Max Warp (audio story)

Max Warp
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Lucie
Main enemy:	Geoffrey Vantage
Main setting:	Sirius Exhibition Station
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Andy Hardwick
Post production:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins
Cover by:	Grant Kempster
Release details
Release number:	2.2
Release date:	February 2008
Format:	1 episode - 1 CD
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG010
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-305-7
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Max Warp was the second story in the second series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

It featured a parody of Top Gear called Max Warp with Graeme Garden, James Fleet and Duncan James' characters Geoffrey Vantage, O'Reilley and Timbo each parodying the presenters from the post-2002 line-up of Top Gear.

Publisher's summary

Welcome to Max Warp! Broadcasting live from the Sirius Inter-G Cruiser Show. Hosted by outspoken columnist and media personality Geoffrey Vantage, with spaceship-guru-extraordinaire O'Reilley and daredevil pilot Timbo "the Ferret".

When a test flight of the new Kith Sunstorm ends in disaster, the Sirius Exhibition Station is plunged into a web of murder and intrigue. Someone — or something — is trying to re-ignite a war between the Varlon Empire and the Kith Oligarchy.

As the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance, only two investigators, the Doctor and Lucie, can hope to uncover the truth.

So strap yourself in, engage thrust, and prepare for... Max Warp!

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Geoffrey Vantage - Graeme Garden
• O'Reilley - James Fleet
• Timbo - Duncan James
• The Kith - Nick Brimble
• President Varlon - Samantha Hughes
• Judd Gilbride - Katarina Olsson

References

Cultural references

• Lucie mentions Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

Languages

• "Morok" is used as a minor insult.

The TARDIS

• Lucie jokingly defines "TARDIS" as "Time and Relative Dimensions in Shed".

Notes

• This story features a musical performance by Barnaby Edwards and Nicholas Briggs of Big Finish.
• Elements in this story parody the show Top Gear, including the accident of Richard Hammond aka the Hamster. In this story, it is Timbo, a.k.a. the Ferret, who has an accident flying at high speeds, precipitating an interstellar incident. Geoffrey Vantage's sexist, racist, and anti-environmental opinions are an exaggerated version of Jeremy Clarkson's controversial remarks. O'Reilly's affinity for topics that bore other spaceship enthusiasts is similar to James May's style which his Top Gear presenters often tease him for.
• This audio drama was recorded on 13 August 2007 at The Moat Studios.
• The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 26 October 2008.
• The first part of the story was released for free onto The Big Finish Podcast feed in 2013.
• A vinyl edition of this story is to be released on 15 November 2019.

Continuity

• An advertisement for "Galactic Salvage and Insurance" can be heard. Galactic Salvage Insurance was first mentioned in TV: Nightmare of Eden.
• "Monoid 18" is paged. The Monoids first appeared in TV: The Ark.
• A Slithergee ice dance spectacular show is mentioned. (AUDIO: Flip-Flop)

External links

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