But a group of Leeds youngsters also survived a high-speed adventure in the Tardis...after working with two Doctor Who writers to create their own episode of the hit TV show.

Mark Morris and Mark Michalowski, who write novels based on the series starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, held a creative writing workshop with a group of pupils at Garforth Community College.

The pupils, all members of the school's creative writing club, were challenged to write a script for a mini Doctor Who adventure, with the winning entry turned into a special episode for the Garforth Arts Festival.

Ptolemy Brown, 13, penned the winning film, called The Final Three, which starred Richard Kenworthy, 14, as the Doctor; Rebecca Smith, 13, as Martha Jones; Jacob Robinson, 14, as Captain Jack Harkness and Oliver Burroughs, also 14, as the villain, Raksor.

Ptolemy said: "The workshop was good because the writers gave us guidelines on what to do. We could only have four main characters and we could only have a limited amount of props.

"I was really excited when I found out The Final Three was going to be made into a film. I couldn't speak, I was gobsmacked. It was really fun to film, although it was hard work."

The Final Three, which sees the Doctor, Martha and Jack fighting mutant beings on Planet Earth in 2020, was premiered during a Doctor Who extravaganza at Garforth Community College.

The event, which also included a special question-and-answer session with Mark Morris and Mark Michalowski, formed part of the annual Garforth Arts Festival, which runs until Saturday.

Physics teacher and Doctor Who fan Chris Hoyle, who organised the extravaganza, said: "I think the challenge brought the pupils on a long way in terms of writing short stories.

"There's a big temptation to go wild with your imagination when you're putting a script together, but I think the writers taught them how to keep it simple and limited, while producing good quality at the same time."

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