The Final Phase (audio story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image           = Final Phase Cover.jpg

|series         = [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]

|number         = 2.07

|doctor         = Fourth Doctor  

|companions     = [[Romana I|Romana]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]]      

|enemy           = [[Dalek]]s, [[Supreme Dalek|Dalek Supreme]], [[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]]

|setting         = ''[[Fortune II]]'' in the [[Proxima System]], [[Proxima Major]]

|writer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]

|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]

|music           = [[Alistair Lock]]

|sound           = [[Alistair Lock]]

|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]

|publisher       = Big Finish Productions

|release date   = [[15 July (releases)|15 July]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]

|format         = 1 CD, 2 Parts

|production code =  

|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-060-2

|prev   = The Dalek Contract (audio story)

|next   = The King of Sontar (audio story)

}}'''''The Final Phase''''' was the seventh story in the second series of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''. Together with the previous story ''[[The Dalek Contract (audio story)|The Dalek Contract]]'' these two stories form a single narrative told over both releases. This was [[Mary Tamm]]'s final audio story with [[Tom Baker]].

'The raw power of the very fabric of reality itself. And you dare to think you can conquer it?'

*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]

*[[Romana I|Romana]] - [[Mary Tamm]]

*[[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]  

*[[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]] - [[David Warner]]

*[[Dorrick|Mr Dorrick]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]

*[[Chidak]] - [[Dominic Mafham]]

*The [[Dalek]]s / The [[Supreme Dalek|Dalek Supreme]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]

*[[Halka]] - [[Jane Slavin]]  

*[[Security man (The Final Phase)|Security Man]]/[[Warrior (The Final Phase)|Warrior]] - [[John Dorney]]

== References ==

* The Doctor believes that he left his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] in the TARDIS' [[Cloister Room]]. However, Romana tells him that it is in the [[swimming pool]].

* K9 is equipped with a stealth mode. He has never previously used it as "no one ever asked."

* After the Doctor is believed to have been killed, Romana tells Mr Dorrick that she and the Doctor initially had an adversarial relationship but that they had gradually become good friends without even noticing it.

* Romana accuses Cuthbert of being "terminally stupid."

* Cuthbert tells Romana that he is a "self-made man." He later explains to the Doctor that the seeds of the Conglomerate were sown in the mists of time and that he was the one responsible for doing so. Consequently, the Doctor believes that his existence may represent a [[temporal paradox]].  

* After searching for years, Cuthbert and Mr Dorrick discovered a dimensional fissure in the universe in the [[Proxima System]]. It was only two atoms across but the Conglomerate were able to expand it exponentially. Cuthbert refers to as the [[Quantum Gateway]] and intends to use it to travel into the past. It exists in a separate universe from [[N-Space]].

* This story contains [[Mary Tamm]]'s final performance as [[Romana I|Romana]] before her death on [[24 July]] [[2012]].

* This audio drama shares its title with Episode Four of [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.

*This audio story was recorded on [[9 February]] [[2012]] at [[Audio Sorcery]].

* The Doctor goes to look for his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')

* The Doctor refers to the [[Battle of Hastings]] on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. During his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], he and his companions [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] defeated a plot by the [[renegade Time Lord]] [[the Monk]] to alter history by allowing the [[Saxon]]s to defeat the [[Norman]]s in the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')

* During her [[Romana II|second incarnation]], Romana would later encounter the Daleks for a second time on their homeworld [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') After leaving the TARDIS and returning to Gallifrey, she was held prisoner by the Daleks for two decades before escaping with the help of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') Later still, the Daleks invaded the Gallifrey of an [[Gallifrey (Forever)|alternative timeline]] while Romana was serving as its [[Lord President|Supreme Leader]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arbitration (audio story)|Arbitration]]'', ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'').

* During the Daleks' second invasion of Gallifrey, Romana would once again encounter the Dalek Supreme. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'')

* The Daleks attempt to conquer other universes. They would later look for a universe where the Daleks conquered everything, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'') and invade the [[Gallifrey]]s of [[alternate timeline]]s via the [[Axis]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'') before attempting to destroy all realities. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')

* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/the-final-phase-692|The Final Phase}}

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