Aladdin Time (audio story)

Aladdin Time
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mrs Wibbsey
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::AudioGO]]
Writer:	Paul Magrs
Release details
Release number:	3
Release date:	3 November 2011
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-4084-6887-6
Serpent Crest
← Previous	The Broken Crown
Next →	The Hexford Invasion

Aladdin Time was the third story in the Serpent Crest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

Trapped underground, the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey encounter a small boy who claims to be Aladdin, in search of a fabled lamp. He joins them on their own quest, to find a power source in this weird domain and switch it off.

Many obstacles lie in their way. Vast rooms stuffed with exotic items give way to torch-lit tunnels and deadly precipices. Creatures of mythical proportions lie in wait. Peculiar atmospheres take their toll on them. Perhaps strangest of all, the Doctor’s multi-coloured scarf appears to take on a life of its own…

As friends are separated and uneasy alliances are formed, the strange environment attempts to claim them. Will the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey ever get back to Hexford? And will Aladdin discover who he really is?

Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
• Aladdin - Guy Harvey
• The Storyteller - Sophie Ward
• The Gryphon - Terrence Hardiman
• The Scarf - Andrew Sachs
• The Magician - Simon Shepherd
• The Toad - Su Douglas

References

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Notes

• Terrence Hardiman (The Gryphon) previously played Hawthorne in TV: The Beast Below and King Sitric Silkbeard in AUDIO: The Book of Kells. He also appeared as Reverend Dobbs in the previous Serpent Crest audio story, AUDIO: The Broken Crown.
• Andrew Sachs (The Scarf) previously played Skagra in WC: Shada, Adric in AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot and Crassostrea in AUDIO: Orbis.
• Many of the guest cast in this story also appeared in AUDIO: The Broken Crown.
• This story is also available for download from the AudioGo website.

Continuity

• Mrs Wibbsey says that Aladdin sounds just like Andrew. (AUDIO: The Broken Crown)
• The Doctor notices that the Gryphon sounds like Rev Dobbs. (AUDIO: The Broken Crown)
• The Doctor mentions Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)
• Mrs Wibbsey mentions the Sepulchre. (AUDIO: Sepulchre)

External links

• Aladdin Time on AudioGo website

• "Past Times Special: Serpent Crest #3 - Aladdin Time" Non-Spoiler Review on Nebula One (News)