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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a short trip featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]] which was available to subscribers of [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish's main ''Doctor Who'' range]] whose subscription included ''[[Harry Houdini's War (audio story)|Harry Houdini's War]]'' and ''[[Tartarus (audio story)|Tartarus]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fortieth ''[[Subscriber Short Trips]]'' audio story. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and was available to subscribers of [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish's main ''Doctor Who'' range]] whose subscription included ''[[Harry Houdini's War (audio story)|Harry Houdini's War]]'' and ''[[Tartarus (audio story)|Tartarus]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* Samuel
* [[Samuel (An Ocean of Sawdust)|Samuel]]
* Kestrians (race)
* [[Kestrian]]s


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor recalls a visit to [[Russia]] in the [[1950s]], some time after the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]].
* The Doctor recalls a visit to [[Russia]] in the [[1950s]], some time after the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]].
* The Doctor leaves a warning message 'Here be dragons' to prevent travellers accessing the home planet


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The Doctor encounters a temporal riptide, a 'kink in the time stream' the type of which the TARDIS encounters everyday.
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* The Doctor adores wood and the myriad of possibilities that wood could become.
* The Doctor refers to futuristic technology, including artificial gravity, cryo-sleep, artificial lights, generational starships and a psychic comforter containing empathic projectors.
* The Doctor recalls his history with cricket, noting he was 'quite a demon bowler'.
* The Doctor promises to take Samuel to Ruvicon Minor, home  to the Milky Way's most talented chocolatiers.
* The Doctor states that he knows three planets, an asteroid, and an unscrupulous robot bear called ''Eureka''.
* The Doctor sings a lullaby 'from a time long past, and a world long gone' - an exhortation to the universe for a people who died long before their time, and a powerful psychic tool that the Doctor uses sparingly. This can put listeners to sleep, including psychic creations and their creators.
* The Doctor encounters the powerful psychic race Kestrians, who resembled stunted grey slugs that squirmed. They are also known around the galaxy by many names. They have the power to bait and trap others through realistic psychic illusions, feed on scraps of memory and store them for future use as bait.
* The Doctor finds himself on the Kestrians' homeworld, a desolate planet with ochre sands and triple suns barely visible in a hazy yellow sky.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The adventure appears to take place before the [[Last Great Time War]] - it references minor skirmishes that had 'intruded upon real time' that heralded a larger storm, and the Doctor intended to avoid it for as long as possible.
* The love of wood and craftsmanship that the Eighth Doctor holds appears to have carried through from a previous incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Model Train Set (short story)|Model Train Set]]'')
* The love of wood and craftsmanship that the Eighth Doctor holds appears to have carried through from a previous incarnation ([[PROSE]]: [[Model Train Set (short story)|''Model Train Set'']]).
* When asked if he was really "a doctor", the Doctor replied that he was actually "the Doctor". ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' et al)
* When asked if he was really 'a doctor', the Doctor replied that he was actually 'The Doctor' ([[TV]]: [[Robot (TV story)|''Robot'']] et al).
* The Doctor defeats the Kestrians by singing a lullaby. The Eleventh Doctor also successfully used singing (albeit in part) to defeat [[Akhaten]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
* The Doctor defeats the Kestrians by singing a lullaby. The Eleventh Doctor also successfully used singing (albeit in part) to defeat [[Akhaten]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'').
* The Doctor feels a "childhood fear" of dangling his legs over the side of the bed, which he considers a "childhood recollection" tingling in his memory. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
* The Doctor feels a 'childhood fear' of dangling his legs over the side of the bed, which he considers a 'childhood recollection' tingling in his memory ([[TV]]: [[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]).
* The Doctor in anger comes up with multiple ways to destroy the Kestrians or go back in time to wipe them from existence, but refrains because he "was not that kind of man not a warrior, or a killer". This would change in his regeneration to the [[War Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor in anger comes up with multiple ways to destroy the Kestrians or go back in time to wipe them from existence, but refrains because he 'was not that kind of man - not a warrior, or a killer'. This would change in his regeneration to the [[War Doctor]] ([[TV]]: [[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]).


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An Ocean of Sawdust was the fortieth Subscriber Short Trips audio story. It featured the Eighth Doctor and was available to subscribers of Big Finish's main Doctor Who range whose subscription included Harry Houdini's War and Tartarus.

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

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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The love of wood and craftsmanship that the Eighth Doctor holds appears to have carried through from a previous incarnation. (PROSE: Model Train Set)
  • When asked if he was really "a doctor", the Doctor replied that he was actually "the Doctor". (TV: Robot et al)
  • The Doctor defeats the Kestrians by singing a lullaby. The Eleventh Doctor also successfully used singing (albeit in part) to defeat Akhaten. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
  • The Doctor feels a "childhood fear" of dangling his legs over the side of the bed, which he considers a "childhood recollection" tingling in his memory. (TV: Listen)
  • The Doctor in anger comes up with multiple ways to destroy the Kestrians or go back in time to wipe them from existence, but refrains because he "was not that kind of man — not a warrior, or a killer". This would change in his regeneration to the War Doctor. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)