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|image = Run (audio story).jpg | |image = Run (audio story).jpg | ||
|range = Series 3 (9DA){{!}}The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 3 | |range = Series 3 (9DA){{!}}The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 3 | ||
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|series number in range = 2 | |series number in range = 2 | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Travel in Hope (audio anthology) | ||
|number = 2.3 | |number = 2.3 | ||
|doctor = Ninth Doctor | |doctor = Ninth Doctor | ||
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|enemy = [[Bellatrix Vega]] | |enemy = [[Bellatrix Vega]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Robert Valentine | ||
|director = [[Helen Goldwyn]] | |director = [[Helen Goldwyn]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|cover = [[Caroline Tankersley]] | |cover = [[Caroline Tankersley]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 August 2023 | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories | ||
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|series = ''[[The Ninth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Ninth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[The Ninth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Ninth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|prev = The Butler Did It (audio story) | |prev = The Butler Did It (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = A Theatre of Cruelty (audio story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Travel in Hope (audio anthology)|Travel in Hope]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Robert Valentine]] and featured [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Jane Goddard]] as [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Travel in Hope (audio anthology)|Travel in Hope]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Robert Valentine]] and featured [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Jane Goddard]] as [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]. | ||
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* [[Kramp]] / [[Tau Ceti (Run)|Tau Ceti]] - [[David Langham]] | * [[Kramp]] / [[Tau Ceti (Run)|Tau Ceti]] - [[David Langham]] | ||
* [[Zzargol]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Zzargol]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
* [[Speaker of the House]] / [[Cartel | * [[Speaker of the House]] / [[Cartel boss]] - [[Philip Pope]] | ||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Just as [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] is the representative of the planet [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Tau Ceti (Run)|Tau Ceti]] is the representative of the [[Tau Ceti]] system. | * Just as [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] is the representative of the planet [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Tau Ceti (Run)|Tau Ceti]] is the representative of the [[Tau Ceti]] system. | ||
** It is claimed by Alpha Centauri that their name is common on their homeworld. | ** It is claimed by Alpha Centauri that their name is common on their homeworld. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The cover art shows an [[Ice Queen]], a class of [[Ice Warrior]] leader introduced in ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', however, none is present in the audio. This is probably a misunderstanding between Ice Queen and [[Ice Lord]]. | * The cover art shows an [[Ice Queen]], a class of [[Ice Warrior]] leader introduced in ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', however, none is present in the audio. This is probably a misunderstanding between Ice Queen and [[Ice Lord]]. | ||
* [[Robert Valentine]] explained that the Ninth Doctor referring to Alpha Centauri as "A.C." is a reference to the real world United States representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "A.O.C."<ref>https://twitter.com/MrRobValentine/status/1689257349108690946</ref> | * [[Robert Valentine]] explained that the Ninth Doctor referring to Alpha Centauri as "A.C." is a reference to the real world United States representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "A.O.C."<ref>https://twitter.com/MrRobValentine/status/1689257349108690946</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor meets [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] before their involvement as a representative to the [[Galactic Federation]]. Earlier, in his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]], the Doctor knew Alpha Centauri as a firm member of the Federation, having been on the [[Committee of Assessment]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Peladon (TV story)}}), [[Peladon]] ambassador, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Monster of Peladon (TV story)}}) and as a liasion between Peladon and the Federation during their semi-retirement, the latter being witnessed by the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Death of Peladon (audio story)}}'') | |||
** Fully aware of the effect of meeting them so early in their timeline, the [[Ninth Doctor]] simply avoided introducing himself. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would face a similar issue with the newly regenerated [[River Song]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) | |||
* A news item refers to a criminal from [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]] being arrested. Later in [[Ninth Doctor|this incarnation]], the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler]] would foil a plot by the [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] crime family the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]. Firstly, they would thwart their plan to reduce the [[Earth]] to slag, thus allowing them to sell it off as fuel, ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}), and later they would stop [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] from opening the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff rift]] and destroying the planet. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}}) | |||
** The Doctor and Rose found themselves regularly encountering the Slitheen family, and other rogue members of the [[Raxas Alliance]], including the [[Blathereen family|Blathereen]] in the [[Justicia]] penal star system, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}}), and a union between rogue [[Jingatheen family|Jingatheen]] and Slitheen on the planet [[Gharusa Prime]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctormania (comic story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] and Rose would also go on to meet a rogue [[Abzorbalovian|Abzorbaloff]], using the guise of [[Abzorbaloff (Love & Monsters)|Victor Kennedy]], from the planet [[Clom]], one of Raxacoricofallapatorius' three sister planets. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) | |||
* Among the members of the Federation are representatives of [[Mars]], namely the [[Ice Warrior]]s, and [[Draconia]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Peladon (TV story)}}, {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor outright states to [[Bellatrix Vega]] that he has witnessed a future where she became, not only [[president]] of the Federation, but also a ruthless, evil [[dictator]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her [[fam]] also visited a similar timeline, which showed a potential future of Earth's if climate change was not curbed. This showed Earth being reduced to an [[Orphan planet]], inhabited by the devolved forms of humans, known as the [[Dreg]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Orphan 55 (TV story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor finishes a bag of [[Jelly baby|jelly babies]], a favourite snack of the Doctor's throughout their incarnations. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dominators (TV story)}}, {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}} et al) | |||
== Cover gallery == | |||
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Run (audio story) Alt.jpg|Alternate cover | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:2023 audio stories]] | [[Category:2023 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Travel in Hope audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Ice Warrior audio stories]] | [[Category:Ice Warrior audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:One part audio stories]] | [[Category:One part audio stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:41, 5 July 2024
Run was the third and final story in the audio anthology Travel in Hope, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Robert Valentine and featured Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Jane Goddard as Alpha Centauri.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When heinous demagogue Bellatrix Vega threatens the stability of the Galactic Federation, the Doctor convinces newly elected representative Alpha Centauri to run against her for president.
