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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.83,0:00:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever dreamt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.83,0:00:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had the power of magical flight?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.03,0:00:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child I was exposed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.58,0:00:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to two very beautiful \Nand extensive mythologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.74,0:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up immersed in the classical myths\Nof ancient Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.89,0:00:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the dreamtime \Nof the Australian aboriginal people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I developed an addiction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.81,0:00:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for grand, interconnected narratives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.19,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that involved magical flight\Nand time travel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.61,0:00:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was inspired by these stories \Nof gods, heroes and spirits,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.20,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing and conquering\Nterrifying monsters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,travelling across the landscape,\Nsinging the world into existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.65,0:00:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My childhood was one long road trip\Nthrough antiquity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.31,0:00:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these stories were passed down\Nto me orally
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.06,0:00:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the very sacred places\Nwhere the stories took place.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.02,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am having a family picnic\Non Mount Olympus,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.43,0:00:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Greek gods lived –\NWell, they weren't actually real,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.09,0:00:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for me as a child,\Nthey felt so close and so alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.66,0:01:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I learnt from a very young age\Nthe importance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.29,0:01:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being able to elegantly\Nblur fiction with reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.87,0:01:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mythology is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.97,0:01:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every culture has their myths\Nto dream and live by.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.41,0:01:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every culture has this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.31,0:01:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So beyond entertainment and spectacle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.23,0:01:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the function of myth\Nis to teach us to cope with loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.74,0:01:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I loved most about myth\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.60,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it prevented me \Nfrom thinking in a linear way,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.81,0:01:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an ideological shift\Ntook place for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the contained and finite story
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.04,0:01:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a very distinctive beginning,\Nmiddle and end
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.66,0:01:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to infinitely expanding story worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.97,0:01:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that force you to see\Nthe inter-connectedness of everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.28,0:01:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with a childhood of being addicted\Nto these infinite worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.59,0:01:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can imagine my delight\Nwhen jumping forward 25 years in time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.96,0:01:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've landed at this job at the BBC,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm given responsibility\Nfor commissioning transmedia
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.54,0:02:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the BBC's most iconic show: \NDr Who.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.24,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child when I watched Dr Who,\NI found it really scary,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to watch behind the sofa.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.16,0:02:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And occasionally\NI still have to avert my gaze;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.85,0:02:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the monsters still terrify me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.09,0:02:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because \Nthe essence of Dr Who
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.30,0:02:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has stayed constant\Nacross its 48-year history.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.68,0:02:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the longest running\Nscience fiction series ever created
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.21,0:02:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its longevity is due to the fact that\Nit's more than just sci-fi:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.21,0:02:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an anthology show.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.93,0:02:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It crosses all genres\Nfrom drama to horror to comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's created to thrill \Nthe child in all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.65,0:02:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, who doesn't want \Nto take a magical time ride
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.06,0:02:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save the world as indeed \Nthe Doctor does in every episode.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.65,0:02:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is the Doctor?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.14,0:02:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a Time lord\Nwho travels back and forth in time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.06,0:02:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a police box Time Machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.86,0:02:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tiny on the outside, massive \Non the inside, called the Tardis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.40,0:03:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I visited\Nthe Dr Who's setting in Wales,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.11,0:03:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was definitely a career highlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.05,0:03:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There I was in the Tardis\Nwith the Doctor's sonic screwdriver,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.52,0:03:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.87,0:03:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such is the magical sway of the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.96,0:03:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I was on a set
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.71,0:03:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at that moment, once again,\Nfiction and reality blurred
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.57,0:03:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.40,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How fantastic would it be\Nto give all Dr Who fans
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this experience of not \Njust watching the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.26,0:03:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but being able to step into this\Ndeep mythological space for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.29,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if you could actually be the Doctor\Nand save the Universe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.79,0:03:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the motive \Nthat led us to design
