Dead Air (audio story)
Dead Air is the seventh and final exclusive-to-audio adventure to feature the Tenth Doctor. It was written by James Goss and performed by David Tennant. Released by BBC Audio as a part of their ongoing line of original, single-actor plays, it went on sale on 4th March 2010.
While all previous BBC Audio-exclusive Doctor Who stories have been two-disc sets with run times of about 2 1/2 hours, Dead Air is a shorter story with a run time of approximately 60 minutes on one CD.[1]
Publisher's summary
Hello, I'm the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die.'
At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for the first time - to reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966. He has travelled to Earth in search of the Hush - a terrible weapon that kills, silences and devours anything that makes noise - and has tracked it to a boat crewed by a team of pirate DJs. With the help of feisty Liverpudlian Layla and some groovy pop music, he must trap the Hush and destroy it - before it can escape and destroy the world...
Cast
- Tenth Doctor
- Layla
References
Races and species
- The Doctor mentions the Silurians.
Notes
- The announcement of this release in early 2010 appears to have taken some by surprise, as BBC Audio, as well as Doctor Who Magazine had promoted the preceding audio, BBCR: The Last Voyage as being the final Tenth Doctor audio adventure.
- This release is unusual for the new series audios as it features the Doctor narrating the story in the first person. It also takes the form of a drama more than an audio book, similar to Big Finish Productions' Companion Chronicles series.
- Though never explicitly stated, it is strongly implied that the Hush was a weapon built by the Time Lords for use against the Daleks in the Last Great Time War.
Continuity
To Be Added
Timeline
- Dead Air occurs after NSA: The Last Voyage
- Dead Air occurs before DW: The Waters of Mars
