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}}{{audio stub}}'''''The Deep''''' was a [[2010]] [[Big Finish]] audio short story read by [[Peter Davison]] and featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].  It was likely most notable for being the first piece of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction written by the award-winning author of young adult fiction, [[Ally Kennen]].
}}{{audio stub}}'''''The Deep''''' was a [[2010]] [[Big Finish]] audio short story read by [[Peter Davison]] and featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].  It was likely most notable for being the first piece of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction written by the award-winning author of young adult fiction, [[Ally Kennen]].


Narratively, it is one of the rare stories that deals with repairing the [[chameleon circuit]].   
Narratively, it is one of the rare stories that dealt with repairing the [[chameleon circuit]].   


==Summary==
==Summary==
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*The rhythm of the Doctor's [[binary vascular system|double heartsbeat]] is used to call the whale-TARDIS under water.  It's [[foley]]ed to be exactly the same four-beat structure as [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|The Master]]'s heartsbeat in ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' and later stories.   
*The rhythm of the Doctor's [[binary vascular system|double heartsbeat]] is used to call the whale-TARDIS under water.  It's [[foley]]ed to be exactly the same four-beat structure as [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|The Master]]'s heartsbeat in ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' and later stories.   
*The Doctor mentions having a [[TARDIS manual]], as seen in ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' and ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'', and wonders how Nyssa could possibly have ''begun'' repairing the [[chameleon circuit]] without it.
*The Doctor mentions having a [[TARDIS manual]], as seen in ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'' and ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'', and wonders how Nyssa could possibly have ''begun'' repairing the [[chameleon circuit]] without it.
*This story allows for a very loose "[[chameleon circuit]] trilogy]]" featuring the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], Fifth and [[Sixth Doctor]]s.  It sits in between the other failed efforts seen in ''[[Logopolis]]'' and ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
*This story allows for a very loose "[[chameleon circuit]] trilogy" featuring the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], Fifth and [[Sixth Doctor]]s.  It sits in between the other failed efforts seen in ''[[Logopolis]]'' and ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
*Nyssa is not the only [[companion]] to have an idea about how to fix the chameleon circuit.  The "[[Donna Noble|Doctor-Donna]]" seemed to have the solution right on the tip of her tongue, right before she had to have her memories wiped by the [[Tenth Doctor]].
*Nyssa is not the only [[companion]] to have an idea about how to fix the chameleon circuit.  The "[[Donna Noble|Doctor-Donna]]" seemed to have the solution right on the tip of her tongue, right before she had to have her memories wiped by the [[Tenth Doctor]].
==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 01:10, 10 December 2010

audio stub

The Deep was a 2010 Big Finish audio short story read by Peter Davison and featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. It was likely most notable for being the first piece of Doctor Who fiction written by the award-winning author of young adult fiction, Ally Kennen.

Narratively, it is one of the rare stories that dealt with repairing the chameleon circuit.

Summary

When Nyssa attempts to fix the chameleon circuit, the TARDIS turns into a whale. Can the Doctor and she recapture it and turn it back into the old TARDIS before it's stuck in the form of a whale forever?

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Timeline

Though the play gives no specifics as to its timing, The Deep takes place somewhere between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity, because the Doctor is travelling alone with the Doctor.

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