Dreamland (audio story)

Dreamland
Main character(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:	Josh Townsend
Main setting:	Earth
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	David Bishop
Director:	John Ainsworth
Producer:	Steve Foxon
Release details
Release number:	9
Release date:	April 2006
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	SJ09
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-203-X

Publisher's summary

Having lived a life of adventure as a traveller in time and space, returning to a quiet life on present day Earth was never going to be easy. Ex-journalist, Sarah Jane Smith is determined to make a difference in her own way. Fiercely independent, Sarah relies on her own wit, judgement and keen sense of morality to challenge the evils of the world. Life is never quiet for long. Trouble has a habit of finding Sarah -- even when she’s not looking for it.

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?

Cast

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

References

• 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 Townsend's father.

Notes

• This story ends on a (pretty big) cliff hanger for Sarah Jane Smith. However this would turn out to be the final episode of this particular series of audio dramas. This is because later in the same month that Dreamland was released, Elisabeth Sladen returned as Sarah Jane in the Doctor Who episode, School Reunion, followed shortly thereafter by her own spin-off TV series, The Sarah Jane Adventures; neither directly follows the continuity of the audio series.

Continuity

• This is the first space tourism flight, which may place it in the same period as EDA: Escape Velocity which features the beginnings of private space operators.
• Sometime after this adventure Sarah Jane, having attempted to repair K9 and failed, took to taking K9 around in the boot of her car, which she replaced with a nissan figaro by the time of 2008-09

Timeline

• Dreamland occurs after: Fatal Consequences
• Dreamland occurs before: DW: School Reunion

External links

• Big Finish - Dreamland page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Dreamland