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tardis_libraryIn honour of Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, tardis_library is having our first ever community challenge!
This one is for the whole comm, so level of participation can be from 1 rec in total to as many as 2 per day - it's up to you. At the end, there will be no banners, only community pride in our achievement - and, very importantly, our show, the best fanworks of its fandom, andtardis_library.
60 Years of Recs
The challenge is for members oftardis_library to rec appropriate fanworks for each year from 1963 to 2023 until all those years have at least one or more recs to represent them.
How does it work?
Rec a fanwork for a chosen year between 1963 and 2023. Make sure you state clearly which year that is in your rec!
If you are posting multiple recs for a given year at one time, you may put them in one post. Otherwise, please make individual posts. (The only limit is the general comm posting limit - 2 posts per day max.)
I'll keep a list of years + recced works in this post and update it as regularly as I can. It will be linked on the Monthly Challenge sticky. There is also a special tag for it - "other: community challenge" to help you keep tabs on progress and to check out the works. However, it's fine if there are years with multiple recs.
At the end, we share a big virtual pat on the back and have lots of great fanworks to read in celebration of the big 60 milestone on this neverending journey across time and space.
That's it!
What counts for a year?
Good question! It will largely be up to the reccer, but please make sure the connection is easily apparent, that is in relation to Doctor Who itself in some way, and that your rec post clearly states the year you have selected. Some examples are:
* It features that year's Doctor or TARDIS team, or is focused around stories broadcast/written etc. in your chosen year; monsters or characters who first appeared then (or had significant developments etc). Thanks to the EU (comics, books, audios, novelisations, fan made films etc, minisodes, etc etc), there are no years where there was not some form of new Who appearing. Fanworks featuring any other significant characters, worlds, objects, lore introduced in a certain year are also great.
* Your rec is in some way set in or features that year - whether via canon (e.g. works featuring Martha and Ten stuck in 1969, for example), or an episode set during that period (e.g. Hide set in 1974 or Remembrance of the Daleks in 1963) or a fanwork that features in any way a visit back to any year between 1963-2023. (Things unrelated to DW, like the year a show used in a DW crossover started won't count, or in most cases the year the fanwork was made, or soundtrack/song used for a vid or similar - but there will probably be exceptions, so please ask if in doubt!)
* Birth/death years of characters or actors - e.g. Clara Oswald's birth date is 1986, as (probably) is Rose Tyler's while Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) and Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier) both died in 2011.
* Anything else you can think of that makes sense on the above lines (I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.).
Just rec fanworks you enjoy and that have a genuine connection to something from the show for the year you've selected, and hopefully we will all have fun along the way.
There's no need to rec years in linear order. You can bring a rec for any year at any time.
This challenge closes officially on Thurs 30th November 2023 but it'd be great to reach the total by the anniversary weekend on the 25th & 26th.
What if someone's recced something for a year I wanted to use?
Rec the fanwork anyway! It's fine.
Years:
1963: I Know by touchdownpossum | Doctor Who Endgame (1963-2019) by Acb Tyson
1964: Broken Chords and Unnamed Cries by zombiejosette
1965: Sailing On by Meadowlark
1966: The Pond Continuum by kaydeefalls
1967: What Makes a Coconut Shy by Penny
1968: Save the Date by AstroGirl
1969: Allegedly Superior Biology by RockyMountainRattleSnake
1970: The Master and the Bad Horse Chorus & Reprise by JetpackMonkey
1971: Three Interviews the Brigadier Gave (And One He Didn't by BerylGrey
1972: Summary of the Third Doctor's Era 100% by Johannes VIII
1973: Blank Space by Purplefringe and sunch_heights
1974: And When I'm Introduced to One by maymargaret
1975: I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With a Dalek by touchdownpossum
1976: Competent Observations by Sharpest_Asp
1977: Photostudy of Leela of the Sevateem by gallifreyevermore
1978: Reason Is a Liar by JulisCaesar | Short Skirt Long Jacket by Purplefringe
1979: not a snog box | Doctor Who [HUMOR] by Pteryx Videos | Gothic Romance by thisbluespirit
1980: Adventures in Babysitting by CeruleanTactician
1981: Two Hearts by emeraldarrows
1982: Cheating Grief by heimeldat
