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|image = The Thief Who Stole Time.jpg | |image = The Thief Who Stole Time.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
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|enemy = [[Sartia]] | |enemy = [[Sartia]] | ||
|setting = [[Funderell]] | |setting = [[Funderell]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Marc Platt | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|cover = [[Anthony Lamb]] | |cover = [[Anthony Lamb]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 13 September 2017 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 3 and 4 of 4 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 3 and 4 of 4 | ||
|production code = BFPTOMCD046 | |production code = BFPTOMCD046 | ||
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|prev = The Skin of the Sleek (audio story) | |prev = The Skin of the Sleek (audio story) | ||
|next = The Sons of Kaldor (audio story) | |next = The Sons of Kaldor (audio story) | ||
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|prev2 = The Skin of the Sleek (audio story) | |||
|next2 = The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 7: Volume 1 | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth and final story in the [[Series 6 (4DA)|sixth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marc Platt]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth and final story in the [[Series 6 (4DA)|sixth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marc Platt]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]]. | ||
It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in ''[[The Skin of the Sleek (audio story)|The Skin of the Sleek]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* The [[Sleek]]s - [[John Banks]] | * The [[Sleek]]s - [[John Banks]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor offers himself for [[execution]] in Romana's place. | * The Doctor offers himself for [[execution]] in Romana's place. | ||
* When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the [[omniverse]] in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times. | * When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the [[omniverse]] in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times. | ||
* The [[Book of Futures]] is made from parts of the Sleeks: | * The [[Book of Futures]] is made from parts of the Sleeks: its cover is Sleek skin, and the chains around it are their bones. | ||
* The Doctor theorises that the Time Lords forgot about Funderell millennia ago, during the great cut-backs of the [[53rd Bureaucratic Regime]]. | * The Doctor theorises that the Time Lords forgot about Funderell millennia ago, during the great cut-backs of the [[53rd Bureaucratic Regime]]. | ||
* The Doctor notes that good [[companion]]s are modest: he asks Romana how many times she's saved the universe, but she hasn't kept count. | * The Doctor notes that good [[companion]]s are modest: he asks Romana how many times she's saved the universe, but she hasn't kept count. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor jokes that all good planets have a [[Book of Future Legends|book of the future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | * The Doctor jokes that all good planets have a [[Book of Future Legends|book of the future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | ||
* The [[Book of Futures]] describes [[Aurora Temporalis|the origins]] of [[Possibility Tree|the branching omniverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hunting of the Slook (short story)|The Hunting of the Slook]]'') The majority of these branches are parallel, but intersection can naturally occur | * The [[Book of Futures]] describes [[Aurora Temporalis|the origins]] of [[Possibility Tree|the branching omniverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hunting of the Slook (short story)|The Hunting of the Slook]]'') The majority of these branches are parallel, but intersection can naturally occur ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') and sometimes make tangles. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'') | ||
* Romana says the Doctor is very particular about who he lets into the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') | * Romana says the Doctor is very particular about who he lets into the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') | ||
* Sartia escapes using a [[Sartia's Time Ring|Time Ring]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | * Sartia escapes using a [[Sartia's Time Ring|Time Ring]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
