Crossed Lines (audio story)

Crossed Lines
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Liv, Helen, Tania
Featuring:	Robin, the Curator
Main enemy:	Mr Bird, the Void
Main setting:	England, 2020
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matt Fitton
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Benji Clifford
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	4.1
Part of:	Stranded 4
Release date:	6 April 2022
Format:	1 CD Download 1st of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG051
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-171-5 (physical) ISBN 978-1-83868-172-2 (digital)
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Crossed Lines was the first story in the audio anthology Stranded 4, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair, Rebecca Root as Tania Bell and introduced Colin Baker as the Curator.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor interrupts a pivotal journey for young Robin, while Tania and Helen are caught up in events past and present.

As the timeline dissolves and the Void encroaches, the Doctor’s friends ask the Curator for help. But he is not the man he was...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
• Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
• Robin Bright-Thompson - Joel James Davison
• Mr Bird - Clive Wood
• The Curator - Colin Baker
• Ken Bright-Thompson - Alan Cox

Worldbuilding

• The Curator explains the TARDIS's relationship with the Web of Time.
• The Doctor and the Curator tell a story of the Hermit returning shimmerlings to the Time Vortex through the Untempered Schism.
• Whilst encouraging the two Tanias to touch, the Doctor mentions Blinovitch.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The Doctor, Liv and Helen just witnessed humanity being wiped out in the future by Robin. (AUDIO: What Just Happened? ^[+]Loading...["What Just Happened? (audio story)"])
• Liv recalls Tony Clare's shifting memories when his past was altered. (AUDIO: UNIT Dating ^[+]Loading...["UNIT Dating (audio story)"])
• Liv suggests Tania contact her "lot"; however, she reveals that Andy told her that they are gone. (AUDIO: Dead Time ^[+]Loading...["Dead Time (audio story)"])
• Liv recalls her and Helen's previous encounter with the Curator. (AUDIO: Lost Property ^[+]Loading...["Lost Property (audio story)"])
• Younger Tania asks Helen if by her time they had worked out what caused the barren future Earth. (AUDIO: Dead Time ^[+]Loading...["Dead Time (audio story)"])
• Younger Tania notes Mr Bird vanished (AUDIO: Must-See TV ^[+]Loading...["Must-See TV (audio story)"]) just before the "lizard assassins from the future". (AUDIO: Divine Intervention ^[+]Loading...["Divine Intervention (audio story)"])
• Liv and the Curator discuss the TARDIS's crash-landing and subsequent withdrawal. (AUDIO: Lost Property ^[+]Loading...["Lost Property (audio story)"])
• Mr Bird reveals the stasis bomb defused by Tania and Liv was meant to contain the Doctor, (AUDIO: Baker Street Irregulars ^[+]Loading...["Baker Street Irregulars (audio story)"]) as were the Judoon. (AUDIO: Patience ^[+]Loading...["Patience (audio story)"])

External links

• Official Crossed Lines page at bigfinish.com