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image=[[ | image=[[File:sirens_of_time_cover.jpg|250px|Doctor Who - The Sirens of Time cover]] Cover by [[Gary Gillatt]] & [[James Arnott]]| | ||
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= 1 | | number= 1 | | ||
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] (Parts Two and Four)<br>[[Sixth Doctor]] (Parts Three and Four)<br/>[[Seventh Doctor]] (Parts One and Four)| | doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] (Parts Two and Four)<br />[[Sixth Doctor]] (Parts Three and Four)<br />[[Seventh Doctor]] (Parts One and Four)| | ||
companions= | | companions= | | ||
enemy= [[Knights of Velyshaa]]<br> The [[Sirens of Time]] | | enemy= [[Knights of Velyshaa]]<br /> The [[Sirens of Time]] | | ||
writer= [[Nicholas Briggs]] | | writer= [[Nicholas Briggs]] | | ||
director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] | | director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] | | ||
year= [[Gallifrey]]<br>The ''[[U-20]]'', the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Earth]], [[7 May]] [[1915]]<br>''[[Edifice (spaceship)|Edifice]]'' near the [[Kurgon Wonder]], the [[Kurgon system]], [[3562]] | | year= [[Gallifrey]]<br />The ''[[U-20]]'', the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Earth]], [[7 May]] [[1915]]<br />''[[Edifice (spaceship)|Edifice]]'' near the [[Kurgon Wonder]], the [[Kurgon system]], [[3562]] | | ||
producer= [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and <br>[[Gary Russell]] | | producer= [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and <br />[[Gary Russell]] | | ||
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] | | publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] | | ||
release date= [[July]] [[1999]] | | release date= [[July]] [[1999]] | | ||
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next story=[[Phantasmagoria]] | next story=[[Phantasmagoria]] | ||
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'''''The Sirens of Time''''' is the first in the series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories | Doctor Who Audio Dramas]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. Written and directed by [[Nicholas Briggs]], the four-part story features the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s, with [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], and [[Sylvester McCoy]] respectively reprising their roles from the original television series. | '''''The Sirens of Time''''' is the first in the series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Doctor Who Audio Dramas]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. Written and directed by [[Nicholas Briggs]], the four-part story features the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s, with [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], and [[Sylvester McCoy]] respectively reprising their roles from the original television series. | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Gallifrey]] is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of [[Knights of Velyshaa|an overwhelming enemy]]. And [[the Doctor]] is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The [[web of time]] is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead. | [[Gallifrey]] is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of [[Knights of Velyshaa|an overwhelming enemy]]. And [[the Doctor]] is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The [[web of time]] is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead. | ||
The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat? | The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat? | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
*The [[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | * The [[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | ||
*The [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * The [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
*The [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | * The [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ||
*Commander [[Raldeth]] / [[Schmidt]] - [[Andrew Fettes]] | * Commander [[Raldeth]] / [[Schmidt]] - [[Andrew Fettes]] | ||
*Coordinator [[Vansell]] - [[Anthony Keetch]] | * Coordinator [[Vansell]] - [[Anthony Keetch]] | ||
*[[Lord President|The President]] - [[Michael Wade]] | * [[Lord President|The President]] - [[Michael Wade]] | ||
*[[Sirens of Time|Elenya]] / [[Sirens of Time|Helen]] / [[Sirens of Time|Ellie]] / Knight Commander [[Sirens of Time|Lyena]] - [[Sarah Mowat]] | * [[Sirens of Time|Elenya]] / [[Sirens of Time|Helen]] / [[Sirens of Time|Ellie]] / Knight Commander [[Sirens of Time|Lyena]] - [[Sarah Mowat]] | ||
*[[Ruthley]] - [[Maggie Stables]] | * [[Ruthley]] - [[Maggie Stables]] | ||
*[[Sancroff]] - [[Colin McIntyre]] | * [[Sancroff]] - [[Colin McIntyre]] | ||
*[[Commandant]] / Lt [[Zentner]] / Pilot [[Azimendah]] / Sub-Commander [[Solanec]] - [[John Wadmore]] | * [[Commandant]] / Lt [[Zentner]] / Pilot [[Azimendah]] / Sub-Commander [[Solanec]] - [[John Wadmore]] | ||
*Captain [[Walther Schwieger]] / ''Edifice'' [[Captain (The Sirens of Time)|Captain]] / [[ | * Captain [[Walther Schwieger]] / ''Edifice'' [[Captain (The Sirens of Time)|Captain]] / [[Knight 2]] - [[Mark Gatiss]] | ||
*The [[Temperon]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * The [[Temperon]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
*[[Delegate]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]] | * [[Delegate]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
