The Trouble with Drax (audio story)

Altrazar. The temporal Atlantis, a place lost to time. Believed by many to be a myth, it has long been the perfect location for the rich and powerful to hide away their most dangerous secrets.

Until now.

Because the somewhat crooked, not exactly honest, wheeler-dealer cockney Time Lord known as Drax has found a map that leads to its location. And, at the behest of a manipulative businessman, he's going to use it.

When the TARDIS is dragged out of the space-time vortex, its crew aren't best pleased to see the Doctor's old school friend, even less when he pressgangs them into joining a raid on the most secure safe-house in history. However with Romana and K9 held hostage, the Doctor has little choice but to agree. With Drax in tow, he heads for the planet.

Which is where the trouble starts.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
Producer - David Richardson
Writer & Script Editor - John Dorney

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Inspector McCormick claims Drax is wanted for multiple crimes across the "eastern end" of the galaxy.
The Doctor plans to visit Brighton in 1851.
The Doctor comments that the Black Guardian "doesn't need" a spaceship.
The people of Altrazar destroyed themselves by using the limiter to constantly rewrite their own timelines.
Drax's TARDIS, used by the first female incarnation, is disguised as a police car that can fly.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover.

The story introduced eleven new incarnations of the Time Lord Drax, of which five were voiced by actors: Ray Brooks (Third Drax), John Challis (Fifth Drax), Miranda Raison (Eighth Drax), John Leeson (Ninth Drax) and Hugh Fraser (Twelfth Drax).
- Later the Here Lies Drax got three more incarnations of Drax voiced by actors: Jeff Rawle (Fourth Drax), Hugh Ross (Seventh Drax) and Nina Wadia (Tenth Drax).
This story was recorded on 26 March & 20 May 2014 at The Moat Studios and Audio Sorcery.
This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor plans to visit Brighton in 1851, and hopes the atmosphere will prove more cordial. (AUDIO: Gallery of Ghouls)
Romana is concerned about constantly overriding the randomiser, visiting the same cities on the same planets. (COMIC: The Forgotten)
The Doctor believes the Guardian is long bored with them, recalling K9 leading him on a chase. (AUDIO: The Auntie Matter, Wave of Destruction)
The Doctor calls K-9 with a dog whistle. (TV: The Ribos Operation, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor, The Creature from the Pit, The Horns of Nimon)
K9 detects an unauthorised avian life form within the TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Sands of Life)
Drax refers to Romana I as the "Ice Maiden." (AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar, Lies)
Drax has a Blinovitch Limitation Effect limiter. (TV: Day of the Daleks)
The limiter enables different incarnations of the same Time Lord to meet without the usual effect of memory loss. (TV: The Two Doctors, The Four Doctors, The Day of the Doctor)
After the Draxs escape from the Doctor and Romana, they plan to go to Voga. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official The Trouble with Drax page at bigfinish.com