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Vienna is a spin-off series based upon the character of the same name who appeared in BigFinish's "The Shadow Heart"
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{{Infobox Audio Series
|image            = The Memory Box (audio story).jpg
|release count    = 5
|story count      = 11
|release year      = 2013
|release year2    = 2018
|first story      = The Memory Box (audio story)
|first release    = [[February (releases)|February]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|end release      = February [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|main character    = [[Vienna Salvatori]]
|starring          = Jexie Reagan
|exec prod        = Nicholas Briggs
|exec prod2        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer          = David Richardson
|producer2        = Mark Wright
|producer3        = Cavan Scott
|music            = [[Jamie Robertson]], [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]], [[Nigel Fairs]]
|sound            = Jamie Robertson, Howard Carter, Nigel Fairs, [[Martin Montague]]
|cover            = [[Anthony Lamb]], [[Damien May]], [[Grant Kempster]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|production codes  = BFVIENNA001 - BFVIENNA005
|runtime          =
}}
'''''Vienna''''' was an audio series released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It focused on the titular character of [[Vienna Salvatori]], played by [[Chase Masterson]].


== '''STORY LIST:''' ==
Vienna Salvatori debuted in the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] [[Seventh Doctor]] story ''[[The Shadow Heart (audio story)|The Shadow Heart]]''. Based on the strength of the script,<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/have-you-heard-vienna Have you heard ''Vienna''?]</ref> a spinoff series focusing on her character was announced before ''The Shadow Heart'' was even released.<ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/star-trek-deep-space-nine-star-in-new-doctor-who-spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Gets Her Own Audio Series!]</ref> Her first standalone story, ''[[The Memory Box (audio story)|The Memory Box]]'', was released in [[2013 (releases)|2013]] and included a reference to [[Kylo Sorsha]] as well as brief appearances of a [[Pakhar]] and a [[Slithergee]]. Vienna later became a recurring character in the ''[[Master! (audio series)|Master!]]'' audio series.
'''Pilot:'''
1) The Memory Box by Jonathan Morris
Berkeley Silver, one of the richest men in the Earth empire, lies dead in the Penthouse Suite of the Galileo space-hotel. Law Enforcement Officers Detective Captain McGinnis and Detective Sergeant Mead are called in to investigate – but it seems to have been the perfect crime. Even when subjected to a memory scan, everybody in the space-hotel has an alibi for the murder.


Which means it can only have been the work of one woman. The most accomplished – and the most glamorous – bounty hunter in the galaxy. Her name is Vienna Salvatori. And she has a little rule; nobody gets to hear her name and live...
== Stories ==
=== The Memory Box ===
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|1.0
|''[[The Memory Box (audio story)|The Memory Box]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|[[Slithergee]]
|[[February (releases)|February]]  [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|}


'''Series 1:'''
=== Series One ===
1) Dead Drop by Mark Wright
{{main|Vienna: Series One}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|1.1
|''[[Dead Drop (audio story)|Dead Drop]]''
|[[Mark Wright]]
|
|rowspan=3|[[February (releases)|February]]  [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|-
|1.2
|''[[Bad Faith (audio story)|Bad Faith]]''
|[[Nev Fountain]]
|
|-
|1.3
|''[[Deathworld (Vienna audio story)|Deathworld]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|
|}


Dwarfed by the burning star of the Hyspero system, two devastating battle fleets face each other across the stars. On one side, the Dyarid Primary Vanguard, commanded by Admiral Salaron aboard the starship Custodian. On the other, a Chtzin battle cluster.
=== Series Two ===
{{main|Vienna: Series Two}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|2.1
|''[[Tabula Rasa (audio story)|Tabula Rasa]]''
|[[James Goss]]
|rowspan=3|[[Jexie Reagan|Jexie]]
|rowspan=3|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|2.2
|''[[Underworld (audio story)|Underworld]]''
|[[Cavan Scott]]
|-
|2.3
|''[[The Vienna Experience (audio story)|The Vienna Experience]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|}


Bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori’s latest assignment brings her aboard the Custodian – but completing her mission and earning some poldaks is the easy bit. When all hell breaks loose with the Chtzin and the Custodian is left crippled and plunging towards the sun, a simple assignment turns into a battle for survival for the galaxy’s deadliest assassin.
=== Series Three ===
{{main|Vienna: Series Three}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|3.1
|''[[Self Improvement (audio story)|Self Improvement]]''
|[[Ian Potter]]
|rowspan=3|[[Jexie Reagan|Jexie]]
|rowspan=3|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|-
|3.2
|''[[Big Society (audio story)|Big Society]]''
|[[Guy Adams]]
|-
|3.3
|''[[Impossibly Glamorous (audio story)|Impossibly Glamorous]]''
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|}


2) Bad Faith by Nev Fountain
=== Retribution ===
Vienna Salvatori has seen the light.
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
| 4.0
|''[[Retribution (audio story)|Retribution]]''
|[[Guy Adams]]
|[[Jexie Reagan|Jexie]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|}


