About Us
CP Studios began as the brainchild of James P. Quick, whose first forays into audio production were two short stories starring Mathew Urch as an alternative ninth Doctor Who. These two stories, entitled ‘The Devils of Gallipoli’ and ‘Calladra’ represented an experimental phase in the group’s infancy and a chance to flesh out character concepts for Whitney Anderson (April Sadowski) and Zacharias Cobb (Nick Cochran). These prototypes were far from perfect, but they provided a firm foundation upon which to build future stories.
Mathew, who was unable to continue in his role due to personal reasons, introduced James to Scott D. Harris, another fan of the show with ideas of his own. Although their preferences and interpretations differed vastly, the pair formed a writing partnership culminating in a reinvigoration for the series. It was initially conceived that this new version of the series would be a replacement for the original two stories, but their friendship with Mathew changed their minds, and it was decided that his incarnation of the Doctor would regenerate at the beginning of the first episode of series one.
Mathew, who was unable to continue in his role due to personal reasons, introduced James to Scott D. Harris, another fan of the show with ideas of his own. Although their preferences and interpretations differed vastly, the pair formed a writing partnership culminating in a reinvigoration for the series. It was initially conceived that this new version of the series would be a replacement for the original two stories, but their friendship with Mathew changed their minds, and it was decided that his incarnation of the Doctor would regenerate at the beginning of the first episode of series one.
Doctor Who had already established itself as a science-fiction mythology that was unafraid to touch upon magic and mysticism without straying from its scientific and historical roots. Scott wanted to take advantage of this fact in order to explore ideas revolving around higher planes, Hermeticism and esoteric tradition. He pitched the opening serial as ‘The Black Paintings,’ inspired by his long-standing fascination with the works of Spanish artist Francisco Goya. James agreed, and after deciding to re-title the project ‘El Pinturas Negras,’ (later helpfully corrected to 'Las Pinturas Negras,' by Mindy Rast-Keenan, the series' announcer) work immediately began.
The role of Zacharias was recast, with Caith Donovan filling in for Nick Cochran, who was unavailable at the time. James also cast Jym DeNatale and Julian Bane in the roles of Ricardo Solozano and Mariano Goya respectively. Both actors had previously played different incarnations of the Doctor; Jym for the Doctor Who Audio Dramas, of which James was a devoted fan, and Julian in the fan-film 'Doctor Who: Alternate Empire' and the 'Doctor Who: Legacy' audio series which followed it.
The biggest challenge for the fledgling group was the Time Lord himself. Mathew’s portrayal had been that of a gentleman adventurer, and Scott’s original idea had been an eccentric inventor. A number of ideas were discussed, and the result was a bizarre mish-mash of several early incarnations given a younger face. James asked Scott to play the role himself, and although reluctant at first, he eventually agreed and began practising to get into character, which involved long hours of walking around in a costume consisting of a blue and silver wedding suit, black leather coat and Hush Puppies while loudly reciting dialogue to thin air. In his words, “The Doctor wouldn’t care if people looked at him funny.”
This new iteration of CP Studios produced two stories in 2013, ‘Las Pinturas Negras’ and ‘The Wooden Planet,’ which was based on a mock-magazine article written by Arco Chamber as part of a DWAD Short Trips anthology. James read the anthology and contacted Chamber about it. ‘The Wooden Planet’ helped to further mould the uncertain character of the new Doctor, setting a definitive beginning for the character’s development.
Shortly after, CP Studios expanded once again to include Anne Lawrence, whom the boys charged with building the official website. Anne, a friend of Scott’s and yet another fan with different ideas on how to approach the series, happily signed up. The three producers each took it upon themselves to manage a different outlet for the series, with Anne webmastering this website, James the podcast, and Scott the YouTube channel. Although the bulk of the writing work remained with the boys at the start, Anne contributed ideas which allowed for a more fun and varied range of stories. Talks began in kind to represent the departed Mathew through a series of comics, short stories, and Companion Chronicles in the style of Big Finish Productions, which would also be used to formally connect the series with that of the adventures of the Doctor as portrayed by Paul McGann. Although the main series was still considered their top priority, the idea was well received by the group as well as their trusted close associates. James also expressed his intent to remake 'The Devils of Gallipoli' and 'Calladra' with new, polished production values. While these stories were at the genesis of the entire project, James has given his opinion of them as, "Good God, they were awful!"
