Deeptime Frontier (audio story)
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Deeptime Frontier was the first story in the audio anthology Ravenous 3, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka and Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair.
Publisher's summary
Stranded on a desolate world by a dead TARDIS, the Doctor and his friends are trapped, surrounded by creatures from Time Lord nightmares – the Ravenous...
Elsewhere, on the edge of the vortex, a Gallifreyan research station takes on board an extremely dangerous artefact. Are the Time Lords sowing the seeds of their own destruction?
And if one Ravenous creature rattles the Doctor's nerves, what will happen when the whole clan is hunting him?
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Liv - Nicola Walker
- Helen - Hattie Morahan
- Rasmus - Damian Lynch
- Visteron - Tania Rodrigues
- Ravenous - George Asprey
- Brallix / Ravenous - Susie Emmett
- Original Brallix - Dan Starkey
- The Eleven - Mark Bonnar
Crew
- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Script Editor & Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music - Jamie Robertson
- Producer - David Richardson
- Sound Design - Benji Clifford
- Writer - Matt Fitton
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor tells the legend of Time-Skiff Alpha 9's arrival at Yalta Prime in early Gallifreyan history.
Notes
- Deeptime Frontier was originally meant to be Ravenous 2's last story. However, as Matt Fitton wasn't available to write it due to a family bereavement, Guy Adams was brought in and wrote Seizure. (VOR 121)
Continuity
- The Doctor refers to his capture of the Eleven, (AUDIO: The Eleven) Jaxa and her TARDIS, and his first encounter with the Ravenous. (AUDIO: Seizure)
- The Doctor mentions that he has a history of bad encounters with circuses. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
- Time Lords have an instinctive fear of the Ravenous, as humans have of Silurians and Sea Devils. (PROSE: Blood Heat)
- Visteron refers to an upcoming war in which the Time Lords will be feared. (TV: The End of the World, et. al)
- River Song experienced the events of an unregistered passenger on board, killing most of the crew. (AUDIO: Concealed Weapon)
- The Ravenous were fought during the Dark Times, similar to the Yssgaroth. (TV: State of Decay, PROSE: The Pit, et. al)
External links
- Official Deeptime Frontier page at bigfinish.com
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