===[[:Category:Astronomical objects|Astronomical objects]]=== | === [[:Category:Astronomical objects|Astronomical objects]] === | ||
*[[Calfadoria]] | * [[Calfadoria]] | ||
* The [[Kurgon Wonder]] was created as a result of the Knights of Velyshaa attempting to capture the Temperon. | * The [[Kurgon Wonder]] was created as a result of the Knights of Velyshaa attempting to capture the Temperon. | ||
===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]=== | === [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] === | ||
*The [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnations]] of the Doctor make [[telepathic contact]] with one another to apprise one another of the situation through the spoken command "Contact". | * The [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnations]] of the Doctor make [[telepathic contact]] with one another to apprise one another of the situation through the spoken command "Contact". | ||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | === [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] === | ||
*[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Turlough]] are trapped within the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he arrives. | * [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Turlough]] are trapped within the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] when he arrives. | ||
*The Sixth Doctor mentions that he knows [[Hadene Lestrade]]. | * The Sixth Doctor mentions that he knows [[Hadene Lestrade]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]=== | === [[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]] === | ||
*[[Coordinator]] [[Vansell]] is a member of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. | * [[Coordinator]] [[Vansell]] is a member of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. | ||
*The [[Galactic Wonders Commission]] decides which objects are [[Wonders of the Universe]]. | * The [[Galactic Wonders Commission]] decides which objects are [[Wonders of the Universe]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Species|Species]]=== | === [[:Category:Species|Species]] === | ||
* The [[Knights of Velyshaa]] appear. | * The [[Knights of Velyshaa]] appear. | ||
* The [[Temperon]] is a legendary time beast. It is a 'cousin' to the [[Chronovore]]s. | * The [[Temperon]] is a legendary time beast. It is a 'cousin' to the [[Chronovore]]s. | ||
===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]=== | === [[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]] === | ||
* TARDISes have a [[time core]]. | * TARDISes have a [[time core]]. | ||
* [[Cloister Bell]] | * [[Cloister Bell]] | ||
===[[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and concepts]]=== | === [[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and concepts]] === | ||
* The [[Laws of Time]] (supposedly) stop the Doctor's incarnations from meeting. | * The [[Laws of Time]] (supposedly) stop the Doctor's incarnations from meeting. | ||
===[[:Category:Timeline|Timeline]]=== | === [[:Category:Timeline|Timeline]] === | ||
====Sirens' [[Alternate timeline|altered timeline]]==== | ==== Sirens' [[Alternate timeline|altered timeline]] ==== | ||
*The Fifth Doctor accidentally prevents the ''U-20'' from sinking the [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. This allows [[Eric Charles Vincent]] to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] before he discovered [[penicillin]]. | * The Fifth Doctor accidentally prevents the ''U-20'' from sinking the [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. This allows [[Eric Charles Vincent]] to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] before he discovered [[penicillin]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* This is the first meeting of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors together. | * This is the first meeting of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors together. | ||
* In episode 3, Helen and the U-boat crew are unable to understand each other, despite the usual application of the Doctor/TARDIS' [[Translation circuit]]. | * In episode 3, Helen and the U-boat crew are unable to understand each other, despite the usual application of the Doctor/TARDIS' [[Translation circuit]]. | ||
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* [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] would all later appear together in [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (sudio story)|Zagreus]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', both of which also feature [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Furthermore, Baker and McCoy appear in [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus|Project: Lazarus]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Wormery]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Thicker than Water]]'' together. | * [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] would all later appear together in [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (sudio story)|Zagreus]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', both of which also feature [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Furthermore, Baker and McCoy appear in [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus|Project: Lazarus]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Wormery]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Thicker than Water]]'' together. