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|publisher= Big Finish Productions
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|release date= [[January (releases)|January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|sound           = Andy Hardwick
|format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-608-9  
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|prev= The Foe from the Future (audio story)
|release date   = 9 January 2012
|next= The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)}}'''''The Valley of Death''''' was originally a story idea by [[producer]] [[Philip Hinchcliffe]], thinking he'd like to do a story set in the [[Amazon]]. He had mentioned this story idea to a few writers including [[Robert Holmes]], but he and none of the other writers were either particularly taken to the idea or understood it and it was quietly forgotten about. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Moving On (documentary)|Moving On]]'')
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second and final story in the audio anthology ''[[The Fourth Doctor Box Set]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was adapted by [[Jonathan Morris]], from the original script by [[Philip Hinchcliffe]], and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]].


About 35 years later, Big Finish Productions resurrected the original idea from Hinchcliffe and adapted it to audio using a script written by [[Jonathan Morris]]. It was then released as a four-part adventure starring [[Tom Baker]] and [[Louise Jameson]].
This story was originally a story idea by [[producer]] [[Philip Hinchcliffe]], thinking he'd like to do a story set in the [[Amazon]]. He had mentioned this story idea to a few writers including [[Robert Holmes]], but he and none of the other writers were either particularly taken to the idea or understood it and it was quietly forgotten about. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Moving On (documentary)|Moving On]]'')


