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|image           = Frozen Time cover.jpg
|name= Frozen Time
|range          = Main Range
|image=Frozen Time cover.jpg  
|number in range = 98
|series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number= 98
|number         = 98
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|companions=
|companions     =  
|enemy= The [[Ice Warrior]]s  
|enemy           = [[Arakssor]], [[Ice Warrior]]s
|setting= [[Antarctica]], [[2012]]
|setting         = [[Antarctica]], [[2012]]
|writer= [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer         = Nicholas Briggs
|director= [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|director       = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|music=[[Steve Foxon]]
|producer        = [[Sharon Gosling]]
|post production= [[Steve Foxon]]  
|music           = [[Steve Foxon]]
|cover=[[Alex Mallinson]]
|sound          = [[Steve Foxon]]
|publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]
|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|release date= [[August]] [[2007]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|format= 2 CDs - 4 Episodes
|release date   = August 2007
|production code=7Z/B
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-285-2
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7Z/B]]
|prev=The Vanity Box (audio story)
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-285-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-386-2 (digital)
|next=Son of the Dragon (audio story)
|prev           = The Vanity Box (audio story)
}}
|next           = Son of the Dragon (audio story)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninety-eighth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio release]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. This was the second solo Seventh Doctor story to feature him travelling without any companions. This is the first time the Seventh Doctor and Ice Warriors have appeared in an audio together, although ''not'' the first time chronologically for the Seventh Doctor to encounter them in an audio medium, ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'' was the first chronological encounter between the Ice Warriors and the Seventh Doctor.  
|made prev      = Valhalla (audio story)
|made next      = The Wishing Beast (audio story)
|musicsuite      = https://soundcloud.com/stevefoxon/09-frozen-time-music-suite
|epcount = 4
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninety-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and features [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. The story is notable for being one of the stories with the most direct ties to the fan produced ''[[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]]'' range, as the story is essentially a complete sequel to 1990's ''Endurance''.
 
This was the second solo Seventh Doctor story, and the first time that the Seventh Doctor and [[Ice Warrior]]s have appeared in an audio together, although ''not'' the first time chronologically for the Seventh Doctor to encounter them in an audio drama, that classification belonging to ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
In [[1929]], Lord Barset's expedition to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] is lost without trace. Or so it seems...
In [[1929]], [[Lord Barset#The grandfather|Lord Barset]]'s expedition to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] is lost without trace. Or so it seems...


Nearly a century later, his grandson funds a much-publicised return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma – a battered London police box frozen in ice millennia old.
Nearly a century later, [[Barset|his grandson]] funds a much-publicised return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma — [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a battered London police box]] frozen in ice millennia old.


But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. A menace frozen in time.
But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. [[Ice Warrior|A menace frozen in time]].


Until now.
Until now.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part one ===
''to be added''
=== Part two ===
''to be added''
=== Part three ===
''to be added''
=== Part four ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


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* [[Barset|Lord Barset]] - [[Anthony Calf]]
* [[Barset|Lord Barset]] - [[Anthony Calf]]
* [[Genevieve Marceau|Genevieve]] - [[Maryam d'Abo]]
* [[Genevieve Marceau|Genevieve]] - [[Maryam d'Abo]]
* [[Kelvin McIntyre|Professor McIntyre]]/[[Bailey (Frozen Time)|Bailey]]/[[Geldar]] - [[Tony Millan]]
* [[Kelvin McIntyre|Professor McIntyre]] / [[Bailey (Frozen Time)|Bailey]] / [[Geldar]] - [[Tony Millan]]
* [[Harman]]/[[Red 0089|Commander]] - [[Gwynn Beech]]
* [[Harman]] / [[Red 0089|Commander]] - [[Gwynn Beech]]
* [[Ben Hodgson|Ben]]/Driver/[[Ssrongar]] - [[Gregg Newton]]
* [[Ben Hodgson|Ben]] / [[Driver (Frozen Time)|Driver]] / [[Ssrongar]] - [[Gregg Newton]]
* [[Arakssor]]/[[Kelly (Frozen Time)|Kelly]]/PilotPilot/First Officer - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Arakssor]] / [[Kelly (Frozen Time)|Kelly]] / [[Pilot (Frozen Time)|Pilot]] / [[First Officer (Frozen Time)|First Officer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
 