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* The Fifth and Seventh Doctors previously met each other in [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'' and would later do so again prior to the events of [[BFA]]: ''[[The Veiled Leopard]]''. The latter is not actually depicted but is witnessed by the former's companions [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]]. Peri describes the Seventh Doctor as being "a kooky little guy in a weird pullover." She would later meet him more formally in [[NA]]: ''[[Bad Therapy]]''. | * The Fifth and Seventh Doctors previously met each other in [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'' and would later do so again prior to the events of [[BFA]]: ''[[The Veiled Leopard]]''. The latter is not actually depicted but is witnessed by the former's companions [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]]. Peri describes the Seventh Doctor as being "a kooky little guy in a weird pullover." She would later meet him more formally in [[NA]]: ''[[Bad Therapy]]''. | ||
*The Sixth Doctor recalls climbing the [[Himalayas]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') | * The Sixth Doctor recalls climbing the [[Himalayas]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') | ||
* The Knights of Velyshaa are mentioned and a Knight appears in [[BFDE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''. | * The Knights of Velyshaa are mentioned and a Knight appears in [[BFDE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* Vansell reappears in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Neverland]]''. Following his death in the latter story, alternative versions of Vansell appear in [[BFDWU]]: ''[[He Jests at Scars...]]'', [[BFG]]: ''[[Reborn]]'', [[BFG]]: ''[[Disassembled]]'' and [[BFG]]: ''[[Forever]]''. | * Vansell reappears in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Neverland]]''. Following his death in the latter story, alternative versions of Vansell appear in [[BFDWU]]: ''[[He Jests at Scars...]]'', [[BFG]]: ''[[Reborn]]'', [[BFG]]: ''[[Disassembled]]'' and [[BFG]]: ''[[Forever]]''. | ||
* According to [[PDA]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'', [[Evelyn Smythe]] was in the TARDIS while the Sixth Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder. | * According to [[PDA]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'', [[Evelyn Smythe]] was in the TARDIS while the Sixth Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder. | ||
*The method through which the Doctors [[Telepathic contact|telepathically contact]] one other (''"Contact"'') was first seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''. | * The method through which the Doctors [[Telepathic contact|telepathically contact]] one other (''"Contact"'') was first seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''. | ||
*Sancroff is mentioned by [[Kalendorf]] in [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter Four]]''. | * Sancroff is mentioned by [[Kalendorf]] in [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter Four]]''. | ||
==Timeline== | == Timeline == | ||
===For the [[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Fifth Doctor]]=== | === For the [[Fifth Doctor - Timeline|Fifth Doctor]] === | ||
*This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Lily]]'' | * This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Lily]]'' | ||
*This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Qualia]]'' | * This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Qualia]]'' | ||
===For the [[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Sixth Doctor]]=== | === For the [[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Sixth Doctor]] === | ||
*This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'' | * This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'' | ||
*This story occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'' | * This story occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'' | ||
===For the [[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Seventh Doctor]]=== | === For the [[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Seventh Doctor]] === | ||
*This story occurs after [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' (after the Doctor returns [[Penelope Gate|Penelope]] and Joel home) | * This story occurs after [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' (after the Doctor returns [[Penelope Gate|Penelope]] and Joel home) | ||
*This story occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'' | * This story occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
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*{{dwrefguide|who_bf01.htm|The Sirens of Time}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_bf01.htm|The Sirens of Time}} | ||
*{{tetrap|5/sirens.html|The Sirens of Time}} | * {{tetrap|5/sirens.html|The Sirens of Time}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:48, 5 November 2011
The Sirens of Time is the first in the series of Doctor Who Doctor Who Audio Dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, the four-part story features the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy respectively reprising their roles from the original television series.
Publisher's summary
Gallifrey is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of an overwhelming enemy. And the Doctor is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The web of time is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead.
The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat?
