Orbis (audio story)

Orbis
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Lucie Miller
Main enemy:	Headhunter Molluscari
Main setting:	Orbis
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writers:	Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	Andy Hardwick
Release details
Release number:	3.1
Release date:	March 2009
Format:	1 CD - 2 parts
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG017
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-393-4

Publisher's summary

The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her.

Could it be that Lucie’s days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Crassostrea - Andrew Sachs
• Selta - Laura Solon

• Headhunter - Katarina Olsson

• Saccostrea - Beth Chalmers

• Yanos - Barry McCarthy

References

• The Doctor says he has been on Orbis for 600 years.
• The Doctor is known by the Keltans as 'Old Doctor'.
• Lucie mentions; the Daleks, Red Rocket Rising, Aunty' Pat and The Only Ones (Which she calls the Glam Rock Monsters)

Notes

• Features a brand new Extras theme scored and edited by Jamie Robertson with some interesting hints about the rest of the series.

Continuity

• Lucie mentions some of the events of; BFA: Blood of the Daleks, Horror of Glam Rock and The Vengeance of Morbius.
• The Headhunter last appeared in BFA: The Vengeance of Morbius
• The Doctor refers to Daleks, Cybermen, Autons and Axons.

Timeline

• Orbis occurs after: BFA: The Vengeance of Morbius
• Orbis occurs before: BFA: Hothouse

External links

• Official Orbis page at bigfinish.com
• Orbis at the Doctor Who Reference Guide