While Ace tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, Mel and the Doctor must get to grips with the modern day socialist Republic of Mokoshia. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.

Soon, a message from a dark and blood-soaked distant future is on its way... But the Doctor will have to act fast to stop this timeline becoming reality.

And with Ace stranded in an alternate 1961, will saving the Earth end her existence?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
Ace - Sophie Aldred
Mel - Bonnie Langford
Tom Elliot - Matt Barber
Colonel Marsden - Elliot Levey
Anna / Commander of Phobos Mission - Genevieve Gaunt
Sokolov - Max Bollinger
Mission Control / Voice of Map / George / Television Announcer - Chris Dale

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Simon Holub
Director - Jamie Anderson
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Joe Kraemer
Producer - Nicholas Briggs
Script Editor - Guy Adams
Sound Design - Joe Kraemer and Josh Arakelian
Writer - Una McCormack
Senior Producer - David Richardson

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor describes 2017 as a time of melting ice caps, seas of plastic and species after species disappearing into nothing.
Anna was born in 1987.
Anna describes the idea of Ronald Reagan being the President of the United States as ridiculous.
Tom Elliot tells Ace that the Americans are going to intervene in Vietnam.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story was recorded on 2 & 3 October 2017 at the Moat Studios.
This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor refers to the 2012 Olympics. (TV: Fear Her, Good as Gold; AUDIO: The Reaping, The Gathering, Frozen Time)
In the alternate 2017, there are celebrations of the centenary of the October Revolution. (AUDIO: Thin Ice)
The Doctor refers to the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive; COMIC: The Broken Man)
The Doctor tells Mel that aren't supposed to be manned missions to Mars for another forty years. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
Ace previously visited an alternate Berlin. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)
Both Chris and Roz posed as spies. (PROSE: Just War)

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

Textless cover
Alternate cover

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

Official Red Planets page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish Main Range

Fifth Doctor

	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Star Men • The Contingency Club • Zaltys • Kingdom of Lies • Ghost Walk • Serpent in the Silver Mask

	Nyssa	The Land of the Dead • Winter for the Adept • The Mutant Phase • Primeval • Spare Parts • Creatures of Beauty • The Game • Circular Time (Spring • Summer • Autumn • Winter) • Renaissance of the Daleks • Return to the Web Planet • Castle of Fear • The Eternal Summer • Plague of the Daleks • The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories • (The Demons of Red Lodge • The Entropy Composition • Doing Time • Special Features) • 1001 Nights (1001 Nights, My Brother's Keeper, The Interplanetarian, Smuggling Tales) • 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men • Alien Heart • Dalek Soul

	Nyssa, Brewster	The Haunting of Thomas Brewster • The Boy That Time Forgot • Time Reef • A Perfect World

	Nyssa, Hannah	Moonflesh • Tomb Ship • Masquerade

	Nyssa, Tegan	The Waters of Amsterdam • Aquitaine • The Peterloo Massacre

	Nyssa, Tegan, Marc	Tartarus • Interstitial • Feast of Fear • Warzone • Conversion • Madquake

	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough	Cobwebs • The Whispering Forest • The Cradle of the Snake • Heroes of Sontar • Kiss of Death • Rat Trap • The Emerald Tiger • The Jupiter Conjunction • The Butcher of Brisbane • Eldrad Must Die! • The Lady of Mercia • Prisoners of Fate • Mistfall • Equilibrium • The Entropy Plague

	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	Devil in the Mist • Black Thursday • Power Game • The Kamelion Empire

	Tegan, Leela	Time in Office

	Turlough	Phantasmagoria • Loups-Garoux • Singularity • The Memory Bank and Other Stories (The Memory Bank • The Last Fairy Tale • Repeat Offender • The Becoming) • The Blazing Hour • The End of the Beginning

	Peri	Red Dawn • Exotron • Urban Myths • Mission of the Viyrans

	Peri, Erimem	The Eye of the Scorpion • The Church and the Crown • Nekromanteia • The Axis of Insanity • The Roof of the World • Three's a Crowd • The Council of Nicaea • The Kingmaker • Son of the Dragon • The Mind's Eye • The Bride of Peladon

	Amy	The Judgement of Isskar • The Destroyer of Delights • The Chaos Pool

	Vicki, Steven	The Secret History

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Omega • The Gathering • The Four Doctors • The Burning Prince • The Secret History • And You Will Obey Me • The Helliax Rift • Time Apart (Ghost Station • The Bridge Master • What Lurks Down Under • The Dancing Plague) • Thin Time • Shadow of the Daleks 1 (Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude) • Shadow of the Daleks 2 (Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause)

