The Architects of History (audio story)

The Architects of History
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Elizabeth Klein (erased from the timeline)
Main enemy:	Elizabeth Klein Nazis The Selechians
Main setting:	The Moonbase, the Moon, 2044 (alternative timeline) England, UK, Earth, 1962
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Steve Lyons
Director:	John Ainsworth
Producer:	Jamie Robertson
Release details
Release number:	132
Release date:	31 March 2010
Format:	2 CDs, 4 parts
Production code:	7Z/H
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-435-1

Publisher's summary

The year is 2044. Earth is enjoying a Golden Age of peace, prosperity and technological advancement… but somebody is plotting to destroy all that. The Selachians, shark-like alien monsters, launch a crippling attack on Earth’s Moonbase, using deadly weapons from the future.

Help is at hand. A police telephone box appears in a Moonbase hangar. A time-travelling hero has returned in the hour of Earth’s greatest need. Now, Elizabeth Klein must fight to save not only the Galactic Reich but Time itself from the mysterious prisoner who has orchestrated these fateful events... the Doctor.

Cast

• Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
• Rachel Cooper - Lenora Crichlow
• Sam Kirke - Ian Hayles
• Major Richter - Jamie Parker
• General-lieutenant Tendexter - Lloyd McGuire
• Selachian Leader - Chris Porter
• Feldwebel/Computer Voice - Rachel Laurence
• Pilot/Selachian - David Dobson

References

The Doctor

• Klein mentions the Doctor's visits to Kenya in 1953 and Colditz Castle in 1944.
• Rachel mentions when she helped the Doctor against the Daleks.

Klein

• In the proper timeline, Dr. Elizabeth Klein became known for her triumphs working for UNIT. Her personality appeared to be the same except that she devoted her talents to the protection of Earth. Upon meeting the Doctor in 1962, she did recognise him slightly despite the fact that the experiences of the alternative Klein involving him had been erased from history.

Species

• The Selachians are shark-like beings.

Technology

• Klein has managed to bring about the defeat of the Sontarans and the Daleks in her new reality. Dalek technology has been integrated into the Reich ships.

Notes

• Lloyd McGuire played Lugo in The Face of Evil.
• Steve Lyons is also the author of BFA: Colditz and the creator of the character of Klein.
• Lenora Crichlow played Cheen in Gridlock.
• This story marks the first appearance of the Selachians, in an audio play.
• This audio drama was recorded on 1 and 2 August 2009.

Continuity

• The Second Doctor previously encountered the Selachians on at least three occasions. (PDA: The Murder Game, CC: The Selachian Gambit, PDA: The Final Sanction)

Timeline

• The Architects of History occurs after BFA: Survival of the Fittest
• The Architects of History occurs before TN: Companion Piece

External links

• The Architects of History at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• Official The Architects of History page at bigfinish.com