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{{Infobox Audiobook
|image          = The Fourth Wall.jpg
|name = The Fourth Wall
|range          = Main Range
|image = The_Fourth_Wall.jpg
|number in range = 157
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number = 157
|number         = 157
|doctor = [[Sixth Doctor]]
|doctor         = Sixth Doctor
|companions = [[Flip Jackson]]
|companions     = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]]
|enemy =
|enemy           = [[Krarn]], Warmongers, [[Chimbly]], [[Porcian]]s
|setting = [[Stevenage]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Earth]]
|setting        = [[Transmission (planetoid)|Transmission]], c. [[2000000|2,000,000]]
|writer = [[John Dorney]]
|writer         = John Dorney
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director       = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|release date = [[February]] [[2012]]
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|format = 2 CDs, 4 parts
|sound          = Jamie Robertson
|next =Wirrn Isle (audio story)
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|prev = The Curse of Davros (audio story)
|epcount        = 4
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = 10 February 2012
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code = 7C/NAB
|production code = 7C/NAB
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-605-8}}{{Audio stub}}
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-605-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-705-1 (digital)
'''''The Fourth Wall''''' is the second story in the [[2012]] [[Sixth Doctor]] audio trilogy.
|prev            = The Curse of Davros (audio story)
|next            = Wirrn Isle (audio story)
}}{{audio stub}}
{{dab page|Fourth wall (disambiguation)}}
'''''The Fourth Wall''''' was the one hundred and fifty-seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson]].
 
== Publishers summary ==
== Publishers summary ==
Business is bad for intergalactic media mogul Augustus Scullop, whose Trans-Gal empire is on the rocks. But, having retreated to his own private planet, Transmission, Scullop is about to gamble his fortune on a new show, made with an entirely new technology. And the name of that show… is Laser.
Business is bad for intergalactic media mogul [[Augustus Scullop]], whose [[Trans-Gal]] empire is on the rocks. But, having retreated to his own private planet, [[Transmission (planetoid)|Transmission]], Scullop is about to gamble his fortune on a new show, made with an entirely new technology. And the name of that show... is Laser.
 
Back in the real world, far from the realms of small screen sci-fi fantasies about monsters and aliens, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] is interested only in watching Test Match [[cricket]]... but finds himself drawn into Scullop's world when his new travelling companion, [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], is snatched from inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].


Back in the real world, far from the realms of small screen sci-fi fantasies about monsters and aliens, the Doctor is interested only in watching Test Match cricket… but finds himself drawn into Scullop’s world when his new travelling companion, Flip, is snatched from inside the TARDIS.
So, while the Doctor uncovers the terrible secret of Trans-Gal's new tech, Flip battles to survive in a barren wilderness ruled over by the indestructible Lord [[Krarn]] and his pig-like servants, the Warmongers. And the name of that wilderness... is "[[Stevenage]]".


So, while the Doctor uncovers the terrible secret of Trans-Gal’s new tech, Flip battles to survive in a barren wilderness ruled over by the indestructible Lord Krarn and his pig-like servants, the Warmongers. And the name of that wilderness… is ‘Stevenage’.
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]]
* [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]]
* [[Augustus Scullop]] - [[Julian Wadham]]
* [[Augustus Scullop]] - [[Julian Wadham]]
* [[Dr Helen Shepherd]] - [[Yasmin Bannerman]]
* [[Helen Shepherd|Dr. Helen Shepherd]] - [[Yasmin Bannerman]]
* [[Nick Kenton]]/[[Jack Laser]] - [[Hywel Morgan]]
* [[Nick Kenton]] / [[Jack Laser]] - [[Hywel Morgan]]
* [[Matthew Howland]]/[[Lord Krarn]] - [[Martin Hutson]]
* [[Matthew Howland]] / [[Krarn|Lord Krarn]] - [[Martin Hutson]]
* [[Olivia Sayle]]/Jancey - [[Tilly Gaunt]]
* [[Olivia Sayle]] / [[Jancey]] - [[Tilly Gaunt]]
* Chimbly/Head Warmonger - [[Kim Wall]]
* [[Chimbly]] / [[Head Warmonger]] - [[Kim Wall]]
* Junior/Warmonger - [[Henry Devas]]
* [[Junior (The Fourth Wall)|Junior]] / Warmonger - [[Henry Devas]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Writer - [[John Dorney]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
* The Doctor tells Flip that he is not as interested in [[cricket]] as his [[Fifth Doctor|previous incarnation]] and notes that many of his other incarnations are "astonishingly irritating."
* The Doctor is impressed by a [[reverse sweep]] in the match.
* The Doctor previously encountered Chimbly on [[Ballastron VII]] as well as several other planets.
* [[Xander Drexel]] was Augustus Scullop's business partner before he left Trans-Gal and created his own company, which proved to be considerably more successful.
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Flip makes [[popcorn]] using the TARDIS's [[food machine]].
 
