A Full Life (audio story): Difference between revisions

Like the previous short trip Damascus, it was done in the style of a Companion Chronicle with Matthew Waterhouse playing an elderly Adric recounting the story into a tape recorder. An uncredited actress briefly plays Adric's granddaughter at the end of the story, making this the first Short Trip to use multiple actors.

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

Adric's life is full of death. His parents died when he was a child. His brother died a few months ago. Now, travelling with the Doctor and Romana, everywhere he visits, people die. But now they have arrived on Veridis. And on Veridis, the dead come back...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternate timeline, an aged Adric records a story for his grandson.

On the planet of Veridis, the brilliant Tivorg has invented a machine to bring the dead back to life. His first "patient" is Asun. The people are in awe, and begin to ask for their loved ones to be brought back... all of them. Overpopulation leads lack of resources which leads to riots, but Tivorg still brings people back to life. Although he has tried, he cannot shut the machine down.

While the Doctor and Romana investigate the machine, Tivorg explain the machine to Adric, who understands the complex explanation.

The Doctor and Romana figure out how to stop the machine, and Adric is terrified; rightfully so.

Did the Doctor and Romana do the right thing?

Can he do the right thing?

After several weeks, Adric leaves a dying TARDIS with K9, pictures, crystals, and books, and goes off to an isolated house. The TARDIS eventually disintegrates and K9 looses power, leaving Adric completely alone, only going in to town to acquire necessities.

After years of mourning his friends in solitude, Adric meets Asun again. They marry and have children; Varsh, named after his brother, and Neegat. When his children are older, Adric and Asun travel Veridis helping people... but he knows what he must do.

Varsh then has a son; providing Adric's beloved grandson. After Adric's wife, Asun, passes, Adric finds love again with Reebac... but he knows what he must do.

He hopes that everything will be as it is; that the people he loves will still be here... but he knows what he must do.

Adric has led a full and happy life... but he knows what he must do.

Looking at the TARDIS crystal in his hand, the last component for his time machine, the tape ends... Adric knows what he must do.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Narrator - Matthew Waterhouse
Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
Director - Lisa Bowerman
Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music and Sound Design - Rob Harvey
Producer & Script Editor - Ian Atkins
Writer - Joseph Lidster

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Adric's parents died in a fire.
He remembers learning a poem about Mistfall.
The TARDIS travellers spend months looking for a Charged Vacuum Emboitement.
The machine Tivorg builds takes something from the people it brings back to life. Tivorg explains how it works and Adric understands.
The Doctor warns that awareness of the machine would spread through E-space into N-Space, with everyone bringing their dead to be reborn, and the universe would stop.
Eventually the Doctor and Romana communicate with the machine and become part of it to shut it down, dying in the process. They don't scream despite the pain.
The Doctor's TARDIS knows when the Doctor and Romana died, and Adric stays in the ship for weeks. After about three weeks the food machine stops working, the roundels begin to crack, and rooms start disappearing.
Adric salvages pictures, crystals, and books from the TARDIS library.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story was recorded at The Moat Studios on 19 January 2016.
Performed in the style of The Companion Chronicles, this story was told from Adric's perspective in the form of a recording he's making for his grandson.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Adric mentions meeting the Doctor in Full Circle, the Great Vampires from State of Decay, having a long conversation with Romana during the time they were kept as prisoners on Letrus during The Invasion of E-Space, and being trapped with the Doctor and Romana in the Structure in O, Darkness.
Adric dreams about a man laughing as the stars go out. He also sees two women crying, one in a gorgeous purple outfit and one wearing velvet, depicting the events of Logopolis.
Adric determines that the universe needs the Doctor. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
Adric uses green crystals from the TARDIS as part of his time machine. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
Before entering his time machine, Adric says that he "will never know if he was right", echoing his final words in Earthshock'.
The Doctor's dying request to Adric is to stop saying "pass the sodium chloride." (TV: Four to Doomsday)
Adric recites the first verse of a poem about Mistfall. (PROSE: Full Circle)

