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|image          = Orbis.jpg
|name= Orbis
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|image=Orbis-cover.png
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA)
|series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|series number in range = 3
|number= 3.1
|number in series = 1
|doctor= Eighth Doctor
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|companions= [[Lucie Miller]]
|number         = 3.1
|enemy= [[Headhunter]], [[Molluscari]]
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
|year= [[Orbis]]
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
|writer= [[Alan Barnes]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|enemy           = [[Headhunter]], [[Molluscari]]
|director= [[Nicholas Briggs]]  
|setting        = [[Orbis]]
|post production= [[Andy Hardwick]]
|writer         = Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs
|cover=[[Simon Holub]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|release date= [[March]] [[2009]]
|music          = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|format= 1 CD - 2 parts
|sound          = Andy Hardwick
|production code= BFPDWCDMG017
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-393-4  
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|prev=The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)
|epcount        = 2
|next= Hothouse (audio story)
|release date   = 7 March 2009
}}
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG017
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-393-4  
|prev           = The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)
|next           = Hothouse (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first release of the third series of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' audio stories.
It resolved the cliffhanger at the end of the [[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|previous audio]] and jumped forward in the Doctor's lifetime by approximately 600 years.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] has fallen to his death. His companion, [[Lucie Miller]], has returned to her life on [[Earth]], grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.


Could it be that Lucie’s days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.
Could it be that Lucie's days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet [[Orbis]]. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Headhunter]] - [[Katarina Olsson]]
* [[Headhunter]] - [[Katarina Olsson]]
* [[Saccostrea]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Saccostrea]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Yanos|Yanos -]] [[Barry McCarthy]]
* [[Yanos (Orbis)|Yanos]] - [[Barry McCarthy]]
 
== Crew ==


== References ==
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Lucie mentions; the [[Dalek]]s, [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Pat Rider|Aunty Pat]] and [[The Only Ones]] (whom she calls the Glam Rock Monsters)
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producers - [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - Alan Barnes
* Writers - Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Lucie mentions the [[Dalek]]s, [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Patricia Ryder|Aunty Pat]] and the [[Only One]]s (whom she calls the Glam Rock Monsters).
* Lucie has a phobia of [[jellyfish]].
* Lucie says that there is an entire library dedicated to the [[TARDIS Instruction Manual|TARDIS manual]].


=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor lives on [[Orbis]] for six hundred years.
* The Doctor lives on [[Orbis]] for six hundred years.
* The Doctor is known by the [[Keltan]]s as 'Old Doctor'.
* The Doctor is known by the [[Keltan]]s as "Old Doctor".
* The Doctor lost track of how old he really is aeons ago; he tends to round it down a bit, making a few adjustments for variations in year length across the cosmos.
* The Doctor refers to the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], the [[Auton]]s and the [[Axos|Axons]].
* The Doctor refers to the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], the [[Auton]]s and the [[Axon]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Features a brand new Extras theme scored and edited by [[Jamie Robertson]] with some interesting hints about [[The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|the rest of the series]].
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* This audio drama was recorded on [[2 October]] [[2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This CD features a brand new Extras theme scored and edited by [[Jamie Robertson]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[7 March (releases)|7]] and [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]. It was later broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]] on [[16 May (releases)|16]] and [[23 May (releases)|23 May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Headhunter last appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''.
* The Headhunter last appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''.
* The Doctor mistakenly calls Lucy '[[Izzy Sinclair|Izzy]]', referring to Izzy Sinclar, his former companion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]'')
* Lucie mentions the [[Dalek]] invasion of [[Red Rocket Rising]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and [[Nadir Motorway Service Station]] on [[M62]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)|Horror of Glam Rock]]'')
* Lucie mentions the [[Dalek]] invasion of [[Red Rocket Rising]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and Nadir Services on [[M26]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)|Horror of Glam Rock]]'').
* The Doctor spends 600 years on Orbis. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later spend multiple centuries on one planet, staying on [[Trenzalore]] for 900 years. ([[TV]]:''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') This makes the Eighth Doctor one of his oldest incarnations. (See: [[The Doctor's age]])


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|31-Doctor-Who-Orbis|Orbis}}
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* {{dwrefguide|bbc7_14.htm|Orbis}}
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* {{tetrap|8/orbis.html|Orbis}}
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Orbis was the first story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

It resolved the cliffhanger at the end of the previous audio and jumped forward in the Doctor's lifetime by approximately 600 years.

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

The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.

Could it be that Lucie's days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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