Dreamland (audio story)

Dreamland
Main character(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:	Josh, Natalie
Main enemy:	Ben Kimmel
Main setting:	England and Earth orbit, 2006
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	David Bishop
Director:	John Ainsworth
Producer:	John Ainsworth
Music:	Steve Foxon
Sound:	Steve Foxon
Cover by:	Lee Binding
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	9
Release date:	April 2006
Format:	1 CD Download
Production code:	BFPSJSCD09
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-203-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-967-4 (digital)
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You may be looking for the Tenth Doctor animated adventure or the base nicknamed "Dreamland".

Dreamland was the final release in the Sarah Jane Smith audio stories produced by Big Finish Productions. It concluded the Crimson Chapter story-arc that had began in the first series, and it also concluded Sarah and Josh Townsend adventures together.

In obvious anticipation of being able to make a follow-up series, it ended on a cliffhanger. However, Elisabeth Sladen was put under contract for The Sarah Jane Adventures soon after the recording of this adventure, and the Sarah Jane Smith audio series was subsequently discontinued — leaving the cliffhanger unresolved.

Publisher's summary

Sarah Jane Smith is still dealing with the tragic consequences of recent events when she is offered the chance of a lifetime — a place on the world's first tourist flight into space. The trip's sponsor, Sir Donald Wakefield, believes it is her destiny. But after her recent experiences, what does Sarah still believe in?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Josh Townsend - Jeremy James
• Natalie Redfern - Sadie Miller
• Sir Donald Wakefield - Stephen Greif
• Ben Kimmel - Jon Weinberg
• Mission Control - Toby Longworth
• Newsreader - Shaun Ley
• Maude - Patricia Leventon

Worldbuilding

• The Book of Tomorrows is based on the journals of Duke Giuliano, who wrote of his city being plagued by the Brotherhood of Demnos.
• Sir Donald Wakefield is Josh's father.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 24 November 2005 at the Moat Studios.
• This was Elisabeth Sladen's final performance in a Big Finish audio drama before her death on 19 April 2011.
  • Following this release, Sarah Jane only appeared in seven Short Trips audio releases before finally featuring in another full-cast audio with Return of the Cybermen on 17 March 2021, nearly 15 years after the release of Dreamland. There, Sadie Miller, Sladen's daughter, took on the role of Sarah Jane.
• It was released on or before 15 April 2006.
• Both Josh Townsend and Natalie Redfern make their final appearances.
• This story begins immediately after the deaths of the Keeper and Will Sullivan.

Continuity

• This is the first space tourism flight, which may place it in the same period as PROSE: Escape Velocity, which features the beginnings of private space operators.
• Sarah recalls the day the Doctor left her. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
• Sarah mentions her trip with Josh to Antarctica. (AUDIO: Snow Blind)

External links

• Official Dreamland page at bigfinish.com
• Dreamland at the Doctor Who Reference Guide