The Children of the Future (audio story)
The Children of the Future was the second story in Sontarans vs Rutans, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor, Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
It was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sontarans and the first mention of Rutans.
Publisher's summary
The war between the Sontarans and the Rutans has been going on for Millennia. And is likely to continue for millennia more.
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
- The Doctor - Tim Treloar
- Sarah Jane Smith - Sadie Miller
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Jon Culshaw
- Stanley - Jeremy Ang Jones
- Captain Saint - Nicholas Boulton
- Sergeant Moss - Lucy Goldie
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.
Rutans
- The Rutans belong to the Twenty-Seventh Fleet.
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.
- Sarah has a dictaphone made in 1997, in Taiwan.
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
Notes
- ↑ The Brigadier's birthday is tomorrow, which PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"], No Future (novel [+]Loading...["No Future (novel"] and The Forgotten Son [+]Loading...["The Forgotten Son (novel)"] establish as 22 February, with nothing contradicting this in other DWU sources.
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