Rossana was the winner of the Doctor Who Darksmith Legacy Competition.
Her winning entry can be read on her crew profile page.
Rossana's prize was to join the team and become the Sci-Fi Editor of Spinebreakers. She also got exclusive tickets to the Doctor Who Darksmith Legacy Launch at Earls Court.
Scroll down to read her first report as the new Sci-Fi Editor.
Dr Who “The Darksmith Legacy” Launch
By Rossana
Just beyond the horizon of deep, consuming darkness, lies the Virgo supercluster; a collection of densely packed galaxies and clusters. Zoom in x2.
Now at the heart of this gigantic box of twinkling treasures, it is possible to see a cluster of galaxies called the local group. Zoom in x3.
We arrive at the Milkyway but hang on… Zoom in x4.
Into the Orion arm we go, past nebulae painted pink, purple and gold. Zoom in x5.
The solar system with its elegant orbs unhurriedly moves with time. Zoom in x6.
Planet Earth, dressed in her coat of flora and fauna spins on her axis as her lover the moon continues his affair around her blue and green bosom…wait…what? “System check…*scrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* fai…*scrrrrrrrrrrr* …repeat system *scrrrrrrrrr* failure… Initiating emergency landing sequence, destination Planet Earth” What!? In a daze, I awake to see hazy orange lights and tall concrete buildings. Where am I? Just then, the feeling in my limbs returns and I feel a cold pain through my body. My energy levels are low. I need to find a substitute body this one won’t last me very long.
In the distance I spot her. A girl, roughly 5 ft 5 with brown hair and glinting eyes. In an instant I enter her mind with my telekinetic brain power and take her.
What a strange mind…
Before me, a large wide building stands erect with Earls Court written across it in bold. From the girl’s brain I extract several pieces of vital information. I have found that she is of the female species and is therefore a homosapian capable of complex thought process.
Her name is Rossana but likes to be called Ross or known as Rozzy Stardust, she is happy due to it being the date of her birth 18 years ago and her recent win of a certain doctor who competition, she is fascinated by the unknown and by the stars in the night sky, loves to drink a substance called Earl grey tea whilst daydreaming about the cosmos and secret love affairs, her aim in life is to simply find love and she has a fear of escalators. More importantly, I have found that it is eighteen hundred hours and I am presently located in Earls Court, London and on the way to an ‘Exclusive Press Launch’…whatever that may be.
I think I’ll let her mind take control for a while to allow a symbiotic relationship between us to form and because I don’t know where I’m going.
“Woah! That was weird… ahhhhhh my head! What’s the time!? Six o’clock…I’m going to be late!”
I hurry on against the cold wind and find myself in a brightly lit lobby with friendly faces. I stick on my sticker and go off to get myself a drink and have a good old catch up with an old friend…
I’m really giddy at this point- mainly because I’ve been a die hard Doctor Who fan since before my actual birth! Holding back my excitement I listen intently to the authors of the Dr. Who Darksmith Collective books as they speak about their ideas, inspirations and hurdles encountered during the co-writing of the series. Now I really can’t contain my excitement and I start jumping around, flapping my arms and sweaty palms…IT’S TIME FOR THE DOCTOR WHO CONVENTION!!! I’ve been pining away for this moment for such a long time! AHHHHHHH!!!!
I Run to the door, blind with ecstasy but bump into Danielle and Clarissa and decide to make my way down to the convention with them.
The butterflies in my stomach are lurching, the adrenaline in my veins is pumping and the anxiety all over is overflowing. My limbs are tingling as a walk down a corridor lined with manikins towards my prize. As I turn the corner I see it. The TARDIS in all its simple grandeur stands there with a strange doll dressed as David tenant standing guard.
Time And Relative Dimensions In Space
After attempting to break an entry into the TARDIS and pitifully failing, I continue down the red brick road to see what other delights await me in my travels.
Darting my head here and there, I skip eagerly on but in the midst of my skipping my eyes spot something that makes my heart skip a beat. I stop dead in my tracks…
IT'S THE FACE OF BOE!
Now that we know he’s actually Captain Jack Harkness, I can’t help but love him even more.
I give his fluid container a big hug and move on with a tear in my eye. As a walk on I see Cassandra the evil piece of stretched skin which possessed Rose and made her plant a big heated smooch on the Doctor ...what a moment!
Yes...moisturise me
Now kids, think twice before you botox!
Just around the corner from the Ood is the massive ‘Racnos’, half spider half human, first seen In ‘The runaway bride’ with Donna Noble.
We toddle on into the next room which is bustling with people and Danielle introduces me to the various elements of the Spinebreakers crew present there.
With my new acquaintances under my belt, I move on with a volatile spirit in the hope to see a Dalek; my favourite Dr. Who villain after Davros himself.
Instead, I’m greeted with an Ood; A squid-faced humanoid, which sings through a ball and has long tentacles coming out of his mouth.
The Ood have purple blood!
With so many things calling out my name for my undivided attention I nearly miss my most favourite of companions, K-9!
How adorable, he’s even got a tartan collar and when I press the gigantic red button which says ‘press me’ he speaks!
As I creep past this gargoyle of an angel statue, I hear the voice of the doctor in my head saying…
"WHATEVER YOU DO....
............DON'T BLINK!"
Suddenly, I come face to face with a Cyberman! Here I am thinking this cyborg is a fake, when all of a sudden in the middle of my pulling funny faces, it becomes active and starts chanting the word ‘DELETE!’ so I leg it!
A little further on I see…
BANNA
KAFFA
LATTA!
He belongs to the Zocci species from Sto and sacrificed himself aboard ‘Starship Titanic’ to save the Earth and everyone on the ship!
I see half a dalek with a microphone inside it! I go inside a speak some drivel and hear my words being converted into a strange electrical fuzz of a signal…I’m speaking Dalek Lingo!!!! YAY!
Clarissa inside a Dalek doing her psychedelic thing, electronic style.
“EXTERMINATE!”
Then I see him. The emperor, master creator of all Daleks… Davros himself! This has just made my birthday PERFECT!
Davros, the Doctor’s archenemy from the planet Skaro, created his legion of Dalek warriors in an attempt to create the ultimate form of life. Ye he was just a crazy scientist =)
The end of the voyage at last but not before I say hello to that sexy guy over yonder…
DAVID TENNANT!
ROCK ON SPINEBREAKERS!!!
By Rossana