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|image = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg | |image = Wirrn Dawn cover.jpg | ||
|range = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series) | |||
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA) | |||
|series number in range = 3 | |||
|number in series = 4 | |||
|series = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|number = 3.4 | |number = 3.4 | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Lucie Miller]] | |companions = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] | ||
|enemy = [[Wirrn]] | |enemy = [[Wirrn]] | ||
|setting = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]] | |setting = [[Carista VII]], [[GalSec|GalSec Territory]], the [[far future]] | ||
| | |writer = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|director = Nicholas Briggs | |||
|producer = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]] | |||
|music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | |||
|sound = Jamie Robertson | |||
|cover = [[Simon Holub]] | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |epcount = 2 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |release date = 18 - 25 April 2009 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |||
|production code = BFPDWCDMG020 | |production code = BFPDWCDMG020 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-396-5 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-752-6 (digital) | ||
|prev = The Beast of Orlok (audio story) | |prev = The Beast of Orlok (audio story) | ||
|next = The Scapegoat (audio story) | |next = The Scapegoat (audio story) | ||
|sample = | |sample = https://soundcloud.com/jamierobertson/doctor-who-the-dawn-is-coming | ||
|sample name = The Dawn is Coming | |sample name = The Dawn is Coming | ||
}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
{{audio stub}} | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]]. | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth | |||
This was the first Wirrn story since [[2001]]'s ''[[Race Memory (audio story)|Race Memory]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | * [[Queen (Wirrn Dawn)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]] | |||
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]] | |||
* Producers - [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
* Wirrn created by [[Robert Holmes]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier. | * [[Earth]] was abandoned centuries earlier. | ||
* The Doctor mentions | * The Doctor mentions extensive fighting on [[the Somme]]. | ||
* The Doctor compares the [[Wirrn]] to [[Ichneumon wasp]]s. | |||
== Notes == | |||
[[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | [[File:Wirrn Dawn.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | ||
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in a Big Finish audio drama. | * This story marks the first appearance of the [[Wirrn]] in a Big Finish audio drama. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[ | * This audio drama was recorded on [[8 October (production)|8 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The story was initially released as a download on | * The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[18 April (releases)|18]] and [[25 April (releases)|25 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] first encountered the Wirrn on the [[Nerva Beacon]] | * The [[Fourth Doctor]] first encountered the Wirrn on the [[Nerva Beacon]] in the television story ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') whereas the [[Sixth Doctor]] encountered them on [[Loch Lomond]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] in [[far future|16127]] during the audio drama ''[[Wirrn Isle (audio story)|Wirrn Isle]]'') The Eighth Doctor also encountered the Wirrn on [[Micawber's World]] in [[July]] [[40th century|3999]] in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel {{cs|Placebo Effect (novel)}} | ||
* Lucie mentions that she used to be "great friends with a [[Rosto|centipede]] | * Lucie mentions that she used to be "great friends with a [[Rosto|centipede]]", which occured in ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'' / ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''. | ||
* | * Ichneumon Wasps were previously mentioned by [[Nyssa]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]''. | ||
* The Doctor previously met [[GalSec]] colonists in the year [[16087]] in the television story ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/wirrn-dawn-534|Wirrn Dawn}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}} | {{dwrefguide|bbc7_17.htm|Wirrn Dawn}} | ||
{{tetrap|8/wirrndawn.html|Wirrn Dawn}} | |||
{{BF EDA}} | {{BF EDA}} | ||
{{Wirrn stories}} | |||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Series 3 (8DA) audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Wirrn audio stories]] | [[Category:Wirrn audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | [[Category:Stories set in the far future]] | ||
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:2008 audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Two part audio stories]] | |||
