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|image          = Wirrn Isle cover.jpg
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|range          = Main Range
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|enemy          = {{il|[[Wirrn]]|[[Iron Buchman]]}}
|enemy          = {{il|[[Wirrn]]|[[Iron Buchman]]}}
|setting        = {{il|[[Inchfad Isle]], [[Aldochlay]], [[Loch Lomond]], and [[Nerva City]], [[16127]]}}
|setting        = {{il|[[Inchfad Isle]], [[Aldochlay]], [[Loch Lomond]], and [[Nerva City]], [[16127]]}}
|writer          = [[William Gallagher]]
|writer          = William Gallagher
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|producer       = [[David Richardson]]
|music          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|music          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|sound          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|sound          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[March (releases)|March]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date    = March 2012
|production code = 7C/NAC
|production code = 7C/NAC
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-606-5
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-606-5 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-706-8 (digital)
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
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|next            = The Emerald Tiger (audio story)
|next            = The Emerald Tiger (audio story)
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|epcount = 4
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'''''Wirrn Isle''''' was the one hundred and fifty-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[William Gallagher]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson]].
'''''Wirrn Isle''''' was the one hundred and fifty-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[William Gallagher]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson]].


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* [[Iron Buchman]] - [[Rikki Lawton]]
* [[Iron Buchman]] - [[Rikki Lawton]]
* [[Sheer Jawn]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Sheer Jawn]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Dare]] - [[Helen Goldwyn]]
* [[Dare (Wirrn Isle)|Dare]] - [[Helen Goldwyn]]
* [[Paul Dessay]] - [[Glynn Sweet]]
* [[Paul Dessay]] - [[Glynn Sweet]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Inchfad is the northernmost colony in [[Scotland]].
* Inchfad is the northernmost colony in [[Scotland]].
* Flip mentions [[Madonna]], [[Vanilla Ice]], [[Foreigner]] and [[M.O.P]].
* Flip mentions [[Madonna]], [[Vanilla Ice]], [[Foreigner]] and [[M.O.P]].
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Wirrn Isle.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art.]]
* Before release, and indeed during recording, this story was titled ''The Prodigal Wirrn''.<ref>[[The Big Finish Podcast]]: [https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/brand-new-competition-listener-s-emails-july-2 Brand New Competition & Listeners' Emails. July #2] Timestamp: 12:17</ref>
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. It was the first such story in the main range since [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in September 2005.
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. It was the first such story in the main range since [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in September 2005.
* After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]'', this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island.
* After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]'', this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[21 June (production)|21]] and [[22 June (production)|22 June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[21 June (production)|21]] and [[22 June (production)|22 June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Breadcrumbs (short story)|Breadcrumbs]]''.
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Breadcrumbs (short story)|Breadcrumbs]]''.
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''.
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
Wirrn Isle cover.jpg|Original CD cover art.
Wirrn Isle.jpg|Textless cover art.
File:Centre_Fold_Wirrn_Isle.jpg|CD centre fold art.
</gallery>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered the [[Wirrn]] on the [[Nerva Beacon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Eighth Doctor]] would later do so on [[Micawber's World]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'') and on [[Carista VII]] in the [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'').
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered the [[Wirrn]] on the [[Nerva Beacon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Eighth Doctor]] would later do so on [[Micawber's World]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'') and on [[Carista VII]] in the [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'')
*[[Roger Buchman]] initially believes that [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] are colonists from [[GalSec]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'', ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'')
* [[Roger Buchman]] initially believes that [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] are colonists from [[GalSec]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'', ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'')
* Flip reminds the Doctor that she has already died once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'')
* Flip reminds the Doctor that she has already died once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'')
* The Doctor once again claims that humans are "indomitable." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor once again claims that humans are "indomitable." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* Flip mentions the [[Dalek]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'') and the [[Porcian]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'').
* Flip mentions the [[Dalek]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'') and the [[Porcian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

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Wirrn Isle was the one hundred and fifty-eighth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by William Gallagher and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.

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The year is 16127. Four decades have passed since the colonists of Nerva Beacon returned to repopulate the once-devastated Earth — and the chosen few are finding the business of survival tough.

Far beyond the sterile safety of sanitised Nerva City, transmat scientist Roger Buchman has brought his family to an island surrounded by what they once called Loch Lomond, hoping to re-establish the colony he was forced to abandon many years before.

But something else resides in the Loch. A pestilent alien infestation that the Doctor, beaming in from Nerva City, remembers only too well from his time aboard the Beacon...

The Wirrn are back. And they're hungry.

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  • Before release, and indeed during recording, this story was titled The Prodigal Wirrn.[1]
  • This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the first such story in the main range since AUDIO: LIVE 34 in September 2005.
  • After AUDIO: Night Thoughts, this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 21 and 22 June 2011 at The Moat Studios.
  • Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story Breadcrumbs.
  • This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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