The Blue Tooth (audio story)

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The Blue Tooth

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Nigel Fairs

Director:

Mark J Thompson

Producer:

Sharon Gosling

Music:

Lawrence Oakley

Sound:

Lawrence Oakley and Robert Dunlop

Cover by:

Simon Holub

Release details

Release number:

1.3

Release date:

February 2007

Format:

4 episodes on 1 CD

Production code:

BFPDWCC03

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-84435-265-4

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The Blue Tooth was the third story in the first series of The Companion Chronicles. It was produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs and featured Liz Shaw. It was notable for being the one of the few stories to pit the Third Doctor against the Cybermen. Until the publication of The Piper in 2015, this was the only Third Doctor story to use the Cybermen as its main antagonists.

Publisher's summary

"I suppose that was one of the Doctor's most endearing qualities: the ability to make the bizarre and the terrifying seem utterly normal."

When Liz Shaw's friend Jean goes missing, the Doctor and U.N.I.T. are drawn to the scene to investigate. Soon Liz discovers a potential alien invasion that will have far-reaching affects on her life... and the Doctor is unexpectedly re-united with an old enemy...

Plot

to be added

Cast

Liz Shaw - Caroline John
The Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs

References

UNIT

The electricity board threatens to cut off the power at UNIT HQ because the Doctor is using large amounts of power for his experiment on the TARDIS.

Individuals

Liz was at the University of Cambridge in the 1960s alongside Jean Baisemore.
Liz doesn't like dentists.

Notes

Textless cover art

This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
While originally set for release in January 2006, it was announced on 1 February that the release of the first series of Companion Chronicles was to be delayed until 5 February.^[1] The announcement of their release came on 19 February^[2], however this followed a gap of communications since the original announcement that release was delayed, so it is difficult to pinpoint a more precise release date than February.
This marks the first appearances of Liz Shaw, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates in an audio drama.
To date, this is the only appearance of the Cybermen in the Companion Chronicles.
Aside from a brief appearance in AUDIO: Zagreus, this is the first Big Finish audio drama to feature the Third Doctor.
Liz refers to Mike Yates as "Captain Yates", which is at odds with his rank as given in PROSE: The Scales of Injustice but consistent with AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones.
This story takes place after TV: Inferno.
Unlike most Companion Chronicles, this episode is divided into four 15-20 minute parts as opposed to two 30 minute parts. As a result, it is slightly longer than most single-disc releases.
This story was told from Liz's perspective.

Continuity

Liz says she lived with her mother whilst studying for her undergraduate degree. (AUDIO: The Last Post)
Later in his timeline, the Third Doctor would briefly encounter the Cybermen on the Death Zone on Gallifrey, (TV: The Five Doctors) and a longer encounter on the human colony of Burnt Salt with Jo Grant. (AUDIO: The Tyrants of Logic)

Footnotes

External links

Official The Blue Tooth page at bigfinish.com
The Blue Tooth at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

The Companion Chronicles

First Doctor

Susan	Quinnis • The Alchemists • The Beginning • The Sleeping Blood

Susan, Barbara, Ian	Here There Be Monsters • The Transit of Venus • The Wanderer • The Flames of Cadiz • The Library of Alexandria • E is for...

Barbara, Ian	The Revenants

Barbara, Ian, Vicki	The Rocket Men • The Sleeping City • Starborn • The Unwinding World • Daybreak

Vicki and Steven	Frostfire • The Suffering • Upstairs • The Founding Fathers • Fields of Terror • Across the Darkened City

Steven, Sara	Home Truths • The Drowned World • The Guardian of the Solar System • The Anachronauts

Steven, Oliver	The Perpetual Bond • The Cold Equations • The First Wave

Steven, Dodo	Mother Russia • Tales from the Vault • Return of the Rocket Men • The War To End All Wars

Steven	The Locked Room • The Vardan Invasion of Mirth

Polly, Ben	The Bonfires of the Vanities • The Plague of Dreams • The Crumbling Magician

Second Doctor

Polly, Ben	The Curator's Egg

Polly, Ben, Jamie	Resistance • The Forbidden Time • The Selachian Gambit • House of Cards • The Mouthless Dead

Jamie, Victoria	The Great Space Elevator • The Emperor of Eternity • The Story of Extinction • Dumb Waiter

Jamie	Helicon Prime • The Death of the Daleks • The Phantom Piper

Jamie, Zoe	Fear of the Daleks • The Glorious Revolution • Echoes of Grey • Tales from the Vault • The Memory Cheats • The Jigsaw War • The Uncertainty Principle • The Apocalypse Mirror • The Dying Light • Second Chances • The Integral • The Edge • The Iron Maid • The Tactics of Defeat • The Prints of Denmark • The Deepest Tragedian

Third Doctor

Liz	The Blue Tooth • Shadow of the Past • The Sentinels of the New Dawn • Binary • The Last Post

The Brigadier	Old Soldiers

Jo	The Doll of Death • The Mists of Time • Find and Replace • Tales from the Vault • The Many Deaths of Jo Grant • The Scorchies • Ghost in the Machine

Yates	The Magician's Oath • The Rings of Ikiria

Benton	Council of War

Solo travels	The Prisoner of Peladon

Fourth Doctor

Leela	The Catalyst • Empathy Games • The Child

Leela, K9 Mark I	The Time Vampire

Romana I	The Stealers from Saiph • Ferril's Folly • Tales from the Vault • Luna Romana

Romana II	The Pyralis Effect • Luna Romana

Romana II, K9 Mark II	The Beautiful People

Romana II, Adric	The Invasion of E-Space

Fifth Doctor

Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Darkening Eye

Tegan, Turlough	Ringpullworld • Freakshow

Peri	Peri and the Piscon Paradox

Sixth Doctor

Peri	Peri and the Piscon Paradox

Evelyn	A Town Called Fortune

"Jamie"	Night's Black Agents

Jason, Crystal	Beyond the Ultimate Adventure

Seventh Doctor

Ace, Zara	The Prisoner's Dilemma

Bernice	Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code

Sally, Lysandra	Project: Nirvana

Eighth Doctor

Charley	Solitaire

Iris Wildthyme, Jo Grant	The Elixir of Doom

Other adventures

Jago and Litefoot	The Mahogany Murderers

Polly, the Brigadier, Brewster	The Three Companions

Ian	The Time Museum

The Master	Mastermind

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

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