Deathworld (TLS audio story)

Deathworld
Adapted from:	Deathworld
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jamie, Jo, the Brig
Featuring:	First Doctor, Second Doctor
Main enemy:	Death
Main setting:	Deathworld
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writers:	Bob Baker and Dave Martin, adapted by John Dorney
Director:	David O'Mahony
Producer:	David O'Mahony
Music:	Tim Steemson
Sound:	Tim Steemson
Cover by:	Sean Longmore
Release details
Number of parts:	4
Release number:	8.1
Release date:	16 August 2024
Format:	3 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWLS34
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-80240-220-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-80240-221-6 (digital)
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Deathworld was part of the eighth series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. Although it was numbered as the first story in the series, it was the second to be released.

It was adapted by John Dorney from a storyline submitted by Bob Baker and Dave Martin in 1972.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor was dead, to begin with. Killed alongside his beloved Jo Grant in an explosion in the UNIT labs. But Time Lords are notoriously hard to kill.

Because with UNIT under siege, the Brigadier is rescued by two familiar faces... the Doctor he first encountered, fighting the Yeti, and Jamie McCrimmon. With yet one more waiting in the wings.

They are all pawns in a deadly game of chess played by a being more powerful than any they've ever encountered before. And when you battle Death himself... can anyone even win?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The First Doctor - Stephen Noonan
• The Second Doctor - Michael Troughton
• The Third Doctor - Tim Treloar
• The Brigadier - Jon Culshaw
• Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Death - Joe Shire
• The President - Dianne Pilkington
• Deadly Sins - David O'Mahony
• Other parts - the cast

Crew

to be added

Worldbuilding

• The Lords of Reality are a more powerful equivalent to the Time Lords.

Notes

• This story was initially announced to be released on 29 July 2024, however due to issues with the newly re-organised Big Finish Productions website, its release was delayed until 16 August 2024.
• The First Doctor asks if the Brigadier is related to Bret Vyon; a nod to to both parts being played by Nicholas Courtney.

Continuity

• Death describes the location where "the land meets the sea" as a liminal zone which acts as a border between realms, evoking dialogue from TV: 73 Yards ^[+]Loading...["73 Yards (TV story)"].
• The Second Doctor and Jamie are travelling together en route to Victoria at a research station, as depicted in AUDIO: The Black Hole ^[+]Loading...["The Black Hole (audio story)"].
• Jamie wonders if recent experiments and the Sontarans may have affected the Doctor's mind, alluding to events of TV: The Two Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"].
• The Brigadier recalls meeting the Second Doctor and Jamie whilst battling Yeti and Cybermen, as depicted in TV: The Web of Fear ^[+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"] and TV: The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"] however they have yet to experience those events.
• The First Doctor attempts to use the TARDIS' emergency unit to move outside time and space, as the Second Doctor did in TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"].
• The Third Doctor notes he previous encountered a battlefield with soldiers from different eras, as depicted in TV: The War Games ^[+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"].
• The Doctor instigate telepathic communication by muttering "contact", as first established in TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"].
• Death mentions the Doctor's speech at his trial about his people not using their power, as depicted in TV: The War Games ^[+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"].
• The First Doctor hopes the fast return switch works properly this time, alluding to its malfunction in TV: The Edge of Destruction ^[+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"].
• When facing Medusa, the Second Doctor briefly has a future memory of facing medusa in TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"].
• After Death leaves, Jo and the Brigadier begin discussing the disappearance of Mr Ollis and the Third Doctor asks about Doctor Tyler, setting up for the events of TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"].

Gallery

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  Textless cover

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  Alternate cover

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  Illustration by Jamie Lenman for DWM 608.

External links

• Official Deathworld page at bigfinish.com