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|range             = Main Range
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|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]  
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|featuring       =  
|companions       = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Ace]]
|enemy           =  
|featuring         =  
|setting         = [[Mokoshia]]; {{il|[[London]], [[2017]]|[[Berlin]], [[1961]]}}
|enemy             =  
|writer          = [[Una McCormack]]
|setting           = [[Mokoshia]];<br/>[[London]], [[2017]];<br/>[[Berlin]], [[Alternate timeline|Alternate]] [[1961]]
|director        = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|writer           = Una McCormack
|music           = [[Joe Kraemer]]
|director         = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|sound           = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
|producer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|music             = [[Joe Kraemer]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|sound             = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
|release date   = [[14 August (releases)|14 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|cover             = [[Simon Holub]]
|format         = 4 parts, 2 CDs
|epcount          = 4
|production code = BFPDWCD241
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|isbn           = ISBN-978-1-78178-831-8
|release date     = 14 August 2018
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|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|next           = The Dispossessed (audio story)
|production code   = BFPDWCD241
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-831-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-832-5 (digital)
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|next             = The Dispossessed (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-red-planets-trailer
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[[London]], [[2017]]. Except... it isn't. [[Berlin]], [[1961]]. But it isn't that either. Not really. Not in the timeline the Doctor knows. Something is very wrong.
[[London]], [[2017]]. Except... it isn't. [[Berlin]], [[1961]]. But it isn't that either. Not really. Not in the timeline the Doctor knows. Something is very wrong.


While [[Ace]] tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] must get to grips with the modern day [[socialist]] [[Republic of Mokoshia]]. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.
While [[Ace]] tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] must get to grips with the modern day [[socialist]] Republic of [[Mokoshia]]. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.


Soon, a message from a dark and blood-soaked distant future is on its way... But the Doctor will have to act fast to stop this timeline becoming reality.
Soon, a message from a dark and blood-soaked distant future is on its way... But the Doctor will have to act fast to stop this timeline becoming reality.
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* [[Anna (Red Planets)|Anna]] / [[Commander of Phobos Mission]] - [[Genevieve Gaunt]]
* [[Anna (Red Planets)|Anna]] / [[Commander of Phobos Mission]] - [[Genevieve Gaunt]]
* [[Sokolov]] - [[Max Bollinger]]
* [[Sokolov]] - [[Max Bollinger]]
* [[Mission Control (Red Planets)|Mission Control]] / [[Voice of Map]] / [[George (Red Planets)|George]] / [[Television Announcer]] - [[Chris Dale]]
* [[Mission Control (Red Planets)|Mission Control]] / Voice of [[Map (Red Planets)|Map]] / [[George (Red Planets)|George]] / [[Television announcer (Red Planets)|Television Announcer]] - [[Chris Dale]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Jamie Anderson]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music -  [[Joe Kraemer]]
* Producer - Nicholas Briggs
* Script Editor - [[Guy Adams]]
* Sound Design - Joe Kraemer and [[Josh Arakelian]]
* Writer - [[Una McCormack]]
* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor describes 2017 as a time of melting [[ice cap]]s, seas of [[plastic]] and species after species disappearing into nothing.
* Anna was born in [[1987]].
* Anna describes the idea of [[Ronald Reagan]] being the [[President of the United States]] as ridiculous.
* Tom Elliot tells Ace that the [[United States of America|Americans]] are going to [[Vietnam War|intervene]] in [[Vietnam]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Red Planets Alternate.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]]
* This story was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2]] & [[3 October (production)|3 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
''to be added''
* This story was originally released on CD and download.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added
* The Doctor refers to the [[2012 Olympics]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'', ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'', ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Frozen Time (audio story)|Frozen Time]]'')
* In the alternate 2017, there are celebrations of the centenary of the [[October Revolution]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
* The Doctor tells Mel that aren't supposed to be manned missions to Mars for [[2050s|another forty years]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
* Ace previously visited an alternate Berlin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* Both [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] posed as spies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
 
== Cover gallery ==
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Red Planets (audio story) textless.jpg|Textless cover
Red Planets Alternate.jpg|Alternate cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 4 April 2024

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Red Planets was the two hundred and forty first story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Una McCormack and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

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

London, 2017. Except... it isn't. Berlin, 1961. But it isn't that either. Not really. Not in the timeline the Doctor knows. Something is very wrong.

While Ace tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, Mel and the Doctor must get to grips with the modern day socialist Republic of Mokoshia. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.

Soon, a message from a dark and blood-soaked distant future is on its way... But the Doctor will have to act fast to stop this timeline becoming reality.

And with Ace stranded in an alternate 1961, will saving the Earth end her existence?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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