their profiles, 50.4% were female or femme -leaning and 13.4% were masculine or masc-leaning. 11% of users were transgender , 21% identified as nonbinary , genderfluid , and/or genderqueer , and an additional 3.9% stated that they identified as agender or genderless. The study also found that fan fiction writers tend to be in their early to mid-20s. Of these writers, 56.7% were university students and young adults, 21.3% were 30 years or older, 19.8% were teenagers, and 0.2% were of retirement age. In addition to
6083-735: Was a BBC Radio 4 radio series written by James Follett which was later adapted as a science fiction novel. However, his prequel novel Earthsearch Mindwarp was adapted by Big Finish and broadcast by Digital radio station BBC 7 . Earthsearch Mindwarp stars a number of actors from the Doctor Who range — India Fisher , Nicholas Courtney and Colin Baker . Big Finish produced and sold three seasons of Sapphire & Steel audios on CD until their licence expired. As both actors declined to reprise their original TV roles, Susannah Harker played Sapphire (replacing Joanna Lumley ) and David Warner played Steel (replacing David McCallum ), although David Collings did reprise his role of Silver from
6162-411: Was abandoned, vilified in the tabloid press and blacklisted.” As of August 2020, Eccleston, having felt healed from meeting fans at conventions and their feelings towards his portrayal of The Doctor, ultimately agreed to participate with Big Finish after discussions with Big Finish co-chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery. Eccleston, in response to his return, stated “After 15 years, it will be exciting to revisit
6241-508: Was announced that Big Finish would produce a line of stories featuring River Song and the Eighth Doctor, as well as stories from Winston Churchill ( Ian McNeice ) and his interactions with the Doctor. Further it was announced that a special set would be released featuring classic Doctors (in this case, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Doctors), with new series monsters ( The Weeping Angels ,
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