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|image=Real Time cover.jpg | |image = Real Time cover.jpg | ||
| | |range = Bonus Releases | ||
|number= I | |number in range = I | ||
|doctor= Sixth Doctor | |number = I | ||
|companions= [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | |adapted from = Real Time (webcast) | ||
|enemy= [[ | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | |||
|enemy = [[Cyber-Controller (Real Time)|Cyber-Controller]] | |||
|setting= {{il|[[Earth]] | |setting = {{il|[[Earth]], [[1951]]|[[Chronos]], [[3286]]|[[Far future]]}} | ||
|post production= [[Alistair Lock]] | |writer = Gary Russell | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |director = [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|cover=[[Lee Sullivan]] | |producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | ||
|release date= | |post production = [[Alistair Lock]] | ||
|format= 2 CDs | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code= BFPDWBBCiCD01 | |cover = [[Lee Sullivan]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 1- | |release date = 12 December 2002 | ||
|next= Shada (audio story) | |format = 2 CDs | ||
}} | |production code = BFPDWBBCiCD01 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was [[Big Finish Productions]]' audio release of the ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' webcast that they co-produced with [[BBCi]]. This audio version of the webcast included extra scenes that were not included in the original webcast of the story. The final conclusions to this story and the consequences for [[Evelyn Smythe]] — namely her becoming the Cyberleader — were originally planned to be resolved in a sequel story. This story was never produced, and due to the actress's death, the continuity issues may never be resolved. | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-90365-478-1 | ||
|series = ''[[Bonus Releases]]'' | |||
|next = Shada (audio story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |||
|prev2 = The Maltese Penguin (audio story) | |||
|next2 = Her Final Flight (audio story) | |||
|epcount = 6 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''', released [[12 December (releases)|12 December]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]],<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwho.co.uk:80/realtime.htm|title=The official ''Real Time'' page|website name=doctorwho.co.uk|accessdate=16 December 2020|archivedate=7 February 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207140331/http://www.doctorwho.co.uk:80/realtime.htm|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish - Doctor Who]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Real Time is 22 today! Click for a throwback: http://bgfn.sh/Realtime|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1867260676483277096|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=12 December 2024|accessdate=12 December 2024}}</ref> was [[Big Finish Productions]]' audio release of the ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' webcast that they co-produced with [[BBCi]]. It was written by [[Gary Russell]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]]. | |||
This audio version of the webcast included extra scenes that were not included in the original webcast of the story. The final conclusions to this story and the consequences for [[Evelyn Smythe]] — namely her becoming the Cyberleader — were originally planned to be resolved in a sequel story. This story was never produced, and due to the actress's death, the continuity issues may never be resolved. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The Doctor is sent to Planet [[Chronos]] to find and bring back several survey mission teams that have vanished into thin air. Accompanied by his mature and loyal companion Dr [[Evelyn Smythe]] and a third survey crew, the team are close to solving the mystery, when a member of their gang mysteriously disappears. The Doctor realises that these disappearances are far more serious than they thought. The [[ | [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] is sent to Planet [[Chronos]] to find and bring back several survey mission teams that have vanished into thin air. Accompanied by his mature and loyal [[companion]] Dr [[Evelyn Smythe]] and a third survey crew, the team are close to solving the mystery, when a member of their gang mysteriously disappears. The Doctor realises that these disappearances are far more serious than they thought. The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] couldn't possibly be behind these strange goings on... could they? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]] | * [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]] | ||
* [[President (Real Time)|President]] - [[Robert Curbishley]] | * [[President (Real Time)|President]] - [[Robert Curbishley]] | ||
* [[Nicola Savage|Dr Nicola Savage]] - [[Jane Goddard]] | * [[Nicola Savage|Dr Nicola Savage]] - [[Jane Goddard]] | ||
* [[Fantham (Real Time)|Fantham]] - [[Andrew Hair]] | * [[Fantham (Real Time)|Fantham]] - [[Andrew Hair]] | ||
* [[Taylor Renchard]] - [[Richard Herring]] | * [[Taylor Renchard]] - [[Richard Herring]] | ||
* [[Kreuger (Real Time)|Lieutenant Kreuger]] - [[William Johnston]] | * [[Kreuger (Real Time)|Lieutenant Kreuger]] - [[William Johnston]] | ||
* [[Ryan Carey]] - [[Stewart Lee]] | * [[Ryan Carey]] - [[Stewart Lee]] | ||
* [[Hoyer (Real Time)|Hoyer]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | * [[Hoyer (Real Time)|Hoyer]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | ||
* [[David Isherwood|Administrator David Isherwood]] - [[Christopher Scott]] | * [[David Isherwood|Administrator David Isherwood]] - [[Christopher Scott]] | ||
* [[Reece Goddard|Dr Reece Goddard]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]] | * [[Reece Goddard|Dr Reece Goddard]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]] | ||
* [[Dean (Real Time)|Dean]] - [[Mark Wright]] | * [[Dean (Real Time)|Dean]] - [[Mark Wright]] | ||
* [[Cyber-Controller]]/[[Osborn (Real Time)|Professor Osborn]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Cyber-Controller (Real Time)|Cyber-Controller]]/[[Osborn (Real Time)|Professor Osborn]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Lee Sullivan]] | |||
* Writer & Director - [[Gary Russell]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Martin Trickey]] and [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Alistair Lock]] | |||
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Associate Producer - [[James Goss]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Cybermen === | === Cybermen === | ||
