Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (audio story)
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Doctor Who and the Iron Legion was the first story in The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One. It was adapted by Alan Barnes from the original story by Pat Mills and John Wagner.
Publisher's summary
1979 AD! Led by the terrible General Ironicus, the mighty Iron Legion – robot veterans of the Eternal War – have come, seen and conquered the English village of Stockbridge!
Caught up in the mayhem, the Doctor pursues the Legion back through the great Dimension Duct to their place of origin – an alternative Earth where Rome never fell...
But can he survive the horrors of the gladiatorial Hyp-Arena long enough to uncover the terrifying secret at the heart of the Galactic Roman Empire?
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- General Ironicus / Milkman - Brian Protheroe
- Juno / Magog - Christine Kavanagh
- Morris / Centurion - Joseph Kloska
- Vesuvius / Grubb / Overseer - Toby Longworth
- Adolphus Caesar - Luke Franks
- Babiyon - Alistair Lock
- Doug / Barbarius / Alien Guard - Steve Hansell
- Viv / Commentator - Esther Hall
Deviations from the comic story
- The unnamed village of the original story is explicitly identified as Stockbridge in the audio adaptation.
- Doug and Viv are new additions to the adaptation, the latter's parallel counterpart replacing Maximus Billious as the commentator at the Colosseum.
- When the village is invaded, the Doctor makes mention of the space-time telegraph he gifted to the Brigadier and considers using it to deal with the Iron Legion menace.
- Prior to opening the Games, Adolphus's choice of leisure is changed from a toy rocket to a video game. He's also explicitly identified as 16-years-old, while his comic counterpart looks a handful of years younger.
- Morris rather than the Doctor makes the "parrot face" jibe to General Ironicus, threatening him with the bact-gun.
- Searching through his database of alien species, the Doctor mentions Morax, created for Series 11 in 2018.
References
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Notes
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Continuity
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External links
- Official Doctor Who and the Iron Legion page at bigfinish.com
