Square One (Gallifrey audio story)

Square One
Main character(s):	Romana II Leela K9 Mark I K9 Mark II
Featuring:	Cardinal Braxiatel Coordinator Narvin
Main enemy:	Liaison Officer Hossak
Main setting:	Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Stephen Cole
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	David Darlington
Release details
Release number:	Chapter Two
Release date:	April 2004
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPGALLCD02
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-089-4
Gallifrey
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Next →	The Inquiry

Publisher's summary

"It's too late... time is coming for us!"

In a climate of unease and mistrust, the great time-travelling powers of the universe are holding an historic temporal summit. The meeting will take place on a planetoid impervious to outside attack or internal subversion in any way.

But while President Romana walks a knife-sharp political tightrope into dangerous territory, Leela and K9 find themselves attending the summit in unexpected roles. They are hunting for evidence of Free Time activity, but find instead terrors of a different kind -- time and time again...

What impossibility stalks the planetoid? Who is manipulating time? Can Leela and Romana discover the truth -- or will they find themselves sent back to square one for all eternity?

Plot

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Cast

• Lady President Romana - Lalla Ward
• Leela - Louise Jameson
• K9 Mark I / K9 Mark II - John Leeson
• Cardinal Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
• Coordinator Narvin - Sean Carlsen
• Liaison Officer Hossak - Jane Goddard
• Baano - Lucy Campbell
• Flinkstab - Daniel Hogarth
• V'rell - Daniel Barzotti

References

• A beryllium chip is mentioned.
• The Nekkistani are described as a slug-like race.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Romana mentions the Time Lords' refusal to use force on Gryben. (AUDIO: Weapon of Choice)
• The events of AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element are mentioned.
• It’s mentioned that Cardinal Braxiatel has been busy elsewhere; though it’s possible that this is because he was organising the real summit, another possible explanation for his absence is revealed in AUDIO: The Inquiry.
• One of the delegates at the summit is a Virgoan. (PROSE: Stop the Pigeon)
• The timecode on the holo-prints was made with a beryllium chip. (TV: Doctor Who)
• Flinkstab murdered a dancing girl on Coralee, the human colony visited in PROSE: Storm Harvest.

External links

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