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{{Infobox Story | |image = Patient Zero cover.jpg | ||
|image | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories | ||
|range = Main Range | |||
|series = [[ | |number in range = 124 | ||
|number = 124 | |number = 124 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley | |companions = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Dalek Time Controller]], [[Mila]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|director = Nicholas Briggs | |director = Nicholas Briggs | ||
| | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|cover =[[Iain Robertson]] | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|publisher = | |sound = Howard Carter | ||
|release date = | |cover = [[Iain Robertson]] | ||
|format = | |epcount = 4 | ||
|production code = 7C/PF | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-412-2 | |release date = 22 August 2009 | ||
|prev | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
| | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/PF]] | ||
}} | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-412-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-671-9 (digital) | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and twenty-fourth [[Big Finish | |prev = Mary's Story (audio story) | ||
|next = Paper Cuts (audio story) | |||
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|prev2 = The Company of Friends (audio anthology) | |||
|next2 = Paper Cuts (audio story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and twenty-fourth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[India Fisher]] as [[Charlotte Pollard]]. | |||
This story also concluded the [[story arc]] regarding the viruses from the [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]], which began with [[AUDIO|AUDIO:]] ''[[Urgent Calls (audio story)|Urgent Calls]]''. However, the consequences of this story carry into [[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''. | |||
This story featured the first appearance of the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Finally, the [[Sixth Doctor]] challenges [[Charlotte Pollard]] to tell him the truth. Who is she really? What is she doing in | Finally, the [[Sixth Doctor]] challenges [[Charlotte Pollard]] to tell him the truth. Who is she really? What is she doing in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]? | ||
To discover the answers, the Doctor must travel back in time, beyond all known civilisations to the vast, mysterious [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]]. But answers lie within the TARDIS too. Someone who has been there a long, long time... | To discover the answers, the Doctor must travel back in time, beyond all known civilisations to the vast, mysterious [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]]. But answers lie within the TARDIS too. Someone who has been there a long, long time... | ||
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Meanwhile, the Daleks have travelled back in time on their own mission, to bring them the ultimate victory they crave. But it is a mission so complex and delicate that even they know they must beware the web of time... | Meanwhile, the Daleks have travelled back in time on their own mission, to bring them the ultimate victory they crave. But it is a mission so complex and delicate that even they know they must beware the web of time... | ||
Who is | Who is Patient Zero? What has happened to Charley? And why have the legendary [[Viyran]]s been summoned? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | |||
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=== Part two === | |||
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=== Part three === | |||
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=== Part four === | |||
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* [[Fratalin]] - [[Michael Maloney]] | * [[Fratalin]] - [[Michael Maloney]] | ||
* [[Mila]] - [[Jess Robinson]] | * [[Mila]] - [[Jess Robinson]] | ||
* [[Etheron]]/ | * [[Etheron]]/[[Dalek|The Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Daleks === | === Daleks === | ||
* The [[Dalek | * The [[Dalek Time Controller]] is a Dalek that directs Dalek strategies involving time travel, while preventing its destabilisation. | ||
* The [[Dalek Time Squad Leader]] holds the Doctor hostage. | |||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* | * Mila is the first person that the Daleks infected with their [[Virus]] 7001. | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
* The [[Viyran]]s | * The [[Viyran]]s are tasked with a mission of peace: the destruction of biological weapons. | ||
=== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250"> | |||
Patient Zero cover.jpg|Original cover art | |||
Patient Zero.jpg|Textless cover art | |||
Patient Zero DWM.jpg|Illustration by [[Brian Williamson]] from [[DWM 411]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * The cliffhanger at the conclusion of part four goes straight into [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts (audio story)|Paper Cuts]]''. | ||
*This audio release also included the fifth episode of ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' "The Brigadier's Story". | * This audio release also included the fifth episode of ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' "The Brigadier's Story". | ||
* This story had the working title of '' | * This story had the working title of ''Victory of the Daleks'' but had to be changed because of the [[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|television story of the same name]]. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 March (production)|16]] and [[18 March (production)|18 March]] [[2009]] at [[ | * This audio drama was recorded on [[16 March (production)|16]] and [[18 March (production)|18 March]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[22 August (releases)|22 August]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828205511/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 28-08-2009]</ref> | |||
* 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]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The | * The Doctor places Charley in the [[Zero Room]] to stabilise her condition. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' et al.) | ||
* Mila has been in the TARDIS since [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' | * Mila has been in the TARDIS since the Daleks were chasing the Doctor through time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
* Mila refers to previous [[Dalek]] | * Mila refers to previous Dalek stories [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* Whilst analysing the Doctor's identity, the [[Dalek Time Controller]] replays the Daleks' past and future encounters with their archenemy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'', ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]'' and ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') | |||
* One of the viruses would make it to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]'') | * One of the viruses would make it to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]'') | ||
* The method used here to stop the Daleks from dematerialising Amethyst was similarly used to prevent | * The method used here to stop the Daleks from dematerialising Amethyst was similarly used to prevent [[the Captain]] from materialising [[Zanak]] around Earth at the end of the story. At the start the reverse happened as the Captain stopped the TARDIS from materialising on [[Calufrax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
* | * The Dalek Time Controller survived and travelled back through the [[Time Vortex]] to the [[22nd century]] where he was discovered by the Daleks of that era. The Doctor would later encounter him planning to use the Amethyst viruses on [[Earth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'') and would later also encounter him on [[Srangor]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'') in [[Montmartre]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)|The Monster of Montmartre]]'') and on the [[Eye of Orion]] for his final battle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of Darkness (audio story)|Eye of Darkness]]'') | ||
* The viruses released from the Amethyst Viral Containment Station include a bio-engineered telephone virus, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Urgent Calls (audio story)|Urgent Calls]]'') a [[mutagenic virus]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)|Mission of the Viyrans]]'') and Virus 7001B which was sent back in time to the beginning of the [[universe]] and resulted in the creation of life itself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Viyran Solution (audio story)|The Viyran Solution]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:11, 22 April 2024
- You may be looking for the medical term or the Sandman.
