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|series           = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''
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|enemy = [[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]]<br />The [[Kraal]]s
|companions        = [[Leela]]
|year = Dark Peak, [[Derbyshire]], [[1979]]<br />[[Oseidon]]
|featuring        = [[UNIT]]
|writer = [[Alan Barnes]]
|enemy             = [[The Master]], [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], [[Hugh Spindleton]]
|director = [[Ken Bentley]]
|setting          = {{il|[[Dark Peak]], [[Derbyshire]], [[1979]]|[[Oseidon]]}}
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|writer           = Alan Barnes
|release date = [[June]] [[2012]]
|director         = [[Ken Bentley]]
|format = 1 CD - 1 part
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|production code = 4S/F
|music            = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-617-1
|sound            = Andy Hardwick
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|cover            = Marcus at Amazing15
|next = The Auntie Matter
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date     = 30 June 2012
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 3 & 4 of 4
|production code   = 4S/F
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-617-1 (physical); 978-1-78178-469-3 (digital)
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'''''The Oseidon Adventure''''' was the sixth story in the first series of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''.
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== Publisher's Summary ==
'''''The Oseidon Adventure''''' was the sixth and final story in the [[Series 1 (4DA)|first series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[Geoffrey Beevers]] as [[The Master]].
The first time the fearsome [[Kraal]]s attempted to take over the Earth, with the help of their android agents, things didn't go quite according to plan – thanks to the time-travelling alien [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and his allies at [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]].
 
It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]''.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
The first time the fearsome [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]] attempted to take over the Earth, with the help of their [[Kraal android|android agents]], things didn't go quite according to plan — thanks to the time-travelling alien [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and his allies at [[UNIT]].


This time, Marshal Grinmal and his belligerent cohorts are ready for them. This time, they'll make no mistakes. This time, Chief Scientist Tyngworg has not just one plan, but a back-up plan, and a back-up back-up plan worked out...
This time, Marshal Grinmal and his belligerent cohorts are ready for them. This time, they'll make no mistakes. This time, Chief Scientist Tyngworg has not just one plan, but a back-up plan, and a back-up back-up plan worked out...


With the Doctor a prisoner on the Kraals' radiation-blasted home planet of Oseidon, only his companion [[Leela]] can save the day – alongside a [[The Master (UNIT years)|most unlikely ally]].
With the Doctor a prisoner on the Kraals' radiation-blasted home planet of Oseidon, only his companion [[Leela]] can save the day — alongside {{Pratt|n=a most unlikely ally}}.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Decayed Master|The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* Colonel Spindleton - [[Michael Cochrane]]
* Colonel [[Hugh Spindleton]] - [[Michael Cochrane]]
* Marshal Grinmal/Captain Clarke - [[Dan Starkey]]
* Marshal [[Grinmal]] / [[Clarke (The Oseidon Adventure)|Captain Clarke]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* Tyngworg/Warner/UNIT R/T Operator - [[John Banks]]
* [[Tyngworg]] / [[Warner (The Oseidon Adventure)|Warner]] / [[Trap One (The Oseidon Adventure)|UNIT R/T Operator]] - [[John Banks]]
 