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
- The Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
- The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Commander Raldeth / Schmidt - Andrew Fettes
- Coordinator Vansell - Anthony Keetch
- The President - Michael Wade
- Elenya / Helen / Ellie / Knight Commander Lyena - Sarah Mowat
- Ruthley - Maggie Stables
- Sancroff - Colin McIntyre
- Commandant / Lt Zentner / Pilot Azimendah / Sub-Commander Solanec - John Wadmore
- Captain Walther Schwieger / Edifice Captain / Knight 2 - Mark Gatiss
- The Temperon - Nicholas Briggs
- Delegate - Nicholas Pegg
References
Astronomical objects
- Calfadoria
- The Kurgon Wonder was created as a result of the Knights of Velyshaa attempting to capture the Temperon.
The Doctor
- The fifth, sixth and seventh incarnations of the Doctor make telepathic contact with one another to apprise one another of the situation through the spoken command "Contact".
Individuals
- Tegan and Turlough are trapped within the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS when he arrives.
- The Sixth Doctor mentions that he knows Hadene Lestrade.
Organisations
- Coordinator Vansell is a member of the Celestial Intervention Agency.
- The Galactic Wonders Commission decides which objects are Wonders of the Universe.
Species
- The Knights of Velyshaa appear.
- The Temperon is a legendary time beast. It is a 'cousin' to the Chronovores.
TARDIS
- TARDISes have a time core.
- Cloister Bell
Theories and concepts
- The Laws of Time (supposedly) stop the Doctor's incarnations from meeting.
Timeline
Sirens' altered timeline
- The Fifth Doctor accidentally prevents the U-20 from sinking the RMS Lusitania in the Atlantic Ocean on 7 May 1915. This allows Eric Charles Vincent to kill Alexander Fleming before he discovered penicillin.
Notes
- This is the first meeting of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors together.
- In episode 3, Helen and the U-boat crew are unable to understand each other, despite the usual application of the Doctor/TARDIS' Translation circuit.
- Maggie Stables, Sarah Mowat and Anthony Keetch all reappeared later in other Doctor Who audios.
- Anthony Keetch reprises his role of Vansell in The Apocalypse Element, Neverland, He Jests at Scars..., Reborn, Disassembled and Forever.
- Maggie Stables was later cast as Evelyn Smythe, a companion to the Sixth Doctor.
- Sarah Mowat was later cast as Susan Mendes.
- The Sirens of Time was originally released on cassette and CD.
- Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy would all later appear together in BFA: Zagreus and BFA: The Four Doctors, both of which also feature Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. Furthermore, Baker and McCoy appear in BFA: Project: Lazarus, BFA: The Wormery and BFA: Thicker than Water together.
Continuity
- The Fifth and Seventh Doctors previously met each other in MA: Cold Fusion and would later do so again prior to the events of BFA: The Veiled Leopard. The latter is not actually depicted but is witnessed by the former's companions Peri Brown and Erimem. Peri describes the Seventh Doctor as being "a kooky little guy in a weird pullover." She would later meet him more formally in NA: Bad Therapy.
- The Sixth Doctor recalls climbing the Himalayas. (DW: Marco Polo)
- The Knights of Velyshaa are mentioned and a Knight appears in BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks.
- Vansell reappears in BFA: The Apocalypse Element and BFA: Neverland. Following his death in the latter story, alternative versions of Vansell appear in BFDWU: He Jests at Scars..., BFG: Reborn, BFG: Disassembled and BFG: Forever.
- According to PDA: Instruments of Darkness, Evelyn Smythe was in the TARDIS while the Sixth Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder.
- The method through which the Doctors telepathically contact one other ("Contact") was first seen in DW: The Three Doctors.
- Sancroff is mentioned by Kalendorf in BFDE: Dalek War: Chapter Four.
Timeline
For the Fifth Doctor
For the Sixth Doctor
- This story occurs after BFA: The Marian Conspiracy
- This story occurs before BFA: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
For the Seventh Doctor
- This story occurs after NA: The Room With No Doors (after the Doctor returns Penelope and Joel home)
- This story occurs before PDA: Bullet Time
External links
- Official Big Finish The Sirens of Time page at bigfinish.com
- The Sirens of Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Sirens of Time at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