== Crew ==


==Credits==
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Recording by - [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Sound design, CD mastering, and music by - [[Steve Foxon]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Series theme by - [[Ron Grainer]]
* Music & Sound Design - [[Steve Foxon]]
* Arranged by - [[Keff McCulloch]]
* Theme remastered by - [[David Darlington]]
* Script editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* BFP Administration - [[Brenda Smith]], [[Miles Haigh-Ellery]], and [[Gary Atterton]]
* Cover & booklet design - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Marketing Director - [[John Ainsworth]]
* Casting Director - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* Producer - [[Sharon Gosling]]
* Producer - [[Sharon Gosling]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Writer - Nicholas Briggs
* Ice Warriors created by [[Brian Hayles]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor mutters names of his previous companions [[Melanie Bush]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex]].
* The Doctor mutters the names of his previous companions [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex]] while his memory recovers.
* If the unspecified "millions of years," the [[coma]]tose Doctor spends frozen in a block of ice are taken into account, [[the Doctor's age]] becomes entirely incalculable from this point onward, as does the age of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Lord Barset thinks he is searching for 'lizard men' or [[Silurian|Silurians (Earth Reptiles)]].
* Lord Barset is searching for [[Silurian|"lizard men"]].
* The Antarctic actually holds a [[Ice Warrior|Martian]] prison facility for war criminals.
 
=== Locations ===
* The Antarctic holds a [[Ice Warrior|Martian]] prison facility for war criminals.
 
=== Clothes ===
* The Doctor's attire degrades over his time in the ice.
[[File:Frozen Time DWM 385.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] published in [[DWM 385]].]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Frozen Time comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 385]].]]
* ''Frozen Time'' acts as a partial sequel to the events of the [[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]] audio drama ''Endurance'', also written by and starring Briggs. It featured the exploits of the original 1929 Antarctic expedition, ranging from the ''Rochester'' crew's investigation of the missing expedition's base camp to the discovery and destruction of an advanced Silurian metropolis nestled beneath the ice. The obliteration of the city in the original story would seem to be the main reason Lord Barset was unable to uncover any trace of [[Lord Barset#The grandfather|his grandfather's]] lost working party.
* In addition to the 'CD Extras' there are extra tracks with just the music score (used in the audio) at the end of both CDs.
* As such, the Ice Warriors' appearance in this story was kept a secret<ref name=":1">Behind the scenes interviews extras.</ref><ref name=":2">[[BFX]]: [[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|''The Bride of Peladon'']]</ref> to subvert audience speculations and expectations of the Silurians appearing, as according to Briggs "it worked so well not telling people in advance" for the Master's appearance in [[Dust Breeding (audio story)|''Dust Breeding'']]. He elaborates that "heavy hints" were made that ''Frozen Time'' was "based on an old Audio Visuals story" & pre-publicity for it "made it clear" that it "was set in the Antarctic, features someone called 'Lord Barset' and was about an expedition that discovers something."<ref name=":1" />
* This story was previewed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 385|issue 385]] with an illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* Briggs asked his performance as Arraksor to be pitched down one semi-tone to make it that "slightly more deep" after hearing it.<ref name=":2" />
* This story acts as a pseudo-sequel to ''Endurance'', an [[Audio Visuals|Audio Visual]] story by Nicholas Briggs. It featured the original 1929 Lord Barset expedition. The [[Silurian]]s from ''[[Endurance]]'' were replaced with the Ice Warriors in this story.
* A preview of this story was shown in [[DWM 385]] with an illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 April (production)|24]] and [[25 April (production)|25 April]] [[2007]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 April (production)|24]] and [[25 April (production)|25 April]] [[2007 (production)|2007]] at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":3">'Backstage' tab of [https://web.archive.org/web/20240521173722/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-frozen-time-264 the official ''Frozen Time'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]. (Archived May 21 2024 on the Wayback Machine)</ref>
* Part 1 has a pre-titles sequence.
* This story is set between ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV Movie]].<ref name=":3" />
* This release comes with a Music Suite and Behind the Scenes Interviews extras. Both are split in half across the two CDs, while in the Big Finish app they are unabridged.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously visited [[Antarctica]] towards the end of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] in [[December]] [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''), in the [[1970s]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') and, earlier in his seventh incarnation, in [[2006]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') and [[2045]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'').
* The Doctor previously visited [[Antarctica]] close to the end of the life of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] in [[December]] [[1986]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') in the [[1970s]] in his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') and, earlier in his seventh incarnation, in [[2006]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') and [[2045]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'')
* On [[12 April]] [[1929]], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that Lord Barset's expedition to Antarctica was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of [[Homo Reptilia|intelligent reptiles]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of Devils (comic story)|City of Devils]]'')
* On [[12 April]] [[1929]], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that Lord Barset's expedition to Antarctica was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of [[Silurian|intelligent reptiles]]. A similar city was uncovered by Dr. Martyn and Townsend during an archaeological dig in Egypt. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of Devils (comic story)|City of Devils]]'')
* The TARDIS would later be frozen in a similar manner in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]''.
* The TARDIS would later be frozen in a similar manner in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]''.
* With this story taken into account, there are at least six incarnations of the Doctor visiting 2012: the [[Sixth Doctor]] and/or one of his first five incarnations ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Raincloud Man (audio story)|The Raincloud Man]]''), the Seventh Doctor on this occasion, the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[Wiltshire]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''), the [[Ninth Doctor]] in [[Utah]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''), the [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[London]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]''). Both the Ninth and Tenth Doctors were accompanied by [[Rose Tyler]].
* With this story taken into account, at least six incarnations of the Doctor have visited 2012: the [[Sixth Doctor]] and/or one of his first five incarnations, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Raincloud Man (audio story)|The Raincloud Man]]'') the Seventh Doctor on this occasion, the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[Wiltshire]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') the [[Ninth Doctor]] in [[Utah]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') the [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[London]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]'') Both the Ninth and Tenth Doctors were accompanied by [[Rose Tyler]].
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] previously flew a [[helicopter]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]''.
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] previously flew a [[helicopter]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]''.
* The [[2012]] [[Olympic Games]] are mentioned. During his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor would attend the games in the company of [[Rose Tyler]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') whereas he would later do so once again during his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] in the company of [[Amy Pond]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]''). In the [[far future]], radio and television broadcasts concerning the 2012 Olympic Games could be accessed via the [[Gogglebox]] inside the [[The Moon|Moon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'')
* The [[2012 Olympic Games]] are mentioned. In his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor would attend the games in the company of [[Rose Tyler]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and would later do so once again in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] in the company of [[Amy Pond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]'') In the [[far future]], radio and television broadcasts concerning the 2012 Olympic Games could be accessed via the [[Gogglebox]] inside [[the Moon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'', ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|98-Doctor-Who-Frozen-Time|Frozen Time}}
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* {{dwrefguide|who_bf98.htm|Frozen Time}}
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*{{tetrap|7/frozentime.html|Frozen Time}}
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Frozen Time was the ninety-eighth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and features Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. The story is notable for being one of the stories with the most direct ties to the fan produced Audio Visuals range, as the story is essentially a complete sequel to 1990's Endurance.

