The Last (audio story)

The Last
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Charley, C'rizz
Main setting:	Bortresoye, the Divergent Universe
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Gary Hopkins
Director:	Gary Russell
Music:	David Darlington
Post production:	David Darlington
Cover by:	Steve Johnson
Release details
Release number:	62
Release date:	October 2004
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	8T
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-102-5
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The Last was the sixty-second monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary

Trapped on a dying world, the Doctor and Charley come face-to-face with those responsible for the war to end all wars, while C'rizz tries to understand what has happened and learns the terrible truth.

Powerful forces are at work on Bortresoye that not even a nuclear holocaust can tame; natural forces that have excited the interest of Excelsior, the self-proclaimed saviour of her people.

With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.

But who will be the last to leave the planet? Who will have to stay behind? And will the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz live long enough to find out?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• C'rizz - Conrad Westmaas
• The Kro'ka - Stephen Perring
• Excelsior - Carolyn Jones
• Minister Voss - Ian Brooker
• Minister Tralfinial - Robert Hines
• Landscar - Richard Derrington
• Requiem - Tom Eastwood
• Nurse - Jane Hills
• Make-Up Assistant - John Dorney

References

Individuals

• Voss is the Bortresoye Minister of War while Tralfinial is the Minister of Peace.
• The Kro'ka presents the Doctor with visions of two of his companions who died while under his care, Katarina and Adric.
• The Doctor refers to Katarina as "the little handmaiden from Troy." He regrets taking her away from her own time and giving her hope, only for her to be killed shortly afterwards.

Technology

• Given that she is from 1930, Charley is unfamiliar with nuclear weapons.

Notes

Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 349.

• Carolyn Jones (Excelsior) would later play Lady Calcula, Davros' mother, in I, Davros.
• Richard Derrington (Landscar) previously played Dr. Stephen Farmer in AUDIO: The Harvest.
• An illustrated preview for this story appeared in DWM 349 by Martin Geraghty.
• A deleted scene from Episode 4 with the Eighth Doctor was included with Big Finish Magazine #6 (a free audio CD release with news and interviews). The clip had been removed for time and pacing considerations. It is 1:59 in length.
• The working titles for this story were Would The Last Person To Leave The Planet Please Switch Off The Light? and Last.
• This audio drama was recorded on 9 and 10 June 2004.

Continuity

• The Doctor encounters the shades of his deceased companions Katarina and Adric. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, Earthshock) He refers to the former sacrificing her life to save his first incarnation and Steven Taylor. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
• C'rizz and Charley discuss the fate of L'da. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon)

External links

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