Max Warp (audio story)

Max Warp (audio story)

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Max Warp
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Lucie Miller
Main enemy:	Geoffrey Vantage
Main setting:	Sirius Exhibition Station
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins
Release details
Release number:	2.2
Release date:	February 2008
Format:	1 episode - 1 CD
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG010
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-305-7

Publisher's summary

Welcome to Max Warp! Broadcasting live from the Sirius Inter-G Cruiser Show. Hosted by outspoken columnist and media personality Geoffrey Vantage, with spaceship-guru-extraordinaire O’Reilley and daredevil pilot Timbo ‘the Ferret’.

When a test flight of the new Kith Sunstorm ends in disaster, the Sirius Exhibition Station is plunged into a web of murder and intrigue. Someone – or something – is trying to re-ignite a war between the Varlon Empire and the Kith Oligarchy.

As the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance, only two investigators, the Doctor and Lucie, can hope to uncover the truth.

So strap yourself in, engage thrust, and prepare for... Max Warp!

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Geoffrey Vantage - Graeme Garden
• O'reilley - James Fleet
• Timbo - Duncan James
• The Kith - Nick Bramble
• President Varlon - Samantha Hughes
• Judd Gilbride - Katarina Olsson

References

• There is mention of a "Lazlar Lyricon custom job". This was one of the spaceships in the "Milliways" car park in episode 5 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
• The Doctor answers a question with the answer, "You might think that; I couldn't possibly comment." This brush-off was often used by Francis Urquhart, the machievellan protagonist of the TV serial "House of Cards" and its sequels.
• Lucie jokingly defines TARDIS as "Time and Relative Dimensions in Shed".

Notes

• Features a musical performance by Barnaby Edwards and Nicholas Briggs of Big Finish.
• Elements in this story parody the show Top Gear including the accident of Richard Hammond aka the Hamster. In this story it is Timbo aka the Ferret who has an accident flying at high speeds, precipitating and inter-stellar incident.

Continuity

• An advertisement for "Galactic Salvage and Insurance" can be heard (cf. Nightmare of Eden).
• Morok is used as a minor insult (cf. The Space Museum). (Presumably a pun on "moron".)
• "Monoid 18" is paged (cf. "The Ark").

Timeline

• Max Warp occurs after BFA: Dead London
• Max Warp occurs before BFA: Brave New Town

External links

• Official Max Warp page at bigfinish.com
• Max Warp at the Doctor Who Reference Guide