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|image          = The Axis of Insanity cover.jpg  
|image          = The Axis of Insanity cover.jpg
|range          = Main Range
|range          = Main Range
|number in range = 56
|number in range = 56
|series          = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series          = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number          = 56  
|number          = 56  
|doctor          = Fifth Doctor
|doctor          = Fifth Doctor
|companions      = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]]  
|companions      = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]]
|enemy          = [[Jarra To]]
|enemy          = [[Jarra To]]
|setting        = [[Axis]]  
|setting        = [[The Axis]]
|writer          = [[Simon Furman]]
|writer          = Simon Furman
|director        = [[Gary Russell]]  
|director        = [[Gary Russell]]
|post production = [[Andy Hardwick]]  
|producer        = Gary Russell, [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
|music           = [[Gareth Jenkins]]
|music          = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|sound           = [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
|cover          = [[Lee Binding]]
|cover          = [[Lee Binding]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions  
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[April (releases)|April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|release date    = April 2004
|format          = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs  
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code = [[List of production codes|6Q/E]]  
|production code = [[List of production codes|6Q/E]]
|isbn            = ISBN 1-84435-094-0  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-094-0 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-879-0 (digital)
|prev            = The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)  
|prev            = The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)
|next            = Arrangements for War (audio story)
|next            = Arrangements for War (audio story)
|made prev      = The Roof of the World (audio story)
|made next      = Arrangements for War (audio story)
|epcount = 4
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-sixth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Simon Furman]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-sixth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Simon Furman]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]].
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What is... the [[Axis]]?
What is... the [[Axis]]?


For the Doctor and his travelling [[companion]]s, Peri and Erimem, it's a twisted playground, where reality, morality and sanity no longer apply. Stranded within a [[dimension]]al nexus, beset by the molten fury of the [[Firebreed]], they must unwrap a terrifying mystery of damaged timelines and dark science... before the corruption of the Axis spreads and reality itself crumbles.
For [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his travelling [[companion]]s, [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Erimem]], it's a twisted playground, where [[reality]], [[morality]] and [[sanity]] no longer apply. Stranded within a [[dimension]]al nexus, beset by the molten fury of the [[Firebreed]], they must unwrap a terrifying mystery of damaged [[timeline]]s and dark science... before the corruption of the Axis spreads and reality itself crumbles.


Pitted against a warped and deadly mind, the Doctor faces his own past transgressions, and the very nature of what it is to be a [[Time Lord]].
Pitted against a warped and deadly mind, the Doctor faces his own past transgressions, and the very nature of what it is to be a [[Time Lord]].
[[File:Axis_of_Insanity_Preview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 342]] by [[Martin Geraghty]].]]


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jarra To|Carnival Barker]] - [[Daniel Hogarth]]
* [[Jarra To|Carnival Barker]] - [[Daniel Hogarth]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Music - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producer - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Sound Design - [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
* Writer - [[Simon Furman]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* When [[Time Lord]]s die, their [[TARDIS]]es do as well.
* When [[Time Lord]]s die, their [[TARDIS]]es do as well.
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=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
* Peri says that the works of [[Charles Dickens]], [[Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy|Lev Tolstoy]] and [[Barbara Cartland]] are the greats of [[English]] [[Literature]].
* Peri says that the works of [[Charles Dickens]], [[Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy|Lev Tolstoy]] and [[Barbara Cartland]] are the greats of [[English]] [[Literature]].
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Axis of Insanity cover.jpg|Original CD cover
Axis_of_Insanity_Preview.jpg|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 342]] by [[Martin Geraghty]]
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* An illustrated preview for this story featured in [[DWM 342]] with artwork by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* An illustrated preview for this story featured in [[DWM 342]] with artwork by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 January (production)|22]] and [[23 January (production)|23 January]] 2004 at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 January (production)|22]] and [[23 January (production)|23 January]] [[2004 (production)|2004]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The animated ''X-Men'' series featured "the Axis of Time" through which all time travellers passed, which also included a crazed maintenance worker.
* The animated ''X-Men'' series featured "the Axis of Time" through which all time travellers passed, which also included a crazed maintenance worker.
* [[Erimem]] does not have a [[TARDIS key]] in this story. By the audio story ''[[Three's a Crowd (audio story)|Three's a Crowd]]'', however, she regularly wears a key around her neck.
* [[Erimem]] does not have a [[TARDIS key]] in this story. By the audio story ''[[Three's a Crowd (audio story)|Three's a Crowd]]'', however, she regularly wears a key around her neck.
* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously expressed a wish to visit the "[[elephant]]'s graveyard" of [[TARDIS]]es. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'')
* The Doctor previously expressed a wish to visit the "[[elephant]]'s graveyard" of [[TARDIS]]es. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'')
* [[Leela]], [[Romana II|Romana]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]], [[Narvin]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]] would later visit the Axis following their escape from [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'')
* [[Leela]], [[Romana II|Romana]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]], [[Narvin]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]] would later visit the Axis following their escape from [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'')
* The subject of TARDISes dying when the Time Lord pilot dies is mentioned. The [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s journey to his gravesite on [[Trenzalore]] revealed his TARDIS was deteriorating after he perished in his final battle. Its dimension dams had also broken down, causing it to grow into a monolith. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* The subject of TARDISes dying when the Time Lord pilot dies is mentioned. The [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s journey to his gravesite on [[Trenzalore]] revealed his TARDIS was deteriorating after he perished in his final battle. Its dimension dams had also broken down, causing it to grow into a monolith. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')


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