Doctor in the Cargo Bay

[AslanC]

You may or may not recoginze that as a a play on the term "Doctor In The Tardis" from the Timelords (KLF). Either way, I have become enamoured with the idea fo having the 8th Doctor (Paul Magann) making an appearance in my campaign. I was thinking of having the Tardis (Call box looking) shop up in Engineering and take it from there.

Now two things...I was thinking that the Doctor should know one of the crew members but form years in the future. Who, other than the captain might be the best idea?

2] Does anybody have any idea how to do a Timelord in LUGTRek?

[Owen E Oulton]

A chap named Dan Diamond has created a page converting Dr. Who to the ICON system. The specific page is <a href="http://bancroft.tripod.com/DWdoctor.htm">here</a>...

If your PCs run into Dr. Who, be sure to have a followup adventure with DTI (the Department of Temporal Investigations).

[This message has been edited by Owen E Oulton (edited 01-28-2001).]

[AslanC]

Originally posted by Owen E Oulton:
If your PCs run into Dr. Who, be sure to have a followup adventure with DTI (the Department of Temporal Investigations).

Oh indeed. They will escape their notice this week, when they plan on using the Orb of Time to back up 4 days and prevent another general war inthe Alpha-Quadrant. But they will attract the attention of 29th Century temporal agents.

The idea is that the 29th Century guys are trying to capture the Doctor, for his multiple breeches of the Temporal Prime Directive. Now that it has been learned he is half human, and not full Galiferayan(sp) they are willing to hold his feet to the fire for his crimes.

He arives into the 24th Century (Earth Federation, interesting time, limited understanding of the true nature of the universe) looking for his friend (a PC) who can help him avoid the agents and stop a Dalek invasion. The hook is that the PC hasn't met him yet, as he has overshot by about 10 years. I also plan on using the proposed Spider-Daleks from the aborted FOX TV Series. Also plan on using that Doctor as he is just the coolest since Tom Baker.

Now DTI, are those the guys who came to visit Sisko in Trial's and Tribbulations right? Any source material on them out there?

[Owen E Oulton]

Yep, those were DTI Agents Dulmer and Lucsly (oh, like that's real subtle!). There's a good deal of info on DTI in the All Our Yesterdays ICONTrek supplement, including character generation. I rolled up a DTI character, Field Agent Colin Bush, which can be found in the Personnel Records area of the main TrekRPG site.

[Diamond]

Good luck on your adventure, I hope the time lord stats and traits on my web page are helpful. In your adventure, don't forget to play off on the moral dillemna... it fits the themes of both Trek and dr.Who to have the Timefleet guys pressure the crew to "Help us capture this dangerous temporal interloper" while the Doctor is providing critical help to the crew fighting the Daleks. The crew has to decide what is important, and what is ethical, and if those are exclusive what do they do?

I agree with Owen, when the starfleet presonell submit their mission logs, DTI (a Federation agency separate from Starfleet) will want to question them thouroughly.

I have one tiny quibble:
>Now that it has been learned he is half human [they have juristiction to capture him]

How do the Timefleet guys know this? We, the audience know the Doctor said this, but he was only heard by one human, 400 years ago! The Timefleet guys have extraordinary abilities, but that comment is probably still not known to them. Timefleet could be after him anyway... after all, an ALIEN messing with time is at least as dangerous a human.

Good idea on using the spider-Daleks. I reccomend making them dangerously quick and agile. After all, the phasers and other energy weapons in the Star Trek setting can vaporize huge amounts of even resistant materials on high settings in one blast. Thus, the Dalek's old armored shells (which I have stats for on that same web site) would be inadequate, despite their good record versus lasers.

[AslanC]

Originally posted by Diamond:
Good luck on your adventure, I hope the time lord stats and traits on my web page are helpful.

How do the Timefleet guys know this? We, the audience know the Doctor said this, but he was only heard by one human, 400 years ago! The Timefleet guys have extraordinary abilities, but that comment is probably still not known to them. Timefleet could be after him anyway... after all, an ALIEN messing with time is at least as dangerous a human.

