Deathworld (TLS audio story)

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Deathworld was part of the eighth series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. Although it was numbered as the first story in the series, it was the second to be released.

It was adapted by John Dorney from a storyline submitted by Bob Baker and Dave Martin in 1972.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor was dead, to begin with. Killed alongside his beloved Jo Grant in an explosion in the UNIT labs. But Time Lords are notoriously hard to kill.

Because with UNIT under siege, the Brigadier is rescued by two familiar faces... the Doctor he first encountered, fighting the Yeti, and Jamie McCrimmon. With yet one more waiting in the wings.

They are all pawns in a deadly game of chess played by a being more powerful than any they've ever encountered before. And when you battle Death himself... can anyone even win?

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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Worldbuilding

Notes

Continuity

  • Death describes the location where "the land meets the sea" as a liminal zone which acts as a border between realms, evoking dialogue from TV: 73 Yards [+]Loading...["73 Yards (TV story)"].
  • The Second Doctor and Jamie are travelling together en route to Victoria at a research station, as depicted in AUDIO: The Black Hole [+]Loading...["The Black Hole (audio story)"].
  • Jamie wonders if recent experiments and the Sontarans may have affected the Doctor's mind, alluding to events of TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"].
  • The Brigadier recalls meeting the Second Doctor and Jamie whilst battling Yeti and Cybermen, as depicted in TV: The Web of Fear [+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"] and TV: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"] however they have yet to experience those events.
  • The First Doctor attempts to use the TARDIS' emergency unit to move outside time and space, as the Second Doctor did in TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"].
  • The Third Doctor notes he previous encountered a battlefield with soldiers from different eras, as depicted in TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"].
  • The Doctor instigate telepathic communication by muttering "contact", as first established in TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"].
  • Death mentions the Doctor's speech at his trial about his people not using their power, as depicted in TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"].
  • The First Doctor hopes the fast return switch works properly this time, alluding to its malfunction in TV: The Edge of Destruction [+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"].
  • When facing Medusa, the Second Doctor briefly has a future memory of facing medusa in TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"].
  • After Death leaves, Jo and the Brigadier begin discussing the disappearance of Mr Ollis and the Third Doctor asks about Doctor Tyler, setting up for the events of TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"].

Cover gallery

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ As well as War, Famine and Pestilence.
  2. ↑ As well as Kali and spider-god.
  1. ↑ https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1812849821566271614
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1817213354194219243?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1818310045836214487
  4. ↑ https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1817839808846131694
  5. ↑ Three Doctors dice with Death
  6. ↑ https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1824362994953769273
  7. ↑ https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1824498901774127370
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