Deimos (audio story)

Deimos
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Tamsin
Main enemy:	Ice Warriors
Main setting:	Deimos, the 23rd century
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	David Richardson, Barnaby Edwards
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	4.5
Release date:	8 October 2010
Format:	1 CD Download Parts 1 & 2 of 4
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG029
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-479-5 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78575-791-4 (digital)
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Deimos was the fifth story in the fourth series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Niky Wardley as Tamsin Drew.

The story continued in The Resurrection of Mars.

Publisher's summary

Millions of years ago, the noble Ice Warriors fled to Deimos, moon of Mars, hoping to sit out the radioactive death throes of their home planet. When the TARDIS lands on Deimos, the Doctor discovers that the Warriors' ancient catacombs are now a popular stop for space tourists.

But the Martian dynasties are more than history, and the Warriors are far from extinct. It's not for nothing that "Deimos" is the ancient word for "dread"...

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Tamsin Drew - Niky Wardley
• Professor Boston Schooner - David Warner
• Gregson Grenville - Nicky Henson
• Margaret - Susan Brown
• Temperance Finch / Mrs Grenville - Tracy Ann Oberman
• Harold - Nick Wilton
• The Ice Warriors / Security Leader - Nicholas Briggs
• Pilot - Jack Brown

Crew

• Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
• Director - Barnaby Edwards
• Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
• Producers - Barnaby Edwards and David Richardson
• Script Editor - Alan Barnes
• Writer - Jonathan Morris
• Ice Warriors created by Brian Hayles

Worldbuilding

Deimos

• After the destruction of Mars' atmosphere, the Ice Warriors fled to Deimos.

Mars

• Harold and Margaret are residents of one of the Martian colonies.
• The Martian terraforming project was cancelled due to the advent of the Great Recession and technical difficulties surrounding the planned atmospheric ionisation technique.

Ice Warriors

• The Doctor tells one of the Ice Warriors that there are more of his people in suspended animation on an asteroid in the Sol system and that they will awake in several hundred years and found a new homeworld.
• The Doctor is familiar with the second dynasty.
• Valex is in a museum.

Tamsin Drew

• Tamsin worked at the London dungeon for one summer, during which she played one of the prostitutes who was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Gallifreyan technology

• Schooner claims that the Doctor's sonic screwdriver "does not look much like a screwdriver."

Dummy cover to the story

Notes

• This is the second Big Finish Eighth Doctor story to be named after one of Mars' moons. AUDIO: Phobos is the first.
• The CD cover of this audio drama features an actual photograph of Deimos.
• There are two versions of the CD cover for this audio drama; the version posted on Big Finish's website omits Tamsin's face, and some of the cast listed on the cover are different (including the omission of Niky Wardley and the inclusion of Susan Brown).
• The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 11 January 2013.
• The conclusion of this story reintroduces Lucie Miller to the narrative, though Sheridan Smith doesn't appear. Her involvement in the adventure is expanded in the next story, AUDIO: The Resurrection of Mars.
• This story was originally released on CD and download on 8 October 2010.
• This audio was recorded on 19 and 20 August 2009 at The Moat Studios.

Continuity

• The Ice Lord Izdaal was the greatest Ice Warrior who ever lived in Martian society. His studies determined that Mars' atmosphere was no longer capable of keeping out radiation from space. This would eventually kill them all. He told the government that their turmoil was not over and with the evidence of sickening children, he declared that their world was no longer sustainable. He was ignored by his people. Lord Izdaal made the ultimate sacrifice. To prove himself right, he elected to step outside and face the Red Dawn, knowing he would die. His death led to his people coming to the same conclusion and they worked to survive, slowly becoming a conqueror race that took what they wanted from others. (AUDIO: Red Dawn)
• During his second incarnation, the Doctor encountered the Ice Warriors for the first time on the Brittanicus Base during an Ice Age in the company of Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield. (TV: The Ice Warriors)
• The Doctor tells Tamsin that he witnessed the destruction of Mars' atmosphere million of years earlier. (AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar)
• Harold recalls seeing a documentary on the History Channel which stated that the last of the Ice Warriors were killed when their invasion fleet spiralled into the Sun in the late 21st century. The Doctor tells Tamsin, Professor Schooner and Grenville Gregson that he witnessed that event as well. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
• Grenville refers to the "hippie holiday camp" on Phobos. The Doctor and Lucie Miller previously visited Lunar Park in 2589. (AUDIO: Phobos)

External links

• Official Deimos page at bigfinish.com
• Deimos at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Deimos at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide