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|series | |image = Drowned World.jpg | ||
|number | |range = The Companion Chronicles | ||
| | |series in range = Series 4 (CC) | ||
| | |series number in range = 4 | ||
| | |number in series = 1 | ||
| | |series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | ||
| | |number = 4.1 | ||
|director | |main character = [[Sara Kingdom]] | ||
| | |featuring = First Doctor | ||
|music | |featuring2 = Steven Taylor | ||
|sound | |featuring3 = Robert (Home Truths) | ||
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|release date | |setting = [[Asteroid (The Drowned World)|An asteroid]] and [[Ely]], [[England]] | ||
|format | |writer = Simon Guerrier | ||
|production code = BFPDWCC21 | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|isbn | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
| | |music = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]] | ||
|next story | |sound = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason | ||
|cover = [[Simon Holub]] | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |||
|release date = 28 July 2009 | |||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |||
|production code = BFPDWCC21 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-424-5 | |||
|prev = The Stealers from Saiph (audio story) | |||
|next = The Glorious Revolution (audio story) | |||
|epcount = 2 | |||
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'''''The Drowned World''''' was the first story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], narrated by [[Jean Marsh]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]]. | |||
==Publisher's | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives | [[Space Security Service|Space Security]] Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] is dead, her ashes strewn on the planet [[Kembel]]. But, in an old house in [[Ely]], Sara Kingdom lives on... | ||
To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called | To the Elders of this ruined world, Sara is a [[ghost]], a phantom that must be excised. She must prove her right to exist, and she does so with stories. Stories of a time when she travelled the universe with an ancient [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his heroic companion [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] inside a magical space/time ship called [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. | ||
And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. | And one story in particular could make a difference. The one about their trip to a world covered in [[water]], where a [[human]] expedition is being wiped out. It's a battle to survive, as the travellers face the horrors of the drowned world... | ||
==Cast== | == Plot == | ||
=== The Rising Tide (1) === | |||
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=== The Drowned World (2) === | |||
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== Cast == | |||
* [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]] | * [[Sara Kingdom]] - [[Jean Marsh]] | ||
* Robert - [[Niall | * [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] - [[Niall MacGregor]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
''to | [[File:The Drowned World clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | ||
* "{{w|The Drowned World}}" is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by {{w|J.G. Ballard}}. | |||
* Unusually, the frame story takes place over the course of approximately twelve years. | |||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 March (production)|26 March]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | |||
* This story is set between episodes seven and eight of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. | |||
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828205511/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 28-08-2009]</ref> | |||
* This story is told from Sara's perspective. | |||
== Continuity == | |||
* Robert once again relates the story of the Doctor, Steven and Sara's first visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'') | |||
* Sara once again mentions to Robert that during her travels with the Doctor and Steven, she visited [[Hollywood]] in [[1921]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') that a small boy, who was also named Robert, died in her arms on [[Mars]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (short story)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'') and that she encountered a withered old man who was trapped in the workings of a clock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'') | |||
* Sara and Robert discuss her visit to the intelligent house in [[Ely]] a thousand years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'') | |||
* Robert's daughter remained with him in the house for ten years before deciding to leave to explore the outside world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'') | |||
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