1983: Run Boy Run by andone-hodgepodge
1984: Fit for a King by lurking_latinist
1985: Barcelona by KelinciHutan
1986: The Only Water in the Desert by BerylGrey
1987: Cookery by Seiya234
1988: Werewolf by JohnAmendAll
1989: Doro Theon by lyricwritesprose | Undercurrents by thisiszircon
1990: To Whatever Extent by Joan Milligan, coda (with tea) by phantomlistener & Ordinary World by whispersecho
1991: Memory by Persiflage
1992: Elementary Particles by Paul A
1993: Walking the Penguin by Pitry
1994: Sarah Jane Adventures: CLyde - Teh Anthem by KoloSigma1
1995: There, In That Place by Mandragora | Second Nature by Pete Galey & A Proper Doctor by Shivver
1996: New Shoes by Odessie | Sand and Water by chryse73
1997: The Dying Days by Gary Merchant
1998: New Group Created by lurking_latinist
1999: Communication Breakdown by Gary Merchant
2000: The Viennese Table by CommanderBayban
2001: and it takes all my strength not to dig you up from the ground in which you lay (you were the greatest thing and now you're just a memory) by fortunefavourstheyoghurt
2002: Scene From Seasons by Fear by johannesviii
2003: An Irksome Word and Task by Cryptile
2004: we keep it under lock and key by timeladyleo
2005: Merry Christmas by Niyalune
2006: Extraordinary by scarlettgirl
2007: The One That Got Away by Shivver | A Night on the Town by Johne
2008: Handlebars by flummery
2009: Can-Can Onze by Elderberryinkblot
2010: Vincent (Starry Starry Night) by erychan86
2011: Blue Meanie by FreyburgMedia | Suzanne by such_heights
2012: Me, Myself, and I by AstroGirl
2013: One Day by Shivver
2014: Minute to Midnight by kaydeefalls
2015: You'll Be Back by stars-and-spice
2016: Untitled Bill and Twelve Comic by joscribbles
2017: It's All Just Atoms by Wykart
2018: Thirteenth Doctor by baslingart
2019: Home Guard by Pendragon
2020: Still Alive by valoise
2021: And they did live by watchfires by picnokinesis
2022: Untitled Yaz and Master Art by roguerigatoni
2023: Fifteenth Doctor Outfits by billiemilou
Check out TARDIS Wiki for all kinds of helpful info if you need some ideas for where to start.
Credit todbskyler - I modelled this challenge on the ficathon they ran for the 50th anniversary with the same basic premise.
tardis_library is having our first ever community challenge!This one is for the whole comm, so level of participation can be from 1 rec in total to as many as 2 per day - it's up to you. At the end, there will be no banners, only community pride in our achievement - and, very importantly, our show, the best fanworks of its fandom, and
tardis_library. The challenge is for members of
tardis_library to rec appropriate fanworks for each year from 1963 to 2023 until all those years have at least one or more recs to represent them.How does it work?
Rec a fanwork for a chosen year between 1963 and 2023. Make sure you state clearly which year that is in your rec!
If you are posting multiple recs for a given year at one time, you may put them in one post. Otherwise, please make individual posts. (The only limit is the general comm posting limit - 2 posts per day max.)
I'll keep a list of years + recced works in this post and update it as regularly as I can. It will be linked on the Monthly Challenge sticky. There is also a special tag for it - "other: community challenge" to help you keep tabs on progress and to check out the works. However, it's fine if there are years with multiple recs.
At the end, we share a big virtual pat on the back and have lots of great fanworks to read in celebration of the big 60 milestone on this neverending journey across time and space.
That's it!
What counts for a year?
Good question! It will largely be up to the reccer, but please make sure the connection is easily apparent, that is in relation to Doctor Who itself in some way, and that your rec post clearly states the year you have selected. Some examples are:
* It features that year's Doctor or TARDIS team, or is focused around stories broadcast/written etc. in your chosen year; monsters or characters who first appeared then (or had significant developments etc). Thanks to the EU (comics, books, audios, novelisations, fan made films etc, minisodes, etc etc), there are no years where there was not some form of new Who appearing. Fanworks featuring any other significant characters, worlds, objects, lore introduced in a certain year are also great.
* Your rec is in some way set in or features that year - whether via canon (e.g. works featuring Martha and Ten stuck in 1969, for example), or an episode set during that period (e.g. Hide set in 1974 or Remembrance of the Daleks in 1963) or a fanwork that features in any way a visit back to any year between 1963-2023. (Things unrelated to DW, like the year a show used in a DW crossover started won't count, or in most cases the year the fanwork was made, or soundtrack/song used for a vid or similar - but there will probably be exceptions, so please ask if in doubt!)
