Year of the Drex Olympics (audio story)
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Year of the Drex Olympics was the fourth story of the ninth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
All the Doctor wanted to do on Venus was learn their aikido. But as ever, his plans have gone awry. The TARDIS has been stolen to be a prize in the Venusian Olympics. The Doctor is furious, not only at the theft but also that it is the third place prize! Now Jamie and Victoria must compete to get the TARDIS back, and soon find themselves winning every event.
The TARDIS crew normally win, but this time it might cost them everything...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Drex is the largest city on Venus.
- The Doctor gives a speech to the academics of the Drexian Energy Commission.
- The Doctor uses the TARDIS workshops to automatically make a bifuelator prototype for the commission.
- A variety of Venusian species are present in the arena, including:
- "Blue-skinned pyramids rolling on prehensile stumps"
- "Red balls opening like tomatoes cut with a salad knife revealing a remarkably human face"
- "Furry poles with a ring of black eyes, clicking sideways on crab feet"
- Drex once fought a war with the Jargolin.
- The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded on 17 October 2018 at WiseBuddah.
- The title of the story is a reference to the 1968 television play The Year of the Sex Olympics.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor learns Venusian aikido whilst in the company of Jamie and Victoria, an event the Sixth Doctor mentioned in AUDIO: Voyage to Venus.
- Various portrayals of Shanghorns have occurred in Doctor Who media. The Shanghorn which appears in this story matches the description seen in AUDIO: Voyage to Venus.
- The Doctor meets the Venusian nuns, first mentioned as inventing Venusian aikido in TV: The Ghost Monument.
- The Venusians in this story are five-armed, as were the Venusians in PROSE: Venusian Lullaby. While other aspects of their appearance differ, Year of the Drex Olympics accounts for this by describing an array of different Venusian morphologies. Another Venusian species, the Thraskins, have a completely different form altogether, as detailed in AUDIO: Voyage to Venus.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Year of the Drex Olympics page at bigfinish.com
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