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|image             = Scavenger cover.jpg
|name            = Scavenger
|range            = Main Range
|image           = Scavenger cover.jpg
|number in range  = 184
|series         = Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories
|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number         = 184
|number           = 184
|doctor         = Sixth Doctor
|doctor           = Sixth Doctor
|companions     = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]]      
|companions       = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]]
|enemy           =  
|enemy             = Scavenger
|setting         = The [[Nelson Mandela International Space Station]] and [[India]], [[28 May]] [[2071]]<br />[[Lahore]], [[India]], [[1600]]
|setting           = {{il|[[Mandela|Nelson Mandela International Space Station]] and [[India]], [[28 May]] [[2071]]|[[Lahore]], [[India]], [[1600]]}}
|writer          = [[William Gallagher]]
|writer           = William Gallagher
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director         = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|music           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|sound           = [[Neil Gardner]]
|music             = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|sound             = [[Neil Gardner]]
|release date   = [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|cover            = [[Damien May]]
|format         = 4 Parts, 2 CD's
|epcount          = 4
|production code = 7C/NAF
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-300-9  
|release date     = 14 March 2014
|prev = The Brood of Erys (audio story)
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|next = Moonflesh (audio story)
|production code   = 7C/NAF
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/scavenger-trailer
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-300-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-731-0 (digital)
}}'''''Scavenger''''' was the one hundred and eighty-fourth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]].
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'''''Scavenger''''' was the one hundred and eighty-fourth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[William Gallagher]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Thursday [[28 May]] [[2071]]: the day the Anglo-Indian Salvage 2 rocket launches. Its mission: to clean up space; to remove from Earth's orbit over a century's worth of man-made junk...
[[Thursday]] [[28 May]] [[2071]]: the day the Anglo-Indian Salvage 2 rocket launches. Its mission: to clean up space; to remove from Earth's orbit over a century's worth of man-made junk...


From the viewing window of a nearby space station, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] have a unique view of Salvage 2 as it sets about its essential task – and of the disaster that unfolds when Salvage 2 encounters something it's not been programmed to deal with. Something not of human manufacture…
From the viewing window of a nearby space station, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] have a unique view of Salvage 2 as it sets about its essential task – and of the disaster that unfolds when Salvage 2 encounters something it's not been programmed to deal with. Something not of human manufacture...


Back on Earth, the Doctor fights to save Flip from becoming part of a 500-year tragedy being played out in orbit, hundreds of miles above. And millions will die if he fails.
Back on Earth, the Doctor fights to save Flip from becoming part of a 500-year tragedy being played out in orbit, hundreds of miles above. And millions will die if he fails.
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* [[Jessica Allaway]] - [[Kate McEwen]]
* [[Jessica Allaway]] - [[Kate McEwen]]
* [[Anarkali]]/[[Melissa (Scavenger)|Melissa]]/[[Isra Tech #2 (Scavenger)|Isra Tech #2]] - [[Tania Rodrigues]]
* [[Anarkali]]/[[Melissa (Scavenger)|Melissa]]/[[Isra Tech #2 (Scavenger)|Isra Tech #2]] - [[Tania Rodrigues]]
* [[Gabbard (Scavenger)|Commander Gabbard]]/[[Scavenger]]/[[Isra Tech #1 (Scavenger)|Isra Tech #1]]/[[Security guy|Security Guy]] - [[John Banks]]
* [[Gabbard (Scavenger)|Commander Gabbard]]/[[Scavenger (spacecraft)|Scavenger]]/[[Isra Tech #1 (Scavenger)|Isra Tech #1]]/[[Security guy (Scavenger)|Security Guy]] - [[John Banks]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Damien May]]
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Sound Design - [[Neil Gardner]]
* Writer - [[William Gallagher]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[Materialisation|materialises]] aboard the [[Nelson Mandela International Space Station]].
* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[Materialisation|materialises]] aboard the [[Mandela|Nelson Mandela International Space Station]].
* [[Jessica Allaway]] defeated [[Roger Borg]] at [[Wimbledon]] in [[2057]].
* [[Jessica Allaway]] defeated [[Roger Borg]] at [[Wimbledon]] in [[2057]].
* [[Salim (Scavenger)|Salim]] was born in [[1575]].
* [[Salim (Scavenger)|Salim]] was born in [[1575]].
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[25 June (production)|25]] and [[26 June (production)|26 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]].
* This story was recorded on [[25 June (production)|25]] and [[26 June (production)|26 June]] [[2013 (production)|2013]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[The Piltdown Men (audio story)|The Piltdown Men]]''.
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[The Piltdown Men (audio story)|The Piltdown Men]]''.
* [[Anjli Mohindra]] is known for playing [[Rani Chandra]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Flip reminds the Doctor that he promised to take her back to [[Tranquility]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'', ''[[The Brood of Erys (audio story)|The Brood of Erys]]'')
* Flip reminds the Doctor that he promised to take her back to [[Tranquility]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'', ''[[The Brood of Erys (audio story)|The Brood of Erys]]'')
* The Doctor once again refers to [[Human|humanity]] as "indomitable." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor once again refers to [[human]]ity as "indomitable." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor tells Salim and Jessica Allaway that there are several [[Atlantis]]es. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
* The Doctor tells Salim and Jessica Allaway that there are several [[Atlantis]]es. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
* Flip refers to her boyfriend [[Jared Ramon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'', ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* Flip refers to her boyfriend [[Jared Ramon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'', ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* From reading Flip's mind, Anarkali is aware that she met [[Dare]] and operated a [[teleport]] in [[16127]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Isle (audio story)|Wirrn Isle]]'')
* From reading Flip's mind, Anarkali is aware that she met [[Dare (Wirrn Isle)|Dare]] and operated a [[teleport]] in [[16127]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Isle (audio story)|Wirrn Isle]]'')
* Flip refers to the Doctor's desire to find his former companion [[Peri Brown]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'', ''[[The Brood of Erys (audio story)|The Brood of Erys]]'')
* Flip refers to the Doctor's desire to find his former companion [[Peri Brown]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'', ''[[The Brood of Erys (audio story)|The Brood of Erys]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Scavenger was the one hundred and eighty-fourth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by William Gallagher and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.

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Thursday 28 May 2071: the day the Anglo-Indian Salvage 2 rocket launches. Its mission: to clean up space; to remove from Earth's orbit over a century's worth of man-made junk...

From the viewing window of a nearby space station, the Doctor and Flip have a unique view of Salvage 2 as it sets about its essential task – and of the disaster that unfolds when Salvage 2 encounters something it's not been programmed to deal with. Something not of human manufacture...

Back on Earth, the Doctor fights to save Flip from becoming part of a 500-year tragedy being played out in orbit, hundreds of miles above. And millions will die if he fails.

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