The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)

The Battle of Giant's Causeway was the first story in Sontarans vs Rutans, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Lizzie Hopley and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charley Pollard and Conrad Westmaas as C'rizz.

It was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sontarans and the first mention of Rutans.

Publisher's summary

The war between the Sontarans and the Rutans has been going on for Millennia. And is likely to continue for millennia more.

A terrible conflict with no care for consequences or collateral damage. Billions have died with no end in sight. Its reach can encompass ancient Ireland and a forest world in the far future.

A temporal tidal wave leads the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz to the Giant's Causeway, Ireland 55BC, where the TARDIS drains of power and they encounter Sontarans who believe they’re Roman Legionnaires. What has caused this and what is the strange secret in the rocks?

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Cast

Crew

Cover Art - Sean Longmore
Director - Ken Bentley
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Joe Kraemer
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Sound Design - David Roocroft
Writer - Lizzie Hopley
Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
Sontarans created by Robert Holmes

Worldbuilding

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Notes

This story was recorded on 3 May 2023 at the Soundhouse.

Continuity

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External links

Official The Battle of Giant's Causeway page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes

Classic Series - Special Releases

Excelis Saga

Excelis Dawns • Excelis Rising • Excelis Decays • The Plague Herds of Excelis

Bonus Releases

Shada • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

DWM Free Gifts

The Veiled Leopard

Classic Doctors,
New Monsters

Volume One	Fallen Angels • Judoon in Chains • Harvest of the Sycorax • The Sontaran Ordeal

Volume Two	Night of the Vashta Nerada • Empire of the Racnoss • The Carrionite Curse • Day of the Vashta Nerada

The Stuff of Nightmares	The House That Hoxx Built • The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much • Together in Eclectic Dreams • If I Should Die Before I Wake

Broken Memories	Invasion of the Body Stealers • The Queen of Clocks • The Silent Priest • The Silent City

Other releases

Single releases	The Light at the End

The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One	Doctor Who and the Iron Legion • Doctor Who and the Star Beast

The Legacy of Time	Prequel to The Legacy of Time • Lies in Ruins • The Split Infinitive • The Sacrifice of Jo Grant • Relative Time • The Avenues of Possibility • Collision Course

Peladon	The Ordeal of Peladon • The Poison of Peladon • The Death of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon

Sontarans vs Rutans	The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future • Born to Die • In Name Only

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

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