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{{Infobox Story | |image = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg | ||
| | |range = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series) | ||
| | |series in range = Series 3 (8DA) | ||
|series= [[ | |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= | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] | |||
|enemy = [[Wirrn]] | |||
|setting= [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]] | |setting = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]] | ||
| | |writer = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|cover=[[Simon Holub]] | |director = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |producer = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|release date= | |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 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth | '''''{{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 | [[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]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier. | * [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier. | ||
* The Doctor mentions | * 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]] | ||
* 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]] at [[ | * 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 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]] | * 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 | * [[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|releases/v/wirrn-dawn-534|Wirrn Dawn}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}} | |||
{{tetrap|8/wirrndawn.html|Wirrn Dawn}} | |||
{{BF EDA}} | {{BF EDA}} | ||
{{Wirrn stories}} | |||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Series 3 (8DA) audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Wirrn audio stories]] | [[Category:Wirrn audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | [[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | ||
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:2008 audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Two part audio stories]] | |||