=== Uncredited cast ===
* [[The Master (Kraal android)|Android Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Fourth Doctor android (The Oseidon Adventure)|Android Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Master has allied himself with the [[Kraal]]s, who invade [[Earth]] through the space-time wormhole created by the Great White Worm which is linked to their home planet [[Oseidon]]. Marshal Grinmal is the commander of the invasion force which it composed of the second Kraal army.
* Leela describes the Kraals as resembling "a pig who has mated with a rhino." The Doctor tells her that twelve centuries of living on a planet which has been ravaged by nuclear radiation will not result in a species which is "easy on the eye."
* Marshal Grinmal forges an alliance with Colonel Spindleton, who agrees to offer any and all assistance to the Kraal invasion force on the condition that he be allowed to rule [[England]] once the Kraals have conquered.
* Marshal Grinmal forges an alliance with Colonel Spindleton, who agrees to offer any and all assistance to the Kraal invasion force on the condition that he be allowed to rule [[England]] once the Kraals have conquered.
* Marshal Grinmal has the Master chained up in Colonel Spindleton's stables. Leela rescues him as she requires him to pilot the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] so she can retrieve him from Oseidon.
* Leela refers to the Master as "charcoal face."
* Colonel Spindleton tells Marshal Grinmal that [[James Callaghan]] is the current [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
* Colonel Spindleton tells Marshal Grinmal that [[James Callaghan]] is the current [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
* After his arrival on Oseidon, the Kraal Chief Scientist [[Tyngworg]] continues the transposition of all the Doctor's knowledge and experience into a databank in the Disorientation Centre, a process which his predecessor [[Styggron]] had begun years earlier. Tyngworg creates an [[android]] duplicate of the Doctor, who does not realise that he is not the genuine article. It is the android that Leela rescues from the Disorientation Centre.
* It is revealed that Tyngworg is in fact the Master in disguise while the version of the Master which the Doctor and Leela met in Dark Peak and who travelled with the latter to Oseidon was an android duplicate. The Master destroys him as he has outlived his usefulness.
* As is still connected to Tyngworg's analyser, the Doctor programmes his own android duplicate to create an android duplicate of Tyngworg who turns the androids against the Kraals.
* The Master who had disguised himself as Tyngworg is revealed to be another android duplicate. The Doctor determines that the entire Kraal invasion was intended as a distraction which would allow the real Master to carry out his plans undisturbed.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] is in [[Canada]] investigating sentient electricity pylons which are stalking the Canadian countryside while [[Faraday|Colonel Faraday]] is in [[Switzerland]].
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] is in [[Canada]] investigating sentient electricity pylons which are stalking the Canadian countryside while [[Faraday|Colonel Faraday]] is in [[Switzerland]].
* On Oseidon, the Doctor and Leela create a third android duplicate of the Master, which likewise believes himself to be the actual Master.
* During his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]'s [[exile on Earth]], the Doctor attempted to use a [[Z-battery]] to jump start his TARDIS.
* Using Colonel Spindleton's forces, the Master captures [[UNIT HQ]] in order to gain access to the Doctor's former laboratory.
* Prink's Theorem states that ZO-radiation is formed when Z-radiation and O-Zadiation, both of which are harmless on their own, meet. ZO radiation is able to emit the same level of energy as a billion neutron stars. The Master intends to absorb this energy, which will not only provide him with a new [[Regeneration|regenerative cycle]] but make him effectively immortal.
* The Master foresaw that one of his android duplicates would learn his plan and set an explosive device to detonate in 30 seconds if the deleted files concerning the ZO radiation were accessed.
* During his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]'s [[exile on Earth]], the Doctor attempted to use a Z-battery to jump start his TARDIS. His attempt failed and, after his exile ended, he left the Z-battery behind him in his lab.
* In order to hypnotise others, [[Time Lord]]s possess a [[psychic empathy field]].
* In order to hypnotise others, [[Time Lord]]s possess a [[psychic empathy field]].
* While the Brigadier and Colonel Faraday are out of the country, Captain Clarke is the acting commander of the British division of UNIT.
* The third android duplicate of the Master survived the destruction of the base and betrays the real Master as he determines that, as an android, he is now the superior version of the Master.
* Rather than returning to Earth, Colonel Spindleton decides to stay in the duplicate of Devesham on Oseidon.
* Colonel Spindleton's horse Pink Gin, which was provided by the Master as a down payment, is in fact [[Shergar]], a race horse which was stolen from [[Ireland]] in [[1983]].
* Colonel Spindleton's horse Pink Gin, which was provided by the Master as a down payment, is in fact [[Shergar]], a race horse which was stolen from [[Ireland]] in [[1983]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Geoffrey Beevers]] previously played the Master in [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|The Trail of the White Worm]]'' as well as [[Johnson|Private Johnson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' and [[Prydon|Lord Prydon]] in [[BFG]]: ''[[Annihilation (audio story)|Annihilation]]''.
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]] in an audio drama and their first appearance in ''Doctor Who'' since their introduction in ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'' in [[1975 (releases)|1975]].
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Kraal]]s in an audio drama and their first appearance in ''Doctor Who'' since their introduction in [[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'' in [[1975]].
* Tyngworg mentions code Quadruple J. The production code of ''The Android Invasion'' was 4J.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[18 August]] [[2011]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[19 August (production)|19 August]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[Audio Sorcery|Audio Sorcery Studios, Kent]].
* The title of the story is a reference to the 1969 novel {{wi|The Poseidon Adventure (novel)|The Poseidon Adventure}} and its film adaptations.
* This story is set between ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' and ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously encountered the Kraals in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The Kraals have records of the Doctor's appearance from this encounter. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* The Doctor previously encountered the Kraals in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The Kraals have records of the Doctor's appearance from this encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* The Master tells Leela that the last time that he met the Doctor was on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* {{Pratt|c}} tells Leela that the last time that he met the Doctor was on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Kraals have created a second duplicate of [[Devesham]] on Oseidon. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Kraals have created a second duplicate of [[Devesham]] on Oseidon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* [[The Master's TARDIS]] appears in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
* [[The Master's TARDIS]] appears in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
* The Brigadier is still working for UNIT, and still remembers the Doctor. Therefore, it may be prior or during 1976 rather than 1979 as he has not retired yet and has not lost his memory of the Doctor. However, given the [[UNIT dating controversy]], it is far from clear. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* The Brigadier is still working for UNIT, and still remembers the Doctor. Therefore, it may be prior to or during 1976 rather than 1979 as he has not [[retire]]d yet and has not lost his memory of the Doctor. However, given the [[UNIT dating controversy]], it is far from clear. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')


== Timeline ==
== External links ==
=== For the Doctor and Leela ===
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-oseidon-adventure-659|The Oseidon Adventure}}
* This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]''
{{tetrap|4/oseidonadventure.html|The Oseidon Adventure}}
* This story occurs before [[DWAN]]: ''[[Famine on Planet X (short story)|Famine on Planet X]]


=== For the Master ===
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* This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|The Trail of the White Worm]]''
{{Decayed Master stories}}
* This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''
 
== External links ==
* {{Bigfinish|106-Doctor-Who-The-Oseidon-Adventure|The Oseidon Adventure}}
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The Oseidon Adventure was the sixth and final story in the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela and Geoffrey Beevers as The Master.

It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in Trail of the White Worm.

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

The first time the fearsome Kraals attempted to take over the Earth, with the help of their android agents, things didn't go quite according to plan — thanks to the time-travelling alien Doctor and his allies at UNIT.

This time, Marshal Grinmal and his belligerent cohorts are ready for them. This time, they'll make no mistakes. This time, Chief Scientist Tyngworg has not just one plan, but a back-up plan, and a back-up back-up plan worked out...

With the Doctor a prisoner on the Kraals' radiation-blasted home planet of Oseidon, only his companion Leela can save the day — alongside a most unlikely ally.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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