Immortal Beloved (audio story)

Immortal Beloved
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Lucie Miller
Main enemy:	Zeus
Main setting:	Unidentified planet
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Clements
Director:	Jason Haigh-Ellery
Post production:	ERS
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Release number:	1.4
Release date:	April 2007
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG004
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-258-6
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Immortal Beloved was the third story, though fourth release part of Big Finish Productions' The New Eighth Doctor Adventures audio stories that were co-produced with BBC 7. This was the first audio story that Jake McGann (Paul McGann's son) appeared in.

Publisher's summary

'Theosophy? Ha! Surely you mean theophany? Because we're not talking about real gods here, are we? We're talking about the appearance of gods. Your heavenly powers are a little too mechanical for my liking. And, if I may be so bold, Lord Zeus, your demeanour is not very godlike.'

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Zeus - Ian McNeice
• Hera - Elspet Gray
• Sararti - Jennifer Higham
• Kalkin - Anthony Spargo
• Tayden/Ares - David Dobson
• Ganymede - Jake McGann

References

• Although no specific dating is given, it is set approximately a thousand years after the original humans colonised the planet that events take place on. In that time, technology hasn't advanced that much as helicopters and walkie-talkies still exist.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 23 August 2006 at The Moat Studios.
• This story had a running time of approximately 60 minutes.

Continuity

• The Doctor orders Lucie not to wander off, but she ignores him. The Doctor telling a companion not to wander off and them ignoring it is a running theme throughout the history of Doctor Who.
• Lucie asks if the Doctor's got closer to her own time than 1974. (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock)
• The Doctor refers to Lucie as "Lucie of the M62." (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock)
• The Doctor mentions his granddaughter, Susan Foreman, who he and Lucie would later share adventures with. (AUDIO: Relative Dimensions - To the Death)

External links

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