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|range            = The Companion Chronicles
|name = The Drowned World
|series in range = Series 4 (CC)
|series         = [[The Companion Chronicles]]
|series number in range = 4
|number         = 4.1
|number in series = 1
|doctor          = [[First Doctor]]
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|companions      = [[Sara Kingdom]] <br /> [[Steven Taylor]]
|number           = 4.1
|enemy           =
|main character  = [[Sara Kingdom]]
|setting         =
|featuring        = First Doctor
|writer         = [[Simon Guerrier]]
|featuring2      = Steven Taylor
|director       = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|featuring3      = Robert (Home Truths)
|read by         = [[Jean Marsh]]
|enemy           =  
|music           = [[Richard Fox]] <br /> [[Lauren Yason]]
|setting         = [[Asteroid (The Drowned World)|An asteroid]] and [[Ely]], [[England]]
|sound           = Richard Fox <br /> Lauren Yason
|writer           = Simon Guerrier
|publisher      = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|director         = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|release date   = [[July]] [[2009]]
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
|format         = 1 CD
|music           = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|production code = BFPDWCC21
|sound           = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-424-5
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
|previous story  = The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|next story      = The Glorious Revolution (audio story)
|release date     = 28 July 2009
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|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC21
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-424-5
|prev            = The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)
|next             = The Glorious Revolution (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''The Drowned World''''' was the first story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], narrated by [[Jean Marsh]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives on…
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives on...


To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].


And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. It’s a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world…
And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. It's a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world...
 
== Plot ==
=== The Rising Tide (1) ===
''to be added''
 
=== The Drowned World (2) ===
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]]
* [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]]
* [[Robert (Companion Chronicles)|Robert]] - [[Niall MacGregor]]
* [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] - [[Niall MacGregor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* "[[wikipedia:The Drowned World|The Drowned World]]" is the name of a [[1962]] science fiction novel by [[wikipedia:J.G. Ballard|J.G. Ballard]].
[[File:The Drowned World clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* <span style="font-style: normal; ">This audio drama was recorded on [[26 March]] [[2009]].</span>
* "{{w|The Drowned World}}" is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by {{w|J.G. Ballard}}.
* Unusually, the frame story takes place over the course of approximately twelve years.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 March (production)|26 March]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story is set between episodes seven and eight of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828205511/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 28-08-2009]</ref>
* This story is told from Sara's perspective.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Robert once again relates the story of the Doctor, Steven and Sara's first visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'')
 
* Sara once again mentions to Robert that during her travels with the Doctor and Steven, she visited [[Hollywood]] in [[1921]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') that a small boy, who was also named Robert, died in her arms on [[Mars]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (short story)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'') and that she encountered a withered old man who was trapped in the workings of a clock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'')
== [[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
* Sara and Robert discuss her visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'')
As with the entire [[Simon Guerrier]] [[Sara Kingdom]] trilogy, this story can be placed on a timeline based on the two major halves of the story.
* Robert's daughter remained with him in the house for ten years before deciding to leave to explore the outside world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'')
 
In terms of the present-day coversation between Robert and Sara, ''The Drowned World'' occurs between [[CC]]: ''[[Home Truths]]'' and ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System]]''.
 
The flashback involving Sara, Steven and the Doctor, however, occurs at a time between [[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Feast of Steven (7)|"The Feast of Steven"]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan#Volcano (8)|"Volcano"]]. Sara further claims that the flashback is just after the events of [[ST]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy]]''.


Placing this flashback relative to the flashbacks contained in ''Guardian'' and ''Home'' is a matter of debate, because the reliability of Sara as a storyteller is called into question in ''Home''. That Sara tells the flashback in ''Drowned'' in such a way that it seems to have occurred after the flashback in ''Guardian'' could simply be, as Robert points out, the embellishments of a woman who's told the same stories for centuries.
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Template:Dwrefguide|chronicles21.htm|The Drowned World}}
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* {{bigfinish|401-Doctor-Who-The-Companion-Chronicles-The-Drowned-World|The Drowned World}}
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The Drowned World was the first story of the fourth series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Guerrier, narrated by Jean Marsh and featured the First Doctor, Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom and Robert.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Space Security Agent Sara Kingdom is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet Kembel. But, in an old house in Ely, Sara Kingdom lives on...

To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a ghost, a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient Doctor and his heroic companion Steven inside a magical space/time ship called the TARDIS.

And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in water, where a human expedition is being wiped out. It's a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Rising Tide (1)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

The Drowned World (2)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]