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|image          = Patient Zero cover.jpg
|image          = DW124.png 
|series          = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories
|name        = Patient Zero
|range          = Main Range
|series          = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|number in range = 124
|number          = 124
|number          = 124
|doctor          = Sixth Doctor
|doctor          = Sixth Doctor
|companions      = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]
|companions      = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|enemy          = The [[Dalek]]s, [[Dalek time controller]], [[Mila]]
|enemy          = [[Dalek Time Controller]], [[Mila]]
|setting           = [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]], the [[far future]]
|setting         = [[Amethyst Viral Containment Station]]
|writer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer          = Nicholas Briggs
|director        = Nicholas Briggs
|director        = Nicholas Briggs
|post production = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|cover          =[[Iain Robertson]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|publisher      = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|sound          = Howard Carter
|release date    = [[August]] [[2009]]
|cover          = [[Iain Robertson]]
|format          = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
|epcount        = 4
|production code = 7C/PF
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-412-2
|release date    = 22 August 2009
|prev = The Company of Friends
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|next      = Paper Cuts (audio story)
|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 Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. Released in [[2009]] it featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]]. It was the last full appearance of [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] until [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]''.  
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|next            = Paper Cuts (audio story)
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|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 ==
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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 [[Patient zero|Patient Zero]]? What has happened to Charley? And why have the legendary [[Viyran]]s been summoned?
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]]/The [[Dalek]]s  - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Etheron]]/[[Dalek|The Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Daleks ===
=== Daleks ===
* The [[Dalek time controller]], a Dalek that directs Dalek strategies involving time travel, while preventing its destabilisation, appears.
* 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.
=== The Doctor ===
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] travelled for a substantial amount of years searching for a cure for Charley's condition.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Mila]] is the first person that the Daleks infected with their [[virus]] (known as 7001).
* Mila is the first person that the Daleks infected with their [[Virus]] 7001.
* Fratalin is the caretaker of the Viral Containment Station.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The [[Viyran]]s make an appearance.
* The [[Viyran]]s are tasked with a mission of peace: the destruction of biological weapons.


=== TARDIS ===
== Gallery ==
* The Doctor places Charley in the [[Zero Room]] to stabilise her condition.
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* The TARDIS regenerates itself after being shot by the Daleks.
Patient Zero cover.jpg|Original cover art
* It is stated that the TARDIS doesn't like Charley. The same will happen in the future with [[Clara Oswin Oswald]].
Patient Zero.jpg|Textless cover art
Patient Zero DWM.jpg|Illustration by [[Brian Williamson]] from [[DWM 411]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This second season of Sixth Doctor and Charley stories includes this story, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]''.
* 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 ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' but had to be changed because of the television story of the same name.
* 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 [[The Moat Studios]].
* 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 cliffhanger at the conclusion of Part Four goes straight into [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts (audio story)|Paper Cuts]]'' .
* 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]] stories: [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''.
* 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 [[the Captain|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 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]]'')
* Although the Doctor believed that he had killed the Dalek time controller, it survived and travelled back through the [[Time Vortex]] to the [[22nd century]] where it was discovered by the Daleks of that era. With the assistance of the [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]] the [[The Monk|Monk]], the Dalek time controller planned to install a [[time warp engine]] in the core of the [[Earth]] and pilot the planet, which was to have become a plague planet teeming with the Amethyst viruses, through time and space. However, it was defeated by the [[Eighth Doctor]], his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]], his great-grandson [[Alex Campbell]] and his former companion [[Lucie Miller]], though both Alex and Lucie were killed in the process. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'') The Doctor later encountered it once again on [[Srangor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
* 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]]'')


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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]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]

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]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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