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|image          = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg
name= Wirrn Dawn|
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
image=WirrnDawn.png |
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA)
series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|series number in range = 3
number= 3.4|
|number in series = 4
doctor= Eighth Doctor|
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
companions= [[Lucie Miller]] |  
|number         = 3.4
enemy= The [[Wirrn]]|
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Nicholas Briggs]]|
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
|enemy           = [[Wirrn]]
year= [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], [[far future]]|
|setting        = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]]
post production= [[Jamie Robertson]] |
|writer          = Nicholas Briggs
cover=[[Simon Holub]]|
|director        = Nicholas Briggs
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]|
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
release date= [[June]] [[2009]]|
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
format= 1 CD |
|sound          = Jamie Robertson
production code=BFPDWCDMG020 |
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 |
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
prev=The Beast of Orlok (audio story)|
|epcount        = 2
next= The Scapegoat (audio story)|
|release date   = 18 - 25 April 2009
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG020  
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-752-6 (digital)
|prev           = The Beast of Orlok (audio story)
|next           = The Scapegoat (audio story)
|sample          = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/doctor-who-the-dawn-is-coming
|sample name    = The Dawn is Coming
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth release of the third series of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New 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 ==
“This is full scale war. [[Wirrn]] and humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”
“This is full scale war. [[Wirrn]] and humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”


[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller|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...
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller|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.
Or Worse.
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* [[Farroll]] - [[Liz Sutherland]]
* [[Farroll]] - [[Liz Sutherland]]
* [[Winslet]] - [[Ian Brooker]]
* [[Winslet]] - [[Ian Brooker]]
* Queen - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
 
== 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]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier.
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier.
* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of the Somme]].
* The Doctor mentions extensive fighting on [[the Somme]].
* The Doctor compares the [[Wirrn]] to [[Ichneumon wasp]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* 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.
* [[Daniel Anthony]] (Delong) played [[Clyde Langer]] in the spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* [[Colin Salmon]] (Trooper Salway) previously played [[Doctor Moon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''.
* 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]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October]] [[2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].


== 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]]''). Earlier in the personal timeline, the Eighth Doctor 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 [[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}. Later, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wirrn Isle (audio story)}}, the [[Sixth Doctor]] met them on [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] in [[far future|16127]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] also had a previous interaction with the Wirrn on [[Micawber's World]] in [[July]] [[40th century|3999]] in [[PROSE]]: {{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 Miller|Lucie]] mentions that she used to be "great friends with a centipede", referring to [[Rosto]], whom she befriended in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sisters of the Flame (audio story)}} / {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)}}.
* Ichneumon Wasps were previously mentioned by [[Nyssa]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mutant Phase (audio story)}}.
* The Fourth Doctor met [[GalSec]] colonists in the year [[16087]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|34-Doctor-Who-Wirrn-Dawn|Wirrn Dawn}}
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* {{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[[edit] | [edit source]]

“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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