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|image       = The Last Voyage.jpg
|image = The Last Voyage.jpg
|range          = NSAA
|name = The Last Voyage
|number in range = 6
|series =[[BBC New Series Adventures|NSA audio stories]]
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures|''NSA'' audio stories]]
|number = 6
|number       = 6
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|companions = [[Sugar MacAuley|Sugar]]
|companions   = [[Sugar MacAuley|Sugar]]
|setting = an [[Interstitial Transposition Vehicle]]
|setting     = [[Interstitial Transposition Vehicle]]
|enemy = Unidentified pan-dimensional beings
|enemy       = [[Pan-dimensional being (The Last Voyage)|Pan-dimensional beings]]
|writer = [[Dan Abnett]]
|writer       = Dan Abnett
|read by = [[David Tennant]]
|read by     = [[David Tennant]]
|publisher = [[BBC Audio]]
|publisher   = BBC Audio
|release date = [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2010]]
|release date = 7 January 2010
|format = 2 parts on 2 CDs
|format       = 2 CDs
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4084-0940-2
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-4084-0940-2
|prev = The Day of the Troll (audio story)
|prev         = The Day of the Troll (audio story)
|next = Dead Air (audio story)
|next         = Dead Air (audio story)
|clip = Doctor Who The Last Voyage Unabridged
|clip         =
|epcount = 2
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'''''The Last Voyage''''' was the sixth release in the BBC's exclusive audio range. It was written by [[Dan Abnett]] and performed by [[David Tennant]]. Released by [[BBC Audio]] as a part of their ongoing line of original, single-actor plays, it went on sale on [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], a week after Tennant's [[The End of Time (TV story)|final televised adventure]] was first broadcast.


'''''The Last Voyage''''' was the sixth release in the BBC's exclusive audio range. It was written by [[Dan Abnett]] and performed by [[David Tennant]].  Released by [[BBC Audio]] as a part of their ongoing line of original, single-actor plays, it went on sale on [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2010]], a week after Tennant's [[The End of Time (TV story)|final televised adventure]] was first broadcast.
Originally promoted as being the final exclusive-to-audio Tenth Doctor adventure — as, for example, in [[DWM 417]] — it was in fact followed by Tennant's true finalé, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]'', in March 2010.
 
Originally promoted as being the final exclusive-to-audio Tenth Doctor adventure — as, for example, in [[DWM 417|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #417]] — it was in fact followed by Tennant's true finalé, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]'', in March 2010.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The TARDIS materialises on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser, travelling from Earth to the planet [[Eternity (colony)|Eternity]]. The Doctor has just started exploring the vehicle when there is a loud bang, a massive jolt and a flash of light. Soon he discovers that nearly all the passengers and crew have disappeared. Unless The Doctor and flight attendant Sugar MacAuley can take control and steer the ship, they could crash-land -- or stay in space forever!
[[The TARDIS]] materialises on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser, travelling from [[Earth]] to the planet [[Eternity (colony)|Eternity]]. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] has just started exploring the vehicle when there is a loud bang, a massive jolt and a flash of [[light]]. Soon he discovers that nearly all the passengers and crew have disappeared. Unless The Doctor and [[flight attendant]] [[Sugar MacAuley]] can take control and steer the ship, they could crash-land -- or stay in space forever!


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Reston (The Last Voyage)|Reston]]
* [[Reston (The Last Voyage)|Reston]]
* [[Lars Bortnik]]
* [[Lars Bortnik]]
* [[Millie]]
* [[Millie (The Last Voyage)|Millie]]
* [[Lincoln Tang]]
* [[Lincoln Tang]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor hears the unidentified alien race refer to him by [[Aliases of the Doctor#The Doctor's real name|his real name]].
* The Doctor hears the unidentified alien race refer to him by [[Aliases of the Doctor#The Doctor's real name|his real name]].  
* The Doctor mentions that he's "travelling alone, for now".
* The Doctor refers to himself as not neurotypical.  
* The story takes place around the time that [[Earth]] has an Empire, during which much of the planet is uninhabitable. The third edition of ''[[aHistory]]'' arbitrarily places it in 4150, during the time of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire|Second Empire]].
* Interstitial transport was used in a few classics stories : [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Released nearly a week after the broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', this is one of only a few of Tenth Doctor-related spin-off products scheduled for release after [[Matt Smith]]'s debut as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. Others include the [[Quick Reads]] novella ''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]'', and the [[Doctor Who (2009)|2009-2010 comic book series]] from [[IDW Publishing]].
[[File:The Last Voyage clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover]]
* The story is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.
* The story was also available as a download from the [[AudioGO]] website before the company went into administration.
* The story takes place around the time that [[Earth]] has an Empire, during which much of the planet is uninhabitable.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Interstitial transport was used in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''.
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{dwrefguide|lastvoyage.htm|The Last Voyage}}
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The Last Voyage was the sixth release in the BBC's exclusive audio range. It was written by Dan Abnett and performed by David Tennant. Released by BBC Audio as a part of their ongoing line of original, single-actor plays, it went on sale on 7 January 2010, a week after Tennant's final televised adventure was first broadcast.

Originally promoted as being the final exclusive-to-audio Tenth Doctor adventure — as, for example, in DWM 417 — it was in fact followed by Tennant's true finalé, AUDIO: Dead Air, in March 2010.

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

The TARDIS materialises on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser, travelling from Earth to the planet Eternity. The Doctor has just started exploring the vehicle when there is a loud bang, a massive jolt and a flash of light. Soon he discovers that nearly all the passengers and crew have disappeared. Unless The Doctor and flight attendant Sugar MacAuley can take control and steer the ship, they could crash-land -- or stay in space forever!

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor hears the unidentified alien race refer to him by his real name.
  • The Doctor refers to himself as not neurotypical.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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  • The story was also available as a download from the AudioGO website before the company went into administration.
  • The story takes place around the time that Earth has an Empire, during which much of the planet is uninhabitable.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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