Sixth Doctor

	Peri	Whispers of Terror • ...ish • Cryptobiosis • The Reaping • Year of the Pig • Recorded Time and Other Stories (Recorded Time • A Most Excellent Match • Question Marks • Paradoxicide) • 1963: The Space Race • Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (Breaking Bubbles • Of Chaos Time The • An Eye For Murder • The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time) • The Widow's Assassin • Masters of Earth • The Rani Elite • Memories of a Tyrant • Emissary of the Daleks • Harry Houdini's War • Plight of the Pimpernel

	Evelyn	The Marian Conspiracy • The Spectre of Lanyon Moor • The Apocalypse Element • Bloodtide • Project: Twilight • The Sandman • Jubilee • Doctor Who and the Pirates • Project: Lazarus • Arrangements for War • Medicinal Purposes • Pier Pressure • The Nowhere Place • 100 (100 BC • My Own Private Wolfgang • Bedtime Story • The 100 Days of the Doctor) • Assassin in the Limelight

	Evelyn, Brewster	The Crimes of Thomas Brewster • The Feast of Axos • Industrial Evolution

	Frobisher	The Holy Terror • The Maltese Penguin

	Charley	The Condemned • The Doomwood Curse • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Return of the Krotons • The Raincloud Man • Patient Zero • Paper Cuts • Blue Forgotten Planet

	"Jamie"	City of Spires • The Wreck of the Titan • Legend of the Cybermen

	Flip	The Curse of Davros • The Fourth Wall • Wirrn Isle • Antidote to Oblivion • The Brood of Erys • Scavenger • Vortex Ice • Cortex Fire

	Constance	Criss-Cross • Planet of the Rani • Shield of the Jötunn • Order of the Daleks • Absolute Power • Colony of Fear • The End of the Beginning

	Constance, Flip	Quicksilver • The Behemoth • The Middle • Static • Cry of the Vultriss • Scorched Earth • The Lovecraft Invasion

	Mel	The One Doctor • The Juggernauts • Catch-1782 • Thicker Than Water • The Wishing Beast • The Vanity Box • The Wrong Doctors • Spaceport Fear • The Seeds of War

	Jamie, Zoe	Last of the Cybermen

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Davros • The Wormery • Her Final Flight • I.D. • Urgent Calls • The Four Doctors • The Acheron Pulse • Trial of the Valeyard • Last of the Cybermen • Vampire of the Mind • The Lure of the Nomad • Iron Bright • Hour of the Cybermen • The Hunting Ground

Seventh Doctor

	Mel	The Fires of Vulcan • Bang-Bang-a-Boom! • Flip-Flop • Unregenerate! • Red • We Are The Daleks • The Warehouse • Terror of the Sontarans

	Ace	The Fearmonger • The Genocide Machine • Dust Breeding • Colditz • The Rapture • 1963: The Assassination Games • You Are the Doctor and Other Stories (You Are the Doctor • Come Die With Me • The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel • Dead to the World) • The Grey Man of the Mountain

	Ace, Hex	The Harvest • Dreamtime • LIVE 34 • Night Thoughts • The Settling • No Man's Land • Nocturne • The Dark Husband • Forty-Five (False Gods • Order of Simplicity • Casualties of War • The Word Lord) • The Magic Mousetrap • Enemy of the Daleks • The Angel of Scutari • Project: Destiny • A Death in the Family • Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge • Protect and Survive • Revenge of the Swarm • Mask of Tragedy • Shadow Planet • World Apart • Muse of Fire • The Flying Dutchman • Displaced

	Ace, Benny	The Shadow of the Scourge • The Dark Flame

	Sally	House of Blue Fire

	Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally	Black and White • Gods and Monsters

	Ace, Hex, Sally	Afterlife • Signs and Wonders

	Ace, Mel	A Life of Crime • Fiesta of the Damned • Maker of Demons • The High Price of Parking • The Blood Furnace • The Silurian Candidate • Red Planets • The Dispossessed • The Quantum Possibility Engine

	Mags	The Monsters of Gokroth • The Moons of Vulpana • An Alien Werewolf in London

	Klein	A Thousand Tiny Wings • Klein's Story • Survival of the Fittest • The Architects of History • Warlock's Cross

