The three minute Doctor Who script was sent off to the BBC last week.  It was a fascinating experience working with the Heathbrook primary children as they enjoyed turning all the principles of scriptwriting are turned upside down.  I realised early on that I had to explain to them sequential action.  To do this, I had just one question: What happens next?  And every time they moved the action forward, I would have to stop them elaborating (and there is smoke coming out of the console and blood is dripping on the floor kind of stuff) and then repeat 'What happens next.' 

Many of the ideas involved killing off the main characters in the first thirty seconds.  I had to explain that they must not kill everyone so soon.  Oh the fun, the lunacy, the anarchy.

And out of it, came a  decent three minute scene with two main changes of action and a good resolution.  Oh, yes, and the Doctor gets to live another day.