OK, not quite - but as part of my current attempts to clean up this pit I call a bedroom in preparation for my move to Hervey Bay, I located the following scripts which is more than likely the first ever scripted pieces of BTR work. Written by me in 1992 & 1993 respectively, with the first of the two actually getting recorded on New Years Day 1993, I now present them both in their original glory, with not a single change made to what I am transcribing below:
Dr. Who -
The Daleks, 2250 (SCRIPT)
By Matthew Kopelke.
TARDIS APPEARS.
1. ACE: "Well, if we've landed Doctor, where are we?"
2. DOCTOR: "That is what I'm trying to find out Ace"
3. DOCTOR: "Ace, we are on the planet Skaro"
4. DOCTOR: "The Time Lords sent us here to stop Davros from making the Daleks"
5. ACE: "But they are invented Doctor"
6. DOCTOR: "Yes and No, Davros will think of the idea in 20 seconds"
7. ACE: "Let's just go Doctor"
8. DOCTOR: "OK OK OK".
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DAVROS: "Now my creation will come alive, the Black Dalek"
DALEK WALKS ON SAYING "EXTERMINATE. YES MASTER"
2. DAVROS: "I detect life-forms on this planet. Go and exterminate them"
DALEK WALKS OFF SAYING "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES
3. DAVROS: "My Dalek will stop them dead in their tracks"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DOCTOR: "See that building over there, that is the Dalek base"
2. ACE: "Are we going there Doctor?"
3. DOCTOR: "Yes, now come on"
4. DALEK: "Who are you?"
5. DOCTOR: "I'm the Doctor and this is Ace"
6. DALEK: "Did you say Doctor"
7. DOCTOR: "Well yes..."
8. DALEK: "THE DOCTOR IS AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS." "ALL ENEMY'S OF THE DALEKS MUST BE DESTROYED" "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES
9. DOCTOR: "Run Ace!"
DALEK WALKS AFTER THEM SAYING "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES.
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
DOCTOR AND ACE SNEAK IN.
1. DOCTOR: "Give me 3 containers of NITRO 9 Ace"
2. ACE: "OK, Doctor"
3. DOCTOR: "Now to set the timer for 7 minutes and get the hell out of here!"
DALEK SNEAKS UP BEHIND THEM AND SAYS "FREEZE OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED"
4. DOCTOR: "Well I guess that leaves us no choice"
5. DAVROS: "Now I have the Doctor in the palm of my hands"
6. ACE: "Look! The GOOD - YEAR blimp."
7. ACE: "I don't believe they fell for that!"
8. DAVROS: "Quick, they are getting away!"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DOCTOR: "Now let's set the co-ordinates for Gallifrey, because we have to tell them we have destroyed the Daleks"
TARDIS DISAPPEARS.
2. DALEK: "Master, what is this?"
3. DAVROS: "A Time - Bomb. WHHAT! A Time - Bomb!!!!"
BOMB BLOWS UP.
THE END.
COPYRIGHT 1992, AUST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..
Ah, yes - what innocent days. The funny thing is that despite its simplicity, and over-reliance on Genesis of the Daleks, that script I wrote when I was 12 years old reads better than some recent fan fic I've read around the place!
Anyway, time for the second script - this time, however, we wind the clock forward an entire year, to me - aged 13. The desire to create an original series began here, with this pilot script I wrote in 1993:
Professor K
Part 1 - The Beginning (SCRIPT)
By Matthew Kopelke
1. ANNOUNCER: "How does an adventure begin?"
2. ANNOUNCER: "For Matthew Kopelke, it began at 1:15am on October 26, 1985. He was working late in his lab, inventing a time machine. One last adjustment and it would be finished!"
3. MATTHEW: "Ah, there we are, finished."
4. ANNOUNCER: "Now, Matthew has invented a time machine that will let him travel through time. Now, Matthew will be known as PROFESSOR K!"
PLAY THEME TUNE
1. ANNOUNCER: "The year: 2015"
2. JENNY: "A craft is landing, sir!"
3. BEN: "Good, it must be the Alliance to pick us up!"
4. JENNY: "No, sir - it appears to be a small, metal cubicle."
5. BEN: "Who is it?"
6. JENNY: "Look out, Sir! Someone is coming out!"
ZAP! ZAP!
7. MATTHEW: "Urgh - what did you do that for?"
8. BEN: "We... we... we thought you were an alien!"
RUMBLE
9. MATTHEW: "What was that?"
10. JENNY: "The planet is eating itself up."
11. MATTHEW: "Then let's get out of here!"
BANG!
12. JENNY: "What is this craft?"
13. MATTHEW: "It's the TTD - Time Travelling Device. It lets me travel through time."
14. BEN: "Quit the gabbing and let's get the hell out of here!"
15. JENNY: "I'm with you!"
16. MATTHEW: "Prepare yourselves for temporal displacement!"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. ANNOUNCER: "So, Professor K has saved the day."
2. ANNOUNCER: "Stay tuned for 'Part 2 - The Robomen'"
PLAY THEME TUNE.
