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'''''The Children of Seth''''' was a [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio story]]. It was released in [[2011]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Nyssa]].
'''''The Children of Seth''''' was a [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio story]]. It was released in 2011. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Nyssa]].
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''During one of Nyssa's experiments, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' temporal scanner picks up a message: 'Idra'. Just one word, but enough to draw the Doctor to the Archipelago of [[Sirius]].''
''During one of Nyssa's experiments, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' temporal scanner picks up a message: "Idra". Just one word, but enough to draw the Doctor to the Archipelago of [[Sirius]].''


There, the Autarch is about to announce a new crusade. A mighty war against Seth, Prince of the Dark...
There, the Autarch is about to announce a new crusade. A mighty war against Seth, Prince of the Dark...
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== References ==
== References ==
* Tegan describes herself as "a fully paid up [[Australia|Aussie]] republican" and "downright [[Communism|Bolshie]]."
* Tegan describes herself as "a fully paid up [[Australia|Aussie]] republican" and "downright [[Communism|Bolshie]]."
* The Doctor previously visited [[Sirius]] during one of his first four incarnations. On that occasion, he met Queen Anahita, who was then a student activist using her real name Idra. This encounter occurred forty-three years earlier in Anahita's personal timeline.
* The Doctor previously visited [[Sirius]] during one of his first four incarnations.  
* Per the Doctor's instructions, Shamur uses the [[fast return switch]] to return the TARDIS to Sirius. It is clearly labelled on the TARDIS console in pencil.
* Per the Doctor's instructions, Shamur uses the [[fast return switch]] to return the TARDIS to Sirius.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Honor Blackman]] (Queen Anahita) previously played [[Professor]] [[Lasky]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]''.
* [[David Warner]] (Autarch Siris) previously played [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the Doctor]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'' and [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Masters of War (audio story)|Masters of War]]'', Sir [[Isaac Newton]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'', Coordinator Angell in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Empathy Games (audio story)|Empathy Games]]'', [[Mycroft Holmes]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'', [[Azlok|Lord Azlok]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' and Professor Boston Schooner in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deimos (audio story)|Deimos]]''.
* [[Vernon Dobtcheff]] (Shamur) previously played the [[War Lord]] scientist in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', Dadda Desaka in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Crade of the Snake]]'' and Dr. Sibelius Crow in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Necropolis Express (audio story)|The Necropolis Express]]''. He would later play Professor Heinrich Schumann in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Threshold (audio story)|Threshold]]''.
* [[Adrian Lukis]] (Byzan) previously played Enforcement Officer Bragg in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs (audio story)|Cobwebs]]'' and Professor Jeffrey Broderick in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]''.
* The images of [[Honor Blackman]] and [[David Warner]] used on the CD cover do not accurately reflect the descriptions of their characters' appearances as given in the audio drama. Queen Anahita is said to have been noticeably disfigured by fire many years earlier whereas Autarch Siris makes several references to his beard.
* The images of [[Honor Blackman]] and [[David Warner]] used on the CD cover do not accurately reflect the descriptions of their characters' appearances as given in the audio drama. Queen Anahita is said to have been noticeably disfigured by fire many years earlier whereas Autarch Siris makes several references to his beard.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[10 January (production)|10]] and [[11 January (production)|11 January]] [[2011]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[10 January (production)|10]] and [[11 January (production)|11 January]] 2011.
* When originally submitted to the production office in the 1980s, the script for this story had several working titles including ''Manpower'' and ''May Time''.
* When originally submitted to the production office in the 1980s, the script for this story had several working titles including ''Manpower'' and ''May Time''.


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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