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writer= [[Nicholas Briggs]]|
|number         = 3.4
director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
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|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
producer= [[Jamie Robertson]] |
|enemy           = [[Wirrn]]
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]|
|setting        = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]]
release date= [[June]] [[2009]]|
|writer          = Nicholas Briggs
format= 1 CD |
|director       = Nicholas Briggs
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|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 |
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
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|sound          = Jamie Robertson
next story= [[The Scapegoat]]|
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
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|epcount        = 2
|release date   = 18 - 25 April 2009
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG020  
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|next           = The Scapegoat (audio story)
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|sample name    = The Dawn is Coming
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


==Publisher's summary==
This was the first Wirrn story since [[2001]]'s ''[[Race Memory (audio story)|Race Memory]]''.
“This is full scale war. Wirrn and Humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”


The Doctor and Lucie land right in the middle of one of the human race’s bloodiest periods of history. Trying to make a difference here would be like standing up and calling for a cease-fire on the Somme. Certain death...
== Publisher's summary ==
“This is full scale war. [[Wirrn]] and humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”
 
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] land right in the middle of one of the human race's bloodiest periods of history. Trying to make a difference here would be like standing up and calling for a cease-fire on the Somme. Certain death...


Or Worse.
Or Worse.
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Survival can be a messy business.
Survival can be a messy business.


==Cast==
== 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]]
* Trooper Salway - [[Colin Salmon]]
* Trooper [[Salway]] - [[Colin Salmon]]
* Delong - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Delong]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* Farroll - [[Liz Sutherland]]
* [[Farroll]] - [[Liz Sutherland]]
* Winslet - [[Ian Brooker]]
* [[Winslet]] - [[Ian Brooker]]
* Queen - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
 
== Crew ==


==References==
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
''to be added''
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producers - [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Wirrn created by [[Robert Holmes]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier.
* The Doctor mentions extensive fighting on [[the Somme]].
* The Doctor compares the [[Wirrn]] to [[Ichneumon wasp]]s.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
*This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in an audio play.
[[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
*Guest star Daniel Anthony plays [[Clyde Langer]] in the spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[18 April (releases)|18]] and [[25 April (releases)|25 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*The Wirrn first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]''.
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] first encountered the [[Wirrn]] on the [[Nerva Beacon]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}. Later, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wirrn Isle (audio story)}}, the [[Sixth Doctor]] met them on [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] in [[far future|16127]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] also had a previous interaction with the Wirrn on [[Micawber's World]] in [[July]] [[40th century|3999]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Placebo Effect (novel)}}.
*The Eighth Doctor also encountered the Wirrn in [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]''.
* [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] mentions that she used to be "great friends with a centipede", referring to [[Rosto]], whom she befriended in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sisters of the Flame (audio story)}} / {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)}}.
* Ichneumon Wasps were previously mentioned by [[Nyssa]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mutant Phase (audio story)}}.
* The Fourth Doctor met [[GalSec]] colonists in the year [[16087]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)}}.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== External links ==
*Wirrn Dawn occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Beast of Orlok]]''
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*Wirrn Dawn occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Scapegoat]]''
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==External links==
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*{{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}}
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[[Category:Stories set in the far future]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:2008 audio stories]]
[[Category:2009 audio plays]]
[[Category:Two part audio stories]]

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

This was the first Wirrn story since 2001's Race Memory.

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

“This is full scale war. Wirrn and humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?”

The Doctor and Lucie land right in the middle of one of the human race's bloodiest periods of history. Trying to make a difference here would be like standing up and calling for a cease-fire on the Somme. Certain death...

Or Worse.

Survival can be a messy business.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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