The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 (audio story)
The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 was the fifth story in the Once and Future audio series, produced by Big Finish Productions in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.
It was written by Jonathan Barnes and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor, Michelle Gomez as Missy, Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint and Dan Starkey as Strax.
Publisher's summary
The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form – instead, the Doctor’s past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations…
Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration’. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...
The First Doctor arrives in Victorian London amid a Martian invasion. But he discovers all is not what it seems when Missy appears…
Soon, the Doctor is propelled into a future incarnation – the Tenth – but he is not alone in battling Missy and her Martian invaders. The Paternoster Gang – Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax – are also here to assist. But can they offer the Doctor any help in solving his own degeneration mystery?
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Missy - Michelle Gomez
- Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Strax - Dan Starkey
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- The First Doctor - Stephen Noonan
- The Third Doctor - Tim Treloar
- Jessamy Moore - Hannah Genesius
Worldbuilding
- Missy claims to have been disguised as a street mime, but then retracts the statement.
- The Doctor was at Vastra and Jenny Flint's wedding.
- Strax names the Doctor as the "Hero of the Battle of Demons Run", and the "Scourge of the Cyber-race".
- Strax knows the Doctor as "a lithe fellow in a bowtie", as "an angry, weathered biped with a strange intonation" and "a cheery [girl] with yellow hair".
Notes
- The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 leaves it ambiguous as to whether the Doctor knows Vastra and Jenny. While COMIC: The Lost Dimension implies that he only met Vastra after becoming the last of the Time Lords, the Doctor here talks of knowing Vastra, but it is mentioned that his memory is on the fritz due to his degeneration crisis, and he makes later comments about Vastra that implies he's still deciding whether to trust her or not.
- This was the first story in the Once and Future series to be recorded. (DCOM: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50)
- This story was recorded remotely on 10 October 2020.
Continuity
- Missy recalls lying in wait while disguised as a statue (TV: The Keeper of Traken) and a scarecrow. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- Strax met the Doctor during his eleventh incarnation. (PROSE: Waving Through Time)
- The Doctor farewells the future body by saying that he "do[es] want to go." (TV: The End of Time)
- The Doctor mentions that Martians are green reptilian creatures that he has met before. (TV: The Ice Warriors et. al.)
External links
- Official The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 page at bigfinish.com
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