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Vienna is a spin-off series based upon the character of the same name who appeared in BigFinish's "The Shadow Heart"
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'''''Vienna''''' was an audio series released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It focused on the titular character of [[Vienna Salvatori]], played by [[Chase Masterson]].


== '''STORY LIST:''' ==
== Connections to the DWU ==
'''Pilot:'''
[[Vienna Salvatori]] made her debut in the ''[[Main Range]]'' story, ''[[The Shadow Heart (audio story)|The Shadow Heart]]'', in 2012 alongside the [[Seventh Doctor]]. She later spun-off into her own series with a first, standalone story, ''The Memory Box'', being released in 2013. Despite the character originating in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story and the Big Finish website stating that the series was a spin-off from a "''Doctor Who'' adventure", this wiki does not consider ''Vienna'' a [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid source]] due to [[producer]] [[David Richardson]] clarifying that he saw the series as "its own thing" and "not set in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' world]] at all".
1) The Memory Box by Jonathan Morris
Berkeley Silver, one of the richest men in the Earth empire, lies dead in the Penthouse Suite of the Galileo space-hotel. Law Enforcement Officers Detective Captain McGinnis and Detective Sergeant Mead are called in to investigate – but it seems to have been the perfect crime. Even when subjected to a memory scan, everybody in the space-hotel has an alibi for the murder.


Which means it can only have been the work of one woman. The most accomplished – and the most glamorous – bounty hunter in the galaxy. Her name is Vienna Salvatori. And she has a little rule; nobody gets to hear her name and live...
Vienna [[Crossover|crossed over]] into the DWU again in 2016 with ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]'' which depicted crossovers with several Big Finish ranges, some related to ''Doctor Who'' and some not. She featured in two of the six stories, ''[[The Lady from Callisto Rhys (audio story)|The Lady from Callisto Rhys]]'' and ''[[The Phantom Wreck (audio story)|The Phantom Wreck]]'', both with [[the Doctor]]'s former [[companion]] [[Bernice Summerfield]].


'''Series 1:'''
=== Cast connections ===
1) Dead Drop by Mark Wright
Many [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] actors have appeared in ''Vienna'' including [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Rachel Atkins]], [[Annette Badland]], [[John Banks]], [[Sam Béart]], [[Tim Beckmann]], [[Donna Berlin]], [[Dan Bottomley]], [[Nigel Carrington]], [[Michael Chance]], [[Emma Cunniffe]], [[Andrew Dickens]], [[Harry Ditson]], [[Stephen Fewell]], [[Mark Frost]], [[Kerry Gooderson]], [[Mike Grady]], [[Samuel Harris]], [[Edward Harrison]], [[James Hayward]], [[Frazer Hines]], [[Bernard Holley]], [[Alex Jordan]], [[Colin McFarlane]], [[Terry Molloy]], [[Elizabeth Morton]], [[Tom Price]], [[Regina Reagan]], [[John Schwab]], [[Alisdair Simpson]], [[Alison Thea-Skot]], [[Gemma Whelan]] and [[Duncan Wisbey]]. [[Chase Masterson]] also featured in ''[[Night of the Stormcrow (audio story)|Night of the Stormcrow]]'' as [[Peggy Brooks]] before she was cast as Vienna.
 
[[Category:Real world series with DWU connections]]
Dwarfed by the burning star of the Hyspero system, two devastating battle fleets face each other across the stars. On one side, the Dyarid Primary Vanguard, commanded by Admiral Salaron aboard the starship Custodian. On the other, a Chtzin battle cluster.
 
Bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori’s latest assignment brings her aboard the Custodian – but completing her mission and earning some poldaks is the easy bit. When all hell breaks loose with the Chtzin and the Custodian is left crippled and plunging towards the sun, a simple assignment turns into a battle for survival for the galaxy’s deadliest assassin.
 
2) Bad Faith by Nev Fountain
Vienna Salvatori has seen the light.
 
Time was, if you lost everything, at least you still had your faith – but not any more. Faith stealing is the latest commodity to light up the criminal underworld – extract somebody’s faith and sell it to the highest bidder.
 
On the trail of a faith stealing ring, Vienna Salvatori comes into the orbit of the charismatic Bax Spendlove, spiritual leader of the Church of New Wonderment, a breakaway sect of the Church of Old Wonderment. Bax has an important mission for his latest convert – and Vienna is a willing disciple.
 
