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A modulated frequency wave cancellation signal isn't something that the Doctor and Romana expect to detect in 1960s London. But then they don't expect to find Professor Lanchester, the man who invented it, lying unconscious. Or MI5 investigating.

With the help of MI5 Agent Miller, Lanchester's daughter Jill, and his nephew a pirate radio DJ called Mark, the Doctor, Romana and K-9 investigate. They soon discover that there is more at risk than they imagined, and an alien invasion is about to begin.

Can the Doctor identify and defeat the aliens in time? Will Romana manage to find a recombinant transducer before it's too late? And how will K-9 cope with his new job?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music and Sound Designer - Howard Carter
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Writer - Justin Richards

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Romana mistakenly believes that she and the Doctor are in the 1930s rather than 1964.
The Doctor does the crossword in The Times and checks tomorrow's paper for the answers.
Romana and the Doctor wait while K9 takes the TARDIS to 112 different locations and temporal periods to distract the Black Guardian. The Doctor doesn't think much his parking.
Radio Frantic and other pirate radios make money from advertising.
The Vardans use pulsed-energy weapons.
Romana disappears into Sparky's TV and Wireless.
Mark refers to the New Music Express, the NME.
The modulated frequency wave cancellation signal generator requires the recombinant transducer to function and generate a cancellation wave, using the radio frequency of Radio Frantic as a transmitter.
The detector beam is to be incorporated into the early warning systems for NATO.
Miller mentions the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 as the "Cuban scare."
Vardans can use any broadcast frequency provided they can access the waveform. As waveforms can pass through physical barriers, so can they.
K9 records all incoming data.
Romana travels in a helicopter.
The Vardans consider Earth to be "rich", referencing different forms of wave broadcasts including radio, television, radar, and natural resonances like quartz emissions.
The seagulls circle around Radio Frantic's ship.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2019, this story was re-released on vinyl in a limited run of 1500 copies.
This story was recorded on 30 August and 9 October 2013 at Audio Sorcery and The Moat Studios.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

K9 previously piloted the TARDIS to lead the Black Guardian on another wild goose chase across the universe. (AUDIO: The Auntie Matter)
The Doctor still has his etheric beam locator. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks, The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Romana still has her sonic screwdriver. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)
The Doctor and K9 have previously encountered the Vardans. (AUDIO: The First Wave, The Locked Room, The British Invasion; TV: The Invasion of Time)
The Magpie Deluxe is on sale. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern, The Runaway Bride, The Sound of Drums; AUDIO: Hunters of Earth)
The Doctor reverses the polarity. (TV: The Five Doctors)
The Doctor offers to let the Vardans go if they leave Earth alone. (TV: The Christmas Invasion et all)
Miller says that he has never heard of UNIT, but the Doctor says he will. (TV: The Web of Fear, The Invasion)
The Tenth Doctor would later visit another 1960s pirate radio station. (AUDIO: Dead Air)

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original CD cover
Textless cover
Vinyl cover
Vinyl packshot

