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|audiobook name = The Drowned World
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|series         = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[The Companion Chronicles|Big Finish - The Companion Chronicles]]
|image           = Drowned World.jpg
|number         = 4.1
|range            = The Companion Chronicles
|doctor          = [[First Doctor]]
|series in range = Series 4 (CC)
|companions      = [[Sara Kingdom]] <br> [[Steven Taylor]]
|series number in range = 4
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|number in series = 1
|setting         =
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|writer         = [[Simon Guerrier]]
|number           = 4.1
|director       = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|main character  = [[Sara Kingdom]]
|read by         = [[Jean Marsh]]
|featuring        = First Doctor
|music           = [[Richard Fox]] <br> [[Lauren Yason]]
|featuring2      = Steven Taylor
|sound           = Richard Fox <br> Lauren Yason
|featuring3      = Robert (Home Truths)
|publisher      = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|enemy           =  
|release date   = [[July]] [[2009]]
|setting         = [[Asteroid (The Drowned World)|An asteroid]] and [[Ely]], [[England]]
|format         = 1 CD
|writer           = Simon Guerrier
|production code = BFPDWCC21
|director         = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|isbn           = 978-1-84435-424-5
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
|previous story  = [[The Stealers from Saiph]]
|music           = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|next story     = [[The Glorious Revolution]]
|sound           = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
}}
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date     = 28 July 2009
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC21
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-424-5
|prev            = The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)
|next             = The Glorious Revolution (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''The Drowned World''''' was the first story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], narrated by [[Jean Marsh]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]].


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives on…
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives on...


To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].


And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. It’s a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world…
And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. It's a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world...


==Cast==
== Plot ==
* [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]]
=== The Rising Tide (1) ===
* Robert - [[Niall McGregor]]
''to be added''


==References==
=== The Drowned World (2) ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Notes==
== Cast ==
* [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]]
* [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] - [[Niall MacGregor]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
*Sara refers to the events of [[ST]]: [[The Little Drummer Boy]] and states that they took place directly before this adventure, and also mentions the events of [[CC]]: [[Home Truths]] and [[Guardian of the Solar System]].
[[File:The Drowned World clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* "{{w|The Drowned World}}" is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by {{w|J.G. Ballard}}.
* Unusually, the frame story takes place over the course of approximately twelve years.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 March (production)|26 March]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story is set between episodes seven and eight of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828205511/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 28-08-2009]</ref>
* This story is told from Sara's perspective.


==[[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
==Timeline==
* Robert once again relates the story of the Doctor, Steven and Sara's first visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'')
As with the entire [[Simon Guerrier]] [[Sara Kingdom]] trilogy, this story can be placed on a timeline based on the two major halves of the story.
* Sara once again mentions to Robert that during her travels with the Doctor and Steven, she visited [[Hollywood]] in [[1921]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') that a small boy, who was also named Robert, died in her arms on [[Mars]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (short story)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'') and that she encountered a withered old man who was trapped in the workings of a clock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'')
* Sara and Robert discuss her visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'')
* Robert's daughter remained with him in the house for ten years before deciding to leave to explore the outside world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'')


In terms of the present-day coversation between Robert and Sara, ''The Guardian of the Solar System'' occurs between [[CC]]: ''[[Home Truths]] and ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System]]''. 
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}


The flashback involving Sara, Steven and the Doctor, however, occurs at a time between [[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Feast of Steven (7)|"The Feast of Steven"]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan#Volcano (8)|"Volcano"]]. Sara further claims that the flashback is just after the events of [[ST]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy]]''. 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-drowned-world-477|The Drowned World}}
{{dwrefguide|chronicles21.htm|The Drowned World}}
{{CC}}


Placing this flashback relative to the flashbacks contained in ''Guardian'' and ''Home'' is a matter of debate, because the reliability of Sara as a storyteller is called into question in ''Home''.  That Sara tells the flashback in ''Drowned'' in such a way that it seems to have occurred after the flashback in ''Guardian'' could simply be, as Robert points out, the embellishments of a woman who's told the same stories for centuries.
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==External links==
[[Category:Series 4 (CC) audio stories]]
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/401-Doctor-Who-The-Companion-Chronicles-The-Drowned-World Big Finish '''The Drowned World''' page]
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The Drowned World was the first story of the fourth series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Guerrier, narrated by Jean Marsh and featured the First Doctor, Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom and Robert.

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

Space Security Agent Sara Kingdom is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet Kembel. But, in an old house in Ely, Sara Kingdom lives on...

To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a ghost, a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient Doctor and his heroic companion Steven inside a magical space/time ship called the TARDIS.

And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in water, where a human expedition is being wiped out. It's a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Rising Tide (1)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

The Drowned World (2)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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