But when Bax’s followers start to be murdered, it seems Vienna isn’t the only killer keeping the faith…
 
3) Deathworld by Jonathan Morris
The planet Mercator. Twenty trained assassins enter a game arena, armed only with their wits to compete against each other in a harsh environment. Twenty killers go in. One comes out.
 
Amongst the killers is Vienna Salvatori. This is the moment she has trained her whole life for, honing her skills as an assassin to become the best in the galaxy.
 
As the killers are wiped out one by one, Vienna fights on in the hope of finally learning the truth about her past. In the last battle, only one can be the last assassin standing.
 
'''Series 2:'''
1) Tabula Rasa by James Goss
Ever woken up and can't remember where you are? What if you couldn’t remember who you are? Or why there’s a dead body outside your door?
 
Vienna Salvatori is hunting for a killer – but can she be sure it’s not herself?
 
2) Underworld by Cavan Scott
Something bad is lurking down in the Undercity. Innocent citizens are turning on each other, baying for blood.
 
Vienna must team up with jaded cop Lieutenant Jexie Reagan. She’s never had a partner – but will either of them make it through the night alive?
 
3) The Vienna Experience by Jonathan Morris
Ever wanted to experience the life of an assassin? Longed to feel the thrill of the hunt? Now is your chance to get beneath the skin of Vienna Salvatori. See what she sees. Hear what she hears.
 
And pray she never finds out.
 
'''Series 3:'''
1) Self Improvement by Ian Potter
Doctor Ludovic Glospan has a secret. He has made a scientific discovery that could change the galaxy forever, which is why he wants to keep it out of the wrong hands.
 
Vienna Salvatori and Jexie Reagan have been hired to keep Glospan’s secret safe. On a good day that will be an easy job, but this is anything but a good day.
 
2) Big Society by Guy Adams
Tom McQueen is set to win The Selection and become Chairman Sweet’s new business partner. Failure isn’t an option. Failure is for the weak. Tom McQueen doesn’t even know the meaning of the word failure.
 
But another candidate has entered the process, a candidate by the name of Vienna Salvatori. Tom McQueen will soon learn the meaning of another word: fear!
 
3) Impossibly Glamorous by Steve Lyons
Vienna Salvatori used to be somebody else. She used to dream that she had an impossibly glamorous life, and then one day she met someone who made her dreams true.
 
Now she has a new mission. She wants to help make your dreams a reality, help you become the person you always wanted to be. Even if it kills you.
 
'''Series 4 (Retribution):'''   
TBA

Revision as of 17:11, 26 October 2020

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Vienna was an audio series released by Big Finish Productions. It focused on the titular character of Vienna Salvatori, played by Chase Masterson.

Connections to the DWU

Vienna Salvatori made her debut in the Main Range story, The Shadow Heart, in 2012 alongside the Seventh Doctor. She later spun-off into her own series with a first, standalone story, The Memory Box, being released in 2013. Despite the character originating in a Doctor Who story and the Big Finish website stating that the series was a spin-off from a "Doctor Who adventure", this wiki does not consider Vienna a valid source due to producer David Richardson clarifying that he saw the series as "its own thing" and "not set in the Doctor Who world at all".

Vienna crossed over into the DWU again in 2016 with The Worlds of Big Finish which depicted crossovers with several Big Finish ranges, some related to Doctor Who and some not. She featured in two of the six stories, The Lady from Callisto Rhys and The Phantom Wreck, both with the Doctor's former companion Bernice Summerfield.

Cast connections

Many Doctor Who universe actors have appeared in Vienna including Sophie Aldred, Rachel Atkins, Annette Badland, John Banks, Sam Béart, Tim Beckmann, Donna Berlin, Dan Bottomley, Nigel Carrington, Michael Chance, Emma Cunniffe, Andrew Dickens, Harry Ditson, Stephen Fewell, Mark Frost, Kerry Gooderson, Mike Grady, Samuel Harris, Edward Harrison, James Hayward, Frazer Hines, Bernard Holley, Alex Jordan, Colin McFarlane, Terry Molloy, Elizabeth Morton, Tom Price, Regina Reagan, John Schwab, Alisdair Simpson, Alison Thea-Skot, Gemma Whelan and Duncan Wisbey. Chase Masterson also featured in Night of the Stormcrow as Peggy Brooks before she was cast as Vienna.

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