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|writer          = Tim Foley
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|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|release date    = [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Into the Stars (audio anthology)|Into the Stars]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]] and featured [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Into the Stars (audio anthology)|Into the Stars]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]] and featured [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
On a chilly space station, [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] meets a group of scientists experimenting with [[cryogenics|Suspended animation]].
On a chilly space station, [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] meets a group of scientists experimenting with [[cryogenics]].


But when one subject returns from extreme sub-zero temperatures, he does not return alone. A creature awakens that can freeze the soul with icy fingers - [[Jack Frost]]
But when one subject returns from extreme sub-zero temperatures, he does not return alone. A creature awakens that can freeze the soul with icy fingers - [[Jack Frost]]
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* Dr [[Lenni Fisk]] - [[Thalissa Teixeira]]
* Dr [[Lenni Fisk]] - [[Thalissa Teixeira]]
* [[Kenton (Break the Ice)|Kenton]] - [[Pip Torrens]]
* [[Kenton (Break the Ice)|Kenton]] - [[Pip Torrens]]
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* [[Jeanie (Break the Ice)|Jeanie]] / [[System (Break the Ice)|System]] - [[Amy Manson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
== References ==
* The Doctor notes that the creature goes by many names. On [[Ribos]], he is known as the Bitter King. On Cacophony, he is known as the Cold Bringer. And on [[Earth]], he is known as [[Jack Frost]].
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Despite being released after ''[[Auld Lang Syne (audio story)|Auld Lang Syne]]'', [[Tim Foley]] intended for ''Break the Ice'' to come before ''Auld Lang Syne''. Both stories were being worked on at the same time by Foley, allowing him to place a reference for ''Break the Ice'' in the script for ''Auld Lang Syne''.<ref>https://twitter.com/verbatimfoley/status/1531657921880379392?s=20&t=fzBDT7HtAOka4kQIc_eQrg</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* At one point the Doctor expresses regret that he no longer has his [[umbrella]], most likely a reference to the umbrella most famously carried by his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]].
* The Doctor promises to take Lenni's son to meet the "real [[Santa Claus|Santa]]". The Doctor mentioned [[Lapland]] as one of his recent "many" Christmasses during a conversation with [[Mandy Litherland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Lang Syne (audio story)|Auld Lang Syne]]'')
** In his [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]], the Doctor will meet Santa Claus once again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'')
** The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed he was good friends with Santa and that his real name was Jeff. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
* [[Jack Frost]] states that he has a face in every [[snowflake]]. This is similar to the [[Great Intelligence]], who used sentient snow to monitor and murder people in [[1892]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
* Before murdering two members of the crew, Frost takes a liking to a paper [[Christmas hat|Christmas crown]]. In his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor will wear Christmas crowns with [[Rose Tyler]]'s family following the [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|Sycorax Invasion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
 
== Cover gallery ==
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Break the Ice (audio story) Alt.jpg|Alternate cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Into the Stars audio stories]]

Revision as of 10:43, 26 March 2024

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Break the Ice was the third and final story in the audio anthology Into the Stars, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

On a chilly space station, the Doctor meets a group of scientists experimenting with cryogenics.

But when one subject returns from extreme sub-zero temperatures, he does not return alone. A creature awakens that can freeze the soul with icy fingers - Jack Frost

Plot

to be added

Cast

Worldbuilding

  • The Doctor notes that the creature goes by many names. On Ribos, he is known as the Bitter King. On Cacophony, he is known as the Cold Bringer. And on Earth, he is known as Jack Frost.

Notes

  • Despite being released after Auld Lang Syne, Tim Foley intended for Break the Ice to come before Auld Lang Syne. Both stories were being worked on at the same time by Foley, allowing him to place a reference for Break the Ice in the script for Auld Lang Syne.[1]

Continuity

Cover gallery

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  • Alternate cover

    Alternate cover

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/verbatimfoley/status/1531657921880379392?s=20&t=fzBDT7HtAOka4kQIc_eQrg
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