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|image = The Mind Runners.jpg | |image = The Mind Runners.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[ | |series = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|range = Fourth Doctor Adventures | |range = The Fourth Doctor Adventures | ||
|series in range = Series 7 (4DA) | |series in range = Series 7 (4DA) | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|number = 7.3 | |number = 7.3 | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Leela]], [[K9]] | |companions = [[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Chaldera]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Dorney | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | |music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | ||
|sound = | |sound = Jamie Robertson | ||
|cover = [[Anthony Lamb]] | |cover = [[Anthony Lamb]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 18 January 2018 | ||
|format = | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 1 and 2 of 4 | ||
|production code = | |production code =BFPTOMCD051 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703- | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-080-0 | ||
|anthology = The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 7: Volume 1 | |||
|prev = The Crowmarsh Experiment (audio story) | |prev = The Crowmarsh Experiment (audio story) | ||
|next = The Demon Rises (audio story) | |next = The Demon Rises (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-fourth-doctor-adventures-the-mind-runners-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-fourth-doctor-adventures-the-mind-runners-trailer | ||
}} | |epcount = 2 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the seventh series of ''[[Fourth Doctor Adventures (audio | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Series 7 (4DA)|seventh series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark I]]. | |||
It was the first of a two-part story, which concluded in ''[[The Demon Rises (audio story)|The Demon Rises]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
It used to be fun, Mind Running. Hopping into the | It used to be fun, Mind Running. Hopping into the [[head]]s of total strangers to see what they saw, feel what they felt. But one by one the Mind Runners are dying in a wave of [[suicide]]s. And no-one on the planet [[Chaldera]] knows why. | ||
[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Leela]] and [[K9 Mark I|K9]] arrive in the city that covers all of this dying world as it prepares to evacuate its people, and they immediately find themselves involved in a mystery. Who or what is responsible for the wave of death? Is it the motorised cult known as the Digitals? The enigmatic Mr Shift? | |||
Or did all the victims attempt to run the Night Mind, the demonic consciousness of legend that is so twisted and evil that it drives mad all who touch it? | Or did all the victims attempt to run the Night Mind, the demonic [[consciousness]] of legend that is so twisted and evil that it drives mad all who touch it? | ||
The TARDIS crew are about to find out. | The TARDIS crew are about to find out. | ||
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* [[Cloten]] / [[Shift (The Mind Runners)|Shift]] - [[Andy Secombe]] | * [[Cloten]] / [[Shift (The Mind Runners)|Shift]] - [[Andy Secombe]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | [[File:DW4D0703 themindrunners alt 1417.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover]] | ||
* [[John Dorney]] was given a very open brief for the story, simply stipulating a four-part story featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Leela]] and [[K9]]. ([[BFX]]: ''The Mind Runners'') | |||
* Dorney drew inspiration from ''[[Blade Runner]]'', {{wi|The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep}} and others in the {{w|film noir}} genre. [[Nicholas Briggs]] imagined that the story's setting was, visually, very similar to ''Blade Runner''. ([[BFX]]: ''The Mind Runners'') | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor encounters [[blue]]-[[skin]]ned humanoids. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
* The Doctor states that the only place where K9 would stand out less in the twentieth century than [[New York]] is the [[Edinburgh Festival]]. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] would later take credit for creating the Festival. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague City (novel)|Plague City]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-the-mind-runners-1611}} | |||
{{BF 4DA}} | {{BF 4DA}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
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[[Category:Audio stories that use Delia Derbyshire's 2nd theme]] | |||
[[Category:Stories in need of plot details]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 9 October 2024
The Mind Runners was the third story in the seventh series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9 Mark I.
It was the first of a two-part story, which concluded in The Demon Rises.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
It used to be fun, Mind Running. Hopping into the heads of total strangers to see what they saw, feel what they felt. But one by one the Mind Runners are dying in a wave of suicides. And no-one on the planet Chaldera knows why.
The Doctor, Leela and K9 arrive in the city that covers all of this dying world as it prepares to evacuate its people, and they immediately find themselves involved in a mystery. Who or what is responsible for the wave of death? Is it the motorised cult known as the Digitals? The enigmatic Mr Shift?
Or did all the victims attempt to run the Night Mind, the demonic consciousness of legend that is so twisted and evil that it drives mad all who touch it?
The TARDIS crew are about to find out.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- K9 - John Leeson
- Taraneh - Josette Simon
- Jacinta - Sarah Lark
- Raph - Alex Wyndham
- Krayl / Sternwood / Eldren - Robert Duncan
- Cloten / Shift - Andy Secombe
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- John Dorney was given a very open brief for the story, simply stipulating a four-part story featuring the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K9. (BFX: The Mind Runners)
- Dorney drew inspiration from Blade Runner, The Big Sleep and others in the film noir genre. Nicholas Briggs imagined that the story's setting was, visually, very similar to Blade Runner. (BFX: The Mind Runners)
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor encounters blue-skinned humanoids. (TV: The End of the World, The Pandorica Opens, Oxygen, World Enough and Time)
- The Doctor states that the only place where K9 would stand out less in the twentieth century than New York is the Edinburgh Festival. The Twelfth Doctor would later take credit for creating the Festival. (PROSE: Plague City)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Mind Runners page at bigfinish.com
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