The Black Hole (audio story)

The Black Hole
Doctor:	Second Doctor
Companion(s):	Jamie, Victoria
Main enemy:	The Monk, the Seeth
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Simon Guerrier
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Music:	Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Sound:	Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Release number:	2.3
Release date:	November 2015
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-355-9
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The Black Hole was the third story of the second season of The Early Adventures. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon, both voiced by Frazer Hines, and Victoria Waterfield voiced by Deborah Watling.

The story is notable in that it offers an alternate account of Second Doctor's history to the Season 6B theory. It explains why the Doctor was working for the Time Lords in The Two Doctors and why Jamie was aware of their existence.

Publisher's summary

On a research station near a black hole, time keeps standing still. Investigating the phenomenon, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria discover a power far greater than any of the monsters that have challenged them on their travels... The Doctor's own people.

With the safety of thousands balancing out the need to flee, and a policeman from his home planet working at his side, the Doctor reluctantly finds himself involved in a race against time.

But nothing is ever as simple as it appears. And if you can use the Doctor's compassion against him, you have the makings of a perfect trap...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Jamie McCrimmon/The Doctor - Frazer Hines
• Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling
• Constable Pavo - Rufus Hound
• Commander Flail - Janet Dibley
• The Seeth/Pavo (uncredited) - Anthony Keetch
• Woman (uncredited) - Lisa Bowerman

Narrated by David Warner

References

• Victoria does not know what a black hole is.
• The Doctor uses parsecs.
• A woman in the library reads Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to a group of children.
• A Stattenheim remote is used on the TARDIS.
• Pavo says he has previously disguised himself as a policeman, an emperor and a TV host over the centuries.
• During the couple of weeks that the Doctor and Jamie travel together without Victoria, they visit the City of Owls and help out the people of Mackenzie.

Notes

• This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
• Unusually for an Early Adventures story, it is narrated by an actor who does not appear during the performed elements of the story, or indeed one of the

Continuity

• Victoria recalls encountering evil scientists, including Maxtible. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
• The Doctor tells Jamie and Victoria that if they encounter his people, it will mean the end of their travels together. The Doctor wonders if he will be arrested by the Time Lords. (TV: The War Games)
• Victoria asks the Doctor if he ran away from his people. (TV: An Unearthly Child, AUDIO: The Beginning et al.)
• After these events, the Doctor and his friends have their memories erased, which is why Jamie does not know of the Time Lords when the Doctor summons their aid. (TV: The War Games)
• The TARDIS' interior is modified to reflect the latest models on Gallifrey. (TV: The Two Doctors)
• Victoria is studying graphology in the library. (TV: The Two Doctors, AUDIO: Helicon Prime)
• Victoria talks about how her father was a scientist. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
• Pavo says he first met the Doctor when disguised as a monk. (TV: The Time Meddler)
• Pavo engineers a Sontaran attack. Jamie mentions meeting the Sontarans a couple of weeks ago, before returning to where they originally landed. (TV: The Two Doctors)

External links

• Official The Black Hole page at bigfinish.com