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|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
| | |featuring = [[Steven Taylor]], [[Sida]] | ||
|enemy = A [[Vardan]] | |enemy = A [[Vardan]] | ||
|setting = An [[planet (The Savages)|unnamed planet]] | |setting = An [[planet (The Savages)|unnamed planet]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Simon Guerrier | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]] | |music = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]] | ||
|sound = | |sound = Toby Hrycek-Robinson | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 June 2015 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the [[2015 (releases)|2015]] ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio box set ''[[The First Doctor: Volume One]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the [[2015 (releases)|2015]] ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio box set ''[[The First Doctor: Volume One]]''. | ||
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* Steven tells Sida that unlike the stories he tells her, time travel is dangerous and he lost many people, including [[Bret Vyon]], [[Katarina]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Oliver Harper]]. | * Steven tells Sida that unlike the stories he tells her, time travel is dangerous and he lost many people, including [[Bret Vyon]], [[Katarina]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Oliver Harper]]. | ||
* The Doctor wonders how Steven was able to determine his location in [[space]] and [[time]]. | |||
* The Vardan has been manipulating Steven ever since he gave up his throne. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This adventure concludes [[Simon Guerrier]]'s "older Steven" trilogy that began with the audio stories ''[[The War To End All Wars (audio story)|The War to End All Wars]]'' and ''[[The Founding Fathers (audio story)|The Founding Fathers]]''. The story takes place during the television story ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''. | * This adventure concludes [[Simon Guerrier]]'s "older Steven" trilogy that began with the audio stories ''[[The War To End All Wars (audio story)|The War to End All Wars]]'' and ''[[The Founding Fathers (audio story)|The Founding Fathers]]''. The story takes place during the television story ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''. | ||
* It is implied that the humanoid inhabitants of the unnamed planet first seen in ''The Savages'' are [[human]], with Sida referring to the Vardan as "not even human". | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The Doctor tells Steven that he is dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | * The Doctor tells Steven that he is dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
* Sida refers to the duplicate of the Doctor's mind in the jar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War To End All Wars (audio story)|The War To End All Wars]]'', ''[[The Founding Fathers (audio story)|The Founding Fathers]]'') | * Sida refers to the duplicate of the Doctor's mind in the jar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War To End All Wars (audio story)|The War To End All Wars]]'', ''[[The Founding Fathers (audio story)|The Founding Fathers]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Steven and Sida that he is | * The Doctor tells Steven and Sida that he is at the [[South Pole]] on [[Earth]] trying to save the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
* Sida refers to the deaths of Bret Vyon, Katarina, Sara, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') and Oliver. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | * Sida refers to the deaths of Bret Vyon, Katarina, Sara, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') and Oliver. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | ||
* The Doctor, Steven and Oliver previously encountered the [[Vardan]]s on [[Grace Alone]], which resulted in Oliver's death. He combined with the [[consciousness]] of the Vardan, remained within the TARDIS and witnessed the Doctor's regeneration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | * The Doctor, Steven and Oliver previously encountered the [[Vardan]]s on [[Grace Alone]], which resulted in Oliver's death. He combined with the [[consciousness]] of the Vardan, remained within the TARDIS and witnessed the Doctor's regeneration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 1 March 2024
The Locked Room was the fourth and final story in the 2015 The Companion Chronicles audio box set The First Doctor: Volume One.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Steven Taylor left the Doctor and the TARDIS to become king of an alien world. But it's now many years since he gave up the throne and went to live in a cell in the mountains, out of sight of his people. He's not escaping his past — quite the opposite, in fact. As his granddaughter, Sida, is about to discover...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Steven tells Sida that unlike the stories he tells her, time travel is dangerous and he lost many people, including Bret Vyon, Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Oliver Harper.
- The Doctor wonders how Steven was able to determine his location in space and time.
- The Vardan has been manipulating Steven ever since he gave up his throne.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This adventure concludes Simon Guerrier's "older Steven" trilogy that began with the audio stories The War to End All Wars and The Founding Fathers. The story takes place during the television story The Tenth Planet.
- It is implied that the humanoid inhabitants of the unnamed planet first seen in The Savages are human, with Sida referring to the Vardan as "not even human".
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sida was elected President three years earlier. (AUDIO: The Founding Fathers)
- Steven is attempting to find a way to contact the Doctor. (AUDIO: The Founding Fathers)
- The Doctor tells Steven that he is dying. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
- Sida refers to the duplicate of the Doctor's mind in the jar. (AUDIO: The War To End All Wars, The Founding Fathers)
- The Doctor tells Steven and Sida that he is at the South Pole on Earth trying to save the world. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
- Sida refers to the deaths of Bret Vyon, Katarina, Sara, (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) and Oliver. (AUDIO: The First Wave)
- The Doctor, Steven and Oliver previously encountered the Vardans on Grace Alone, which resulted in Oliver's death. He combined with the consciousness of the Vardan, remained within the TARDIS and witnessed the Doctor's regeneration. (AUDIO: The First Wave)
- Sida discusses how Steven's favourite daughter, and her aunt, Dodo, was murdered by assassins during the war. (AUDIO: The War To End All Wars)
- Steven reminds the Doctor that he abandoned Anne Chaplet to most probably die in the St Bartholomew's Day massacre on 24 August 1572. (TV: The Massacre)
- The Vardan tells Sida that Steven once considered leaving the TARDIS because of the Doctor's callous attitude. (TV: The Massacre)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The First Doctor Volume 1 page at bigfinish.com
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