The Ultimate Adventure (audio story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image= The Ultimate Adventure.jpg

|series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#Stage plays|''Doctor Who'' - The Stageplays]]  

|number= 1

|adapted from= The Ultimate Adventure

|doctor= Sixth Doctor

|companions= [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason]], [[Crystal (The Ultimate Adventure)|Crystal]]  

|enemy= [[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]

|setting= {{il|[[Skaro]]|[[London]], [[1988]]|[[Altair III]]|[[Bar Galactica]]|[[Paris]], [[1789]]|[[Dalek Emperor]]'s ship}}

|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]

|director= [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]

|music= [[Andy Hardwick]]

|sound= [[Matthew Cochrane]]

|cover= [[Grant Kempster]]

|publisher= Big Finish Productions

|release date= [[September (releases)|September]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]

|format= Two CDs, Two episodes, 50 minutes each

|production code= BFPDWSPCD01  

|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-373-6

|next=Seven Keys to Doomsday (audio story)

}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a Big Finish Productions adaptation of [[The Ultimate Adventure|the stage play of the same name]].

The [[Dalek]]s have allied themselves with the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] and a deadly band of [[Mercenary|mercenaries]]. The future of [[Earth]] depends upon a vital peace conference. And [[Margaret Thatcher|Mrs T]] knows that only [[The Doctor|one]] [[Time Lord]] can save the world.

* [[Envoy]] / [[Zog (Face Value)|Zog]] - [[Derek Carlyle]]

* [[Nightclub MC]] - [[Bryan Pilkington]]

* The [[Dalek]]s / The [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]

== References ==

* Crystal is a singer at the [[Number Ten (The Ultimate Adventure)|Number Ten]], a nightclub in Clarendon Square.

* Jason's full name is the Marquis de Saint Epiman de Sinee de la Tour. His mother was English and he was educated in [[England]], not returning to his birthplace until shortly before the outbreak of the [[French Revolution]] in [[1789]].

[[File:The_Ultimate_Adventure_Potser.jpg|thumb|A poster for the Big Finish version of the play.]]

* This was an adaptation of the original stage play ''[[Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure]]''. [[Colin Baker]] and [[David Banks]] are the only actors from the original play to reprise their roles for the audio version.

* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 June (production)|5]] and [[6 June (production)|6 June]] [[2008 (production)|2008]].

* Chronologically, this is the earliest story to feature the Daleks and the Cybermen alongside each other. It is not, however, the first story to feature them both — an honour instead held by the television story ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' (or more accurately the [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|novelisation]] which was released first). It is also not the earliest story to be ''produced'' in which the Daleks and Cybermen appear side by side each other since, as it was [[2008 (releases)|released in 2008]], it was beaten to that position by the television story ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' by two years.  

* Daleks are present in the TARDIS. Once more, ''The Ultimate Adventure'' is chronologically the earliest story in which this has happened. From a release standpoint however, it was beaten by the novel ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'' in [[1997 (releases)|1997]] and the television story ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' in [[2005 (releases)|2005]].

* This story sees a very rare instance where the Sixth Doctor has a [[sonic screwdriver]] in his possession, though it does not explain when or where he obtained another one to replace his [[Fifth Doctor|predecessor]]'s after it was destroyed in the television story ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]''.

* The Daleks have tried to sabotage a [[World Peace Conference]] before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')

* The Doctor mentions that Daleks cannot stand the cold. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'')

* The Doctor, Jason and Crystal later returned to [[Bar Galactica]] to attend [[Delilah (The Ultimate Adventure)|Madame Delilah]]'s [[funeral]], which was her final request. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beyond the Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|Beyond the Ultimate Adventure]]'')

* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/the-ultimate-adventure-549|The Ultimate Adventure}}

[[Category:Stories set in 1988]]

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