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Godrin|Emissary Godrin]]/ [[Summersby|Dr. Summersby]]/ [[Announcer]] - [[Nigel Carrington]]
* [[Godrin|Emissary Godrin]]/ [[Summersby|Dr. Summersby]]/ [[Announcer (The Valley of Death)|Announcer]] - [[Nigel Carrington]]
* [[Saldor|Overlord Saldor]]/ [[Newsreader (The Valley of Death)|Newsreader]] - [[Delia Lindsay]]
* [[Saldor|Overlord Saldor]]/ [[Newsreader (The Valley of Death)|Newsreader]] - [[Delia Lindsay]]
* [[Valerie Carlton]] - [[Jane Slavin]]
* [[Valerie Carlton]] - [[Jane Slavin]]
* [[Edward Perkins]] - [[Anthony Howell]]
* [[Edward Perkins]] - [[Anthony Howell]]
* [[Cornelius Perkins|Professor Cornelius Perkins]] - [[David Killick]]
* [[Cornelius Perkins|Professor Cornelius Perkins]] - [[David Killick]]
* [[Reginald Hemmings|General Hemmings]]/ [[Valcon]]/ [[Taxi driver (The Valley of Death)|Taxi Driver]] - [[Richard Bremmer]]
* [[Reginald Hemmings|General Hemmings]]/ [[Valcon (The Valley of Death)|Valcon]]/ [[Taxi driver (The Valley of Death)|Taxi Driver]] - [[Richard Bremmer]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[John Dorney]]
* Writer - [[Philip Hinchcliffe]], adapted by [[Jonathan Morris]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* According to his diary, Professor Cornelius Perkins and his expedition discovered "a [[frog]] the size of a [[rhinoceros]]" with the leg of one of the natives in its mouth while searching for the city of the Maygor tribe, the legendary Lost City of Gold, in the Valley of Death in the [[Amazon]] on [[1 May]] [[1873]].
* According to his diary, Professor Cornelius Perkins and his expedition discovered "a [[frog]] the size of a [[rhinoceros]]" with the leg of one of the natives in its mouth while searching for the city of the Maygor tribe, the legendary Lost City of Gold, in the Valley of Death in the [[Amazon]] on [[1 May]] [[1873]].
* The Doctor is still officially [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]'s scientific adviser. At the insistence of UNIT, he and Leela join Edward Perkins' expedition to the Amazon to learn the fate of his great-grandfather as scientific observers. From the evidence presented in his diary, [[UNIT HQ]] believes that Professor Perkins discovered a crashed alien spaceship in 1873.
* The Doctor is still officially [[UNIT]]'s scientific adviser.
* At the time of his disappearance in 1873, Professor Perkins had a wife and at least two children, one of whom went on to become Edward's paternal grandfather.
* The Valley of Death is also known as the Second [[Bermuda Triangle]].
* The Valley of Death is also known as the Second [[Bermuda Triangle]] as planes passing over it frequently experience problems with their equipment and occasionally even crash.
* The Doctor, Leela, Edward and Valerie find the remnants of a Ford Trimotor aeroplane known as a Tin Goose from the [[1930s]] and a Douglas D-C4 aeroplane from the [[1950s]] in the rainforest.
* The Doctor, Leela, Edward and Valerie find the remnants of a Ford Trimotor aeroplane known as a Tin Goose from the [[1930s]] and a Douglas D-C4 aeroplane from the [[1950s]] in the rainforest.
* In the Valley of Death, time passes at a considerably slower rate than elsewhere on [[Earth]] and throughout the universe as it exists within a [[time bubble]]. Although 104 years have passed in the outside world, only a month has gone by from Professor Perkins' perspective since he discovered the alien spacecraft. Consequently, once the time dilation device is deactivated and the Doctor, Leela, Edward, and Valerie return to London in the company of Godrin, they find that more than two years have passed since their departure and that it is now [[1979]]. From their perspectives, however, they had only spent a day or so in the Valley of Death.
* Godrin's ship is equipped with a gravity inversion drive.
* Godrin's ship is equipped with a gravity inversion drive.
* The Doctor accuses Godrin as "doing the ''[[Wizard of Oz]]'' number" as he pretended to be the god of the Maygor tribe.
* The Doctor accuses Godrin as "doing the ''[[Wizard of Oz]]'' number" as he pretended to be the god of the Maygor tribe.
* The [[Luron]] mothership is in orbit of [[Jupiter]] in [[1979]].
* The [[Luron]] mothership is in orbit of [[Jupiter]] in [[1979]].
* A taxi driver brings Godrin to the [[BBC Television Centre]]. Given his yellow skin and pointed ears, he believes that Godrin is a method actor working on a [[science fiction]] television series who is wearing prosthetic make-up.
* A taxi driver brings Godrin to the [[BBC Television Centre (The Longest Night)|BBC Television Centre]]. Given his yellow skin and pointed ears, he believes that Godrin is a method actor working on a [[science fiction]] television series who is wearing prosthetic make-up.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] is at a conference involving fishing stocks in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. In his absence, General Reginald Hemmings is the acting commander of the British division of UNIT.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] is at a conference involving fishing stocks in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. In his absence, General Reginald Hemmings is the acting commander of the British division of UNIT.
* Godrin interrupts the third episode of a serial being broadcast on [[BBC1]] in order to contact the Luron mothership using a radio telescope.
* Godrin interrupts the third episode of a serial being broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in order to contact the Luron mothership using a radio telescope.
* When the Luron mothership is detected approaching Earth, the [[Soviet Union]] places its entire [[nuclear weapon]]s' arsenal at UNIT's disposal.
* When the Luron mothership is detected approaching Earth, the [[Soviet Union]] places its entire [[nuclear weapon]]s' arsenal at UNIT's disposal.
* The Luron mothership is more than a mile across. After entering Earth's atmosphere, it hovers above [[Windsor Castle]]. According to a [[BBC]] newscaster, [[Elizabeth II]] is not in residence.
* The Luron mothership is more than a mile across. After entering Earth's atmosphere, it hovers above [[Windsor Castle]]. According to a [[BBC]] newscaster, [[Elizabeth II]] is not in residence.
* The Doctor refers to the [[1956]] science fiction film ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', claiming the Lurons' plot is essentially the film's storyline in fast forward as a result of the effects of the Luron time dilation field.
* The Doctor refers to the [[1956]] science fiction film ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hexagora (audio story)|Hexagora]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'', this is the third Lost Story to feature scenes set in [[1977]].
* After ''[[Hexagora (audio story)|Hexagora]]'' and ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'', this is the third Lost Story to feature scenes set in [[1977]].
* As the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] is repeatedly referred to as "she", the third and fourth episodes must take place after [[Margaret Thatcher]] achieved that position on [[4 May]] [[1979]].  
* As the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] is repeatedly referred to as "she", the third and fourth episodes must take place after [[Margaret Thatcher]] achieved that position on [[4 May]] [[1979]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5]], [[6 September (production)|6]], [[7 September (production)|7]], [[8 September (production)|8]] and [[9 September (production)|9 September]] [[2011 (production)|2011]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5]]-[[9 September (production)|9 September]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] at [[the Moat Studios]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously encountered giant spiders, namely the [[Eight Legs]], on their home planet of [[Metebelis III]] towards the end of his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') He encountered them once again in [[London]] in [[2015]] during his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eight Truths (audio story)|The Eight Truths]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]'')
* The Doctor previously encountered giant spiders, namely the [[Eight Legs]], on their home planet of [[Metebelis III]] towards the end of his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') He encountered them once again in [[London]] in [[2015]] during his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eight Truths (audio story)|The Eight Truths]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]'') The Doctor would encounter a different, unintelligent breed of gigantic spiders in Sheffield in 2018. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
* Leela and Edward are incapacitated through the use of a poison dart tipped with a paralysing agent which she erroneously believes to be a [[janis thorn]]. After regaining consciousness, she tells Edward that the face of [[Xoanon]] was carved into a mountain on her [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|native planet]]. Furthermore, she mentions that she is easily at home in a jungle as she comes from one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela and Edward are incapacitated through the use of a poison dart tipped with a paralysing agent which she erroneously believes to be a [[janis thorn]]. After regaining consciousness, she tells Edward that the face of [[Xoanon]] was carved into a mountain on her [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|native planet]]. Furthermore, she mentions that she is easily at home in a jungle as she comes from one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* The Fourth Doctor was previously duplicated by the [[Kraal]]s, who created an [[android]] copy of him as part of their attempted invasion of Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* The Fourth Doctor was previously duplicated by the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], who created an [[android]] copy of him as part of their attempted invasion of Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* Leela refers to her temporary blindness, which resulted from witnessing the destruction of the [[Rutan Host]]'s mothership over [[Fang Rock]] in the [[1900s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') She would be blinded once again, for a considerably longer period, during the [[Gallifrey|Gallifreyan Civil War]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') but her sight was eventually restored through the transfusion of [[Vampire]] blood on the Gallifrey of an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Annihilation (audio story)|Annihilation]]'').
* Leela refers to her temporary blindness, which resulted from witnessing the destruction of the [[Rutan Host]]'s mothership over [[Fang Rock]] in the [[1900s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') She would be blinded once again, for a considerably longer period, during the [[Gallifrey|Gallifreyan Civil War]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') but her sight was eventually restored through the transfusion of [[Vampire]] blood on the Gallifrey of an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Annihilation (audio story)|Annihilation]]'')
 