Time was, if you lost everything, at least you still had your faith – but not any more. Faith stealing is the latest commodity to light up the criminal underworld – extract somebody’s faith and sell it to the highest bidder.
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
The Memory Box (audio story).jpg| ''[[The Memory Box (audio story)|The Memory Box]]''
Vienna Series One.jpg|''[[Vienna: Series One]]''
Vienna Series Two.jpg|''[[Vienna: Series Two]]''
Vienna Series Three.jpg|''[[Vienna: Series Three]]''
Retribution (audio story).jpg|''[[Retribution (audio story)|Retribution]]''
</gallery>


On the trail of a faith stealing ring, Vienna Salvatori comes into the orbit of the charismatic Bax Spendlove, spiritual leader of the Church of New Wonderment, a breakaway sect of the Church of Old Wonderment. Bax has an important mission for his latest convert – and Vienna is a willing disciple.
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|ranges/v/vienna}}
* [[w:c:vienna|The ''Vienna'' Wiki]]


But when Bax’s followers start to be murdered, it seems Vienna isn’t the only killer keeping the faith…
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}


3) Deathworld by Jonathan Morris
{{Vienna}}
The planet Mercator. Twenty trained assassins enter a game arena, armed only with their wits to compete against each other in a harsh environment. Twenty killers go in. One comes out.
{{Big Finish}}


Amongst the killers is Vienna Salvatori. This is the moment she has trained her whole life for, honing her skills as an assassin to become the best in the galaxy.
[[Category:Vienna (series)]]
 
[[Category:Audio overviews]]
As the killers are wiped out one by one, Vienna fights on in the hope of finally learning the truth about her past. In the last battle, only one can be the last assassin standing.
 
'''Series 2:'''
1) Tabula Rasa by James Goss
Ever woken up and can't remember where you are? What if you couldn’t remember who you are? Or why there’s a dead body outside your door?
 
Vienna Salvatori is hunting for a killer – but can she be sure it’s not herself?
 
2) Underworld by Cavan Scott
Something bad is lurking down in the Undercity. Innocent citizens are turning on each other, baying for blood.
 
Vienna must team up with jaded cop Lieutenant Jexie Reagan. She’s never had a partner – but will either of them make it through the night alive?
 
3) The Vienna Experience by Jonathan Morris
Ever wanted to experience the life of an assassin? Longed to feel the thrill of the hunt? Now is your chance to get beneath the skin of Vienna Salvatori. See what she sees. Hear what she hears.
 
And pray she never finds out.
 
'''Series 3:'''
1) Self Improvement by Ian Potter
Doctor Ludovic Glospan has a secret. He has made a scientific discovery that could change the galaxy forever, which is why he wants to keep it out of the wrong hands.
 
Vienna Salvatori and Jexie Reagan have been hired to keep Glospan’s secret safe. On a good day that will be an easy job, but this is anything but a good day.
 
2) Big Society by Guy Adams
Tom McQueen is set to win The Selection and become Chairman Sweet’s new business partner. Failure isn’t an option. Failure is for the weak. Tom McQueen doesn’t even know the meaning of the word failure.
 
But another candidate has entered the process, a candidate by the name of Vienna Salvatori. Tom McQueen will soon learn the meaning of another word: fear!
 
3) Impossibly Glamorous by Steve Lyons
Vienna Salvatori used to be somebody else. She used to dream that she had an impossibly glamorous life, and then one day she met someone who made her dreams true.
 
Now she has a new mission. She wants to help make your dreams a reality, help you become the person you always wanted to be. Even if it kills you.
 
'''Series 4 (Retribution):'''   
TBA

Latest revision as of 09:35, 16 August 2024

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Vienna was an audio series released by Big Finish Productions. It focused on the titular character of Vienna Salvatori, played by Chase Masterson.

Vienna Salvatori debuted in the 2012 Seventh Doctor story The Shadow Heart. Based on the strength of the script,[1] a spinoff series focusing on her character was announced before The Shadow Heart was even released.[2] Her first standalone story, The Memory Box, was released in 2013 and included a reference to Kylo Sorsha as well as brief appearances of a Pakhar and a Slithergee. Vienna later became a recurring character in the Master! audio series.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Memory Box[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Featuring Released
1.0 The Memory Box Jonathan Morris Slithergee February 2013

Series One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Vienna: Series One
# Title Author Featuring Released
1.1 Dead Drop Mark Wright February 2014
1.2 Bad Faith Nev Fountain
1.3 Deathworld Jonathan Morris

Series Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Vienna: Series Two
# Title Author Featuring Released
2.1 Tabula Rasa James Goss Jexie February 2015
2.2 Underworld Cavan Scott
2.3 The Vienna Experience Jonathan Morris

Series Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Vienna: Series Three
# Title Author Featuring Released
3.1 Self Improvement Ian Potter Jexie February 2016
3.2 Big Society Guy Adams
3.3 Impossibly Glamorous Steve Lyons

Retribution[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Featuring Released
4.0 Retribution Guy Adams Jexie February 2018

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

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Have you heard Vienna?
  2. ↑ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Gets Her Own Audio Series!
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