=== Planets ===
* Augustus Scullop has a home on an artificial [[planetoid]] called [[Transmission (planetoid)|Transmission]].
* The [[Porcian]]s once attempted to invade [[Skaro]].
 
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* Flip compares Transmission to the [[Death Star]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* Flip refers to the ''[[James Bond]]'' film franchise.
* Flip states that the Warmongers are not exactly crack shots, comparing them to "terrorists trying to attack [[Bruce Willis]]".
* Flip tells Lord Krarn that she has seen more realistic looking weapons than the Warmongers' on ''[[Blue Peter]]''.
* Flip states that Jancey's description of Earth's fate since the Warmonger invasion five years earlier sounds as if she was reading a summary of the plot on [[Wikipedia]].
* The Doctor enjoys the "[[fifth One Day International between Australia and South Africa 2006]]" on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]].


== References ==
=== Time technology ===
''to be added''
* Trans-Gal's reality generator utilises [[Dimensionally transcendental|dimensional transcendentalism]] to create the dimensional bubble.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*[[Yasmin Bannerman]] (Dr. Helen Shepherd) previously played [[Jabe]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', [[Kathy Swanson]] in [[TW]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'' and Princess Pandora in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[14 June (production)|14]] and [[15 June (production)|15 June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
*<span style="font-style: normal; ">This audio drama was recorded on [[14 June|14]] and [[15 June]] [[2011]].</span>
* Another audio story, ''[[Infamy of the Zaross (audio story)|Infamy of the Zaross]]'', also focused on a loose connection between fiction and reality and was also penned by [[John Dorney|Dorney]].
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[10 February (releases)|10 February]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211153221/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 11-02-2012]</ref>
 
== Gallery ==
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The Fourth Wall.jpg|Original CD cover art.
The Fourth Wall-0.jpg|Textless cover art.
</gallery>
 


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Flip mentions her encounter with the [[Dalek]]s and [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* Nick Kenton refers to the [[Acteon Galaxy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* The Porcians said that they shouldn't have taken a left turn at [[Delta Magna]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'')
* The Doctor would encounter Chimbly again during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[You Are the Doctor (audio story)|You Are the Doctor]]'')
* Given that Chimbly later has an encounter with [[Sabalom Glitz]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] sometime after this story, this would mean that it would have to take place place sometime after the year [[2000000|2,000,000]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[You Are the Doctor (audio story)|You Are the Doctor]]'')


== Timeline ==
== Footnotes ==
* This story is set after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros]]''
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* This story is set before [[BFA]]: ''[[Wirrn Isle]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Fourth Wall was the one hundred and fifty-seventh story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by John Dorney and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.

Publishers summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Business is bad for intergalactic media mogul Augustus Scullop, whose Trans-Gal empire is on the rocks. But, having retreated to his own private planet, Transmission, Scullop is about to gamble his fortune on a new show, made with an entirely new technology. And the name of that show... is Laser.

Back in the real world, far from the realms of small screen sci-fi fantasies about monsters and aliens, the Doctor is interested only in watching Test Match cricket... but finds himself drawn into Scullop's world when his new travelling companion, Flip, is snatched from inside the TARDIS.

So, while the Doctor uncovers the terrible secret of Trans-Gal's new tech, Flip battles to survive in a barren wilderness ruled over by the indestructible Lord Krarn and his pig-like servants, the Warmongers. And the name of that wilderness... is "Stevenage".

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor tells Flip that he is not as interested in cricket as his previous incarnation and notes that many of his other incarnations are "astonishingly irritating."
  • The Doctor is impressed by a reverse sweep in the match.
  • The Doctor previously encountered Chimbly on Ballastron VII as well as several other planets.
  • Xander Drexel was Augustus Scullop's business partner before he left Trans-Gal and created his own company, which proved to be considerably more successful.

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cultural references from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original CD cover art.

    Original CD cover art.

  • Textless cover art.

    Textless cover art.


Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 11-02-2012

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

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