Patient Zero was the one hundred and twenty-fourth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard.
This story also concluded the story arc regarding the viruses from the Amethyst Viral Containment Station, which began with AUDIO: Urgent Calls. However, the consequences of this story carry into AUDIO: To the Death.
This story featured the first appearance of the Dalek Time Controller.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Finally, the Sixth Doctor challenges Charlotte Pollard to tell him the truth. Who is she really? What is she doing in the TARDIS?
To discover the answers, the Doctor must travel back in time, beyond all known civilisations to the vast, mysterious Amethyst Viral Containment Station. But answers lie within the TARDIS too. Someone who has been there a long, long time...
Meanwhile, the Daleks have travelled back in time on their own mission, to bring them the ultimate victory they crave. But it is a mission so complex and delicate that even they know they must beware the web of time...
Who is Patient Zero? What has happened to Charley? And why have the legendary Viyrans been summoned?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- Fratalin - Michael Maloney
- Mila - Jess Robinson
- Etheron/The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Dalek Time Controller is a Dalek that directs Dalek strategies involving time travel, while preventing its destabilisation.
- The Dalek Time Squad Leader holds the Doctor hostage.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mila is the first person that the Daleks infected with their Virus 7001.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Viyrans are tasked with a mission of peace: the destruction of biological weapons.
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Original cover art
Textless cover art
Illustration by Brian Williamson from DWM 411
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The cliffhanger at the conclusion of part four goes straight into AUDIO: Paper Cuts.
- This audio release also included the fifth episode of The Three Companions "The Brigadier's Story".
- This story had the working title of Victory of the Daleks but had to be changed because of the television story of the same name.
- This audio drama was recorded on 16 and 18 March 2009 at the Moat Studios.
- This story was originally released on CD and download on 22 August 2009.[1]
- This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor places Charley in the Zero Room to stabilise her condition. (TV: Castrovalva et al.)
- Mila has been in the TARDIS since the Daleks were chasing the Doctor through time. (TV: The Chase)
- Mila refers to previous Dalek stories TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Mission to the Unknown, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks.
- Whilst analysing the Doctor's identity, the Dalek Time Controller replays the Daleks' past and future encounters with their archenemy. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks, The Apocalypse Element, The Genocide Machine and The Time of the Daleks)
- One of the viruses would make it to Earth. (AUDIO: Blue Forgotten Planet)
- The method used here to stop the Daleks from dematerialising Amethyst was similarly used to prevent the Captain from materialising Zanak around Earth at the end of the story. At the start the reverse happened as the Captain stopped the TARDIS from materialising on Calufrax. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
- The Dalek Time Controller survived and travelled back through the Time Vortex to the 22nd century where he was discovered by the Daleks of that era. The Doctor would later encounter him planning to use the Amethyst viruses on Earth, (AUDIO: To the Death) and would later also encounter him on Srangor, (AUDIO: X and the Daleks) in Montmartre, (AUDIO: The Monster of Montmartre) and on the Eye of Orion for his final battle. (AUDIO: Eye of Darkness)
- The viruses released from the Amethyst Viral Containment Station include a bio-engineered telephone virus, (AUDIO: Urgent Calls) a mutagenic virus (AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans) and Virus 7001B which was sent back in time to the beginning of the universe and resulted in the creation of life itself. (AUDIO: The Viyran Solution)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Patient Zero page at bigfinish.com
- Patient Zero at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Patient Zero at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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