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|image           = BigFinish Relative Dimensions cover.jpg
|image = [[File:RelativeDimensionscover.png|250px]]<small>Cover art - [[Alex Mallinson]]</small>
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|cd name = Relative Dimensions
|series in range = Series 4 (8DA)
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
|series number in range = 4
|number = 4.7
|number in series = 7
|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|writer = [[Marc Platt]]
|number         = 4.7
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|companions      = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Alex Campbell|Alex]]
|release date = [[December]] [[2010]]
|enemy          = [[Blitzen fish]]
|format = 1 CD - 2 parts
|setting        = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[London]], [[24 December]] [[2187]]
|writer         = Marc Platt
|director       = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards
|music          = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|sound          = Jamie Robertson
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date   = December 2010
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG031
|production code = BFPDWCDMG031
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-481-8
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-481-8
|previous story = [[The Resurrection of Mars]]
|prev            = The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)
|next story = [[Prisoner of the Sun]]
|next           = Prisoner of the Sun (audio story)
|companions = [[Lucie Miller]] (leaves)<br />[[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] (guest) }}{{audio stub}}
|sample          = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/christmas-time-exclusive-2011
'''Relative Dimensions''' was the seventh release of the fourth series of ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''.
|sample name    = [[Christmas Time]]
== Synopsis ==
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Christmas is the time for family, they say – which is why the Doctor has invited his grand-daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex for Christmas dinner in his time and space machine. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?
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'''''Relative Dimensions''''' was the seventh story in the [[Series 4 (8DA)|fourth series]] of the ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marc Platt]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future – and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!
It served as Big Finish's 2010 [[Christmas special|Christmas special release]] and featured [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Alex Campbell]] (portrayed by [[Carole Ann Ford]] and [[Sonny McGann|Jake McGann]] respectively). In this adventure, the Doctor intended to spend Christmas with Susan and Alex, his great-grandson whom he had met for the first time in the audio story ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]''. But a present he got for Susan a long time ago, in the audio story ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'', may jeopardise the perfect Christmas he had promised Lucie to make it up to her for their previous disastrous Christmas described in ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]''. This story was the only story on television or audio where the Doctor celebrated Christmas with his family.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Christmas]] is a time for family, they say — which is why the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] has invited his grand-daughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and great-grandson [[Alex Campbell|Alex]] for Christmas dinner in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his time and space machine]]. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?
 
Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future — and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[Alex Campbell]] - [[Jake McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
== References ==
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* The Doctor tells the tale of when he took [[Leonardo da Vinci]] to [[Bethlehem]].
* [[Alex Campbell]] - [[Sonny McGann|Jake McGann]]
* [[Fledershrew]]s are bats that live in the TARDIS.
 
* The Doctor keeps the rooms of all his previous companions.
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Christmas ===
* At Lucie's suggestion, she and the Doctor do their [[Christmas shopping]] during the subsequent [[January]] [[sale]]s. He is able to pay for the gifts using his previously untouched [[UNIT]] salary, which has accrued a great deal of interest over the years.
* The TARDIS's [[Christmas tree]] is a [[Norwegian spruce]].
* For [[Christmas gift|Christmas]], both Susan and Lucie bought [[sock]]s for the Doctor while the Doctor intended to give Lucie socks as well as a [[Lucie Miller's TARDIS key|TARDIS key]] with a musical ringtone.
* Susan builds a [[snowman]] version of the First Doctor with a [[carrot]] for a nose and two [[brussels sprout]]s for his eyes.
* The Doctor wants to watch [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s Christmas Speech from [[25 December]] [[1953]] using the [[Time-Space Visualiser]].
 
=== Historical figures ===
* The Doctor tells Susan, Lucie and Alex that [[Leonardo da Vinci]] begged him to take him to [[Bethlehem]] in order to witness the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. Lucie erroneously believed that he was referring to the American film actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* Alex is studying the history of European [[architecture]] in [[London]].
* Alex is not [[telepathy|telepathic]] and cannot [[Regeneration|regenerate]]. The Doctor analyses his [[DNA]] and discovers that his [[Gallifreyan]] [[gene]]s constitute only 7% of his genome.
 
=== Planets ===
* During their travels together, the [[First Doctor]] and Susan travelled to the planet [[Ambrosia (planet)|Ambrosia]], where everything smelled of [[spice]] apart from their sovereign.
 
=== Species ===
* The TARDIS contains a colony of bats known as [[fledershrew]]s.
* The Doctor, Lucie, Susan and Alex are attacked in the [[TARDIS library]] by an eight foot [[Blitzen fish|alien fish]].
 
