# X-NEWS: spcvxb rec.arts.drwho: 6781 I Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0 13.10.90 VAX/VMS V5.4; site spcvxb.spc.edu  Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!dimacs.rutgers.edu!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!mbs110 Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho2 Subject: The Random Plot Generator (parody, sorta). Message-ID: <91155.013222MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>' From: MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Sachs)  Date: 4 Jun 91 05:32:22 GMT  Organization: The Universe  Keywords: joke, hyuk, bahahahaha3 Summary: Lots of sound and fury, signifying nothing 
 Lines: 105  F Forgive me for this, but one night after watching too many Colin BakerK episodes I retired to my terminal in a fever. When I awoke the next morning L and lifted my face off the keys I saw this on the screen. Enjoy, if you can.  C The DOCTOR WHO RANDOM PLOT GENERATOR... (c) 1987 Pip and Jane Baker   A DIRECTIONS: Select one or more items as necessary from each list. M             Add plot devices. Season (22) to taste. Serves 3 million viewers.   H     Unable to steer the TARDIS, the Doctor and his shapely but airheaded companion land on:   A. Earth, late 1980's (again).2 B. Gallifrey, thanks to those schemin' Time Lords.I C. An alien civilization where everyone looks just like humans and speaks  English.> D. An alien planet which bears an odd resemblance to a quarry.F E. An alien planet with styrofoam rocks and really bad miniature work.4 F. An alien civilization with about 12 people in it.B G. Yet another autocratic and yet world-girdling medieval society.* H. A really goofy looking alien spaceship.       There they discover that:   E A. Someone's trying to invade and take over, just for the hell of it. E B. A renegade Time Lord's making a Bid for Universal Domination (tm). G C. Someone's being tricked by sneaky aliens out to take over the world. K D. Some scientific experiment is out of control, ready to Destroy the World  (or the Universe...)F E. Yet Another Omni-powerful Gallifreyan Artifact is missing here, and( about to cause lots and lots of trouble.       The Doctor runs into:   . A. the boss-people of THE WHOLE ENTIRE PLANET.: B. the Captain of the spaceship. (it's always a spaceship)  C. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.$ D. Lots of hilarious-looking aliens.3 E. Lots of people who look and dress exactly alike. F F. Lots of people who aren't going to still be around by curtain call. G. Guards. Always guards.   %     Meanwhile, his shapely companion:   C A. Is captured by the bad guys and spirited off to God-knows-where. E B. Is hypnotized by the bad guys and used to cause even more trouble. G C. Catches a rare disease and looks like a goner (unless the Doctor can  synthesize a cure in time...) M D. Discovers important parts of the plot, saves herself from the baddies, and ' ultimately helps to save the day...NOT!   2     Eventually we discover that behind it all are:   A. The Daleks.# B. The Master, or local equivalent.  C. The Cybermen.3 D. Some other alien race with nothing better to do.  E. Pip and Jane Baker. F. John Nathan-Turner.
 G. Lew Grade.   M     The Doctor's attempts to save the day are made more difficult by the fact  that:   M A. His shapely companion is being held hostage to keep him from accomplishing 	 anything. D B. The government was in on the plot from the beginning. (Surprise!)D C. It's not just some backwater planet somewhere that's in danger --K through the miracle of Balonium Physics, it's the (da-dum!) WHOLE UNIVERSE! ; D. The bad guys are using Mind Control Techniques... again. I E. He is unable to avoid keeling over with laughter upon seeing the alien 	 costumes.   M     Eventually the Doctor rescues his shapely companion and defeats the alien 
 menace by:   A. Blowing them up. . B. Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow.4 C. Mesmerizing them with sonic screwdriver impulses. D. Blowing them up. - E. Talking with some weirdo mystic someplace.  F. Handwaving. G. Blowing them up.  H. Running away really fast.) I. Recklessly violating the Laws of Time. # J. Recklessly violating continuity. M K. Reading them the script, and then while they're laughing, blowing them up.   (     At the end of the story, the Doctor:  I A. Flees the scene before the personal injury and property damage lawyers  catch up with him.. B. Engages in witty banter with the Brigadier.$ C. Engages in witty banter with K-9.  D. Exchanges shapely companions.L E. Blows something up, just in case there are still some models left intact. F. Is fired by the BBC.   M //-Mark Sachs, aka mbs110@psuvm.psu.edu --//----- Remember the 1980's? ----// M // DISCLAIMER: It's NOT MY FAULT!        /AMIGA   When things were so      // M //-Kei and Yuri forced me to say it. --\X/------- uncomplicated... - ELO --//   L DISCLAIMER PT II: I love the show. Honestly. It's my favorite. The thing is,2 there just aren't enough parodies and stuff of it.H - Who else wants to see a compendium of all of Chad Fogg's Top 10 lists?