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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor offers himself for [[execution]] in Romana's place.
* The Doctor offers himself for [[execution]] in Romana's place.
* When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the [[omniverse]] in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times.
* When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the [[omniverse]] in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor jokes that all good planets have a [[Book of Future Legends|book of the future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')  
* The Doctor jokes that all good planets have a [[Book of Future Legends|book of the future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* The [[Book of Futures]] describes [[Aurora Temporalis|the origins]] of [[Possibility Tree|the branching omniverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hunting of the Slook (short story)|The Hunting of the Slook]]'') The majority of these branches are parallel, but intersection can naturally occur ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') and sometimes make tangles. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'')
* The [[Book of Futures]] describes [[Aurora Temporalis|the origins]] of [[Possibility Tree|the branching omniverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hunting of the Slook (short story)|The Hunting of the Slook]]'') The majority of these branches are parallel, but intersection can naturally occur ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') and sometimes make tangles. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'')
* Romana says the Doctor is very particular about who he lets into the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
* Romana says the Doctor is very particular about who he lets into the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')

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The Thief Who Stole Time was the ninth and final story in the sixth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana II.

After The Skin of the Sleek, it was the second part of the series finale.

Publisher's summary

A god has died. A crime has been committed. And an even greater threat lies beneath the surface.

On the ocean world of Funderell, Romana has been reunited with her old friend from Gallifrey, Sartia, and the Doctor is investigating the history and religion of this strange world. But events have quickly spiralled out of control.

Why is this planet of such interest to the Time Lords? What lurks in the depths?

The life of more than one world is at stake. But time is running out.

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Cast

Worldbuilding

  • The Doctor offers himself for execution in Romana's place.
  • When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the omniverse in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times.
  • The Book of Futures is made from parts of the Sleeks: its cover is Sleek skin, and the chains around it are their bones.
  • The Doctor theorises that the Time Lords forgot about Funderell millennia ago, during the great cut-backs of the 53rd Bureaucratic Regime.
  • The Doctor notes that good companions are modest: he asks Romana how many times she's saved the universe, but she hasn't kept count.

Notes

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Continuity

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