Deadline (audio story)

Deadline
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Robert Shearman
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	Nicholas Briggs
Release details
Release number:	5
Release date:	October, 2003
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	DWUN05
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-017-7

Publisher's summary

It’s been forty years since Martin Bannister encountered the Doctor. They were different men back then. Martin was young and talented and the Times’ seventh Most Promising Writer To Watch Out For. The Doctor was mysterious, crotchety, and possibly Oriental.

It was an encounter that destroyed both their lives.

Pity poor Martin now. His career is in ruins, all forgotten. His estranged wives keep dying in the wrong order. And there’s a nasty green stain by the wardrobe that could be an alien footprint. Or possibly just mould.

Martin’s life is about to change unexpectedly. Impromptu poetry readings, elephant expeditions, an obligatory Bug-Eyed Monster. And a last desperate chance for love, before it’s too late.

Sounds like it’s time for the Doctor to come into Martin’s life again, and sort him out. Permanently.

Cast

• Martin Bannister - Derek Jacobi
• Susan - Genevieve Swallow
• Philip - Peter Forbes
• Barbara - Jacqueline King
• Sydney - Ian Brooker
• Tom - Adam Manning

References

• Martin's version of the TARDIS stands for Time and Random Destinations in Space.

Notes

• It has been suggested that Jacqueline King's character is an alternate timeline version of Barbara Wright but there's nothing to confirm this.
• Jacqueline King went on to play Sylvia Noble in DW: The Runaway Bride in 2006.

Continuity

• There are elements / references to; DW: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and The Masters of Luxor (the unmade script of the first season).

Timeline

to be added

External links

• Official Deadline page at bigfinish.com
• Deadline at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Deadline at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide