Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)
Blue Forgotten Planet was the one hundred and twenty-sixth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Mila.
Released in September 2009, it was the final audio story in Big Finish's monthly Doctor Who range to feature Fisher as Charley until 2021's The End of the Beginning. In chronological order, it was also Charley's last story as a companion.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | edit source]
"So, this is the blue planet you've forgotten about. But take another look. You helped us once. I know you can help us again."
On Earth, civilisation has ended and time is running out for the Doctor and Charlotte Pollard.
Will the mysterious Viyrans really help?
Without you, the human race will die out. And Planet Earth will surely be our tomb.
Plot[[edit] | edit source]
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Cast[[edit] | edit source]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- The Viyrans - Michael Maloney
- David McCallister - JJ Feild
- Ellen Green - Andree Bernard
- Ed Driscoll - Alec Newman
- Sergeant James Atherton - Sam Clemens
- Soldier Clive - Alex Mallinson
- Mila - Jess Robinson
Crew[[edit] | edit source]
- Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
- Writer & Director - Nicholas Briggs
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Worldbuilding[[edit] | edit source]
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Gallery[[edit] | edit source]
Original cover art
Illustrated preview from DWM 413. Illustration by Brian Williamson
Notes[[edit] | edit source]
- This audio drama was recorded on 19 and 22 May 2009 at The Moat Studios.
- It was released on 25 September 2009.[1]
- This is chronologically the final Big Finish audio drama adventure to feature both Charley Pollard and the Sixth Doctor; however, stories featuring the two travelling together, from earlier in their timeline, have since been released, including The Red House in The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure, The Avenues of Possibility in The Legacy of Time, and the Short Trips story These Stolen Hours.
- This audio release also included the seventh episode of The Three Companions "The Hunting Ground".
- An Illustrated preview for this story by Brian Williamson appeared in DWM 413.
- The final issue of Big Finish Magazine was released with this story.
- This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.
- This story was originally released on CD and download.
Continuity[[edit] | edit source]
- Mila replaced Charley as the Doctor's companion. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
- Charley tells the Doctor of her first meeting with his eighth incarnation aboard the British airship R101 on 4 October 1930, (AUDIO: Storm Warning) and his apparent death. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was)
- The virus that the Viyrans attempt to eliminate from Earth is one of the viruses spread through time in the explosion at the Amethyst Viral Containment Station. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
External links[[edit] | edit source]
- Official Blue Forgotten Planet page at bigfinish.com
- Blue Forgotten Planet at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Blue Forgotten Planet at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
