Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)
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Ascension (Gallifrey audio story) was the third and final story in the sixth series of Gallifrey and the twenty-fourth and final story over all.
Publisher's summary
Gallifrey Rises...
Romana's sacrifice sees Gallifrey restored to its former glory, but at a terrible cost.
As the Time Lords begin to reclaim their stronghold, Leela and Narvin find themselves trapped in a decaying reality... and only K9 can help them.
As old friends fight to reunite, new threats lie in wait...
Because Braxiatel was right: war is coming.
Plot
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Cast
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- Romana - Juliet Landau
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Narvin - Seán Carlsen
- K9 Mark II/Coordinator Tallan - John Leeson
- Chancellor Valyes - Steven Wickham
- Matthias - Stephen Perring
- Commander Jevon - Scott Handcock
- Castellan Slyne - Peter Sheward
- The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
Uncredited cast
References
- Valyes is still the Lord Chancellor of Gallifrey.
- Lord President Matthias ordered that all those infected with the Dogma Virus be quarantined in time-locked facilities. This led to another civil war After his orders were carried out, Matthias resigned and went into self-imposed exile in the Wastelands.
- One of the cardinals refers to Romana's presidency as a golden age of Gallifrey.
Notes
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Continuity
- Romana refers to Shada technology. (TV: Shada, AUDIO: Shada, PROSE: Shada)
- Narvin paraphrases T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men when he says, "Is this how the world ends? Not with a bang but a whimper." (AUDIO: 1963, TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
- The Dogma Virus was created by the Daleks. (AUDIO: Panacea)
- Narvin sends Valyes to tell the Fourth Doctor to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
External links
- Official Ascension page at bigfinish.com
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