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{{Infobox Story
|image             = Robophobia cover.jpg
|name = Robophobia
|number            = 149
|image = Robophobia-cover.png
|range            = Main Range
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|number in range  = 149
|number = 149
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions       = [[Liv Chenka|Liv]]
|companions = [[Liv Chenka]]
|enemy            = [[Farel]]
|year = The ''Lorelei'', 2944
|setting          = [[Lorelei]]
|writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer           = Nicholas Briggs
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|director          = Nicholas Briggs
|release date = [[July]] [[2011]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|format = 2 CDs, 4 parts
|music            = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|next = Recorded Time and Other Stories|Recorded Time (audio story)
|sound            = Jamie Robertson
|prev = Rat Trap (audio story)
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|epcount          = 4
|production code = 7Z/AA
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-577-8}}{{Audio stub}}
|release date     = 15 July 2011
|format            = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code  = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7Z/AA]]
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-84435-577-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-696-2 (digital)
|series            = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories
|prev              = Rat Trap (audio story)
|next             = Recorded Time (audio story)
|series2          = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases
|prev2            = Rat Trap (audio story)
|next2            = Recorded Time and Other Stories
|sample            = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/doctor-who-robophobia-theme
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-robophobia-trailer
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and forty-ninth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and introduced [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]].
 
Released in [[July (releases)|July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], it featured the Seventh Doctor without any companions. This story began a series of four stories with him travelling in the "black TARDIS", a plot point resolved in ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]''.
 
A sequel to ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'', this story also featured a reappearance of the [[Sandminer robot]]s. They had last appeared in an audio story in [[Magic Bullet Productions]]' ''[[Storm Mine (audio story)|Storm Mine]]'', part of their ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series released in 2004.


'''''Robophobia''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] audio story released in [[July]], [[2011]]. It saw the reappearance of the [[Sandminer robot]]s.
This was Walker's audio debut as Liv Chenka, who would later proceed to travel with the [[Eighth Doctor]].


== Synopsis ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Nothing has ever been officially confirmed, but there is a rumour that on a [[Sandminer]] bound for [[Kaldor City]], the robots somehow turned homicidal and nearly wiped out the entire crew. Can that really be true?
Nothing has ever been officially confirmed, but there is a rumour that on a [[Sandminer]] bound for [[Kaldor City]], the robots somehow turned homicidal and nearly wiped out the entire crew. Can that really be true?


The robot transport ship'' Lorelei ''has a cargo of over a hundred fifty-seven thousand robots on board, all deactivated. So even if there were any truth in the rumour of that massacre, there'd still be no danger. Surely, there wouldn't...
The robot [[transport ship]] ''[[Lorelei]]'' has a cargo of over a hundred fifty-seven thousand robots on board, all deactivated. So even if there were any truth in the rumour of that massacre, there'd still be no danger. Surely, there wouldn't...
 
But then, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] witnesses a murder.


But then, the Doctor witnesses a murder.
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Liv Chenka]]/[[Elicien]] - [[Nicola Walker]]
* [[Liv Chenka]] / [[Elicien]] - [[Nicola Walker]]
* [[Farel]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* [[Farel]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* [[Bas Pellico]] - [[William Hazell]]
* [[Bas Pellico]] - [[William Hazell]]
* [[Selerat]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]]
* [[Selerat]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]]
* [[Cravnet]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Cravnet]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Tal Karus]]/[[SV10]] - [[Matt Addis]]
* [[Tal Karus]] / [[Farel|SV10]] - [[Matt Addis]]
* [[Leebar]]/Computer Voice - [[John Dorney]]
* [[Leebar]]/Computer Voice - [[John Dorney]]
* Robots - [[Matt Addis]], [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[John Dorney]], [[Toby Hadoke]], [[Dan Starkey]]
* Robots - [[Matt Addis]], [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[John Dorney]], [[Toby Hadoke]], [[Dan Starkey]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The ''Lorelei'' is transporting 157,000 [[Sandminer robot]]s to [[Ventalis]].
* The ''[[Lorelei]]'' is transporting 157,000 [[Sandminer robot]]s to [[Ventalis]].
* The TARDIS is described as being black.
* Cravnet suffers from [[Grimwade's Syndrome|robophobia]].
 
