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|image = Antidote to Oblivion.jpg | |image = Antidote to Oblivion.jpg | ||
|series = | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 182 | |||
|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | |||
|number = 182 | |number = 182 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] | |companions = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] | ||
|enemy = [[Sil]] | |enemy = [[Sil]], [[Velandari]] | ||
|setting = | |featuring = [[Cordelia Crozier|Cordelia]], [[Na]], [[Anzor]] | ||
|writer = | |setting = {{il|[[Tranquility]]|[[London]], [[2382]]}} | ||
|writer = Philip Martin | |||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | |music = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | ||
|sound = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | |sound = [[Fool Circle Productions]] | ||
|cover = [[Damien May]] | |||
|epcount = 4 | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 14 January 2014 | ||
|format = | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|production code = | |production code = 7C/NAD | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-298-9 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-298-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-729-7 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = Afterlife (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = The Brood of Erys (audio story) | ||
}}'''''Antidote to Oblivion''''' was the one hundred and eighty-second story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. | |sample = https://soundcloud.com/foolcircle/oblivion-expanded-mix-from-doctor-who-antidote-to-oblivion | ||
|sample name = Oblivion | |||
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'''''Antidote to Oblivion''''' was the one hundred and eighty-second story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Philip Martin]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson]] and [[Nabil Shaban]] as [[Sil]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Future [[Britain]] is bankrupt, its corporate owners facing financial ruin. Fortunately, the Universal Monetary Fund, and its slimy representative [[Sil]], are willing to give its President a multi-billion credit bail-out... but terms and conditions apply, and Sil's proposed austerity measures go far beyond mere benefit cuts. | Future [[Britain]] is bankrupt, its corporate owners facing financial ruin. Fortunately, the [[Universal Monetary Fund]], and its slimy representative [[Sil]], are willing to give its President a multi-billion [[credit]] bail-out... but terms and conditions apply, and Sil's proposed austerity measures go far beyond mere benefit cuts. | ||
Responding to a distress call, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his companion [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] land in a [[London]] whose pacified population has been driven largely underground. But the horrors down there in the dark are as nothing to the horrors that await them at [[ConCorp HQ]], where a young biochemist in Sil's employ is working on a permanent solution to the nation's terminal unprofitability. | Responding to a distress call, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his companion [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] land in a [[London]] whose pacified population has been driven largely underground. But the horrors down there in the dark are as nothing to the horrors that await them at [[ConCorp HQ]], where a young biochemist in Sil's employ is working on a permanent solution to the nation's terminal unprofitability. | ||
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* [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]] | * [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]] | ||
* [[Sil]] - [[Nabil Shaban]] | * [[Sil]] - [[Nabil Shaban]] | ||
* [[Cordelia Crozier]] - [[Dawn Murphy]] | * [[Cordelia Crozier|Cordelia]] - [[Dawn Murphy]] | ||
* [[Pan]]/[[Mav|Lord Mav]] - [[David Dobson]] | * [[Pan Connell]] / [[Mav|Lord Mav]] - [[David Dobson]] | ||
* [[Cerise]] - [[Mary-Ann Cafferkey]] | * [[Cerise Davies]] - [[Mary-Ann Cafferkey]] | ||
* [[Boscoe|President Boscoe]]/[[Voda]]/[[Knight Marshal]] - [[Scott Joseph]] | * [[Amadeus Boscoe|President Boscoe]] / [[Voda]] / [[Knight Marshal]] - [[Scott Joseph]] | ||
* [[Kristal]]/[[Mistress Na]]/[[Velena]] - [[Mandy Weston]] | * [[Kristal]] / [[Na|Mistress Na]] / [[Velena]] - [[Mandy Weston]] | ||
* [[Bob (Antidote to Oblivion)|Bob]] / [[Director (Antidote to Oblivion)|Director]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Damien May]] | |||
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Fool Circle Productions]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
* Writer - [[Philip Martin]] | |||
* Sil created by Philip Martin | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor cannot remember much about the [[24th century]]. | |||
* [[Democracy]] ended in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[2268]]. | |||
* Flip refers to the mutated [[Anzor]] as resembling "a pink [[potato]] with eyes on sticks." | |||
* Sil describes the Doctor as "revoltingly humane." | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[11 June (production)|11]] and [[12 June (production)|12 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]]. | * This story was recorded on [[11 June (production)|11]] and [[12 June (production)|12 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This was the first time [[Nabil Shaban]] had portrayed Sil in an original story since 1986's ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''. His previous audio appearance, ''[[Mission to Magnus (audio story)|Mission to Magnus]]'', was an adaptation of [[Mission to Magnus (TV story)|a story originally intended for the TV series]]. | |||
* This story was originally released on CD and download. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * The Doctor tells Flip that there are several [[Atlantis]]es. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | ||
* Flip recalls that she first met the Doctor in the [[London Underground]] in [[2010]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') | |||
* The Doctor tells Flip that he spent time as a [[rat]] catcher in [[Hamelin]] in [[1284]], where he met the [[Pied Piper]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Challenge of the Piper (comic story)|Challenge of the Piper]]'') | |||
* Flip refers to [[Guy Fawkes]] and the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of [[1605]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]''; [[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]'') | |||
* Sil refers to [[Peri Brown]]'s departure from the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') | |||
* The Doctor mentions that Anzor was sent back in time to the Antediluvian past after their encounter on [[Magnus (planet)|Magnus]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mission to Magnus (audio story)|Mission to Magnus]]'') | |||
* Miss Cordelia is the daughter of [[Crozier]]. She blames the Doctor for her father's death on [[Thoros-Beta]] in [[2379]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') | |||
* The Doctor laments the destruction of his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | |||
* Flip mentions that she once worked at the supermarket [[Fresh Goods]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'') | |||
* The Doctor tells Flip that multiple versions of Peri exist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'') | |||
* The Doctor refers to the [[Garazone Bazaar]]. During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] would visit the bazaar in the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'') | |||
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