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}}{{audio stub}}'''''The Entropy Composition''''' was a [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Big Finish]] full-cast audio short story featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].
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'''''The Entropy Composition''''' was a [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Big Finish]] full-cast audio short story featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].


It was notable for being a rare example of a Big Finish audio which had been commissioned as a result of an open invitation for scripts. Writer [[Rick Briggs]] won out over about a thousand other submissions.
It was notable for being a rare example of a Big Finish audio which had been commissioned as a result of an open invitation for scripts. Writer [[Rick Briggs]] won out over about a thousand other submissions.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
A lost prog rock symphony is unearthed from the vaults — with catastrophic consequences for the entire cosmos.
A lost [[progressive rock|prog rock]] symphony is unearthed from the vaults — with catastrophic consequences for the entire cosmos.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Nyssa]] - [[Sarah Sutton]]
* [[Nyssa]] - [[Sarah Sutton]]
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=== Events ===
=== Events ===
* The [[Terileptis Event Horizon Fold]] is, according to the Doctor, the most magnificent sunrise in the area of space-time he and Nyssa are in.
* The [[Terileptis Event Horizon Fold]] is, according to the Doctor, the most magnificent [[sunrise]] in the area of space-time he and Nyssa are in.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Other such "open submission" scripts can be found on ''[[Short Trips: Volume 1]]'' and its successors.
* Other such "open submission" scripts can be found on ''[[Short Trips: Volume 1]]'' and its successors.
* Nyssa refers to "[[The Entropy Composition]]" as the "music of the spheres", a name used by the Doctor to describe a different phenomenon in [[Music of the Spheres|the mini-episode of that name]].
* Nyssa refers to "[[The Entropy Composition]]" as the "music of the spheres", a name used by the Doctor to describe a [[music of the spheres|different phenomenon]] in [[Music of the Spheres|the mini-episode of that name]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Mrs Moloney queries whether the Doctor is wearing a vegetable, to which he replies, "It's decorative" — thereby echoing the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s assessment of the his fifth incarnation's [[celery]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'')
* Mrs Moloney queries whether the Doctor is wearing a [[vegetable]], to which he replies, "It's decorative" — thereby echoing the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s assessment of the his fifth incarnation's [[celery]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'')
* Nyssa is still thinking about her happy childhood on [[Traken]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demons of Red Lodge]]'')
* Nyssa is still thinking about her happy childhood on [[Traken]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demons of Red Lodge]]'')


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Revision as of 22:35, 14 May 2017

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The Entropy Composition was a 2010 Big Finish full-cast audio short story featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.

It was notable for being a rare example of a Big Finish audio which had been commissioned as a result of an open invitation for scripts. Writer Rick Briggs won out over about a thousand other submissions.

Publisher's summary

A lost prog rock symphony is unearthed from the vaults — with catastrophic consequences for the entire cosmos.

Plot

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Cast

References

Species

  • Entropy Sirens are an ancient race, existing just after the creation of the universe.

Events

Notes

Continuity

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