Regenerations (audio story)

Regenerations
Main character(s):	Brian, Martin, Neil, Tony, Ciaran, Rachel
Featuring:	Tom Baker, Sophie Aldred
Main setting:	Belfast, 1996
Key crew
Writer:	Daragh Carville
Director:	Gemma McMullan
Producer:	Gemma McMullan
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	1 December 2001
Premiere network:	BBC Radio 3
Format:	1x50-minute episode

Regenerations was a radio play written by Daragh Carville, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

It was set at a Doctor Who convention in Belfast, and featured Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred.

Regenerations was included on Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays.

Publisher's summary

In this powerful and moving play, a group of friends reunite for an annual Doctor Who convention. Set against a backdrop of the Belfast troubles, the play deals with themes of sexuality and love, and features appearances by Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred.

Plot

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Cast

• Himself/Fourth Doctor (archive audio) – Tom Baker
• Herself – Sophie Aldred
• Brian – Michael Colgan
• Martin – Miche Docherty
• Neil/Reporter – Richard Dormer
• Tony – Tim Loane
• Ciaran – Thomas Lappin
• Rachel – Justine Mitchell
• Policeman/Barman – Alan McKee
• First Doctor (archive audio, uncredited) – William Hartnell

Crew

• Writer – Daragh Carville
• Producer & Director – Gemma McMullan

Worldbuilding

• A group of five friends attend an annual Doctor Who convention. Four of them, and all or almost all of the other attendees, are gay men. The only straight man of the five is accompanied by his girlfriend, who is the only woman in attendance.
• The convention is hosted by the Belfast chapter of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Notes

• The First and Fourth Doctors appear in clips from An Unearthly Child and The Ark in Space, respectively.