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor's TARDIS is described as being black.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[7 March (production)|7]] and [[8 March (production)|8 March]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* It was first released on [[15 July (releases)|15 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131740/http://www.bigfinish.com/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 23-07-2011]</ref>
* This story marks the first use of the Sandminer robots in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This story marks the first use of the Sandminer robots in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[7 March|7]] and [[8 March]] [[2011]].
* Writer/producer [[Nicholas Briggs]] suggests in the CD extras accompanying this story's release that this story is set a couple of months after [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''. If this comment is taken into account it creates something of a continuity clash with ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'', which is set 10 years after [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''.
* Subscribers whose subscription included this story received the bonus story ''[[Twilight's End (short story)|Twilight's End]]'', originally printed in the ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns|Defining Patterns]] ''anthology, read by [[Beth Chalmers]].
* This story is set after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
Robophobia cover.jpg|Original CD cover art.
Robophobia-0.jpg|Textless cover art.
</gallery>
 


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Kaldor City]] Company has covered up the recent massacre on the [[Storm Mine 4]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'') It isn't explicitly stated when the events of ''Robophobia'' take place in relation to [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]''. However, Writer/Producer [[Nicholas Briggs]] suggests, in the CD extras accompanying this story's release, it is set a couple of months after [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]''. If this comment is taken into account it creates something of a continuity clash with ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' set 10 years after [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'':
* The [[Kaldor City Company]] has covered up the massacre on the [[Storm Mine 4]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'') It isn't explicitly stated when the events of ''Robophobia'' take place in relation to [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''.
** Placing ''Robophobia'' before the events of ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'', as per Briggs suggestion, is problematic as it entails [[Kaldor City]] having a massive interstellar robot trade. [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' establishes Kaldor City has no contact with other worlds, its inhabitants largely unaware of life on other planets.
** Placing ''Robophobia'' after the events of ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' in which Kaldor City society is active is also problematic: In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]'', the [[Fendahl]] seemingly destroyed/ingested/dominated [[Kaldor City]].
*** If this story is considered to part of the same continuity as seen in the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series it possibly means the inhabitants of Kaldor City somehow manage to survive the [[Fendahl]]. The third edition of Mad Norwegian Press' reference work [[AHistory]], which attempts to reconcile the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series and ''Robophobia'' into one timeline, arbitrarily suggests ''Robophobia'' takes place 50 years after the conclusion of ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' in order for Kaldor City society to recover from the incident and its economy to establish a massive interstellar [[robot]] trade. This in turn means ''Robophobia'' takes place around 60 years after [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''.
* The Doctor uses his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* The Doctor uses his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* The Doctor is travelling in the Black TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* The Doctor is travelling in the Black TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor would be reunited with Liv Chenka on [[Nixyce VII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Traitor (audio story)|The Traitor]]'') She later joined him as one of his companions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{dwrefguide|who_bf149.htm|Robophobia}}
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== Footnotes ==
[[Category:Seventh Doctor Main Range audio stories]]
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:2011 Main Range audio stories]]
{{TitleSort}}
[[Category:Audio stories that use the Keff McCulloch theme]]
[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]]
[[Category:Kaldor android audio stories]]
[[Category:Seventh Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:2011 audio stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 23rd century]]

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Robophobia was the one hundred and forty-ninth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and introduced Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka.

Released in July 2011, it featured the Seventh Doctor without any companions. This story began a series of four stories with him travelling in the "black TARDIS", a plot point resolved in Black and White.

A sequel to The Robots of Death, this story also featured a reappearance of the Sandminer robots. They had last appeared in an audio story in Magic Bullet Productions' Storm Mine, part of their Kaldor City audio series released in 2004.

This was Walker's audio debut as Liv Chenka, who would later proceed to travel with the Eighth Doctor.

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

Nothing has ever been officially confirmed, but there is a rumour that on a Sandminer bound for Kaldor City, the robots somehow turned homicidal and nearly wiped out the entire crew. Can that really be true?

The robot transport ship Lorelei has a cargo of over a hundred fifty-seven thousand robots on board, all deactivated. So even if there were any truth in the rumour of that massacre, there'd still be no danger. Surely, there wouldn't...

But then, the Doctor witnesses a murder.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor's TARDIS is described as being black.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]


Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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