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|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|name = Relative Dimensions
|series in range = Series 4 (8DA)
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
|series number in range = 4
|number = 4.7
|number in series = 7
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|companions = [[Lucie Miller]]
|number         = 4.7
|featuring = [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]]<br />[[Alex Campbell]]
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
|setting = [[London]], the late [[2190s]]
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Alex Campbell|Alex]]
|writer = [[Marc Platt]]
|enemy          = [[Blitzen fish]]
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|setting         = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[London]], [[24 December]] [[2187]]
|publisher = Big Finish Productions
|writer         = Marc Platt
|release date = [[December (releases)|December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|director       = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|format = 1 CD - 2 parts
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|sound          = Jamie Robertson
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|release date   = December 2010
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG031
|production code = BFPDWCDMG031
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-481-8
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-481-8
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|next = Prisoner of the Sun (audio story)
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}}'''Relative Dimensions''' was the seventh release of the fourth series of ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''.
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|sample name    = [[Christmas Time]]
|epcount = 1
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'''''Relative Dimensions''''' was the seventh story in the [[Series 4 (8DA)|fourth series]] of the ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marc Platt]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].
 
It served as Big Finish's 2010 [[Christmas special|Christmas special release]] and featured [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Alex Campbell]] (portrayed by [[Carole Ann Ford]] and [[Sonny McGann|Jake McGann]] respectively). In this adventure, the Doctor intended to spend Christmas with Susan and Alex, his great-grandson whom he had met for the first time in the audio story ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]''. But a present he got for Susan a long time ago, in the audio story ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'', may jeopardise the perfect Christmas he had promised Lucie to make it up to her for their previous disastrous Christmas described in ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]''. This story was the only story on television or audio where the Doctor celebrated Christmas with his family.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[Alex Campbell]] - [[Jake McGann]]
* [[Alex Campbell]] - [[Sonny McGann|Jake McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Christmas ===
* At Lucie's suggestion, she and the Doctor do their [[Christmas shopping]] during the subsequent [[January]] [[sale]]s. He is able to pay for the gifts using his previously untouched [[UNIT]] salary, which has accrued a great deal of interest over the years.
* The TARDIS's [[Christmas tree]] is a [[Norwegian spruce]].
* For [[Christmas gift|Christmas]], both Susan and Lucie bought [[sock]]s for the Doctor while the Doctor intended to give Lucie socks as well as a [[Lucie Miller's TARDIS key|TARDIS key]] with a musical ringtone.
* Susan builds a [[snowman]] version of the First Doctor with a [[carrot]] for a nose and two [[brussels sprout]]s for his eyes.
* The Doctor wants to watch [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s Christmas Speech from [[25 December]] [[1953]] using the [[Time-Space Visualiser]].
 
=== Historical figures ===
* The Doctor tells Susan, Lucie and Alex that [[Leonardo da Vinci]] begged him to take him to [[Bethlehem]] in order to witness the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. Lucie erroneously believed that he was referring to the American film actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* Alex is studying the history of European [[architecture]] in [[London]].
* Alex is not [[telepathy|telepathic]] and cannot [[Regeneration|regenerate]]. The Doctor analyses his [[DNA]] and discovers that his [[Gallifreyan]] [[gene]]s constitute only 7% of his genome.
 
=== Planets ===
* During their travels together, the [[First Doctor]] and Susan travelled to the planet [[Ambrosia (planet)|Ambrosia]], where everything smelled of [[spice]] apart from their sovereign.


== References ==
=== Species ===
* At Lucie's suggestion, she and the Doctor do their [[Christmas]] shopping during the subsequent [[January]] sales. He is able to pay for the gifts using his previously untouched [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] salary, which has accrued a great deal of interest over the years.
* The TARDIS contains a colony of bats known as [[fledershrew]]s.
* The TARDIS contains a colony of bats known as [[fledershrew]]s.
* Alex's full name is Alexander David Campbell. He is 18 years old.
* The Doctor, Lucie, Susan and Alex are attacked in the [[TARDIS library]] by an eight foot [[Blitzen fish|alien fish]].
* The TARDIS' Christmas tree is a Norwegian spruce, which Lucie picked out herself. They intend to return it once Christmas is over.
 