As Vega’s team mount a campaign of dirty tricks, the Doctor and Alpha must thwart a murderous conspiracy or see the galaxy’s greatest democracy become a brutal dictatorship.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
- Alpha Centauri - Jane Goddard
- Bellatrix Vega - Jane Asher
- Kramp / Tau Ceti - David Langham
- Zzargol - Nicholas Briggs
- Speaker of the House / Cartel boss - Philip Pope
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Just as Alpha Centauri is the representative of the planet Alpha Centauri, Tau Ceti is the representative of the Tau Ceti system.
- It is claimed by Alpha Centauri that their name is common on their homeworld.
- Whilst conversing with a figure in the shadows who seems to disappear without a trace, the Doctor compares the shady figure to Batman.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The cover art shows an Ice Queen, a class of Ice Warrior leader introduced in Empress of Mars, however, none is present in the audio. This is probably a misunderstanding between Ice Queen and Ice Lord.
- Robert Valentine explained that the Ninth Doctor referring to Alpha Centauri as "A.C." is a reference to the real world United States representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "A.O.C."[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor meets Alpha Centauri before their involvement as a representative to the Galactic Federation. Earlier, in his third incarnation, the Doctor knew Alpha Centauri as a firm member of the Federation, having been on the Committee of Assessment, (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"]), Peladon ambassador, (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"]) and as a liasion between Peladon and the Federation during their semi-retirement, the latter being witnessed by the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush. (AUDIO: The Death of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Death of Peladon (audio story)"])
- Fully aware of the effect of meeting them so early in their timeline, the Ninth Doctor simply avoided introducing himself. The Eleventh Doctor would face a similar issue with the newly regenerated River Song. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])
- A news item refers to a criminal from Raxacoricofallapatorius being arrested. Later in this incarnation, the Doctor and Rose Tyler would foil a plot by the Raxacoricofallapatorian crime family the Slitheen. Firstly, they would thwart their plan to reduce the Earth to slag, thus allowing them to sell it off as fuel, (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"]), and later they would stop Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen from opening the Cardiff rift and destroying the planet. (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"])
- The Doctor and Rose found themselves regularly encountering the Slitheen family, and other rogue members of the Raxas Alliance, including the Blathereen in the Justicia penal star system, (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"]), and a union between rogue Jingatheen and Slitheen on the planet Gharusa Prime. (COMIC: Doctormania [+]Loading...["Doctormania (comic story)"]) The Tenth Doctor and Rose would also go on to meet a rogue Abzorbaloff, using the guise of Victor Kennedy, from the planet Clom, one of Raxacoricofallapatorius' three sister planets. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
- Among the members of the Federation are representatives of Mars, namely the Ice Warriors, and Draconia. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"], Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)"])
- The Doctor outright states to Bellatrix Vega that he has witnessed a future where she became, not only president of the Federation, but also a ruthless, evil dictator. The Thirteenth Doctor and her fam also visited a similar timeline, which showed a potential future of Earth's if climate change was not curbed. This showed Earth being reduced to an Orphan planet, inhabited by the devolved forms of humans, known as the Dregs. (TV: Orphan 55 [+]Loading...["Orphan 55 (TV story)"])
- The Doctor finishes a bag of jelly babies, a favourite snack of the Doctor's throughout their incarnations. (TV: The Dominators [+]Loading...["The Dominators (TV story)"], Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"], Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"] et al)
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Textless cover
Alternate cover
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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Run page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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