The Children of the Future (audio story)

The Brigadier is used to the Doctor acting strangely, but this time there’s something decidedly different about the whole affair. As he looks into the Time Lord's odd activities outside of UNIT, there's a mystery that'll take Lethbridge-Stewart to a site very familiar to Sarah Jane Smith.

Can the Brigadier trust his old friend? Who are his mysterious new allies? And is the future of humanity really at stake? A Sontaran threat could spell the end of their long-standing friendship...and the entire planet!

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

Cover Art - Sean Longmore
Director - Ken Bentley
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Joe Kraemer
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Sound Design - David Roocroft
Writer - Tim Foley
Senior Producer - John Ainsworth

Worldbuilding

Science

The Doctor promises to explain quantum osmosis, and has experienced time quakes.

Locations

Irongron's castle is named Lindsey Castle, and its ruins are now a tourist attraction featured on local postcards.

History

Captain Saint claims he and his soldiers were agents of the Earth Defence Force from 1994, who fled from a major Sontaran invasion through a time tunnel.
Many are said to have tried to flee to the Moonbase, but never made it beyond the atmosphere.

Notes

This story was recorded on 17 May 2023 at the Soundhouse.

Continuity

to be added

External links

Official The Children of the Future page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes

Classic Series - Special Releases

Excelis Saga

Excelis Dawns • Excelis Rising • Excelis Decays • The Plague Herds of Excelis

Bonus Releases

Shada • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

DWM Free Gifts

The Veiled Leopard

Classic Doctors,
New Monsters

Volume One	Fallen Angels • Judoon in Chains • Harvest of the Sycorax • The Sontaran Ordeal

Volume Two	Night of the Vashta Nerada • Empire of the Racnoss • The Carrionite Curse • Day of the Vashta Nerada

The Stuff of Nightmares	The House That Hoxx Built • The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much • Together in Eclectic Dreams • If I Should Die Before I Wake

Broken Memories	Invasion of the Body Stealers • The Queen of Clocks • The Silent Priest • The Silent City

Other releases

Single releases	The Light at the End

The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One	Doctor Who and the Iron Legion • Doctor Who and the Star Beast

The Legacy of Time	Prequel to The Legacy of Time • Lies in Ruins • The Split Infinitive • The Sacrifice of Jo Grant • Relative Time • The Avenues of Possibility • Collision Course

Peladon	The Ordeal of Peladon • The Poison of Peladon • The Death of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon

Sontarans vs Rutans	The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future • Born to Die • In Name Only

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran 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 The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Rutan stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Rutan story" is one in which one living, authentic Rutan plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television

Broadcast	Horror of Fang Rock

Home video	Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Battlefield

Audio

In 2 Minds • The Bellotron Incident • Castle of Fear • The First Sontarans • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • Blind Terror • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • Beast of Fang Rock • Fear of the Web

Comics

Pureblood • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War

Video games

The Gunpowder Plot

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