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The Valley of Death was the second and final story in the audio anthology The Fourth Doctor Box Set, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Jonathan Morris, from the original script by Philip Hinchcliffe, and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela.

This story was originally a story idea by producer Philip Hinchcliffe, thinking he'd like to do a story set in the Amazon. He had mentioned this story idea to a few writers including Robert Holmes, but he and none of the other writers were either particularly taken to the idea or understood it and it was quietly forgotten about. (DOC: Moving On)

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

A century after his great-grandfather Cornelius vanished in the Amazon rainforest, Edward Perkins is journeying to the depths of the jungle to find out what became of his ancestor's lost expedition. Intrigued by what appears to be a description of a crashed spacecraft in the diaries of that first voyage, the Doctor and Leela join him on his quest. But when their plane runs into trouble and ends up crash landing, everyone gets more than they bargained for.

The jungle is filled with giant creatures and angry tribesmen, all ready to attack. But in the famed lost city of the Maygor tribe, something far, far worse is lurking. Something with an offer to make to mankind. Who are the Lurons and can they be trusted? Will the Doctor defeat the plans of the malevolent Godrin or will he become just another victim of the legendary Valley of Death?

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  • According to his diary, Professor Cornelius Perkins and his expedition discovered "a frog the size of a rhinoceros" with the leg of one of the natives in its mouth while searching for the city of the Maygor tribe, the legendary Lost City of Gold, in the Valley of Death in the Amazon on 1 May 1873.
  • The Doctor is still officially UNIT's scientific adviser.
  • The Valley of Death is also known as the Second Bermuda Triangle.
  • The Doctor, Leela, Edward and Valerie find the remnants of a Ford Trimotor aeroplane known as a Tin Goose from the 1930s and a Douglas D-C4 aeroplane from the 1950s in the rainforest.
  • Godrin's ship is equipped with a gravity inversion drive.
  • The Doctor accuses Godrin as "doing the Wizard of Oz number" as he pretended to be the god of the Maygor tribe.
  • The Luron mothership is in orbit of Jupiter in 1979.
  • A taxi driver brings Godrin to the BBC Television Centre. Given his yellow skin and pointed ears, he believes that Godrin is a method actor working on a science fiction television series who is wearing prosthetic make-up.
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is at a conference involving fishing stocks in Oslo, Norway. In his absence, General Reginald Hemmings is the acting commander of the British division of UNIT.
  • Godrin interrupts the third episode of a serial being broadcast on BBC1 in order to contact the Luron mothership using a radio telescope.
  • When the Luron mothership is detected approaching Earth, the Soviet Union places its entire nuclear weapons' arsenal at UNIT's disposal.
  • The Luron mothership is more than a mile across. After entering Earth's atmosphere, it hovers above Windsor Castle. According to a BBC newscaster, Elizabeth II is not in residence.
  • The Doctor refers to the 1956 science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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