* Although Alex is the Doctor's great-grandson, he nevertheless refers to the Doctor as "Granddad."
=== The TARDIS ===
* During their travels together, the [[First Doctor]] and Susan travelled to the planet Ambrosia, where everything smelled of ambrosia apart from their sovereign.
* The TARDIS holding ring contains the stored rooms of all of the Doctor's previous companions, including [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Polly Wright]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]] and [[Tamsin Drew]].
* Alex is studying the history of European architecture in [[London]].
* The library has a copy of ''[[Gauntlet's Bestiary of the Fourth Universe]]''.
* Alex is not telepathic and cannot [[Regeneration|regenerate]]. The Doctor analyses his DNA and discovers that his [[Gallifreyan]] genes constitute only 7% of his genome.
 
* The Doctor, Lucie, Susan and Alex are attacked in the [[TARDIS library]] by an eight foot alien fish with "fearsome spines and quills" and an armoured, electric carapace. It is able to swim through the air and travel between different dimensions as well as through time.
=== Time Lords ===
* Both Susan and Lucie bought socks for the Doctor while the Doctor intended to give Lucie socks as well as a [[TARDIS key]] with a musical keyring.
* Alex was previously unaware that [[Time Lord]]s have two [[heart]]s.
* The Doctor tells Susan, Lucie and Alex that [[Leonardo da Vinci]] begged him to take him to [[Bethlehem]] in order to witness the birth of [[Jesus Christ]] as he wanted his ''Adoration of the Magi'' to be as accurate as possible. The Doctor was able to work out the date by reference to the census records in [[Rome]]. The two of them checked all of the inns in Bethlehem and eventually found one with a stable attached. However, Leonardo refuses to look into the stable for fear of disappointment. When the Doctor mentioned his "mate Leonardo," Lucie erroneously believed that he was referring to the American film actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].
* The Doctor alters the TARDIS' internal dimensions to recreate Susan's old room, which had been held in storage in the TARDIS holding ring. The Doctor determines that his downloading of the room resurrected the air fish, which travels back in time to ensure that it was released from Susan's room. The Doctor is electrocuted by the energy discharge produced by the collision of the two versions of the fish. He had hoped that the present and future versions of the fish would cancel each other out due to the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]].
* Alex was previously unaware that [[Time Lord]]s have two hearts. Susan does not answer when he asks if she also has two hearts.
* The air fish is known as a [[Blitzen fish]] or Resurrection fish as it is able to survive long periods of hibernation. It is used for hunting in the fourth universe. The longest known specimen is 14.7 metres. They are native to the Aurora Gloriousia in the fourth universe.
* The TARDIS holding ring contains the stored rooms of all of the Doctor's previous companions, including [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Polly Wright]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]] and [[Tamsin Drew]]. He has also created one for Alex. However, he eventually decides to delete all but one of these.
* Susan builds a snowman version of the First Doctor with a carrot for a nose and two brussels sprouts for his eyes.
* The Doctor wants to watch [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s Christmas Speech from [[25 December]] [[1953]] using the [[Time-Space Visualiser]].
* The Doctor intends to give the TARDIS to Alex at some point, though only after he has travelled with him. However, Alex decides to go on a grand tour of [[Europe]] with Lucie instead.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* In the final scene, the Doctor says, "Happy Christmas, Doctor. And happy Christmas to everyone else too. If anyone's listening." This is a reference to the First Doctor {{w|Fourth wall|breaking the fourth wall}} in the final scene of "The Feast of Steven", Episode Seven of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' which was first broadcast on [[25 December]] [[1965]], by turning to face the camera and saying, "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
* The working title for this story was ''The Fish That Stole Christmas''<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2023-05-21-purity-genesis</ref>.
* In the final scene, the Doctor says, "Happy [[Christmas]], Doctor. And happy Christmas to everyone else too. If anyone's listening." This is a reference to the First Doctor breaking the [[fourth wall]] in the final scene of [[TV]]: "[[The Feast of Steven]]", episode seven of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' which was first broadcast on [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]], by turning to face the camera and saying, "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
* This is the second [[Christmas special]] in [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''. ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'' was the first of its kind, the previous December, in some sense continuing a tradition set by the recent [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* The story was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]].
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Lucie mentions the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]] on [[25 December]] [[2009]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'')
* Lucie mentions the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]] on [[25 December]] [[2009]], which occured in the earlier audio drama {{cs|Death in Blackpool (audio story)}}
* The Doctor refers to "windswept monasteries." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')
* The Doctor refers to "windswept monasteries.", which is a reference to the Abby in {{cs|The Book of Kells (audio story)}}
* Alex recalls meeting his great-grandfather, the Doctor, for the first time six months earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Alex recalls meeting his great-grandfather, the Doctor, for the first time six months earlier during the events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Susan and Alex have not had a proper family Christmas since the death of her husband [[David Campbell]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
