Circular Time (audio anthology): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = Circular Time cover.jpg

|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]

|number = 91

|doctor = Fifth Doctor

|companions = [[Nyssa]]

|enemy =

|publisher = Big Finish Productions

|cover = [[Barry Piggott]]

|release date = [[January (releases)|January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]

|format = 4 stories on 2 CDs

|production code = [[List of production codes|6C/H]]

|prev = Year of the Pig (audio story)

|next = Nocturne (audio story)

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninety-first [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio release]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. Released in [[2007]], it was the company's first attempt at an audio anthology in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|main monthly range]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]]. Its critical and popular success paved the way for the release's then-unique format to be repeated annually.

The release contained four separate short stories, including:

* ''[[Spring (audio story)|Spring]]'' by [[Mike Maddox]] from a story by [[Paul Cornell]]

* ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'' by Mike Maddox from an idea by Paul Cornell

* ''[[Autumn (audio story)|Autumn]]'' by Paul Cornell

* ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'' by Paul Cornell

The theme of the compilation, as suggested by the title, was the passage of time — specifically the time of the friendship between [[Nyssa]] and the [[Fifth Doctor]]. A story was taken from each of the major periods of their friendship's life — [[spring]], [[summer]], [[autumn]] and [[winter]] — to indicate how it matured. Each story was also of a different genre — adventure with aliens on a distant planet, celebrity historical, character piece, and high-concept adventure. Despite the presence of a cohesive theme, however, the stories shared no narrative continuity at all.

== References ==

=== Time Lords ===

* The [[Council of the Great Mother]] is a [[Time Lord]] organisation.

 

 

* The preview for this story in [[DWM 378]] included an illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]].

* This audio drama was recorded on [[6 September (production)|6]] and [[7 September (production)|7 September]] [[2006]] at [[The Moat Studios]].

 

* The idea Time Lords can assume non-humanoid incarnations was explored in [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', where the titular [[Mawdryn]] suffered from never-ending  regenerations until his eventual death, which became increasingly mutated and inhuman as a result of a failed experiment to become [[immortal]].

* {{bigfinish|releases/v/circular-time-257|Circular Time}}

* {{dwrefguide|who_bf91.htm|Circular Time}}

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