* Goddard gives Evelyn a quick history of the Cybermen, mentioning their origins on [[Mondas]], colonising, Mondas's destruction and the [[Orion War]]s. | * Goddard gives Evelyn a quick history of the Cybermen, mentioning their origins on [[Mondas]], colonising, Mondas's destruction and the [[Orion War]]s. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:DWM 324 REAL TIME.JPG|thumb|Art by [[Roger Langridge]] from DWM 324]] | [[File:DWM 324 REAL TIME.JPG|thumb|Art by [[Roger Langridge]] from DWM 324]] | ||
* The CD includes interviews and various behind the scenes audio clips from the making of ''Real Time''. | * After the 2019 redesign of the Big Finish website, this release was moved from ''[[Bonus Releases]]'' to ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]''. | ||
* The CD version of this story adds new material which was not included in the webcast. | * According to the [[Big Finish]] website, rights restrictions has prevented a download version of the story to be made available.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-real-time-456|title='About' tab of the official ''Real Time'' page|accessdate=12 December 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]}}</ref> It also states that "the script and audio production were specifically designed so that the story could be followed and understood perfectly as a purely audio production".<ref name=":1" /> | ||
** In the first extended scene immediately following Osborn's disappearance, [[President (Real Time)|a company president]] decides on the team to send to Chronos to investigate | * This audio drama was recorded on [[19 March (production)|19 March]] [[2002 (production)|2002]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-real-time-456|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''Real Time'' page|accessdate=12 December 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]}}</ref> at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":2" /> | ||
** In the next scene immediately following, set in the [[console room]] aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and | * This story takes place between ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord (TV story)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> | ||
** In the missing sequence, this one unrecorded and presented only in script format, [[Nicola Savage]] is preparing to leave for the mission and is discussing it with fellow company employee Brian Swift. | * Central to this story is a [[temporal paradox]] of Goddard's making. It is also one which is obviously resolved as Evelyn ends her travels with the Doctor on the planet [[Világ]]. | ||
* The CD includes interviews<ref name=":0" /> and various behind the scenes audio clips from the making of ''Real Time''. | |||
* The CD version of this story adds new material which was not included in the webcast.<ref name=":1" /> Two recorded scenes occur in Part One, set between [[Osborn (Real Time)|Professor Osborn's]] disappearance and [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn's]] first scene with [[David Isherwood|Isherwood]] on [[Chronos]], and the script for an unrecorded missing sequence which would have immediately followed is presented in the CD booklet. | |||
** In the first extended scene immediately following Osborn's disappearance, [[President (Real Time)|a company president]] decides on the team to send to Chronos to investigate his disappearance. He orders the use of a [[space-time telegraph]], left behind by [[the Doctor]] during a previous escapade involving the company, to secure his help with the investigation. | |||
** In the next scene immediately following, set in the [[console room]] aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and Evelyn Smythe have just attended a [[funeral]] in the [[Andromeda (galaxy)|Andromeda Galaxy]] and are discussing the service. Evelyn compliments the Doctor's [[Sixth Doctor's blue coat|new blue coat,]] which the Doctor has worn because he misunderstood Evelyn's request to see him in a "morning suit" and instead wore his "[[mourning suit]]", appropriate for the funeral they just attended which, they realise, neither of them actually knew the deceased. They are interrupted by an incoming message on the Doctor's space-time telegraph, hidden behind one of the TARDIS [[roundel]]s, and the Doctor is troubled by the mentions of [[time distortion]] and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. | |||
** In the missing sequence, this one unrecorded and presented only in script format, [[Nicola Savage]] is preparing to leave for the mission and is discussing it with fellow company employee Brian Swift. Swift expresses regret that he couldn't come along on the mission, as he has done field work with Savage in the past, and they discuss Savage's son who is nearly six years old. Swift and Savage part ways as she is contacted by [[Taylor Renchard]] who is making preparations for the journey. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The events of [[AUDIO]]: | * The events of [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Spare Parts (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{Cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, the ''[[Cyberman (audio series)|Cyberman]]'' audio series and [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Sword of Orion (audio story)}} are skimmed over during Goddard's quick history of the [[Cybermen]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-real-time-456|Real Time}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|bbci_02.htm|Real Time}} | {{dwrefguide|bbci_02.htm|Real Time}} | ||
{{tetrap|6/real.html|Real Time}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{Reflist}}{{BF 6DA}} | |||
{{WC}} | {{WC}} | ||
{{Cyberman stories}} | {{Cyberman stories}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:The Sixth Doctor Adventures audio stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Bonus Releases audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:2002 audio stories]] | [[Category:2002 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1951]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1951]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 3286]] | [[Category:Stories set in 3286]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | [[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in alternate timelines]] | [[Category:Stories set in alternate timelines]] | ||
[[Category:Adaptations of webcasts]] | |||
[[Category:Cyberman audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Six part audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories in need of plot details]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:08, 12 December 2024
Real Time, released 12 December 2002,[1][2] was Big Finish Productions' audio release of the Real Time webcast that they co-produced with BBCi. It was written by Gary Russell and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe.