The aim of all of us here at CP Studios is to have fun with members of the Doctor Who community. Our stories are sometimes serious and sometimes silly, but we always set out with the goal of collaborating with our fellow fans to have a good time throughout.
See you in the future!
The role of Zacharias was recast, with Caith Donovan filling in for Nick Cochran, who was unavailable at the time. James also cast Jym DeNatale and Julian Bane in the roles of Ricardo Solozano and Mariano Goya respectively. Both actors had previously played different incarnations of the Doctor; Jym for the Doctor Who Audio Dramas, of which James was a devoted fan, and Julian in the fan-film 'Doctor Who: Alternate Empire' and the 'Doctor Who: Legacy' audio series which followed it.
The biggest challenge for the fledgling group was the Time Lord himself. Mathew’s portrayal had been that of a gentleman adventurer, and Scott’s original idea had been an eccentric inventor. A number of ideas were discussed, and the result was a bizarre mish-mash of several early incarnations given a younger face. James asked Scott to play the role himself, and although reluctant at first, he eventually agreed and began practising to get into character, which involved long hours of walking around in a costume consisting of a blue and silver wedding suit, black leather coat and Hush Puppies while loudly reciting dialogue to thin air. In his words, “The Doctor wouldn’t care if people looked at him funny.”
This new iteration of CP Studios produced two stories in 2013, ‘Las Pinturas Negras’ and ‘The Wooden Planet,’ which was based on a mock-magazine article written by Arco Chamber as part of a DWAD Short Trips anthology. James read the anthology and contacted Chamber about it. ‘The Wooden Planet’ helped to further mould the uncertain character of the new Doctor, setting a definitive beginning for the character’s development.
Shortly after, CP Studios expanded once again to include Anne Lawrence, whom the boys charged with building the official website. Anne, a friend of Scott’s and yet another fan with different ideas on how to approach the series, happily signed up. The three producers each took it upon themselves to manage a different outlet for the series, with Anne webmastering this website, James the podcast, and Scott the YouTube channel. Although the bulk of the writing work remained with the boys at the start, Anne contributed ideas which allowed for a more fun and varied range of stories. Talks began in kind to represent the departed Mathew through a series of comics, short stories, and Companion Chronicles in the style of Big Finish Productions, which would also be used to formally connect the series with that of the adventures of the Doctor as portrayed by Paul McGann. Although the main series was still considered their top priority, the idea was well received by the group as well as their trusted close associates. James also expressed his intent to remake 'The Devils of Gallipoli' and 'Calladra' with new, polished production values. While these stories were at the genesis of the entire project, James has given his opinion of them as, "Good God, they were awful!"
The aim of all of us here at CP Studios is to have fun with members of the Doctor Who community. Our stories are sometimes serious and sometimes silly, but we always set out with the goal of collaborating with our fellow fans to have a good time throughout.
See you in the future!
Current Production Staff
James P. Quick - Showrunner, Script Writer, Director, Actor
I have been a fan of Doctor Who since late August of 2006. I found out about it thanks to everyone's favorite website: Wikipedia! I was watching a certain show and looking up the episode on the wiki to check more information. However, it kept saying "this portion of the episode is a homage to Doctor Who" and you see, at that time, there was a show on the now-defunct Discovery Health Channel called Doctor Know. Being somewhat aware of how Wikipedia could be edited by anyone, I assumed that they'd made a mistake and meant Doctor Know instead of Doctor Who. So I went to scroll up to the edit button but clicked on the link to the Doctor Who page instead... and the rest is history.
Around here I'm sort of the head honcho thanks to being the originator of our group. However, I do like to confer with Scott and Anne before making any big decisions. Outside of directing, producing, writing, and usually stepping in for parts that didn't get auditions (among other things), I'm largely in charge of commissioning outside authors and handling the group e-mail, Facebook group, Facebook page, podcast, and very occasionally the Twitter.
