Project Lazarus (audio story)

Project Lazarus (audio story)

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Project Lazarus
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor (Parts One and Two) Seventh Doctor (Parts Three and Four)]]
Companion(s):	Evelyn Smythe
Main enemy:	Nimrod The Forge
Main setting:	The Forge, Dartmoor, England, Earth, 2004 and 2008
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writers:	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins
Release details
Release number:	45
Release date:	June 2003
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	7CJ/7X
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-027-4

Publisher's summary

"I'll survive, Doctor. I always do."

Unfinished business.

A frightened girl is stalked in a land of eternal night.

A hunter longs for recognition and power.

A traveller in time returns to correct the mistakes of the past and faces a danger that could rob him of his future. Unless his future intervenes.

And in the shadows stands Nimrod. Waiting...

Welcome to the Forge.

Cast

• The Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
• The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
• Cassie Scholefield - Rosie Cavaliero
• Nimrod - Stephen Chance
• Oracle - Emma Collier
• Sergeant Firth - Adam Woodroffe
• Dr. Crumpton - Ingrid Evans
• Professor Harket - Vidar Magnussen

References

• The Decree of Rassilon is mentioned in relation to Vampires.
• The Seventh Doctor later meets Thomas Hector Schofield or Hex.
• The Forge's archive room contains zanium and a sample of Axonite.
• Upon arriving in the Forge in 2008, the Seventh Doctor claims that hundreds of years have passed in his personal timeline since his previous incarnation visited it in 2004.

Notes

• This is the sequel to BFA: Project: Twilight.
• Along with BFA: The Sirens of Time, BFA: Zagreus, BFA: The Wormery, BFA: Thicker than Water and BFA: The Four Doctors, this is one of six Big Finish audio dramas in which both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy appear.

Continuity

• From the cover art and Nimrod's comment, the Doctor is wearing his blue coat featured in WC: Real Time.
• The tension between the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn from this audio leads straight into BFA: Arrangements for War.
• The Seventh Doctor, having met Hex in BFA: The Harvest, goes to see Evelyn on Világ in BFA: Thicker than Water to inform her of this.
• The Forge is mentioned in BFA: No Man's Land.

Timeline

For the Sixth Doctor

• Project: Lazarus occurs after WC: Real Time
• Project: Lazarus occurs before BFA: Arrangements for War

For the Seventh Doctor

• Project: Lazarus occurs after TN: Companion Piece
• Project: Lazarus occurs before BFA: Master

External links

• Big Finish Project: Lazarus page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Project: Lazarus
• The Discontinuity Guide Project: Lazarus page