Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)

Father Time: "Set Visit" was a short story released on the BBC Cult website in 2001 to coincide with the release of PROSE: Father Time - it depicted a "what if" scenario about if the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures were actually television stories, broadcast on BBC One. It was referred to as an "introduction" to Father Time on the novel's respective page on the BBC Cult website.

As it was described as being a fictional variation upon reality, instead of being a hypothetical universe in the Doctor Who multiverse, it is an invalid source on this Wiki, unlike the framing narrative of PROSE: The Thief of Sherwood and AUDIO: Deadline, which are described as being universes within the larger Doctor Who multiverse.

Summary
The filming of Lance Parkin's new episode of Doctor Who, Father Time commences in Buxton, Derbyshire.

Plot
A person talks to Paul McGann, who comments on the filming of a scene set in Winter in July. Today, the BBC are filming a car chase sequence on a winding road a few miles out from Buxton, Derbyshire, which is doubling for the fictional town of Greyfrith. McGann professed that he has little to do, despite actaully have a lot to film. A crew of three-four special effects people set up the scene for filming. McGann and Minnie Driver are going to be in a car chase, however the entity that will be chasing them, Mr. Gibson, will be a CG addition. The person knows little about what is being filmed. The person observes how "Deborah"'s Ford Cortina is being packed with explosives. The person then takes the opportunity to speak to scriptwriter Lance Parkin.

The person is taken aback by the number of people working on jut filming this one scene, and Parkin agrees, noting that while he is a writer, it's not his job to bring everything to life, which, he thinks is a good thing, as he gives an example of the car chase sequence: how it can be two-dimensional on paper, but given life through stylised cinematography, editing, and music. Parkin then asserted that "Doctor Who could not work in any other medium."

Characters

 * Person
 * Paul McGann
 * Minnie Driver
 * Lance Parkin

Referenced only

 * William Goldman

"Fictional characters"

 * The Doctor
 * Debbie
 * Mr. Gibson