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doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
companions= [[Melanie Bush]] |
companions= [[Melanie Bush]] |
enemy= [[Slithergees]]|
enemy= [[Slithergees]], [[Human]]s (principal)<br>[[Quark]]s (unheard)|
year= [[Puxatornee]], 24th and 25th December in the years [[3060]] and [[3090]]|
year= [[Puxatornee]], 24th and 25th December in the years [[3060]] and [[3090]]|
writer= [[Jonathan Morris]] |
writer= [[Jonathan Morris]] |
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next story= [[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]}}''[[Flip-Flop]]'' was a [[2003]] release in the [[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas|Big Finish monthly ''Doctor Who'' range]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]].  It was notable for its highly experimental format.  Each of the two discs contained two episodes, and could be listened to in whatever order the listener chose.  The [[serial]] detailed what happened when the Doctor was coerced into changing the past by altering the fate of the president of a [[Human]] colony, but offered no conclusions about which of the versions of history was the "correct" one.
next story= [[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]}}''[[Flip-Flop]]'' was a [[2003]] release in the [[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas|Big Finish monthly ''Doctor Who'' range]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]].  It was notable for its highly experimental format.  Each of the two discs contained two episodes, and could be listened to in whatever order the listener chose.  The [[serial]] detailed what happened when the Doctor was coerced into changing the past by altering the fate of the president of a [[Human]] colony, but offered no conclusions about which of the versions of history was the "correct" one.


The play was further notable for being the closest the [{Quark]]s have ever come to returning to performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' since ''[[The War Games]]''.  Though never heard, the Quarks are essentially the [[wikipedia:mcguffin|mcguffin]] of the story, and are mentioned at least once in each episode.  From the Doctor and Mel's perspective, the events of ''Flip-Flop'' were merely a side-trip from their then-current "mission" to defeat the Quarks aboard the space-yacht, ''[[Pinto (ship)|Pinto]]''.
The play was further notable for being the closest the [[Quark]]s have ever come to returning to performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' since ''[[The War Games]]''.  Though never heard, the Quarks are essentially the [[wikipedia:mcguffin|mcguffin]] of the story, and are mentioned at least once in each episode.  From the Doctor and Mel's perspective, the events of ''Flip-Flop'' were merely a side-trip from their then-current "mission" to defeat the Quarks aboard the space-yacht, ''[[Pinto (ship)|Pinto]]''.


==Publisher's summary==
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