THE END.
COPYRIGHT 1993, AUST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Coming Soon from BTR Audio? Ummm... I don't think so somehow...
Dr. Who -
The Daleks, 2250 (SCRIPT)
By Matthew Kopelke.
TARDIS APPEARS.
1. ACE: "Well, if we've landed Doctor, where are we?"
2. DOCTOR: "That is what I'm trying to find out Ace"
3. DOCTOR: "Ace, we are on the planet Skaro"
4. DOCTOR: "The Time Lords sent us here to stop Davros from making the Daleks"
5. ACE: "But they are invented Doctor"
6. DOCTOR: "Yes and No, Davros will think of the idea in 20 seconds"
7. ACE: "Let's just go Doctor"
8. DOCTOR: "OK OK OK".
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DAVROS: "Now my creation will come alive, the Black Dalek"
DALEK WALKS ON SAYING "EXTERMINATE. YES MASTER"
2. DAVROS: "I detect life-forms on this planet. Go and exterminate them"
DALEK WALKS OFF SAYING "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES
3. DAVROS: "My Dalek will stop them dead in their tracks"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DOCTOR: "See that building over there, that is the Dalek base"
2. ACE: "Are we going there Doctor?"
3. DOCTOR: "Yes, now come on"
4. DALEK: "Who are you?"
5. DOCTOR: "I'm the Doctor and this is Ace"
6. DALEK: "Did you say Doctor"
7. DOCTOR: "Well yes..."
8. DALEK: "THE DOCTOR IS AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS." "ALL ENEMY'S OF THE DALEKS MUST BE DESTROYED" "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES
9. DOCTOR: "Run Ace!"
DALEK WALKS AFTER THEM SAYING "EXTERMINATE THEM" 3 TIMES.
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
DOCTOR AND ACE SNEAK IN.
1. DOCTOR: "Give me 3 containers of NITRO 9 Ace"
2. ACE: "OK, Doctor"
3. DOCTOR: "Now to set the timer for 7 minutes and get the hell out of here!"
DALEK SNEAKS UP BEHIND THEM AND SAYS "FREEZE OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED"
4. DOCTOR: "Well I guess that leaves us no choice"
5. DAVROS: "Now I have the Doctor in the palm of my hands"
6. ACE: "Look! The GOOD - YEAR blimp."
7. ACE: "I don't believe they fell for that!"
8. DAVROS: "Quick, they are getting away!"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. DOCTOR: "Now let's set the co-ordinates for Gallifrey, because we have to tell them we have destroyed the Daleks"
TARDIS DISAPPEARS.
2. DALEK: "Master, what is this?"
3. DAVROS: "A Time - Bomb. WHHAT! A Time - Bomb!!!!"
BOMB BLOWS UP.
THE END.
COPYRIGHT 1992, AUST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..
Ah, yes - what innocent days. The funny thing is that despite its simplicity, and over-reliance on Genesis of the Daleks, that script I wrote when I was 12 years old reads better than some recent fan fic I've read around the place!
Anyway, time for the second script - this time, however, we wind the clock forward an entire year, to me - aged 13. The desire to create an original series began here, with this pilot script I wrote in 1993:
Professor K
Part 1 - The Beginning (SCRIPT)
By Matthew Kopelke
1. ANNOUNCER: "How does an adventure begin?"
2. ANNOUNCER: "For Matthew Kopelke, it began at 1:15am on October 26, 1985. He was working late in his lab, inventing a time machine. One last adjustment and it would be finished!"
3. MATTHEW: "Ah, there we are, finished."
4. ANNOUNCER: "Now, Matthew has invented a time machine that will let him travel through time. Now, Matthew will be known as PROFESSOR K!"
PLAY THEME TUNE
1. ANNOUNCER: "The year: 2015"
2. JENNY: "A craft is landing, sir!"
3. BEN: "Good, it must be the Alliance to pick us up!"
4. JENNY: "No, sir - it appears to be a small, metal cubicle."
5. BEN: "Who is it?"
6. JENNY: "Look out, Sir! Someone is coming out!"
ZAP! ZAP!
7. MATTHEW: "Urgh - what did you do that for?"
8. BEN: "We... we... we thought you were an alien!"
RUMBLE
9. MATTHEW: "What was that?"
10. JENNY: "The planet is eating itself up."
11. MATTHEW: "Then let's get out of here!"
BANG!
12. JENNY: "What is this craft?"
13. MATTHEW: "It's the TTD - Time Travelling Device. It lets me travel through time."
14. BEN: "Quit the gabbing and let's get the hell out of here!"
15. JENNY: "I'm with you!"
16. MATTHEW: "Prepare yourselves for temporal displacement!"
SCENE CHANGES. STOP TAPE FOR BREAK.
1. ANNOUNCER: "So, Professor K has saved the day."
2. ANNOUNCER: "Stay tuned for 'Part 2 - The Robomen'"
PLAY THEME TUNE.
THE END.
COPYRIGHT 1993, AUST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Coming Soon from BTR Audio? Ummm... I don't think so somehow...

