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* The announcement of this release in early 2010 appears to have taken some by surprise. [[BBC Audio]], as well as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' promoted the preceding audio, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'' as the final [[Tenth Doctor]] audio adventure. | * The announcement of this release in early 2010 appears to have taken some by surprise. [[BBC Audio]], as well as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' promoted the preceding audio, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'' as the final [[Tenth Doctor]] audio adventure. | ||
* This release is unusual for the new series audios in featuring the Doctor narrating the story in the first person. It also takes the form of a drama more than an audio book, similar to [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Companion Chronicles]] series. | * This release is unusual for the new series audios in featuring the Doctor narrating the story in the first person. It also takes the form of a drama more than an audio book, similar to [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Companion Chronicles]] series. | ||
* This story is very nearly a "one-hander" for [[David Tennant]], primarily as [[Tenth Doctor|his Doctor]], who also narrates the lines of the rest of the cast, in-character, creating effectively two layers of acting for Tennant, much in the manner of the Companion Chronicles, as mentioned above. The only other voice performer is a single-line role by | * This story is very nearly a "one-hander" for [[David Tennant]], primarily as [[Tenth Doctor|his Doctor]], who also narrates the lines of the rest of the cast, in-character, creating effectively two layers of acting for Tennant, much in the manner of the Companion Chronicles, as mentioned above. The only other voice performer is a single-line role by the actress who voices the announcer who opens the story with a brief summary of the in-universe circumstances behind the audio's recovery. Tennant also briefly takes on the roles of both Layla and the Hush from a "live", rather than narrated, perspective at the climax of the story. Snippets of The Hush (using various voices, but all done by Tennant) are also heard throughout as it corrupts the tape we are listening to. | ||
* The story was also available as a download from the [[AudioGO]] website before the company went into administration. | * The story was also available as a download from the [[AudioGO]] website before the company went into administration. | ||
* This story won the Best Audiobooks of the Year award in [[2010]]. | * This story won the Best Audiobooks of the Year award in [[2010]]. | ||
