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'''''The Ratings War''''' was a 2002 [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio drama, featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]] taking on one of his old comic strip foes, [[Beep the Meep]]. Originally released as an inclusion with [[DWM 313|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #313]], it was later re-released as a free download on the [[Big Finish Productions]] website. | '''''The Ratings War''''' was a 2002 [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio drama, featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]] taking on one of his old comic strip foes, [[Beep]] the [[Meep]]. Originally released as an inclusion with [[DWM 313|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #313]], it was later re-released as a free download on the [[Big Finish Productions]] website. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* ''The Ratings War'' features the return of [[Beep]] the [[Meep]], the villain in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''. His fate in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Beast II (comic story)|Star Beast II]]'' is also mentioned. [[Black Sun (The Star Beast)|Black Sun]] radiation is also mentioned, though referred to as [[Black star|Black ''Star'']] radiation instead. This was his first appearance in performed ''Doctor Who'', 17 years before [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', Beep the Meep's second appearance on audio. | * ''The Ratings War'' features the return of [[Beep]] the [[Meep]], the villain in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''. His fate in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Beast II (comic story)|Star Beast II]]'' is also mentioned. [[Black Sun (The Star Beast)|Black Sun]] radiation is also mentioned, though referred to as [[Black star|Black ''Star'']] radiation instead. This was his first appearance in performed ''Doctor Who'', 17 years before [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', Beep the Meep's second appearance on audio. | ||
* Also included as a bonus on the original CD release is the first episode of the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventure, ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]''. | * Also included as a bonus on the original CD release is the first episode of the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventure, ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]''. | ||
* This is one of only a few stories in which the Sixth Doctor is depicted travelling without a companion. | * This is one of only a few stories in which the Sixth Doctor is depicted travelling without a [[companion]]. | ||
* The Doctor's speech at the end has several meta-fictional references. The Doctor disparages television, claiming it is limiting and unsuitable to his needs, a reference either to [[Doctor Who#End of an Era|Doctor Who's cancellation]] or [[Colin Baker]]'s unceremonious firing. He also claims that he needs a medium that allows him to be "louder" and that the audience will be "hearing more from me, I can assure you", a reference to the audio stories. [[Robbie McHale]] asks if the audience will ever know who he is (a reference to the Doctor's mysterious past) or if he would ever come back (a reference to the potential return). Further, ''Beep & Friends'' is placed on "hiatus" for eighteen months, referencing the eighteen-month hiatus that ''Doctor Who'' suffered in 1986 after barely avoiding cancellation by the BBC. | * The Doctor's speech at the end has several meta-fictional references. The Doctor disparages television, claiming it is limiting and unsuitable to his needs, a reference either to [[Doctor Who#End of an Era|Doctor Who's cancellation]] or [[Colin Baker]]'s unceremonious firing. He also claims that he needs a medium that allows him to be "louder" and that the audience will be "hearing more from me, I can assure you", a reference to the audio stories. [[Robbie McHale]] asks if the audience will ever know who he is (a reference to the Doctor's mysterious past) or if he would ever come back (a reference to the potential return). Further, ''Beep & Friends'' is placed on "hiatus" for eighteen months, referencing the eighteen-month hiatus that ''Doctor Who'' suffered in 1986 after barely avoiding cancellation by the BBC. | ||
* This marks [[Beep]]'s first appearance in an audio story. Additionally, it is his first not to be in comic or comic-strip form. | * This marks [[Beep]]'s first appearance in an audio story. Additionally, it is his first not to be in comic or comic-strip form. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor compares Beep to a [[Speelsnape]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor compares Beep to a [[Speelsnape]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Beep recalls the [[Fourth Doctor]] trapping him in a ''[[Lassie]]'' film. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Beast II (comic story)|Star Beast II]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||