Colditz (audio story)

Colditz (audio story)

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	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
	Ace
	Nazis Elizabeth Klein
	Colditz Castle, Nazi Germany, Earth, October 1944
	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
	Steve Lyons
	Gary Russell
	25
	October 2001
	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
	7U
	ISBN 1-903654-47-5

Publisher's summary

October 1944.

As World War Two draws towards its conclusion, a Nazi defeat begins to seem almost inevitable. But that might be about to change...

Two intruders are captured in the grounds of Colditz Castle, the most secure Prisoner of War camp in Germany.

At first, the guards think they're dealing with British spies. But the strangers arrived in an advanced travelling machine, the like of which they've never seen before.

With this "TARDIS" in their hands, the Third Reich might triumph after all...

Cast

• The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace - Sophie Aldred
• Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
• Feldwebel Kurtz - David Tennant
• Hauptmann Julius Schäfer - Toby Longworth
• Flying Officer Bill Gower - Nicholas Young
• Timothy Wilkins - Peter Rae
• Prisoner/Guard - Neil Corry

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor is shot in the shoulder, the bullet works its way out of his body overnight.

Individuals

• After the events she witnesses at Colditz, Ace decides from now on she's to be known as Dorothy McShane.

Languages

• When the Doctor and Ace arrive, they are shouted at in German.

Weapons

• In Klein's future, the Nazis won the war by working out nuclear weapons based on Ace's CD walkman's laser.

Technology

• The Doctor's TARDIS does not have a journey log. Since it is stated in several episodes of the audio spin-off series Gallifrey that Gallifreyan time capsules do possess such a log, it is logical to assume that this feature is only available in TARDISes more advanced than a Type 40.

Notes

• The character Feldwebel Kurtz is played by David Tennant, who portrayed the Tenth Doctor in the BBC Wales series from 2005 to 2010. This was the first time that he had a role in Doctor Who in any medium.
• The character of Elizabeth Klein returns as a companion-cum-ally in adversity to the Seventh Doctor in BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings.
• It is unknown to what extent Klein’s erasure from the timeline in BFA: The Architects of History altered the events of this story. It was briefly mentioned by the new version of Klein that the Doctor had visited Colditz Castle in 1944, but his experiences there must have been substantially different due to the absence of the original Dr. Klein.

Continuity

• Ace says she hates Nazis, likely a reference to DW: Silver Nemesis. She also encounters Nazis in NA: Timewyrm: Exodus.
• Ace got her CD walkman from Paul Tanner in BFA: The Fearmonger.
• The Doctor learns what happened to his other self from Klein in BFA: Klein's Story.

Timeline

• Colditz occurs after BFA: Dust Breeding
• Colditz occurs before BFA: The Rapture

External links

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