The Middle (audio story)

The futuristic colony of Formicia, where the pampered populace pass their days in endless leisure, seems the perfect place for a ‘Wren Party’. But all is not as it seems. Looking down from the Middle, the skyscraping tower that ascends as far as the colony ceiling, Formicia’s overseers can see that the Doctor doesn’t fit in - and it’s not just his coat that makes him conspicuous...

“The End is the Beginning,” say the propaganda-like posters all over Formicia. Because to be part of this perfect society comes at a price. And the Doctor's already in arrears.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
Producer & Director - Jamie Anderson
Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Jamie Robertson
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Sound Design - Joe Meiners
Writer - Chris Chapman

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's coat possesses 76 different colour tones.
The Sixth Doctor doesn't appear physically older than 40 years. He says that he has lived for almost a millennium.
Flip sings "Happy Birthday to You" and "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow" to Constance.
Flip describes Formicia as "the Planet of the Age Police".
Constance describes the Doctor as "the original conscientious objector".
Flip compares the elderly people of Formicia fighting a war wearing battle armour to "Dad's Army meets The Terminator".
Flip is 19 years old.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One has a pre-credits sequence.
This story was originally released on CD and download.
This story was recorded on 1 and 5 June 2017 at the Moat Studios.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Constance recalls visiting the Bath spa in 1756. (AUDIO: The Behemoth)
The Doctor tells Flip and Constance that he has been tried for his alleged crimes several times and was acquitted. (TV: The Deadly Assassin, The Ultimate Foe)
After waking up in the Middle, Constance momentarily believes that she is back in Bletchley Park. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
The Doctor mentions that he used to teach the Mountain Mauler of Montana. (TV: The Romans)
Flip mentions her wedding, (AUDIO: Quicksilver) falling out of orbit, (AUDIO: Scavenger) flying over the Loch in Scotland (AUDIO: Wirrn Isle) being shot by a Porcian (AUDIO: The Fourth Wall) and seeing the TARDIS for the first time (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) when shorting out the suit of armour she is wearing.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official The Middle page at bigfinish.com