=== The TARDIS ===
* The TARDIS holding ring contains the stored rooms of all of the Doctor's previous companions, including [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Polly Wright]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]] and [[Tamsin Drew]].
* The library has a copy of ''[[Gauntlet's Bestiary of the Fourth Universe]]''.
 
=== Time Lords ===
* Alex was previously unaware that [[Time Lord]]s have two [[heart]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Susan and Alex had their [[Big Finish Productions]] debut in [[BFA]]: [[An Earthly Child|''An Earthly Child'']].
* The working title for this story was ''The Fish That Stole Christmas''<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2023-05-21-purity-genesis</ref>.
* In the final scene, the Doctor says, "Happy [[Christmas]], Doctor. And happy Christmas to everyone else too. If anyone's listening." This is a reference to the First Doctor breaking the [[fourth wall]] in the final scene of [[TV]]: "[[The Feast of Steven]]", episode seven of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' which was first broadcast on [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]], by turning to face the camera and saying, "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
* This is the second [[Christmas special]] in [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''. ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'' was the first of its kind, the previous December, in some sense continuing a tradition set by the recent [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* The story was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]].
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Susan recalls her adventure with the Doctor in the [[Dalek]] city on [[Skaro]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')
* Lucie mentions the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]] on [[25 December]] [[2009]], which occured in the earlier audio drama {{cs|Death in Blackpool (audio story)}}
* Alex recalls the first time that he met the Doctor. ([[BFA]]: [[An Earthly Child|''An Earthly Child'']])
* The Doctor refers to "windswept monasteries.", which is a reference to the Abby in {{cs|The Book of Kells (audio story)}}
* Susan remembers being abandoned on [[Earth]] by the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Alex recalls meeting his great-grandfather, the Doctor, for the first time six months earlier during the events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* Lucie is still mad about what happened to her auntie [[Patricia Ryder|Pat]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool]]'')
* Susan and Alex have not had a proper family Christmas since the death of her husband [[David Campbell]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
 
* Susan mentions that the Doctor has not [[Regeneration|regenerated]] since they last met, which he describes as "a bit of a novelty" for her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
== [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
* Susan remembers being abandoned on [[Earth]] by the Doctor following the end of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|Dalek occupation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* ''Relative Dimensions'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Resurrection of Mars]]''
* Susan tells her grandfather that the [[Iborian]]s were sincere in their desire to render assistance in rebuilding Earth and that they have already accomplished much in the previous six months. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
* ''Relative Dimensions'' occurs before [[BFA]]: [[Prisoner of the Sun|''Prisoner of the Sun'']]
* Susan refers to the Doctor's recklessness in lying to herself and their former travelling companions [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] about the [[fluid link]] being broken so to provide an excuse to explore in the [[Dalek]] city on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* As a [[Christmas present]], the Doctor gives Susan the [[Aztec]] bracelet which [[Cameca]] had previously given to him as an engagement present in [[Mexico]] in the [[15th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') It had seemingly re-entered his possession as the First Doctor had previously used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] previously wore it on the lapel of his cream linen suit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'')
* Susan tells Alex that the Doctor bought her a dried air fish from a market in Bridgetown on [[Quinnis]] in the [[fourth universe]] many years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') However, she left it behind along with the rest of her possessions when the Doctor locked her out of the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* The Blitzen fish ruins the [[Thal]] cloak which [[Alydon]] had given Susan on Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The [[Fledershrew]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') had resided in the TARDIS since at least the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* The Doctor folds napkins into the shape of [[Draconian]] [[Sazou]] pieces. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts (audio story)|Paper Cuts]]'')
* The Doctor is friends with [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') He recounts an alternate version of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Innocents (short story)|The Innocents]]''.


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Relative Dimensions was the seventh story in the fourth series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

It served as Big Finish's 2010 Christmas special release and featured Susan and Alex Campbell (portrayed by Carole Ann Ford and Jake McGann respectively). In this adventure, the Doctor intended to spend Christmas with Susan and Alex, his great-grandson whom he had met for the first time in the audio story An Earthly Child. But a present he got for Susan a long time ago, in the audio story Quinnis, may jeopardise the perfect Christmas he had promised Lucie to make it up to her for their previous disastrous Christmas described in Death in Blackpool. This story was the only story on television or audio where the Doctor celebrated Christmas with his family.

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

Christmas is a time for family, they say — which is why the Doctor has invited his grand-daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex for Christmas dinner in his time and space machine. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?

Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future — and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Christmas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Historical figures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • During their travels together, the First Doctor and Susan travelled to the planet Ambrosia, where everything smelled of spice apart from their sovereign.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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