Break the Ice (audio story)

Break the Ice was the third and final story in the audio anthology Into the Stars, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor.

Break the Ice

Doctor:

Ninth Doctor

Main enemy:

Jack Frost

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Director:

Producer:

Music:

Sound:

Cover by:

Release details

Number of parts:

1

Release number:

2.3

Part of:

Into the Stars

Release date:

17 August 2022

Format:

1 CD
Download
Vinyl
3rd of 3 stories

Production code:

BFPDW9TH05

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-83868-758-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-759-5 (digital)

*The Ninth Doctor Adventures*
← Previous	Next →
Last of the Zetacene	The Seas of Titan

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

On a chilly space station, the Doctor meets a group of scientists experimenting with cryogenics.

But when one subject returns from extreme sub-zero temperatures, he does not return alone. A creature awakens that can freeze the soul with icy fingers - Jack Frost

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor notes that the creature goes by many names. On Ribos, he is known as the Bitter King. On Cacophony, he is known as the Cold Bringer. And on Earth, he is known as Jack Frost.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Despite being released after Auld Lang Syne, Tim Foley intended for Break the Ice to come before Auld Lang Syne. Both stories were being worked on at the same time by Foley, allowing him to place a reference for Break the Ice in the script for Auld Lang Syne.^[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

At one point the Doctor expresses regret that he no longer has his umbrella, most likely a reference to the umbrella most famously carried by his seventh incarnation.
The Doctor promises to take Lenni's son to meet the "real Santa". The Doctor mentioned Lapland as one of his recent "many" Christmasses during a conversation with Mandy Litherland. (AUDIO: Auld Lang Syne)
- In his twelfth incarnation, the Doctor will meet Santa Claus once again. (TV: Last Christmas)
- The Eleventh Doctor once claimed he was good friends with Santa and that his real name was Jeff. (TV: A Christmas Carol)
Jack Frost states that he has a face in every snowflake. This is similar to the Great Intelligence, who used sentient snow to monitor and murder people in 1892. (TV: The Snowmen)
Before murdering two members of the crew, Frost takes a liking to a paper Christmas crown. In his tenth incarnation, the Doctor will wear Christmas crowns with Rose Tyler's family following the Sycorax Invasion. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)