I hail from Michigan in the United States. It's... interesting, I suppose. Our roads suck and our weather's insane. But like my great-great grandfather allegedly used to say, "If you don't like Michigan weather, stick around; it'll change!" I usually can be found sitting in my chair working on something for the production, roleplaying, or watching Netflix (thank goodness for Netflix). Well, when I'm not at college or (rarely thanks to unwilling seasonal employment) work. I'm also a hardcore devotee of the Classic Series thanks to the first ever group of stories I saw being "The Sun Makers", "The Invasion of Time", "The Leisure Hive", "The Two Doctors", and "Earthshock".
Everything else aside, I try to be open to making new friends and acquaintances in the fan audio community. Just send an e-mail! I don't bite. Well, unless you're a delicious bit of Chinese food... and now I'm hungry. If you'll excuse me, I think it's time for some take-out!
Favorite Story: "Year of the Pig" by Matthew Sweet
Favorite Season: Season 16 (1978-79)
Favorite Doctor: Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker
Favorite Companion: Romana (both incarnations)
Around here I'm sort of the head honcho thanks to being the originator of our group. However, I do like to confer with Scott and Anne before making any big decisions. Outside of directing, producing, writing, and usually stepping in for parts that didn't get auditions (among other things), I'm largely in charge of commissioning outside authors and handling the group e-mail, Facebook group, Facebook page, podcast, and very occasionally the Twitter.
I hail from Michigan in the United States. It's... interesting, I suppose. Our roads suck and our weather's insane. But like my great-great grandfather allegedly used to say, "If you don't like Michigan weather, stick around; it'll change!" I usually can be found sitting in my chair working on something for the production, roleplaying, or watching Netflix (thank goodness for Netflix). Well, when I'm not at college or (rarely thanks to unwilling seasonal employment) work. I'm also a hardcore devotee of the Classic Series thanks to the first ever group of stories I saw being "The Sun Makers", "The Invasion of Time", "The Leisure Hive", "The Two Doctors", and "Earthshock".
Everything else aside, I try to be open to making new friends and acquaintances in the fan audio community. Just send an e-mail! I don't bite. Well, unless you're a delicious bit of Chinese food... and now I'm hungry. If you'll excuse me, I think it's time for some take-out!
Favorite Story: "Year of the Pig" by Matthew Sweet
Favorite Season: Season 16 (1978-79)
Favorite Doctor: Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker
Favorite Companion: Romana (both incarnations)
Scott D. Harris - Showrunner, Script Writer, Actor
(New bio forthcoming.)
Favourite Story: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" by Robert Holmes
Favourite Season: Series 7 (2013)
Favourite Doctor: Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann/Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith
Favourite Companion: Jamie McCrimmon
Favourite Story: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" by Robert Holmes
Favourite Season: Series 7 (2013)
Favourite Doctor: Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann/Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith
Favourite Companion: Jamie McCrimmon
Jason R. Wallace - Showrunner, Script Writer, Actor
I've been a devotee of the good Doctor since A.D. 2010 or so, when I took a chance on Eccleston and the reboot via Netflix. I was immediately hooked, and the rest is (incoming groaner) history! Now I've got 18 shelf units, most double-stacked, packed with Whovian whatsawhozits: TV episodes, Big Finish audios, novels and short stories, comics, RPG sourcebooks, handbooks and reference volumes, three TARDISes, two Sonic Screwdrivers and one festive ornamental Dalek. Oh, and a K-9 unit guarding my desk. So I'm still a dilettante, obviously.
I started working with CP Studios in November of 2014; James scouted me for the part of Kharak Singh in The East India Incident, since I'd been a regular semi-professional voice actor for a few years by then, having worked on projects for Pendant Audio, Sarcastic Voyage, the Nth Doctor Adventures, Doctor Who Fan Stories and many others. In the process of working on EII, James and I struck up a friendship, and I began offering my services in a number of other departments: cover art, plot consultation, script editing, et cetera. And now here I am, in my official capacity of doing everything that lazy bastard can't be bothered with, especially if it involves a silly accent. (Hey! I may be lazy, but I'm no bastard, you bastard! :P - James)
I was born and raised in the American South - Georgia, specifically - though I've been told my entire life that I sound like an out-of-towner. If you have the chance to visit the Peach State...don't. It's as hot and moist and gnat-infested as the inner ring of Satan's anus, and you'll have to deal with just as much fecal matter from about half the population and nearly all of the elected officials. But it does have a distinct sort of natural beauty, I must admit. The state, I mean, not the anus. Well, to each his own. When I'm not acting (either stage or voice), I attend college classes, work for theaters and video production companies, write audio dramas and comedy sketches, play them there new- and old-fangled vidya games, design Marvel Legendary cards, read sci-fi novels and comic books and help raise an informally adopted seven-year-old who is either the reincarnation of Cleopatra or the next Wonder Woman depending on whim.