Good idea on using the spider-Daleks. I reccomend making them dangerously quick and agile. After all, the phasers and other energy weapons in the Star Trek setting can vaporize huge amounts of even resistant materials on high settings in one blast. Thus, the Dalek's old armored shells (which I have stats for on that same web site) would be inadequate, despite their good record versus lasers.

Okay three points, which I will adress in turn...

1] Yes indeed these are very good stats and very helpful. I'll have to add Motorcycle for the 8th Doctor and not really sure what else. GUess I'll have to watch the FOX pilot a few more times. I thank you for the stats and your excellent webpage. Jelly-baby?

2] I agree with you about the human thing, but ask yourself how they found out about the Doctor in the first place? My idea is that they are being played by the Master (according to the FOX bible, half brother of the Doctor). He hopes to use the 29th Century Starfleet Temporal folks to either imprison or at least tie up the good Doctor while works out his machinations

4] I am using the idea that they are from another dimension, mirror universe Daleks one might think. They are being manipulated by the Master, who is looking to set himself up as a sort of Emperor to them. They are heading to Scarro to destory this universe's Daleks and take control. Since in their last encounter (total non-canon) the Doctor destroyed the Master's time vessel, he needs a ship to get the Spider Daleks to Scarro and a federation vessel might just what he is looking for.

You think the Borg scare players, wait until they get a load of these guys

[Diamond]

The Motorcycle skill is already in the Doctor's stats there...

Vehicle operations (ground) 2(3)

This not only reflects the 8th Doctor's motorcycle trip, but the third Doctor's love of Bessie and other vehicles.

I like the complexity of your story (that's what sets Doctor Who adventures apart from the usual A plot, B subplot formulae of other genres. It's very true to the whovian mood to have the Master's involvment be hidden until the very end of the story. It's a classic ploy for him to use the local authorities in that way, excellent.

Please consider the following constructive criticism, I'm not trying to tell how to run your game... but I find it incredible that the Master would think he has any chance of setting himself as a sort of emperor over the Daleks. Davros kept trying that, and the Daleks kept turning on him. And he's practically a Dalek himself! The core attribute of the Daleks is that they don't respect non-Daleks... at ALL.

And of course the Master is an enemy of the Daleks... they blamed him for the failure of their plots together, and EXECUTED him at the start of the movie. Now, I can definetly see he could work with them... use them... but lead them? Granted, it might have been Daleks from a different dimension which were his enemies. But they're certain to be using him and plan to exterminate the Master once he has outlived his (considerable) usefullness.

I can think of one way that it could be credible... perhaps the Master has hidden the fact that it was him... perhaps using a dummy, remote-controlled Dalek shell which could rise to emperor because of the Master's skillful maneuvering. Or perhaps the Master's physical form is breaking down, and he is nearly immobile and installs himself and life support equipment inside a Dalek shell and rises to power that way... that would be a dramatic revelation!

[AslanC]

I love it.

Okay so what is going on...I see this as the adventure...

A temporal rift has opened up. It threatens to grow and consume a few star systems. The Doctor and companion have come to set it right. But wind up landing on the players ship

Now the TI guys have been tipped off by the Master that this half-human renegade is going around messing with time and is responsible for the time rift. He claims to be a Timelord CIA type of guy and if they can captre the Doctor he will take him into custody. (Really the Master is using it to bring his allies, the Spider-Daleks into this universe).

The Master has managed to escape through the Eye of Harmony, but his physical form is so degenerated he uses a Spider-Dalek carriage (ala bad guy from Wild Wild West, but not that silly) to move around. He needs the Doctor's body for its remaning regenerations Old plot but works.

What do you think?

[Diamond]

>What do you think?

I really like it! Now you've got the complexity, the moral dillemna, the dramatic (and shocking) revelation of the real bad guy late in the episode, and a real motivation for the bad guy and good link to previously documented events. This is a plot worthy of the Master's multi-layered deviousness.

If you get a chance, I'd be interested to hear how it went with your group after you run it. The crew is in for a rough and challenging ride, but if the master reveals himself to early as he is wont to do, the crew might be able to gain the upper hand by revealing to the Daleks who the Master really is, turning them against him.