The Axis of Insanity was the fifty-sixth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Simon Furman and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown and Caroline Morris as Erimem.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
What is... the Axis?
For the Doctor and his travelling companions, Peri and Erimem, it's a twisted playground, where reality, morality and sanity no longer apply. Stranded within a dimensional nexus, beset by the molten fury of the Firebreed, they must unwrap a terrifying mystery of damaged timelines and dark science... before the corruption of the Axis spreads and reality itself crumbles.
Pitted against a warped and deadly mind, the Doctor faces his own past transgressions, and the very nature of what it is to be a Time Lord.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Lee Binding
- Director - Gary Russell
- Executive Producer - Jacqueline Rayner
- Music - Andy Hardwick
- Producer - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins
- Writer - Simon Furman
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]
- When Time Lords die, their TARDISes do as well.
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A Molenski Univarius is the Gallifreyan equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.
Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Peri says that the works of Charles Dickens, Lev Tolstoy and Barbara Cartland are the greats of English Literature.
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Original CD cover
Illustrated preview from DWM 342 by Martin Geraghty
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An illustrated preview for this story featured in DWM 342 with artwork by Martin Geraghty.
- This audio drama was recorded on 22 and 23 January 2004 at the Moat Studios.
- The animated X-Men series featured "the Axis of Time" through which all time travellers passed, which also included a crazed maintenance worker.
- Erimem does not have a TARDIS key in this story. By the audio story Three's a Crowd, however, she regularly wears a key around her neck.
- This story is set between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor previously expressed a wish to visit the "elephant's graveyard" of TARDISes. (AUDIO: Omega)
- Leela, Romana, K9, Narvin and Irving Braxiatel would later visit the Axis following their escape from Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Reborn)
- The subject of TARDISes dying when the Time Lord pilot dies is mentioned. The Eleventh Doctor's journey to his gravesite on Trenzalore revealed his TARDIS was deteriorating after he perished in his final battle. Its dimension dams had also broken down, causing it to grow into a monolith. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)