Favorite Story: "The War Games" by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks
Favorite Season: Season 2 (1964-65)
Favorite Doctor: Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton / Tenth Doctor, David Tennant
Favorite Companion: Wilfred Mott
I started working with CP Studios in November of 2014; James scouted me for the part of Kharak Singh in The East India Incident, since I'd been a regular semi-professional voice actor for a few years by then, having worked on projects for Pendant Audio, Sarcastic Voyage, the Nth Doctor Adventures, Doctor Who Fan Stories and many others. In the process of working on EII, James and I struck up a friendship, and I began offering my services in a number of other departments: cover art, plot consultation, script editing, et cetera. And now here I am, in my official capacity of doing everything that lazy bastard can't be bothered with, especially if it involves a silly accent. (Hey! I may be lazy, but I'm no bastard, you bastard! :P - James)
I was born and raised in the American South - Georgia, specifically - though I've been told my entire life that I sound like an out-of-towner. If you have the chance to visit the Peach State...don't. It's as hot and moist and gnat-infested as the inner ring of Satan's anus, and you'll have to deal with just as much fecal matter from about half the population and nearly all of the elected officials. But it does have a distinct sort of natural beauty, I must admit. The state, I mean, not the anus. Well, to each his own. When I'm not acting (either stage or voice), I attend college classes, work for theaters and video production companies, write audio dramas and comedy sketches, play them there new- and old-fangled vidya games, design Marvel Legendary cards, read sci-fi novels and comic books and help raise an informally adopted seven-year-old who is either the reincarnation of Cleopatra or the next Wonder Woman depending on whim.
Favorite Story: "The War Games" by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks
Favorite Season: Season 2 (1964-65)
Favorite Doctor: Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton / Tenth Doctor, David Tennant
Favorite Companion: Wilfred Mott
Former Production Staff
Anne Lawrence - Assistant Producer, Actor
I'm a long time fan of Doctor Who, though unlike our esteemed producer I am a huge fan of the new Who. If it wasn't for it, I wouldn't have returned to the Doctor Who fandom and I would have missed out on this awesome project.
My place on the team is to help come up with ideas and assist with keeping the rest of them focused. I'm also the website master for this site, the one who maintains the blog and the one who pokes the boys into updating the youtube and podmatic sites. :p
If there's an update to the blog, it's me posting it. It's yet another part of the social media side of the project that I'm in charge of. along with the Twitter account. Facebook is all James' baby though.
I'm an English rose (hahahaha), from the south-west of the country. When I'm not herding crazy people, I go running, having recently completed the Brighton Marathon (UK) in 5 hours 26 mins, or spend hours writing. If I can't be found doing one of the above, I'm generally trying to update my Let's Plays or snoozing around work.
Favorite Story: "The Day of the Doctor" by Steven Moffat
Favorite Season: Series 2 (2006)
Favorite Doctor: Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker/Tenth Doctor, David Tennant
Favorite Companion: Clara Oswald
My place on the team is to help come up with ideas and assist with keeping the rest of them focused. I'm also the website master for this site, the one who maintains the blog and the one who pokes the boys into updating the youtube and podmatic sites. :p
If there's an update to the blog, it's me posting it. It's yet another part of the social media side of the project that I'm in charge of. along with the Twitter account. Facebook is all James' baby though.
I'm an English rose (hahahaha), from the south-west of the country. When I'm not herding crazy people, I go running, having recently completed the Brighton Marathon (UK) in 5 hours 26 mins, or spend hours writing. If I can't be found doing one of the above, I'm generally trying to update my Let's Plays or snoozing around work.
Favorite Story: "The Day of the Doctor" by Steven Moffat
Favorite Season: Series 2 (2006)
Favorite Doctor: Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker/Tenth Doctor, David Tennant
Favorite Companion: Clara Oswald