The Deep (audio story)

	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
	Nyssa
	notionally, the TARDIS
	inside the TARDIS and in an unspecified ocean on Earth
	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
	Ally Kennen
	Nicholas Briggs
	Nicholas Briggs
	Peter Davison
	Short Trips: Vol. 1
	November 2010
	1 X 25 min.
	ISBN 978-1-84435-547-1

The Deep was a 2010 Big Finish audio short story read by Peter Davison and featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. It was likely most notable for being the first piece of Doctor Who fiction written by the noted author of young adult fiction, Ally Kennen.

Summary

When Nyssa attempts to fix the chameleon circuit, the TARDIS turns into a whale. Can the Doctor and she recapture it and turn it back into the old TARDIS before it's stuck in the form of a whale forever?

Characters

• Fifth Doctor
• Nyssa

References

• The Doctor is said to have a symbiotic relationship with the TARDIS, as implied in many stories, including Journey's End, The End of the World and others.
• The rhythm of the Doctor's double heartsbeat is used to call the whale-TARDIS under water.
• The Doctor mentions having a TARDIS manual, as seen in The Pirate Planet and Vengeance on Varos, and wonders how Nyssa could possibly have begun repairing the chameleon circuit without it.

Notes

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Continuity

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Timeline

Though the play gives no specifics as to its timing, The Deep takes place somewhere between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity, because the Doctor is travelling alone with the Doctor.

External links

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