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|image          = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg
|image          = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA)
|series number in range = 3
|number in series = 4
|series          = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|series          = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|number          = 3.4
|number          = 3.4
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|companions      = [[Lucie Miller]]
|companions      = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
|enemy          = [[Wirrn]]
|enemy          = [[Wirrn]]
|writer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|setting        = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]]
|setting        = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]]
|post production = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|writer          = Nicholas Briggs
|director        = Nicholas Briggs
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|sound          = Jamie Robertson
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|epcount        = 2
|format          = 1 CD  
|release date    = 18 - 25 April 2009
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG020  
|production code = BFPDWCDMG020  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-752-6 (digital)
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|sample name    = The Dawn is Coming
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth release of the third series of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' audio stories. This was the first Wirrn story since [[2001]]'s ''[[Race Memory (audio story)|Race Memory]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].
 
This was the first Wirrn story since [[2001]]'s ''[[Race Memory (audio story)|Race Memory]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producers - [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Wirrn created by [[Robert Holmes]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier.
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier.
* The Doctor mentions extensive fighting on [[the Somme]].
* The Doctor mentions extensive fighting on [[the Somme]].
* The Doctor compares the [[Wirrn]] to [[Ichneumon wasp]]s.


== Notes ==
[[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
[[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
== Notes ==
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[18 April (releases)|18]] and [[25 April (releases)|25 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[18 April (releases)|18]] and [[25 April (releases)|25 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] first encountered the Wirrn on the [[Nerva Beacon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Sixth Doctor]] encountered them on [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] in [[far future|16127]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Isle (audio story)|Wirrn Isle]]''). The Eighth Doctor also encountered the Wirrn on [[Micawber's World]] in [[July]] [[40th century|3999]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'').
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] first encountered the Wirrn on the [[Nerva Beacon]] in the television story ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Sixth Doctor]] encountered them on [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] in [[far future|16127]] during the audio drama ''[[Wirrn Isle (audio story)|Wirrn Isle]]'') The Eighth Doctor also encountered the Wirrn on [[Micawber's World]] in [[July]] [[40th century|3999]] in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel {{cs|Placebo Effect (novel)}}
* Lucie mentions that she used to be "great friends with a [[Rosto|centipede]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'' / ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')
* Lucie mentions that she used to be "great friends with a [[Rosto|centipede]]", which occured in ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'' / ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''.
* Ichneumon Wasps were previously mentioned by [[Nyssa]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]''.
* Ichneumon Wasps were previously mentioned by [[Nyssa]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]''.
* The Doctor previously met [[GalSec]] colonists in the year [[16087]] in the television story ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/wirrn-dawn-534|Wirrn Dawn}}
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{{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}}
{{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}}
* {{tetrap|8/wirrndawn.html|Wirrn Dawn}}
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Wirrn Dawn was the fourth story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

This was the first Wirrn story since 2001's Race Memory.

Publisher's summary

“This is full scale war. Wirrn and humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”

The Doctor and Lucie land right in the middle of one of the human race's bloodiest periods of history. Trying to make a difference here would be like standing up and calling for a cease-fire on the Somme. Certain death...

Or Worse.

Survival can be a messy business.

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