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|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[H. G. Wells|Herbert]], [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], [[Constance Clarke|Constance]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[H. G. Wells|Herbert]], [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], [[Constance Clarke|Constance]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = Zeta (The Exaltation) | ||
|featuring2 = Lynette (The Exaltation) | |||
|featuring3 = Alonza | |||
|featuring4 = Byron (The Exaltation) | |||
|featuring5 = Clarent | |||
|featuring6 = Dellan | |||
|featuring7 = Ervis | |||
|featuring8 = Otho (The Exaltation) | |||
|featuring9 = Boyle (Escape from Holy Island) | |||
|featuring10 = Marcus (Escape from Holy Island) | |||
|featuring11 = Gladstone (Escape from Holy Island) | |||
|setting = [[Arunopal]] | |setting = [[Arunopal]] | ||
|writer = Jacqueline Rayner | |writer = Jacqueline Rayner | ||
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|series = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|prev = The Thousand Year Thaw (audio story) | |prev = The Thousand Year Thaw (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story) | ||
}} | }}{{you may|First Born (novel)|First Born (short story)|n1=the novel ''First Born''|n2=the short story ''First Born''}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]], [[Philip Labey]] as [[H. G. Wells|Herbert G. Wells]], [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson|Flip | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]], [[Philip Labey]] as [[H. G. Wells|Herbert G. Wells]], [[Lisa Greenwood]] as [[Flip Jackson|Flip Ramon]], [[Miranda Raison]] as [[Constance Clarke]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Jonnie Broadbent]] as [[Alonza]], [[Byron (The Exaltation)|Byron]], [[Clarent]], [[Dellan]] and [[Ervis]]. | ||
This story and the rest of the anthology marked the [[List of anniversaries|40th anniversary]] of Baker's debut as the Sixth Doctor. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor / The Doctor / The Doctor / The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown|Peri / Peri]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] | ||
* [[Flip Jackson|Flip | * [[Constance Clarke|Constance]] - [[Miranda Raison]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Alonza]] / [[Byron (The Exaltation)|Byron]] / [[Clarent]] / [[Dellan]] / [[Ervis]] - [[Jonnie Broadbent]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Otho (The Exaltation)|Otho]] - [[Andrew Dunn]] | ||
' | * [[Zeta (The Exaltation)|Zeta]] / [[Nan (The Firstborn)|Nan]] - [[Carrie Quinlan]] | ||
* [[Lynette (The Exaltation)|Madge]] - [[Nikki Kelly]] | |||
* [[H. G. Wells|Herbert]] - [[Philip Labey]] | |||
* Herald - [[David Monteath]] | |||
* Quins' computers - [[Lara Lemon]] | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The latest Doctor lists his [[companion]]s thus far as "[[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]], Peri and Frobisher, Peri, [[Grant Markham|Grant]], Peri again, [[Mathew Sharpe]], [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]], Frobisher; Frobisher, Peri, [[Actis]] and [[Carf]]; [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], Evelyn, Evelyn and [[Thomas Brewster|Brewster]], Evelyn, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Charlotte Pollard|"Mila"]], Jamie, [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], Peri; [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason]], [[Crystal (The Ultimate Adventure)|Crystal]] and [[Zog (The Ultimate Adventure)|Zog]]; [[Constance Clarke|Constance]], Constance and Flip, [[Mari Yoshida|Mari]], Mel, Mel and Evelyn, and Mel [again]". | |||
* The Doctors devise to create a [[paradox lock]], using the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] from two Peris touching as a power source. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor echoes [[Eleventh Doctor|his future eleventh incarnation]], saying to Peri, "The first face this face saw. My companions are the best of me, and you have proved that over and over again." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}; {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor says to Peri, "I am the Doctor, [[Fifth Doctor's regeneration|whether you like it or not]]." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Twin Dilemma (TV story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:The Quin Dilemma audio stories]] | [[Category:The Quin Dilemma audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories in need of plot details]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:46, 12 October 2024
- You may be looking for the novel First Born or the short story First Born.
The Firstborn was the sixth and final story in the audio anthology The Quin Dilemma, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown, Philip Labey as Herbert G. Wells, Lisa Greenwood as Flip Ramon, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and Jonnie Broadbent as Alonza, Byron, Clarent, Dellan and Ervis.
This story and the rest of the anthology marked the 40th anniversary of Baker's debut as the Sixth Doctor.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Quins have succeeded in their quest - a little too well. Multiple Doctors congregate on Arunopal, bringing with them a terrible threat to reality...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor / The Doctor / The Doctor / The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Peri / Peri - Nicola Bryant
- Mel - Bonnie Langford
- Constance - Miranda Raison
- Flip - Lisa Greenwood
- Alonza / Byron / Clarent / Dellan / Ervis - Jonnie Broadbent
- Otho - Andrew Dunn
- Zeta / Nan - Carrie Quinlan
- Madge - Nikki Kelly
- Herbert - Philip Labey
- Herald - David Monteath
- Quins' computers - Lara Lemon
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The latest Doctor lists his companions thus far as "Peri, Frobisher, Peri and Frobisher, Peri, Grant, Peri again, Mathew Sharpe, Evelyn, Frobisher; Frobisher, Peri, Actis and Carf; Jamie and Zoe, Evelyn, Evelyn and Brewster, Evelyn, Mel, Jago and Litefoot, "Mila", Jamie, Flip, Peri; Jason, Crystal and Zog; Constance, Constance and Flip, Mari, Mel, Mel and Evelyn, and Mel [again]".
- The Doctors devise to create a paradox lock, using the Blinovitch Limitation Effect from two Peris touching as a power source.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor echoes his future eleventh incarnation, saying to Peri, "The first face this face saw. My companions are the best of me, and you have proved that over and over again." (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"], The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"]; The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"])
- The Doctor says to Peri, "I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not." (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"])
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Firstborn page at bigfinish.com
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