Birthright (audio story)

Birthright (audio drama)

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Birthright
Main character(s):	Bernice Summerfield
Featuring:	Jason Kane
Main enemy:	The Charrl Jared Khan
Main setting:	London, England, UK, Earth, 1909 Antýkhon, 22,000
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Based on a novel by Nigel Robinson Adapted for Audio by Jacqueline Rayner
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	Nicholas Briggs
Release details
Release number:	4
Release date:	February 1999
Format:	2 CDs
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-36-X

Publisher's summary

"If the human race were to die tomorrow, insect life would carry on regardless. Insects might even become the dominant species!"

Thrown off the Time Path, Professor Bernice Summerfield is trapped in early 20th Century London, with only one of the pair of time rings she needs to get home. At the other end of time, her ex-husband Jason Kane finds himself stranded on a dead world, where the queen of the Charrl demands his help to save her dying race. But all he wants to do is find Benny, and return to the 26th Century.

In the East End a series of grisly murders has been committed - is this the work of the legendary Springheel Jack or, as Benny suspects, something even more sinister? Allied with a Russian detective, she determines to find out. But the master of a grand order of sorcerers has other plans for her...

Cast

• Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
• Jason Kane - Stephen Fewell
• Mikhail Vladamir Popov - Colin Baker
• John Lafayette - Barnaby Edwards
• Jared Khan - John Wadmore
• Queen Ch'tizz - Jane Shakespeare
• Chief Inspector Prior - Jonathan Reason
• Charlie - Benjamin Roddy

References

• Jason has seen the science fiction film Alien.

Notes

• This was adapted from NA: Birthright for audio by Jacqueline Rayner.
• Colin Baker voices the character of Mikhail Vladimir Popov in this audio drama. This marked the first time that any actor who played the Doctor had participated in a Big Finish audio drama. He, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann would all later return to the role of the Doctor in Big Finish's Doctor Who main range and/or one of its spin-offs.

Continuity

• It has never been established whether the audio version of Birthright or the original novel take precedent in terms of placement in overall Doctor Who Universe continuity.

Timeline

• Birthright occurs after: Walking to Babylon
• Birthright occurs before: Just War

External links

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