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|name            = The Final Phase
|series           = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''
|image           = Final Phase Cover.jpg
|range            = The Fourth Doctor Adventures
|series         = [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]
|series in range  = Series 2 (4DA)
|number         = 2.07
|number in series  = 7
|doctor         = Fourth Doctor  
|number           = 2.07
|companions     = [[Romana I|Romana]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]]      
|doctor           = Fourth Doctor
|enemy           = The [[Dalek]]s<br>The [[Supreme Dalek|Dalek Supreme]]<br>[[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]]
|companions       = [[Romana I]], [[K9 Mark II]]
|setting         = ''[[Fortune II]]'' in the [[Proxima System]]<br>[[Proxima Major]]
|enemy             = [[Silver Dalek]]s, [[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]]
|writer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|setting           = ''[[Fortune II]]''
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer           = Nicholas Briggs
|music           = [[Alistair Lock]]
|director         = Nicholas Briggs
|sound           = [[Alistair Lock]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|publisher       = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|music             = [[Alistair Lock]]
|release date   = [[July]] [[2013]]
|sound             = Alistair Lock
|format         = 1 CD, 2 Parts
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|production code =  
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-060-2
|release date     = 15 July 2013
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|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 3 & 3 of 4
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|production code   = BFPTOMCD013
}}'''''The Final Phase''''' was the seventh story in the second series of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''.
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-060-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-475-4 (digital)
|prev             = The Dalek Contract (audio story)
|next             = The King of Sontar (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''The Final Phase''''' was the seventh and final story in the [[Series 2 (4DA)|second series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Mary Tamm]] as [[Romana I]], [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II]], [[David Warner]] as [[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]] and [[Toby Hadoke]] as [[Dorrick|Mr Dorrick]].
 
It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in ''[[The Dalek Contract (audio story)|The Dalek Contract]]''.
 
This was Mary Tamm's final audio story with Tom Baker due to her death a year prior to the story's release.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
'The raw power of the very fabric of reality itself. And you dare to think you can conquer it?'
"The raw power of the very fabric of reality itself. And you dare to think you can conquer it?"


[[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]]'s plan for the [[Proxima System]] is reaching its final phase.
[[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]]'s plan for the [[Proxima System]] is reaching its final phase.
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And as the countdown to the opening of the [[Quantum Gateway]] begins, the Daleks reveal their true intentions.
And as the countdown to the opening of the [[Quantum Gateway]] begins, the Daleks reveal their true intentions.
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
*[[Romana I|Romana]] - [[Mary Tamm]]
* [[Romana I]] - [[Mary Tamm]]
*[[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]  
* [[K9 Mark II]] - [[John Leeson]]
*[[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]] - [[David Warner]]
* [[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]] - [[David Warner]]
*[[Dorrick|Mr Dorrick]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* [[Dorrick|Mr Dorrick]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]
*[[Chidak]] - [[Dominic Mafham]]
* [[Chidak]] - [[Dominic Mafham]]
*The [[Dalek]]s / The [[Supreme Dalek|Dalek Supreme]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* The [[Dalek]]s / The [[Supreme Dalek|Dalek Supreme]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
*[[Halka]] - [[Jane Slavin]]  
* [[Halka]] - [[Jane Slavin]]
*[[Security Man (The Final Phase)|Security Man]]/[[Warrior (The Final Phase)|Warrior]] - [[John Dorney]]
* [[Security man (The Final Phase)|Security Man]] / [[Warrior (The Final Phase)|Warrior]] - [[John Dorney]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs
* Music and Sound Design - [[Alistair Lock]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[John Dorney]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Halka refers to the Doctor as a "simpleton."
=== The Doctor's items ===
* The Doctor believes that he left his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] in the TARDIS's [[Cloister Room]]. However, Romana tells him that it is in the [[swimming pool]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* Cuthbert refers to [[Sheridan Moorkurk|President Sheridan Moorkurk]] as a "sanctimonious bitch."
* Cuthbert refers to [[Sheridan Moorkurk|President Sheridan Moorkurk]] as a "sanctimonious bitch."
* K9 is equipped with a stealth mode. He has never previously used it as "no one ever asked."
* The Doctor believes that Cuthbert's existence may represent a [[temporal paradox]].
* After searching for years, Cuthbert and Mr Dorrick discovered a dimensional fissure in the universe in the [[Proxima System]]. It was only two atoms across but the Conglomerate were able to expand it exponentially. Cuthbert refers to as the [[Quantum Gateway]] and intends to use it to travel into the past. It exists in a separate universe from [[Normal Space]].
* Although the Doctor tells Romana that he can return her to [[Gallifrey]], she elects to continue travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
 
=== Locations ===
* After searching for years, Cuthbert and Mr Dorrick discovered a dimensional fissure in the universe in the [[Proxima System]].
* Cuthbert's experiments with the Quantum Gateway caused [[Proxima Major]] to be shifted out of its orbit.
* Cuthbert's experiments with the Quantum Gateway caused [[Proxima Major]] to be shifted out of its orbit.
* The Daleks intend to use the Quantum Gateway for the "conquest of infinity." Their [[dimension ship]] is necessary in order to do so.
 