* Birth/death years of characters or actors - e.g. Clara Oswald's birth date is 1986, as (probably) is Rose Tyler's while Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) and Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier) both died in 2011.
* Anything else you can think of that makes sense on the above lines (I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.).
Just rec fanworks you enjoy and that have a genuine connection to something from the show for the year you've selected, and hopefully we will all have fun along the way.
There's no need to rec years in linear order. You can bring a rec for any year at any time.
This challenge closes officially on Thurs 30th November 2023 but it'd be great to reach the total by the anniversary weekend on the 25th & 26th.
What if someone's recced something for a year I wanted to use?
Rec the fanwork anyway! It's fine.
Years:
1963: I Know by touchdownpossum | Doctor Who Endgame (1963-2019) by Acb Tyson
1964: Broken Chords and Unnamed Cries by zombiejosette
1965: Sailing On by Meadowlark
1966: The Pond Continuum by kaydeefalls
1967: What Makes a Coconut Shy by Penny
1968: Save the Date by AstroGirl
1969: Allegedly Superior Biology by RockyMountainRattleSnake
1970: The Master and the Bad Horse Chorus & Reprise by JetpackMonkey
1971: Three Interviews the Brigadier Gave (And One He Didn't by BerylGrey
1972: Summary of the Third Doctor's Era 100% by Johannes VIII
1973: Blank Space by Purplefringe and sunch_heights
1974: And When I'm Introduced to One by maymargaret
1975: I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With a Dalek by touchdownpossum
1976: Competent Observations by Sharpest_Asp
1977: Photostudy of Leela of the Sevateem by gallifreyevermore
1978: Reason Is a Liar by JulisCaesar | Short Skirt Long Jacket by Purplefringe
1979: not a snog box | Doctor Who [HUMOR] by Pteryx Videos | Gothic Romance by thisbluespirit
1980: Adventures in Babysitting by CeruleanTactician
1981: Two Hearts by emeraldarrows
1982: Cheating Grief by heimeldat
1983: Run Boy Run by andone-hodgepodge
1984: Fit for a King by lurking_latinist
1985: Barcelona by KelinciHutan
1986: The Only Water in the Desert by BerylGrey
1987: Cookery by Seiya234
1988: Werewolf by JohnAmendAll
1989: Doro Theon by lyricwritesprose | Undercurrents by thisiszircon
1990: To Whatever Extent by Joan Milligan, coda (with tea) by phantomlistener & Ordinary World by whispersecho
1991: Memory by Persiflage
1992: Elementary Particles by Paul A
1993: Walking the Penguin by Pitry
1994: Sarah Jane Adventures: CLyde - Teh Anthem by KoloSigma1
1995: There, In That Place by Mandragora | Second Nature by Pete Galey & A Proper Doctor by Shivver
1996: New Shoes by Odessie | Sand and Water by chryse73
1997: The Dying Days by Gary Merchant
1998: New Group Created by lurking_latinist
1999: Communication Breakdown by Gary Merchant
2000: The Viennese Table by CommanderBayban
2001: and it takes all my strength not to dig you up from the ground in which you lay (you were the greatest thing and now you're just a memory) by fortunefavourstheyoghurt
2002: Scene From Seasons by Fear by johannesviii
2003: An Irksome Word and Task by Cryptile
2004: we keep it under lock and key by timeladyleo
2005: Merry Christmas by Niyalune
2006: Extraordinary by scarlettgirl
2007: The One That Got Away by Shivver | A Night on the Town by Johne
2008: Handlebars by flummery
2009: Can-Can Onze by Elderberryinkblot
2010: Vincent (Starry Starry Night) by erychan86
2011: Blue Meanie by FreyburgMedia | Suzanne by such_heights
2012: Me, Myself, and I by AstroGirl
2013: One Day by Shivver
2014: Minute to Midnight by kaydeefalls
2015: You'll Be Back by stars-and-spice
2016: Untitled Bill and Twelve Comic by joscribbles
2017: It's All Just Atoms by Wykart
2018: Thirteenth Doctor by baslingart
2019: Home Guard by Pendragon
2020: Still Alive by valoise
2021: And they did live by watchfires by picnokinesis
2022: Untitled Yaz and Master Art by roguerigatoni
2023: Fifteenth Doctor Outfits by billiemilou
Check out TARDIS Wiki for all kinds of helpful info if you need some ideas for where to start.
Credit to
dbskyler - I modelled this challenge on the ficathon they ran for the 50th anniversary with the same basic premise.