The Artist at the End of Time (webcast)

The Artist at the End of Time
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Main setting:	Final Gallery
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Music:	Howard Carter
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release date:	14 June 2023
Format:	1 minute webcast
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The Artist at the End of Time was a Big Finish Animated Trailer by Chris Thompson for the story The Artist at the End of Time in Once and Future.

Plot

The Roboguide introduces the Final Gallery. As the camera pans through the exhibits, and briefly flashes to the final days of Tersurus, we see that the roboguide is talking to the degenerated Fifth Doctor.

Cast

• Roboguide - Abi Harris
• The Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison

Crew

• Animator - Chris Thompson
• Music - Howard Carter

Worldbuilding

• The Gallery includes Sharaz Jek's mask, a banner with the logo of the Scientific Elite, a statue of Yrcanos, a painting of the Diamond Array, a painting of the Eye of Orion, a Tersuran bowl, and a snowman.

Story notes

• This trailer was similar to Thompson's earlier trailer Hall of Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Hall of Monsters (webcast)"], depicting a museum of objects from across the Doctor Who universe, with some items appearing in both webcasts.

Continuity

• This story takes place at the start of AUDIO: The Artist at the End of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Artist at the End of Time (audio story)"]
• The statue of Yrcanos resembles the one from WC: The Eternal Mystery ^[+]Loading...["The Eternal Mystery (webcast)"].
• The museum has the Scroll of the Last Days from AUDIO: Expiry Dating, as seen in Chris Thompson's trailer for The Tenth Doctor and River Song.
• The gallery has the eye-shaped window of the Buccaneer's ion chamber from HOMEVID: Enlightenment (Updated Special Effects) ^[+]Loading...{"var":"Updated Special Effects","1":"Enlightenment (TV story)"}.
• The Kaled logo is the version seen in WC: The construction of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The construction of the Daleks (webcast)"].
• The painting of the diamond floating in space is revealed in AUDIO: The Artist at the End of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Artist at the End of Time (audio story)"] and AUDIO: The Union ^[+]Loading...["The Union (audio story)"] to be the Diamond Array.

External links

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