* Susan and Alex have not had a proper family Christmas since the death of her husband [[David Campbell]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
* Susan mentions that the Doctor has not [[Regeneration|regenerated]] since they last met, which he describes as "a bit of a novelty" for her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Susan mentions that the Doctor has not [[Regeneration|regenerated]] since they last met, which he describes as "a bit of a novelty" for her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Susan remembers being abandoned on [[Earth]] by the Doctor following the end of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|Dalek occupation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan remembers being abandoned on [[Earth]] by the Doctor following the end of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|Dalek occupation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan tells her grandfather that the [[Iborian]]s were sincere in their desire to render assistance in rebuilding Earth and that they have already accomplished much in the previous six months. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Susan tells her grandfather that the [[Iborian]]s were sincere in their desire to render assistance in rebuilding Earth and that they have already accomplished much in the previous six months. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Susan refers to the Doctor's recklessness in lying to herself and their former travelling companions [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] about the [[fluid link]] being broken so to provide an excuse to explore in the [[Dalek]] city on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* Susan refers to the Doctor's recklessness in lying to herself and their former travelling companions [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] about the [[fluid link]] being broken so to provide an excuse to explore in the [[Dalek]] city on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* As a Christmas present, the Doctor gives Susan the [[Aztec]] bracelet which [[Cameca]] had previously given to him as an engagement present in [[Mexico]] in the [[15th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') It had seemingly re-entered his possession as the First Doctor had previously used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] previously wore it on the lapel of his cream linen suit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'')
* As a [[Christmas present]], the Doctor gives Susan the [[Aztec]] bracelet which [[Cameca]] had previously given to him as an engagement present in [[Mexico]] in the [[15th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') It had seemingly re-entered his possession as the First Doctor had previously used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] previously wore it on the lapel of his cream linen suit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'')
* Susan tells Alex that the Doctor bought her a dried air fish from a market in Bridgetown on [[Quinnis]] in the [[fourth universe]] many years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') However, she left it behind along with the rest of her possessions when the Doctor locked her out of the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan tells Alex that the Doctor bought her a dried air fish from a market in Bridgetown on [[Quinnis]] in the [[fourth universe]] many years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') However, she left it behind along with the rest of her possessions when the Doctor locked her out of the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* The Blitzen fish ruins the [[Thal]] cloak which [[Alydon]] had given Susan on Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The Blitzen fish ruins the [[Thal]] cloak which [[Alydon]] had given Susan on Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The Fledershrews had resided in the TARDIS since at least the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* The [[Fledershrew]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') had resided in the TARDIS since at least the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* The Doctor folds napkins into the shape of [[Draconian]] [[Sazou]] pieces. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts (audio story)|Paper Cuts]]'')
* The Doctor is friends with [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') He recounts an alternate version of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Innocents (short story)|The Innocents]]''.


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Relative Dimensions was the seventh story in the fourth series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

It served as Big Finish's 2010 Christmas special release and featured Susan and Alex Campbell (portrayed by Carole Ann Ford and Jake McGann respectively). In this adventure, the Doctor intended to spend Christmas with Susan and Alex, his great-grandson whom he had met for the first time in the audio story An Earthly Child. But a present he got for Susan a long time ago, in the audio story Quinnis, may jeopardise the perfect Christmas he had promised Lucie to make it up to her for their previous disastrous Christmas described in Death in Blackpool. This story was the only story on television or audio where the Doctor celebrated Christmas with his family.

Publisher's summary[[edit]]

Christmas is a time for family, they say — which is why the Doctor has invited his grand-daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex for Christmas dinner in his time and space machine. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?

Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future — and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!

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  • During their travels together, the First Doctor and Susan travelled to the planet Ambrosia, where everything smelled of spice apart from their sovereign.

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