The Creature From The Lake (Webcast story)

The Creature From The Lake was the first episode of series 1 of Minecraft Doctor Who, and the first story to be produced by Quantum Studios.

The episode is currently sitting on 180 views and is the first episode starring Nathan Blake and Jack Driver as companions.

From a production standpoint, it marked Jimbo_Gaming, ItsArcticVision, furiouscreeper and YourLuckyTardis' first Minecraft Doctor Who story. This was the first episode with Executive Producers Jimbo_Gaming and YourLuckyTardis, Producer ItsArcticVision and Director furiouscreeper.

Synopsis
A mysterious box has crash landed next to Nathan and Jack's house. A man appears out of the box, and notices something wrong with the nearby lake. Can he save the world from an underwater threat?

Plot
Nathan breaks in to Jack's house, claiming 'the door was open' as an excuse. The two go into the kitchen to grab something to eat, and then outside. However, when they get outside, they see the TARDIS flying in the air. It crash lands next to Jack's house, and The Doctor appears outside of it, freshly regenerated.

He falls unconscious, and the two have to take him inside. When he wakes up, he notices something odd about the lake that Nathan claimed has 'been there forever'. They head down to the docks, and The Doctor scans the lake with his sonic screwdriver. It picks up a signal from under the lake, so The Doctor gets his diving suit from the TARDIS and jumps in to find what turns out to be a cave.

A creature is under the lake, chained up in bars. The Doctor heads back up to the docks to tell Nathan and Jack that he wants to free the creature, but right after he says that an Ice Warrior appears behind him, demanding him to not release it. The Doctor is told that the Ice Warrior works for Queen Iraxxa, who is in a chamber prolonging her life.

The creature breaks free, followed by many others of the same race (The Lava Golems). The Doctor and Co are teleported to the Ice Warrior's ship, only to find the queen dead. The creatures would destroy the planet, but The Doctor saves everyone by expanding the TARDIS shields to keep the Earth warm. The shields freeze the air however, and the golems freeze to death.

Nathan and Jack stare at the TARDIS, asking what it was. The Doctor shows them inside. Nathan shouts that it is bigger on the inside and Jack tells him he was going to say smaller on the outside. They agree to travel with The Doctor.

Cast
The Doctor - Jimbo_Gaming

Jack Driver - furiouscreeper

Nathan Blake - YourLuckyTardis

Lava Golems - Not Credited (CustomNPCs entities)

Ice Warrior - ItsArcticVision

Queen Iraxxa - Not Credited (CustomNPCs entity)

Crew
Executive Producers - Jimbo_Gaming, YourLuckyTardis

Producer - ItsArcticVision

Director - furiouscreeper

Script Writer - ItsArcticVision

Script Editor - YourLuckyTardis

Builders - Quantera Studios

Visual/Special Effects - Quantera Visuals

Online/Offline Editor - YourLuckyTardis

Production Co-ordinator - ItsArcticVision

Camera Operator - ItsArcticVision

Continuity Errors

 * When The Doctor leaves Jack's house, it's night. However, when Nathan and Jack follow him, it's day.

Trivia

 * This episode spent 2 days in production and 5 in post-production.
 * You can briefly see another TARDIS in the background when The Doctor leaves Jack's house. The reason behind this is unknown and it is not confirmed as a continuity error.

Ratings
This episode currently has 18 likes and 1 dislike.

Release
The episode was first shown on 23rd November 2020 on the Quantera Studios channel with a length of just under 14 minutes. There is only one deleted scene, where Nathan told Jack to call The Doctor an ambulance after he was knocked out.