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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image | |image = Red Planets.jpg | ||
|range | |range = Main Range | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number in range = 241 | |number in range = 241 | ||
|number | |number = 241 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Ace]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = | ||
|enemy | |enemy = | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Mokoshia]];<br/>[[London]], [[2017]];<br/>[[Berlin]], [[Alternate timeline|Alternate]] [[1961]] | ||
|writer = [[ | |writer = Una McCormack | ||
| | |director = [[Jamie Anderson]] | ||
|music | |producer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|sound | |music = [[Joe Kraemer]] | ||
|cover | |sound = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]] | ||
|publisher | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|release date | |epcount = 4 | ||
|format | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code = BFPDWCD241 | |release date = 14 August 2018 | ||
|isbn | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|prev | |production code = BFPDWCD241 | ||
|next | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-831-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-832-5 (digital) | ||
|prev = Hour of the Cybermen (audio story) | |||
|next = The Dispossessed (audio story) | |||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-red-planets-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-red-planets-trailer | ||
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{{you may|Red Planet (short story)|n1=the short story "Red Planet"}} | {{you may|Red Planet (short story)|n1=the short story "Red Planet"}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and forty first story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|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]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and forty first story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|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]]. | ||
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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]] [[ | 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 (Red Planets)|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]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* 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 == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2]] & [[3 October (production)|3 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | |||
* This story was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2]] & [[3 October (production)|3 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[ | |||
* This story was originally released on CD and download. | * This story was originally released on CD and download. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Ace previously visited an alternate Berlin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | * 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]]'') | * 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 | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||