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Beep the Meep is back — and he's found a new channel for his aggression! A brand new series is about to make television history, but can the Doctor prevent his furry foe from turning a docu-drama into a crisis, or will the fluffy-wuffy animals get it in the neck? The first shots in the ratings war have been fired, and the next one is aimed at your head...
Author Steve Lyons previously featured the Sixth Doctor and Meeps in his short story Wish Upon a Star Beast for the 1999 charity anthologyPerfect Timing.
Also included as a bonus on the original CD release is the first episode of the Eighth Doctor audio adventure, Invaders from Mars.
This is one of only a few stories in which the Sixth Doctor is depicted travelling without a companion.
The Doctor's speech at the end has several meta-fictional references. The Doctor disparages television, claiming it is limiting and unsuitable to his needs, a reference either to Doctor Who's cancellation or Colin Baker's unceremonious firing. He also claims that he needs a medium that allows him to be "louder" and that the audience will be "hearing more from me, I can assure you", a reference to the audio stories. Robbie McHale asks if the audience will ever know who he is (a reference to the Doctor's mysterious past) or if he would ever come back (a reference to the potential return). Further, Beep & Friends is placed on "hiatus" for eighteen months, referencing the eighteen-month hiatus that Doctor Who suffered in 1986 after barely avoiding cancellation by the BBC.
This marks Beep's first appearance in an audio story. Additionally, it is his first not to be in comic or comic-strip form. Meep would return to audio 17 years later in Doctor Who and the Star Beast.
The preview of Invaders From Mars that was bundled with it in its release in Doctor Who Magazine still is when downloaded from either the Big Finish site or in the Big Finish app.
All stories produced by Big Finish Productions for Doctor Who Magazine are listed here, including the download only stories. Most stories were later released by Big Finish Productions.
