Patience (audio story)

Patience was the first story in the audio anthology Stranded 3, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair, Rebecca Root as Tania Bell and Tom Price as Andy Davidson.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor decides to investigate the limits of the paradoxical timeline in which he and his friends are stranded.

But they find themselves hunted by a force of mercenary Judoon. It seems that Earth’s altered history has changed the whole universe…

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
• Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
• Sergeant Andy Davidson - Tom Price
• Kon Po / Go Tol - Nicholas Briggs
• Baby Judoon - Sam Stafford^[1]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

• According to Tania, the Doctor claimed the previous week to have gone skinny dipping with Shirley Bassey. Helen refers to having met Galileo.
• Kon Po and the Doctor are trapped in a time loop, living out the Eternal Present.
• Liv's grandmother was Natalav, who was "mad as a sand worm".
• The Doctor originally received the Paradoxica from Patience.
• While waiting for Kon Po atop the mountain, the Doctor comments that he will need new shoes eventually, but also notes that it would be "a lottery" on is they are still the same size.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Liv recalls spending a year away from the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Escape from Kaldor ^[+]Loading...["Escape from Kaldor (audio story)"])
• Helen recalls having met Galileo Galilei. (AUDIO: The Galileo Trap ^[+]Loading...["The Galileo Trap (audio story)"] / The Satanic Mill ^[+]Loading...["The Satanic Mill (audio story)"])
• The Doctor is once again a fugitive being pursued by the Judoon. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon ^[+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])
• The Judoon are working for Mr Bird. (AUDIO: Must-See TV ^[+]Loading...["Must-See TV (audio story)"])
• While seeing his past memories Andy asks Liv not to look at any with "a woman called Yvonne Hartman." (AUDIO: Tagged ^[+]Loading...["Tagged (audio story)"], etc.)
• The Doctor tells a story about the Gallifreyan Lady Patience (AUDIO: Cold Fusion ^[+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (audio story)"], etc.) on the slopes of Mount Perdition. (TV: The End of Time ^[+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
• Tania and Andy discover the TARDIS boot cupboard. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora ^[+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])
• The Doctor brings Kon Po to Judoonia. (AUDIO: Judoon in Chains ^[+]Loading...["Judoon in Chains (audio story)"])

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

• Official Patience page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]