User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-6032121-20200517150418/@comment-45692830-20200607222539

So the comment Tazmin is referring to starts at 1:47, "So Doctor Who: Lockdown! is basically a series of tweetalongs of Doctor Who episodes where fans all watch together at the same time and tweet online and it also includes a range of additional content as well that I've been producing, and often this content compliments the episodes that we're watching; so it might be a sequel to an episode, or a prequel, and I'm trying to bring in as much different talent as possible."

Let's note a few interesting things about this. The first is that it's just untrue. Dalek alternative script extract (short story) was not produced by Cook. The second is that she explicitly refers to fans watching and tweeting as being part of the event. So she, by default, is not the arbiter of what belongs in the event once she says this. And, as stated, as the writers are fans of the show, and have been for quite some time, we're forced to conclude that the genie is out of the bottle.

As for the second, that's a highly misleading phrasing of what the article says. Davies's intent was to have Doctor Who and the Time War (short story) be part of Lockdown!, that's what that article establishes. It was published on the BBC website because Cook did not have a way to host prose articles and Chibnall came to Davies also asking for material. After this occurred, Davies then wrote another piece for Lockdown!.

And yes Scrooge, Cornell has been quoted as saying just that.

Oh, I forgot to mention this before. There actually is controversy in the documentary area. We still haven't resolved Vincent and the Doctor's Gallery (webcast), I do not think that An A-Z of Impressions with Jon Culshaw! was Lockdown! related or even necessarily something that should be covered on this wiki (though I would cede that it's a documentary should it be covered on this wiki), and I don't think Lockdown Long Song Choir-Only Version is a documentary. The Long Song: Fan Cover How To Get Involved... is sketchy, and I don't think DiSoRiEnTeD1 would call The Doctors Say Thank You a Lockdown! documentary. Nor BBC News Friday 3 April 2020 for that matter. I'll look into the Heaven Sent ones in a bit.