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

Official Wave of Destruction page at bigfinish.com

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+|series            = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''
+|range             = The Fourth Doctor Adventures
 |series in range   = Series 5 (4DA)
 |number in series  = 1
 |number            = 5.01
 |doctor            = Fourth Doctor
-|companions        = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]]
+|companions        = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II]]
-|featuring         =
+|enemy             = [[Vardan]]s
-|enemy             = The [[Vardan]]s
+|setting           = [[London]], [[June]] [[1964]]
-|setting           = [[London]], [[June]], [[1964]]
+|writer            = Justin Richards
-|writer            = [[Justin Richards]]
 |director          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
 |music             = [[Alistair Lock]]
-|sound             = [[Alistair Lock]]
+|sound             = Alistair Lock
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 |publisher         = Big Finish Productions
-|release date      = [[12 January (releases)|12 January]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
+|release date      = 12 January 2016
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+|format            = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Vinyl
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+|production code   = BFPTOMCD030
-|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-727-4
+|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-727-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-881-2 (digital)
 |prev              = Return to Telos (audio story)
 |next              = The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)
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+|epcount           = 2
 }}{{audio stub}}
-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the fifth series of ''[[Fourth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''.
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the [[Series 5 (4DA)|fifth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Justin Richards]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-A modulated frequency wave cancellation signal isn't something that [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] expect to detect in [[1960s]] [[London]]. But then they don't expect to find Professor Lanchester, the man who invented it, lying unconscious. Or [[MI5]] investigating.
+A modulated frequency wave cancellation signal isn't something that [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] expect to detect in [[1960s]] [[London]]. But then they don't expect to find Professor [[Mark Lanchester|Lanchester]], the man who invented it, lying unconscious. Or [[MI5]] investigating.
-With the help of MI5 Agent [[Barnaby Miller|Miller]], Lanchester's daughter [[Jill Lanchester|Jill]], and his nephew a pirate radio DJ called [[Mark Lanchester|Mark]], the Doctor, Romana and [[K9 Mark II|K-9]] investigate. They soon discover that there is more at risk than they imagined, and an alien invasion is about to begin.
+With the help of MI5 Agent [[Barnaby Miller|Miller]], Lanchester's daughter [[Jill Lanchaster|Jill]], and his nephew a pirate radio DJ called [[Mark Lanchaster|Mark]], the Doctor, Romana and [[K9 Mark II|K-9]] investigate. They soon discover that there is more at risk than they imagined, and an alien invasion is about to begin.
 Can the Doctor identify and defeat the aliens in time? Will Romana manage to find a recombinant transducer before it's too late? And how will K-9 cope with his new job?
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 * [[Derek Fretus]] - [[John Banks]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
+* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
+* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs
+* Music and Sound Designer - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
+* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+* Script Editor - [[John Dorney]]
+* Writer - [[Justin Richards]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
 * Romana mistakenly believes that she and the Doctor are in the [[1930s]] rather than [[1964]].
-* The Doctor does the crossword in ''[[The Times]]'' and checks tomorrow's paper for the answers.
+* The Doctor does the [[crossword]] in ''[[The Times]]'' and checks tomorrow's paper for the answers.
 * Romana and the Doctor wait while K9 takes the TARDIS to 112 different locations and temporal periods to distract the [[Black Guardian]]. The Doctor doesn't think much his parking.
-* Miller asks the Doctor and Romana for P-17 identity papers.
 * [[Radio Frantic]] and other pirate radios make money from advertising.
-* Romana doesn't get headaches.
 * The Vardans use [[pulsed-energy weapon]]s.
-* A small task force of Vardans are trying to establish a bridgehead on Earth for the main invasion force of millions, which will kill and enslave humanity.
+* Romana disappears into [[Sparky's TV and Wireless]].
-* Vardans can read thoughts from a distance. It's easier to read human minds rather than Time Lord minds; Jill can read the surface of Romana's mind, not her deeper thoughts, but can still track her by her thoughts.
-* Romana disappears into [[Sparky's TV and Wireless]]. The various waveforms and broadcast signals keep Jill from finding Romana.
-* Mark uses the pun "Ray Dio" as his DJ name.
-* Derek claims the Vardans can infiltrate any mind and are invincible.
-* K9 tracks Derek by his wavetrace signal, a distinctive waveform signature.
 * Mark refers to the [[New Music Express]], the NME.
 * The [[modulated frequency wave cancellation signal generator]] requires the [[recombinant transducer]] to function and generate a cancellation wave, using the radio frequency of Radio Frantic as a [[transmitter]].
 * The detector beam is to be incorporated into the [[early warning system]]s for [[NATO]].
-* Miller mentions the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in [[October]], [[1962]] as the "Cuban scare."
+* Miller mentions the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in [[October]] [[1962]] as the "Cuban scare."
 * Vardans can use any broadcast frequency provided they can access the [[waveform]]. As waveforms can pass through physical barriers, so can they.
-* Radio Frantic's jingle has a built-in hypnotic harmonic, ensuring anyone who hears it is compelled to listen. It is engineered as the perfect [[carrier wave]] to transmit  along accurately and efficiently, allowing the Vardans to materialise anywhere it plays. Simply turning off the radio isn't enough to stop them, however; all external communications must be cut.
 * K9 records all incoming [[data]].
 * Romana travels in a [[helicopter]].
-* The Vardans consider Earth to be "rich," referencing different forms of wave broadcasts including [[radio]], [[television]], [[radar]], and natural resonances like [[quartz]] emissions.
+* The Vardans consider Earth to be "rich", referencing different forms of wave broadcasts including [[radio]], [[television]], [[radar]], and natural resonances like [[quartz]] emissions.
 * The [[seagull]]s circle around Radio Frantic's ship.
 == Notes ==
-''to be added''
+* In [[2019 (releases)|2019]], this story was [[Big Finish vinyl releases|re-released on vinyl]] in a limited run of 1500 copies.
+* This story was recorded on [[30 August (production)|30 August]] and [[9 October (production)|9 October]] [[2013 (production)|2013]] at [[Audio Sorcery]] and [[The Moat Studios]].
 == Continuity ==
 * K9 previously piloted the TARDIS to lead the Black Guardian on another wild goose chase across the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Auntie Matter (audio story)|The Auntie Matter]]'')
 * The Doctor still has his [[etheric beam locator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
-* Romana still has her [[sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'')
+* Romana still has [[Romana's sonic screwdriver|her sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'')
 * The Doctor and [[K9]] have previously encountered the Vardans. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'', ''[[The Locked Room (audio story)|The Locked Room]]'', ''[[The British Invasion (audio story)|The British Invasion]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
 * The [[Magpie Electricals|Magpie Deluxe]] is on sale. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hunters of Earth (audio story)|Hunters of Earth]]'')
-* The Doctor reverses the polarity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
+* The Doctor reverses the polarity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
-* The Doctor offers to let the Vardans go if they leave Earth alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' et all)
+* The Doctor offers to let the Vardans go if they leave Earth alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' et all)
 * Miller says that he has never heard of [[UNIT]], but the Doctor says he will. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
 * The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later visit another [[1960s]] pirate radio station. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]'')
+== Cover gallery ==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+Wave of Destruction (audio story).jpg|Original CD cover
+Wave of Destruction textless.jpg|Textless cover
+Wave of Destruction vinyl cover.jpg|Vinyl cover
+Wave of Destruction vinyl packshot.jpg|Vinyl packshot
+</gallery>
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