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{{Infobox CD|
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cd name= Orbis|
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image=[[Image:Orbis-cover.png|250px]] Cover artist - [[Simon Holub]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
series= [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas#The_New_Eighth_Doctor_Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|image          = Orbis.jpg
number= 3.1|
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA)
companions= [[Lucie Miller]] |  
|series number in range = 3
enemy= [[Headhunter]]<br>[[Molluscari]]|
|number in series = 1
writer= [[Alan Barnes]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]|
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
|number         = 3.1
year= [[Orbis]]|
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
producer= [[Andy Hardwick]]|
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]|
|enemy           = [[Headhunter]], [[Molluscari]]
release date= [[March]] [[2009]]|
|setting        = [[Orbis]]
format= 1 CD - 2 parts|
|writer         = Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs
production code= BFPDWCDMG017|
|director       = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-393-4 |
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
previous story=[[The Vengeance of Morbius]]|
|music          = [[Andy Hardwick]]
next story= [[Hothouse]]|
|sound          = Andy Hardwick
}}
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|epcount        = 2
|release date   = 7 March 2009
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG017
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-393-4  
|prev            = The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)
|next            = Hothouse (audio story)
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


==Publisher's summary==
It resolved the cliffhanger at the end of the [[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|previous audio]] and jumped forward in the Doctor's lifetime by approximately 600 years.
The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.


Could it be that Lucie’s days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] has fallen to his death. His companion, [[Lucie Miller]], has returned to her life on [[Earth]], grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.


==Cast==
Could it be that Lucie's days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet [[Orbis]]. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Crassostrea]] - [[Andrew Sachs]]
* [[Crassostrea]] - [[Andrew Sachs]]
* [[Selta]] - [[Laura Solon]]
* [[Selta]] - [[Laura Solon]]
* [[Headhunter]] - [[Katarina Olsson]]
* [[Saccostrea]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Yanos (Orbis)|Yanos]] - [[Barry McCarthy]]


* [[Headhunter]] - [[Katarina Olsson]]
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producers - [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - Alan Barnes
* Writers - Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs


* [[Saccostrea]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* Lucie mentions the [[Dalek]]s, [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Patricia Ryder|Aunty Pat]] and the [[Only One]]s (whom she calls the Glam Rock Monsters).
* Lucie has a phobia of [[jellyfish]].
* Lucie says that there is an entire library dedicated to the [[TARDIS Instruction Manual|TARDIS manual]].


* [[Yanos|Yanos - ]][[Barry McCarthy]]
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor lives on [[Orbis]] for six hundred years.
* The Doctor is known by the [[Keltan]]s as "Old Doctor".
* The Doctor refers to the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], the [[Auton]]s and the [[Axos|Axons]].


==References==
== Notes ==
*The Doctor has been on [[Orbis]] for 600 years.
[[File:Orbis clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
*The Doctor is known by the [[Keltan]]s as "Old Doctor".
* This CD features a brand new Extras theme scored and edited by [[Jamie Robertson]].
*Lucie mentions; the [[Dalek]]s, [[Red Rocket Rising]] and [[Pat Rider|'Aunty' Pat]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[2 October (production)|2 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
*Lucie is from [[21st century]] [[Earth]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[7 March (releases)|7]] and [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]. It was later broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]] on [[16 May (releases)|16]] and [[23 May (releases)|23 May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
*Features a brand new Extras theme scored and edited by [[Jamie Robertson]] with some interesting hints about the series.
* The Headhunter last appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''.
* Lucie mentions the [[Dalek]] invasion of [[Red Rocket Rising]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and [[Nadir Motorway Service Station]] on [[M62]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)|Horror of Glam Rock]]'')
* The Doctor spends 600 years on Orbis. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later spend multiple centuries on one planet, staying on [[Trenzalore]] for 900 years. ([[TV]]:''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') This makes the Eighth Doctor one of his oldest incarnations. (See: [[The Doctor's age]])


==Continuity==
== External links ==
*Lucie mentions some of the events of; [[BFA]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks]]'', [[Horror of Glam Rock]]'', ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius]]''.''
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{{dwrefguide|bbc7_14.htm|Orbis}}
* {{tetrap|8/orbis.html|Orbis}}


==Timeline==
{{BF EDA}}
* Orbis occurs after: [[BFA]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius]]''
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* Orbis occurs before: [[BFA]]: ''[[Hothouse]]''


==External links==
[[Category:Series 3 (8DA) audio stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Blackpool]]
*{{dwrefguide|bbc7_14.htm|Orbis}}
[[Category:Stories set in 2009]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:2009 audio stories]]


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Orbis was the first story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

It resolved the cliffhanger at the end of the previous audio and jumped forward in the Doctor's lifetime by approximately 600 years.

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

The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.

Could it be that Lucie's days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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