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

Official A Full Life page at bigfinish.com

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+|producer = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
+|epcount = 1
+}}{{audio stub}}
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the sixth season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.
+Like the previous short trip ''[[Damascus (audio story)|Damascus]]'', it was done in the style of a ''[[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicle]]'' with [[Matthew Waterhouse]] playing an elderly [[Adric]] recounting the story into a tape recorder. An uncredited actress briefly plays Adric's granddaughter at the end of the story, making this the first ''Short Trip'' to use multiple actors.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-[[Adric]]'s life is full of death. His parents died when he was a child. [[Varsh|His brother]] died a few months ago. Now, travelling with [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]], everywhere he visits, people die. But now they have arrived on [[Veridis]]. And on Veridis, the dead come back...
+[[Adric]]'s life is full of [[death]]. His parents died when he was a child. [[Varsh (Full Circle)|His brother]] died a few months ago. Now, travelling with [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]], everywhere he visits, people die. But now they have arrived on [[Veridis]]. And on Veridis, the dead come back...
 == Plot ==
-''to be added''
+In an alternate timeline, an aged [[Adric]] records a story for his grandson.
+On the planet of [[Veridis]], the brilliant [[Tivorg]] has invented a machine to bring the dead back to life. His first "patient" is [[Asun]]. The people are in awe, and begin to ask for their loved ones to be brought back... all of them. Overpopulation leads lack of resources which leads to riots, but Tivorg still brings people back to life. Although he has tried, he cannot shut the machine down.
+While the Doctor and Romana investigate the machine, Tivorg explain the machine to Adric, who understands the complex explanation.
+The Doctor and Romana figure out how to stop the machine, and Adric is terrified; rightfully so.
+Did the Doctor and [[Romana II|Romana]] do the right thing?
+Can he do the right thing?
+After several weeks, Adric leaves a dying [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] with K9, pictures, crystals, and books, and goes off to an isolated house. The TARDIS eventually disintegrates and K9 looses power, leaving Adric completely alone, only going in to town to acquire necessities.
+After years of mourning his friends in solitude, Adric meets Asun again. They marry and have children; [[Varsh (A Full Life)|Varsh]], named after his brother, and [[Neegat]]. When his children are older, Adric and Asun travel Veridis helping people... but he knows what he must do.
+Varsh then has a son; providing Adric's beloved grandson. After Adric's wife, Asun, passes, Adric finds love again with [[Reebac]]... but he knows what he must do.
+He hopes that everything will be as it is; that the people he loves will still be here... but he knows what he must do.
+Adric has led a full and happy life... but he knows what he must do.
+Looking at the TARDIS crystal in his hand, the last component for his time machine, the tape ends... Adric knows what he must do.
 == Characters ==
 * [[Fourth Doctor]]
 * [[Adric]]
 * [[Romana II]]
-* [[K9 Mark II|K9]]
+* [[K9 Mark II]]
 * [[Asun]]
 * [[Tivorg]]
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 * [[Varsh (A Full Life)|Varsh]]
 * [[Reebac]]
+* [[Adric's grandson]]
+== Crew ==
+* Narrator - [[Matthew Waterhouse]]
+* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
+* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
+* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
+* Music and Sound Design - [[Robert Harvey|Rob Harvey]]
+* Producer & Script Editor - [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
+* Writer - [[Joseph Lidster]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-''to be added''
+* Adric's parents died in a fire.
+* He remembers learning a poem about [[Mistfall]].
+* The TARDIS travellers spend months looking for a [[Charged Vacuum Emboitement]].
+* The machine Tivorg builds takes something from the people it brings back to life. Tivorg explains how it works and Adric understands.
+* The Doctor warns that awareness of the machine would spread through E-space into [[N-Space]], with everyone bringing their dead to be reborn, and the universe would stop.
+* Eventually the Doctor and Romana communicate with the machine and become part of it to shut it down, dying in the process. They don't scream despite the pain.
+* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] knows when the Doctor and Romana died, and Adric stays in the ship for weeks. After about three weeks the [[food machine]] stops working, the [[roundel]]s begin to crack, and rooms start disappearing.
+* Adric salvages pictures, crystals, and books from the TARDIS library.
 == Notes ==
-* This story is available for download only.
 * This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]] on [[19 January (production)|19 January]] [[2016 (production)|2016]].
+* Performed in the style of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', this story was told from Adric's perspective in the form of a recording he's making for his grandson.
 == Continuity ==
-* Adric mentions meeting the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'')
+* Adric mentions meeting the Doctor in ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'', the [[Great Vampire]]s from ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', having a long conversation with Romana during the time they were kept as prisoners on [[Letrus]] during ''[[The Invasion of E-Space (audio story)|The Invasion of E-Space]]'', and being trapped with the Doctor and Romana in [[the Structure]] in ''[[O, Darkness (short story)|O, Darkness]]''.
-* Adric mentions encountering the [[Great Vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
+* Adric dreams about {{Ainley|n=a man}} laughing as [[Entropy wave|the stars go out]]. He also sees two women crying, [[Tegan Jovanka|one in a gorgeous purple outfit]] and [[Nyssa|one wearing velvet]], depicting the events of ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.
-* Adric mentions having a long conversation with Romana during the time they were kept as prisoners on [[Letrus]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Invasion of E-Space (audio story)|The Invasion of E-Space]]'')
+* Adric determines that the universe needs the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
-* Adric mentions being trapped with the Doctor and Romana in [[the Structure]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[O, Darkness (short story)|O, Darkness]]'')
+* Adric uses green crystals from the TARDIS as part of his time machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
-* Adric dreams about {{Ainley|n=a man}} laughing as the stars go out. He also sees two women crying, [[Tegan Jovanka|one in a purple outfit]] and [[Nyssa|one wearing velvet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
+* Before entering his time machine, Adric says that he "will never know if he was right", echoing his final words in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'.
-* Adric says that he will never know he was right, before entering his time machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
+* The Doctor's dying request to Adric is to stop saying "pass the [[salt|sodium chloride]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'')
+* Adric recites the first verse of a poem about Mistfall. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]'')
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