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'''''The Abandoned''''' was the seventh story in the [[Series 3 (4DA)|third series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nigel Fairs]] and [[Louise Jameson]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Louise Jameson as [[Leela]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Point of Stillness. A place the Time Lords are forbidden to go. It cannot be drawn, it cannot be whispered, it cannot be thought. And yet somebody is very keen to reach it.
The [[Point of Stillness]]. A place the [[Time Lord]]s are forbidden to go. It cannot be drawn, it cannot be whispered, it cannot be thought. And yet somebody is very keen to reach it.


Deep within the TARDIS, something unusual is happening. One of the ship's oldest secrets is about to be revealed, and once it is, nothing will ever be the same again.
Deep within [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], something unusual is happening. One of the ship's oldest secrets is about to be revealed, and once it is, nothing will ever be the same again.


As danger materialises deep within the ship, spectral strangers lurk in the corridors and bizarre events flood the rooms, someone long-forgotten is ready to reappear. The Doctor and Leela are soon to discover that their home isn't quite the safe stronghold they thought.
As danger materialises deep within the ship, spectral strangers lurk in the corridors and bizarre events flood the rooms, someone long-forgotten is ready to reappear. The [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Leela]] are soon to discover that their home isn't quite the safe stronghold they thought.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Marianna]] - [[Stephanie Cole]]
* [[Marianna]] - [[Stephanie Cole]]
* One - [[Mandi Symonds]]
* [[One (The Abandoned)|One]] - [[Mandi Symonds]]
* Two - [[Andy Snowball]]
* [[Two (The Abandoned)|Two]] - [[Andy Snowball]]
* Three - [[Nigel Fairs]]
* [[Three (The Abandoned)|Three]] - [[Nigel Fairs]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* The Doctor tells Leela that she is the second most intelligent being that he has known in the last 500 years, after himself.
 
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs|Ken Bentley]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs
* Music & Sound Design - [[Nigel Fairs]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[John Dorney]]
* Writers - [[Louise Jameson]] and Nigel Fairs
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Leela has difficulty pronouncing '"[[cockroach]]es".
* The Doctor bought the TARDIS's [[hatstand]] in [[Marrakesh]].
* [[Flutterwing]]s are native to [[Gallifrey]].
* [[Flutterwing]]s are native to [[Gallifrey]].
* As a child, the Doctor had an imaginary friend named [[Binker]].
* The TARDIS has an [[TARDIS atrium|atrium]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[14 June (production)|14 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]].
[[File:The Abandoned clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* This story was recorded on [[14 June (production)|14 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]] at [[Audio Sorcery]].
* The concept of the [[Point of Stillness]] appeared in the [[BBV Productions]] audio drama ''[[Guests for the Night (audio story)|Guests for the Night]]'', which was also written by [[Nigel Fairs]].
* This story was originally released on CD and download.
* The script specified that One has red hair but this is not communicated in the story itself. ([[BFX]]: ''The Abandoned'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Marianna refers to [[Block Transfer Computation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the TARDIS's [[translation circuit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* The Doctor tells Leela that he "borrowed" the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'')
* The Doctor refers to [[Vincent van Gogh]]. During his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]], he and [[Amy Pond]] met van Gogh in [[Auvers-sur-Oise]], [[France]] in [[July]] [[1890]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* Leela refers to [[Xoanon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela hears One, Two and Three say, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." The Doctor previously said the same thing to her on [[Storm Mine 4]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')
* The Doctor visits the TARDIS's [[The Doctor's TARDIS#Cloister bell/room|Cloister Room]] while the [[Cloister Bell]] later sounds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* Marianna tells the Doctor and Leela that she created the [[Horda]] using the power of her mind. Consequently, Leela blames Marianna for the death of her father [[Sole (The Face of Evil)|Sole]] and the suffering experienced by the [[Sevateem]] on [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|her planet]] due to the Horda. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela refers to the [[janis thorn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* The illusory version of Sole refers to the fact that Leela was named after the Sevateem's [[Leela (The Catalyst)|greatest warrior]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'', ''[[Arbitration (audio story)|Arbitration]]'')
* Leela has a flashback to when she confided to the Doctor about her father's death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Evil One (audio story)|The Evil One]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Abandoned was the seventh story in the third series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs and Louise Jameson and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Point of Stillness. A place the Time Lords are forbidden to go. It cannot be drawn, it cannot be whispered, it cannot be thought. And yet somebody is very keen to reach it.

Deep within the TARDIS, something unusual is happening. One of the ship's oldest secrets is about to be revealed, and once it is, nothing will ever be the same again.

As danger materialises deep within the ship, spectral strangers lurk in the corridors and bizarre events flood the rooms, someone long-forgotten is ready to reappear. The Doctor and Leela are soon to discover that their home isn't quite the safe stronghold they thought.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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