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|image = Wirrn Isle cover.jpg | |image = Wirrn Isle cover.jpg | ||
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] | |series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] | ||
|number = 158 | |number = 158 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] | |companions = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]] | ||
|enemy = [[Wirrn]] | |enemy = {{il|[[Wirrn]]|[[Iron Buchman]]}} | ||
|setting = [[Inchfad]], [[Ardlui]] and [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]], [[16127]] | |setting = {{il|[[Inchfad]], [[Ardlui]] and [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]], [[16127]]|[[Nerva City]], [[16127]]}} | ||
|writer = [[William Gallagher]] | |writer = [[William Gallagher]] | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|music= [[Simon Robinson]] | |music = [[Simon Robinson]] | ||
|sound= [[Simon Robinson]] | |sound = [[Simon Robinson]] | ||
|cover = [[Simon Holub]] | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = [[March (releases)|March]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |release date = [[March (releases)|March]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | ||
|production code = 7C/NAC | |production code = 7C/NAC | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-606-5}}'''''Wirrn Isle''''' is the third story in the 2012 [[Sixth Doctor]] audio trilogy. | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-606-5 | ||
|format = 2 CDs, 4 parts | |||
|next = The Emerald Tiger (audio story) | |||
|prev = The Fourth Wall (audio story) | |||
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'''''Wirrn Isle''''' is the third story in the 2012 [[Sixth Doctor]] audio trilogy. | |||
== Publishers summary == | == Publishers summary == | ||
The year is [[16127]]. Four decades have passed since the colonists of [[Nerva Beacon]] returned to repopulate the once-devastated [[Earth]] — and the chosen few are finding the business of survival tough. | The year is [[16127]]. Four decades have passed since the colonists of [[Nerva Beacon]] returned to repopulate the once-devastated [[Earth]] — and the chosen few are finding the business of survival tough. | ||
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* The Nerva Beacon is still in orbit of Earth. | * The Nerva Beacon is still in orbit of Earth. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Wirrn Isle.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art.]] | |||
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. It was the first such story in the main range since [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in September 2005. | * This story is unusual in that it does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. It was the first such story in the main range since [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in September 2005. | ||
* After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]'', this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island. | * After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]'', this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered the Wirrn on the Nerva Beacon ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Eighth Doctor]] would later do so on [[Micawber's World]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'') and on Carista VII in the [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]''). | * The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously encountered the Wirrn on the Nerva Beacon ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Eighth Doctor]] would later do so on [[Micawber's World]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'') and on [[Carista VII]] in the [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]''). | ||
* Roger Buchman initially believes that the Doctor and Flip are colonists from GalSec. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'', ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'') | * Roger Buchman initially believes that the Doctor and Flip are colonists from GalSec. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|Wirrn Dawn]]'', ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'') | ||
* Flip reminds the Doctor that she has already died once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'') | * Flip reminds the Doctor that she has already died once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 01:15, 1 July 2017
Wirrn Isle is the third story in the 2012 Sixth Doctor audio trilogy.
Publishers summary
The year is 16127. Four decades have passed since the colonists of Nerva Beacon returned to repopulate the once-devastated Earth — and the chosen few are finding the business of survival tough.
Far beyond the sterile safety of sanitised Nerva City, transmat scientist Roger Buchman has brought his family to an island surrounded by what they once called Loch Lomond, hoping to re-establish the colony he was forced to abandon many years before.
But something else resides in the Loch. A pestilent alien infestation that the Doctor, beaming in from Nerva City, remembers only too well from his time aboard the Beacon...
The Wirrn are back. And they're hungry.
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
- Roger Buchman - Tim Bentinck
- Veronica Buchman - Jenny Funnell
- Toasty Buchman - Tessa Nicholson
- Iron Buchman - Rikki Lawton
- Sheer Jawn - Dan Starkey
- Dare - Helen Goldwyn
- Paul Dessay - Glynn Sweet
References
- The human colonists on the Nerva Beacon returned to Earth and began the recolonisation in 16087.
- A ceremony called the "Olympic" is being held in Nerva City in 16127. However, the fragmentary historical records state that the Olympic is held every fourth of a year instead of once every four years, and it is no longer associated with sports.
- Wirrn mucous, the slime trail left by adult Wirrn, is used as a food source by the Nerva colonists. It is jokingly called "forage porridge."
- Inchfad is the northernmost colony in Scotland.
- There is a transmat substation on Ardlui, located to the south of Inchfad.
- Roger, Veronica and Toasty Buchman all independently mistake the Doctor and Flip for father and daughter.
- Flip mentions Madonna, Vanilla Ice, Foreigner and M.O.P.
- More than four hundred Wirrn were trapped under the surface of Loch Lomond when it froze over twenty years earlier.
- While Roger was playing with the transmat fifteen years earlier, he accidentally beamed his son Iron into a Wirrn under the surface of Loch Lomond, causing them to merge at the molecular level. He planted Iron's red jumper on the ice so that Veronica would find it.
- Nerva City was built on the former site of New York City.
- Sheer Jawn is Toasty's biological father.
- The Nerva Beacon is still in orbit of Earth.
Notes
- This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the first such story in the main range since AUDIO: LIVE 34 in September 2005.
- After AUDIO: Night Thoughts, this is the second Big Finish audio drama released in the main range to take place predominantly on a remote Scottish island.
- This audio drama was recorded on 21 and 22 June 2011.
- Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story Breadcrumbs.
Continuity
- The Fourth Doctor previously encountered the Wirrn on the Nerva Beacon (TV: The Ark in Space) whereas the Eighth Doctor would later do so on Micawber's World (PROSE: Placebo Effect) and on Carista VII in the GalSec Territory (AUDIO: Wirrn Dawn).
- Roger Buchman initially believes that the Doctor and Flip are colonists from GalSec. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment; AUDIO: Wirrn Dawn, Project Infinity)
- Flip reminds the Doctor that she has already died once. (AUDIO: The Fourth Wall)
- The Doctor once again claims that humans are "indomitable." (TV: The Ark in Space, Utopia)
- Flip mentions the Daleks (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) and the Porcians (AUDIO: The Fourth Wall).
External links
- Official Wirrn Isle page at bigfinish.com
- DisContinuity for Wirrn Isle at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