This audio version of the webcast included extra scenes that were not included in the original webcast of the story. The final conclusions to this story and the consequences for Evelyn Smythe — namely her becoming the Cyberleader — were originally planned to be resolved in a sequel story. This story was never produced, and due to the actress's death, the continuity issues may never be resolved.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor is sent to Planet Chronos to find and bring back several survey mission teams that have vanished into thin air. Accompanied by his mature and loyal companion Dr Evelyn Smythe and a third survey crew, the team are close to solving the mystery, when a member of their gang mysteriously disappears. The Doctor realises that these disappearances are far more serious than they thought. The Cybermen couldn't possibly be behind these strange goings on... could they?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- President - Robert Curbishley
- Dr Nicola Savage - Jane Goddard
- Fantham - Andrew Hair
- Taylor Renchard - Richard Herring
- Lieutenant Kreuger - William Johnston
- Ryan Carey - Stewart Lee
- Hoyer - Alistair Lock
- Administrator David Isherwood - Christopher Scott
- Dr Reece Goddard - Yee Jee Tso
- Dean - Mark Wright
- Cyber-Controller/Professor Osborn - Nicholas Briggs
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Lee Sullivan
- Writer & Director - Gary Russell
- Executive Producers - Martin Trickey and Jacqueline Rayner
- Music and Sound Design - Alistair Lock
- Producers - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Associate Producer - James Goss
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cybermen[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Goddard gives Evelyn a quick history of the Cybermen, mentioning their origins on Mondas, colonising, Mondas's destruction and the Orion Wars.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Art by Roger Langridge from DWM 324
- After the 2019 redesign of the Big Finish website, this release was moved from Bonus Releases to The Sixth Doctor Adventures.
- According to the Big Finish website, rights restrictions has prevented a download version of the story to be made available.[3] It also states that "the script and audio production were specifically designed so that the story could be followed and understood perfectly as a purely audio production".[3]
- This audio drama was recorded on 19 March 2002[1][4] at the Moat Studios.[4]
- This story takes place between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.[1][4]
- Central to this story is a temporal paradox of Goddard's making. It is also one which is obviously resolved as Evelyn ends her travels with the Doctor on the planet Világ.
- The CD includes interviews[1] and various behind the scenes audio clips from the making of Real Time.
- The CD version of this story adds new material which was not included in the webcast.[3] Two recorded scenes occur in Part One, set between Professor Osborn's disappearance and Evelyn's first scene with Isherwood on Chronos, and the script for an unrecorded missing sequence which would have immediately followed is presented in the CD booklet.
- In the first extended scene immediately following Osborn's disappearance, a company president decides on the team to send to Chronos to investigate his disappearance. He orders the use of a space-time telegraph, left behind by the Doctor during a previous escapade involving the company, to secure his help with the investigation.
- In the next scene immediately following, set in the console room aboard the Doctor's TARDIS, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe have just attended a funeral in the Andromeda Galaxy and are discussing the service. Evelyn compliments the Doctor's new blue coat, which the Doctor has worn because he misunderstood Evelyn's request to see him in a "morning suit" and instead wore his "mourning suit", appropriate for the funeral they just attended which, they realise, neither of them actually knew the deceased. They are interrupted by an incoming message on the Doctor's space-time telegraph, hidden behind one of the TARDIS roundels, and the Doctor is troubled by the mentions of time distortion and Cybermen.
- In the missing sequence, this one unrecorded and presented only in script format, Nicola Savage is preparing to leave for the mission and is discussing it with fellow company employee Brian Swift. Swift expresses regret that he couldn't come along on the mission, as he has done field work with Savage in the past, and they discuss Savage's son who is nearly six years old. Swift and Savage part ways as she is contacted by Taylor Renchard who is making preparations for the journey.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The events of AUDIO: Spare Parts [+]Loading...["Spare Parts (audio story)"], TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], the Cyberman audio series and AUDIO: Sword of Orion [+]Loading...["Sword of Orion (audio story)"] are skimmed over during Goddard's quick history of the Cybermen.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Real Time page at bigfinish.com
- Real Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Real Time at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Big Finish - Doctor Who. The official Real Time page. doctorwho.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2003. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.
- ↑ Big Finish Productions (12 December 2024). Real Time is 22 today! Click for a throwback: http://bgfn.sh/Realtime. Big Finish Insider (@bigfinish) on Twitter. Retrieved on 12 December 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Audiobooks from Big Finish. 'About' tab of the official Real Time page. bigfinish.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Audiobooks from Big Finish. 'Backstage' tab of the official Real Time page. bigfinish.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2024.
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