The Long Way Round (audio story)

The Long Way Round
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy
Featuring:	The Curator
Main enemy:	Robin, Divine Intervention
Main setting:	London, 2020 and 2050
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	John Dorney
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Benji Clifford
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	2.4
Part of:	Stranded 2
Release date:	10 March 2021
Format:	1 CD Download 4th of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG049
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-167-8 (physical) ISBN 978-1-83868-168-5 (digital)
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The Long Way Round was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Stranded 2, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair, Rebecca Root as Tania Bell, Tom Price as Andy Davidson and Tom Baker as the Curator.

Publisher's summary

Something is wrong with Earth’s future – so the Doctor decides to see it for himself. But very soon, the travellers are captured. Someone seems to know their every move. An interrogator wants answers, but do they even know the right questions?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
• Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
• Sergeant Andy Davidson - Tom Price
• The Curator - Tom Baker
• Robin - Joel James Davison
• Gemma - Venice Van Someren
• Houlbrooke - Annabelle Dowler

Worldbuilding

The Doctor

• The Curator loves pigeons.

Literature

• The Curator misquotes the "the Ad-dressing of Cats" by T.S. Eliot, changing the words to be be about pigeons. He also claims to have met Eliot.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Houlbrooke claims to know about Torchwood, Gwen Cooper, (TV: Everything Changes ^[+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"], et al.) and Yvonne Hartman. (TV: Army of Ghosts ^[+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])
• Houlbrooke talks to Helen about the Rarkelians trying to kill the Doctor. (AUDIO: Divine Intervention ^[+]Loading...["Divine Intervention (audio story)"])
• Helen talks with Houlbrooke about her experiences with regeneration. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Chronometer ^[+]Loading...["The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)"])
• Helen recalls her encounter with Divine Intervention. (AUDIO: Divine Intervention ^[+]Loading...["Divine Intervention (audio story)"])
• Liv's encounter with the Seventh Doctor is talked about by both Helen and Liv. (AUDIO: Robophobia ^[+]Loading...["Robophobia (audio story)"])
• This would not be the first time that someone pretended to be the Doctor for illegitimate purposes. The Master would do it on several occasions and in different incarnations (PROSE: Anything You Can Do ^[+]Loading...["Anything You Can Do (short story)"], AUDIO: Dominion ^[+]Loading...["Dominion (audio story)"], COMIC: The Master Plan ^[+]Loading...["The Master Plan (comic story)"]), as well as Banto Zame, (AUDIO: The One Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"]) and the Nun. (AUDIO: The Wrong Woman ^[+]Loading...["The Wrong Woman (audio story)"])

External links

• Official The Long Way Round page at bigfinish.com