	Klein, Will	Persuasion • Starlight Robbery • Daleks Among Us

	Jo	The Defectors

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Project: Lazarus • Master • Return of the Daleks • Valhalla • Frozen Time • Death Collectors • Spider's Shadow • Kingdom of Silver • Keepsake • The Four Doctors • Robophobia • The Doomsday Quatrain • The Shadow Heart • The Two Masters • Dark Universe • The Psychic Circus • Subterfuge • The End of the Beginning

Eighth Doctor

	Mary Shelley	Mary's Story • The Silver Turk • The Witch from the Well • Army of Death

	Charley	Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was • The End of the Beginning

	Charley, C'rizz	The Creed of the Kromon • The Natural History of Fear • The Twilight Kingdom • Faith Stealer • The Last • Caerdroia • The Next Life • Terror Firma • Scaredy Cat • Other Lives • Time Works • Something Inside • Memory Lane • Absolution

	Solo & other travels	The Company of Friends (Benny's Story • Fitz's Story • Izzy's Story) • An Earthly Child • The Four Doctors

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-|writer          = [[Una McCormack]]
+|writer            = Una McCormack
-|director        = [[Jamie Anderson]]
+|director          = [[Jamie Anderson]]
-|music           = [[Joe Kraemer]]
+|producer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
-|sound           = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
+|music             = [[Joe Kraemer]]
-|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
+|sound             = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
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 {{you may|Red Planet (short story)|n1=the short story "Red Planet"}}
 '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and forty first story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Una McCormack]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]].
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 [[London]], [[2017]]. Except... it isn't. [[Berlin]], [[1961]]. But it isn't that either. Not really. Not in the timeline the Doctor knows. Something is very wrong.
-While [[Ace]] tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] must get to grips with the modern day [[socialist]] [[Republic of Mokoshia]]. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.
+While [[Ace]] tries to save the life of a wounded British spy, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] must get to grips with the modern day [[socialist]] Republic of [[Mokoshia]]. For Mel it feels strangely familiar and 'right', which makes the Doctor feel even more uneasy.
 Soon, a message from a dark and blood-soaked distant future is on its way... But the Doctor will have to act fast to stop this timeline becoming reality.
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 * [[Anna (Red Planets)|Anna]] / [[Commander of Phobos Mission]] - [[Genevieve Gaunt]]
 * [[Sokolov]] - [[Max Bollinger]]
-* [[Mission Control (Red Planets)|Mission Control]] / [[Voice of Map]] / [[George (Red Planets)|George]] / [[Television Announcer]] - [[Chris Dale]]
+* [[Mission Control (Red Planets)|Mission Control]] / Voice of [[Map (Red Planets)|Map]] / [[George (Red Planets)|George]] / [[Television announcer (Red Planets)|Television Announcer]] - [[Chris Dale]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
-''to be added''
+* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
+* Director - [[Jamie Anderson]]
+* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Music -  [[Joe Kraemer]]
+* Producer - Nicholas Briggs
+* Script Editor - [[Guy Adams]]
+* Sound Design - Joe Kraemer and [[Josh Arakelian]]
+* Writer - [[Una McCormack]]
+* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
+* The Doctor describes 2017 as a time of melting [[ice cap]]s, seas of [[plastic]] and species after species disappearing into nothing.
+* Anna was born in [[1987]].
+* Anna describes the idea of [[Ronald Reagan]] being the [[President of the United States]] as ridiculous.
+* Tom Elliot tells Ace that the [[United States of America|Americans]] are going to [[Vietnam War|intervene]] in [[Vietnam]].
 == Notes ==
-[[File:Red Planets Alternate.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]]
+* This story was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2]] & [[3 October (production)|3 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
-''to be added''
+* This story was originally released on CD and download.
 == Continuity ==
-* Ace previously visited an alternate Berlin ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'').
+* The Doctor refers to the [[2012 Olympics]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'', ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'', ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Frozen Time (audio story)|Frozen Time]]'')
-* Both [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] posed as spies ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'').
+* In the alternate 2017, there are celebrations of the centenary of the [[October Revolution]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'')
+* The Doctor refers to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
+* The Doctor tells Mel that aren't supposed to be manned missions to Mars for [[2050s|another forty years]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
+* Ace previously visited an alternate Berlin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
+* Both [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] posed as spies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
+== Cover gallery ==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+Red Planets (audio story) textless.jpg|Textless cover
+Red Planets Alternate.jpg|Alternate cover
+</gallery>
 == External links ==
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