The Wreck of the World (audio story)
The Wreck of the World was the fourth and final story of the fourth series of The Early Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Timothy X. Atack, narrated by Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines and featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Undergoing repairs in deep space, the TARDIS is caught in a collision with the huge, decaying wreck of a starship. Zoe, spacewalking, is separated from her companions in the crash, and the Doctor and Jamie wake to find the TARDIS fused to the side of the ship.
Venturing inside to rescue their friend, they discover that they are on board The World, the very first colony ship to leave Earth, lost mid-voyage under unknown circumstances.
And they are not alone. A terrible suspension chamber is filled with dead, withered human bodies, and a team of gun-toting astronauts are stalking the corridors. But a far greater threat lurks deep inside. The terrifying force responsible for the scuttling of the ship is active once more — and if it can't be stopped, it won't just be the end of this World. It'll be the end of all of them.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Zoe Heriot/Narrator - Wendy Padbury
- Jamie McCrimmon/The Doctor - Frazer Hines
- The Nostic - Rosanna Miles
- Commander Lorne - Judith Roddy
- Twenty - Adam Newington
- Porthintus - Don McCorkindale
- Professor Blavatsky - Richenda Carey
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Director - Lisa Bowerman
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Toby Hrycek-Robinson
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - John Dorney
- Writer - Timothy X Atack
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Zoe describes the World technology as a few decades ahead of her time.
- BBC Luna was the first television station based on the Moon.
- When entering the suspension room, the Doctor asks Jamie if he recalls the Copernicus.
- Twenty is a programmed human, like Zoe.
- Lorne is a bipedal amphibian.
- Professor Blavatsky is a human from Corinthos 9. She studies cosmohistory.
- Porthintus is an Almex Holy Warrior.
- Items in the archive include a logic cube from a prototype T-Mat system, a copy of A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield, and a selection of output from BBC Luna.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the final Second Doctor audio story to use the sidebar cover layout.
- This story was recorded on 20 and 21 September 2016 at the Moat Studios.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Second Doctor notes that a million and a half years have passed since the Battle of Culloden, give or take. (TV: The Highlanders)
- One of the artefacts onboard the spaceship is a prototype T-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Wreck of the World page at bigfinish.com