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dr Who adventure games.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.33,0:03:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010 the BBC created \N17 episodes of Dr Who.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.90,0:03:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13 TV episodes and 4 extra episodes\Nthat were actually games,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.92,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3 hours of extra game play\Nwithin each.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.64,0:03:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has been,\NI think, a very unique moment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.98,0:03:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in television and transmedia history
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.59,0:03:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finally have this type of seamless\NTV transmedia story world integration.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.72,0:04:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favourite moments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.64,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when I took \Nthe game's designers to the Tardis
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collaborate with the show's team.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.26,0:04:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charles, the game writer, asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.08,0:04:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's that door over there?",
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.71,0:04:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they replied,\N"That's your door. Take it, use it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.49,0:04:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do what you like with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.69,0:04:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take the Doctor to places that \Nwe can't take him on the telly".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.79,0:04:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in that moment, after years \Nof working across the silos,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.90,0:04:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditional media organisations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.22,0:04:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desperately trying \Nto get people to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.11,0:04:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how transmedia\Ncouldn't reach their stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.22,0:04:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that moment we'd finally achieved,\Nwhat we thought was impossible,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.15,0:04:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get into the very DNA of a production\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.85,0:04:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create stories and characters \Non par with the rest of the franchise.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.58,0:04:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With these games we've managed\Nto future-proof the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.38,0:04:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the new generation of kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.30,0:04:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to give the die-hard fans
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.24,0:04:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to step into a Time Machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.55,0:05:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I've been gushing in a very\NDr Who geeky manner right now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.08,0:05:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this show.\NIt's an occupational hazard!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.90,0:05:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I think all the most amazing\Nand effective transmedia
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.26,0:05:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is born out of connecting\Nwith your inner fan.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.63,0:05:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the feverish passion of a fan,\Nyou can't deliver the best experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.99,0:05:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to tap into\Nthe collective unconscious,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.42,0:05:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the muse, the universe, whatever \Nyou want to call this unlimited energy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.93,0:05:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the origin\Nof all grand narratives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.37,0:05:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to get to \Nthis non-verbal place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.44,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the core of the story, where I'm not\Nthinking but feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like learning a new language.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.08,0:05:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you start \Ndreaming in a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.71,0:05:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know you've finally mastered it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.55,0:05:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As story-tellers we need to we need to tap\Ninto mythology
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.78,0:05:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reach into this collective unconscious
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.64,0:05:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell the stories that matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.37,0:05:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stories that help people deal\Nwith the secret pains of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.98,0:05:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no one is immune to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.71,0:05:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things we all have to face\Nat some point of love and loss,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.77,0:05:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love and loss,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this never-ending dance of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.26,0:06:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in the most recent\Nepisode of Dr Who:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.41,0:06:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Doctor is lamenting\Nhis impending death,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.43,0:06:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for even Time lords\Ncan't avoid this very real pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.74,0:06:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can use transmedia to try\Nideas out in a game space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.84,0:06:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.10,0:06:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand consequences,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect with each other through\Nmagic travels through time and space.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.54,0:06:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Magical mythologies are an essential tool\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.93,0:06:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to helping people through the cycle of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.25,0:06:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the perfect way to ease people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.18,0:06:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through beginnings,\Nendings and transitions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.89,0:06:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that leads\Nto actual change in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.04,0:06:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.28,0:06:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother told me stories
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.60,0:06:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help me cope \Nwith the years ahead of me;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.62,0:06:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Greek gods and how \Nthey dealt with life's traumas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.83,0:06:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of her life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.21,0:06:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her stories that helped her\Nconfront her last days with courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.73,0:06:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could comfort, inspire and\Nencourage each other with transmedia?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.65,0:07:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could take\Nthat Dr Who approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.21,0:07:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that successful recipe\Nof 48 years of entertaining,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.42,0:07:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find a unique way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.10,0:07:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to add a magical layer\Nonto our very real world stories?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.97,0:07:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)