* Cuthbert describes the Daleks as "squawking, mobile, metal, robotic things good at impressing people."
=== Vehicles ===
* Cuthbert refers to Romana and K9 as "the harpy and the metal mutt."
* The Daleks intend to use the Quantum Gateway for the "conquest of infinity." Their [[Dalek dimension ship|dimension ship]] is necessary in order to do so.
* After the Doctor is believed to have been killed, Romana tells Mr Dorrick that she and the Doctor initially had an adversarial relationship but that they had gradually become good friends without even noticing it.
* Romana accuses Cuthbert of being "terminally stupid."
* Cuthbert tells Romana that he is a "self-made man." He later explains to the Doctor that the seeds of the Conglomerate were sown in the mists of time and that he was the one responsible for doing so. Consequently, the Doctor believes that his existence may represent a [[temporal paradox]].
* After the destruction of the Quantum Gateway, Proxima Major begins to slowly shift back into its original orbit.
* Although the Doctor tells Romana that he can return her to [[Gallifrey]], she elects to continue travelling in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story contains [[Mary Tamm]]'s final performance as [[Romana I|Romana]] before her death on [[24 July]] [[2012]].
* This was the final performance for [[Mary Tamm]] as [[Romana I]] before her death on [[26 July (people)|26 July]] [[2012 (people)|2012]].
* This audio drama shares its title with Episode Four of [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.
* This audio drama shares its title with Episode Four of ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.
* This audio story was recorded on [[9 February (production)|9 February]] [[2012 (production)|2012]] at [[Audio Sorcery]].
* Along with ''[[The Dalek Contract (audio story)|The Dalek Contract]]'', this story was originally to feature [[Sarah Jane Smith]], but was adapted to feature [[Romana I]] and [[K9 Mark II]] instead following [[Elisabeth Sladen]]'s death. ([[BFX]]: ''The Dalek Contract'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor goes to look for his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
* Cuthbert tells the Dalek Supreme of his previous encounter with the Doctor on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sands of Life (audio story)|The Sands of Life]]'' / ''[[War Against the Laan (audio story)|War Against the Laan]]'')
* Cuthbert tells the Dalek Supreme of his previous encounter with the Doctor on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sands of Life (audio story)|The Sands of Life]]'' / ''[[War Against the Laan (audio story)|War Against the Laan]]'')
* Cuthbert refers to Romana as "Ramona" repeatedly. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Contract (audio story)|The Dalek Contract]]'')
* Cuthbert refers to Romana as "Ramona" repeatedly. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Contract (audio story)|The Dalek Contract]]'')
* The Doctor tells Chidak that "[[Last Great Time War|all-out war]] with the Daleks is not an attractive prospect" for the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', et. al)
* Romana tells Mr Dorrick that she was assigned to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'')
* Romana tells Mr Dorrick that she was assigned to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the [[Battle of Hastings]] on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. During his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], he and his companions [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] defeated a plot by the [[renegade Time Lord]] the [[The Monk|Monk]] to alter history by allowing the [[Saxon]]s to defeat the [[Norman]]s in the battle, thereby preventing the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[England]] from occurring. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the [[Battle of Hastings]] on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. During his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], he and his companions [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] defeated a plot by the [[renegade Time Lord]] [[the Monk]] to alter history by allowing the [[Saxon]]s to defeat the [[Norman]]s in the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] and his companion [[Mary Shelley]] would later meet King [[Harold Godwinson]] during the battle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
* The Doctor believes that he left his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] in the TARDIS' [[Cloister Room]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') However, Romana tells him that it is in the [[swimming pool]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
* During her [[Romana II|second incarnation]], Romana would later encounter the Daleks for a second time on their homeworld [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') After leaving the TARDIS and returning to Gallifrey, she was held prisoner by the Daleks for two decades before escaping with the help of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') Later still, the Daleks invaded the Gallifrey of an [[Gallifrey (Forever)|alternative timeline]] while Romana was serving as its [[Lord President|Supreme Leader]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arbitration (audio story)|Arbitration]]'', ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'')
* During her [[Romana II|second incarnation]], Romana would later encounter the Daleks for a second time on their homeworld [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') After leaving the TARDIS and returning to Gallifrey, she was held prisoner by the Daleks for two decades before escaping with the help of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') Later still, the Daleks invaded the Gallifrey of an [[Gallifrey (Forever)|alternative timeline]] while Romana was serving as its [[Lord President|Lady President]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'').
* During the Daleks' second invasion of Gallifrey, Romana would once again encounter the Dalek Supreme. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'')
* The Daleks attempt to conquer other universes. They would later look for a universe where the Daleks conquered everything, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'') and invade the [[Gallifrey]]s of [[alternate timeline]]s via the [[Axis]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'') before attempting to destroy all realities. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Final Phase was the seventh and final story in the second series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana I, John Leeson as K9 Mark II, David Warner as Cuthbert and Toby Hadoke as Mr Dorrick.

It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in The Dalek Contract.

This was Mary Tamm's final audio story with Tom Baker due to her death a year prior to the story's release.

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

"The raw power of the very fabric of reality itself. And you dare to think you can conquer it?"

Cuthbert's plan for the Proxima System is reaching its final phase.

The Doctor and Romana have been separated. The Doctor is aiding the Proximan fight-back. Romana and K9 are prisoners of the Daleks.

And as the countdown to the opening of the Quantum Gateway begins, the Daleks reveal their true intentions.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • After searching for years, Cuthbert and Mr Dorrick discovered a dimensional fissure in the universe in the Proxima System.
  • Cuthbert's experiments with the Quantum Gateway caused Proxima Major to be shifted out of its orbit.

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Daleks intend to use the Quantum Gateway for the "conquest of infinity." Their dimension ship is necessary in order to do so.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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