This was the second solo Seventh Doctor story, and the first time that the Seventh Doctor and Ice Warriors have appeared in an audio together, although not the first time chronologically for the Seventh Doctor to encounter them in an audio drama, that classification belonging to Thin Ice.

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

In 1929, Lord Barset's expedition to the Antarctic is lost without trace. Or so it seems...

Nearly a century later, his grandson funds a much-publicised return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma — a battered London police box frozen in ice millennia old.

But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. A menace frozen in time.

Until now.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

to be added

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

to be added

Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor mutters the names of his previous companions Mel, Ace and Hex while his memory recovers.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Antarctic holds a Martian prison facility for war criminals.

Clothes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor's attire degrades over his time in the ice.
Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty published in DWM 385.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Frozen Time acts as a partial sequel to the events of the Audio Visuals audio drama Endurance, also written by and starring Briggs. It featured the exploits of the original 1929 Antarctic expedition, ranging from the Rochester crew's investigation of the missing expedition's base camp to the discovery and destruction of an advanced Silurian metropolis nestled beneath the ice. The obliteration of the city in the original story would seem to be the main reason Lord Barset was unable to uncover any trace of his grandfather's lost working party.
  • As such, the Ice Warriors' appearance in this story was kept a secret[1][2] to subvert audience speculations and expectations of the Silurians appearing, as according to Briggs "it worked so well not telling people in advance" for the Master's appearance in Dust Breeding. He elaborates that "heavy hints" were made that Frozen Time was "based on an old Audio Visuals story" & pre-publicity for it "made it clear" that it "was set in the Antarctic, features someone called 'Lord Barset' and was about an expedition that discovers something."[1]
  • Briggs asked his performance as Arraksor to be pitched down one semi-tone to make it that "slightly more deep" after hearing it.[2]
  • A preview of this story was shown in DWM 385 with an illustration by Martin Geraghty.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 24 and 25 April 2007 at the Moat Studios.[3]
  • Part 1 has a pre-titles sequence.
  • This story is set between Survival and the 1996 TV Movie.[3]
  • This release comes with a Music Suite and Behind the Scenes Interviews extras. Both are split in half across the two CDs, while in the Big Finish app they are unabridged.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Behind the scenes interviews extras.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BFX: The Bride of Peladon
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Backstage' tab of the official Frozen Time page at bigfinish.com. (Archived May 21 2024 on the Wayback Machine)
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