The Paradox Planet (audio story)
The Paradox Planet was the third story in the fifth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana II and John Leeson as K9 Mark II.
It was the first release of a story which continued in Legacy of Death.
Publisher's summary
Whilst travelling in the vortex, the TARDIS is struck by an advanced war machine — a Time Tank! Losing Romana, the Doctor and K9 pursue the Tank to Aoris, a world quite literally at war with itself.
Soldiers from the future are attacking the past of their own planet — gathering resources and stealing endangered species. But the past is not without weapons of its own — leaving deadly devices ready to trigger many years ahead after their enemies have been born.
Trapped at opposite ends of a temporal war, the Time Lords have two time zones to save. But who is in the right, and who in the wrong? And when history itself is against you, can anybody actually win?
Plot
Part one
to be added
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- K9 / Machina - John Leeson
- Drang - Simon Rouse
- Embery - Tom Chadbon
- Fyrax - Paul Panting
- Shola - Emma Campbell-Jones
- Tyrus - Laura Rees
- Lostar - Bryan Pilkington
- Medea - Jane Slavin
- Valchak - John Banks
Crew
- Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - John Dorney
- Writer - Jonathan Morris
References
- Vivaldi once offered to teach the Doctor how to play the violin.
- Aoris is a Level 5 planet in Era 24.
- Romana considers guns to have no defensive value.
- Era 14 was one thousand years before Era 24.
Notes
- This story was originally released on CD and download.
- This story formed as part of the first two episodes of a four-part story, concluding in Legacy of Death.
- This story was recorded on 4, 5 and 6 December 2013 at Audio Sorcery and The Moat Studios.
- This story was released on John Leeson's birthday.
Continuity
- The Doctor tries to play the violin but does so badly. During his eighth incarnation, he would become a virtuoso on the planet Hitchemus. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers)
- A vessel once again tries to materialise in the same space as the TARDIS. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
- Romana still has her sonic screwdriver. (TV: The Horns of Nimon; AUDIO: Wave of Destruction, The Labyrinth of Buda Castle)
External links
- Official The Paradox Planet page at bigfinish.com
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