Relative Dimensions

Relative Dimensions is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.[1]

Relative Dimensions
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDoctor Who
RangeEighth Doctor Adventures
Release no.4.07
FeaturingEighth Doctor
Lucie Miller
Written byMarc Platt
Directed byBarnaby Edwards
Produced byJamie Robertson – Music & Sfx
Executive producer(s)Nicholas Briggs
Production codeBFPDWCDMG031
Release dateDecember 2010

Plot

The Doctor invites his granddaughter and recently discovered great-grandson to have Christmas dinner in the TARDIS with him and Lucie. Little does he realise that a long forgotten danger is lurking in the TARDIS and somehow it is draining all of the power.

Cast

Notes

  • The Christmas that the Doctor feels he needs to make up for occurred in Death in Blackpool.
  • The Doctor's great-grandson, Alex, was introduced in An Earthly Child. He is played by Paul McGann's son.
  • For Susan and Alex, six months have passed since An Earthly Child.
  • This is one of the few stories, in audio or television, to take place almost entirely within the TARDIS.
  • The chiropteran creatures flying around inside the TARDIS (fledershrews) were seen in the 1996 TV movie.
  • Susan obtained the fish in Quinnis, also released in December 2010 and also written by Marc Platt.
  • Lucie, Susan and Alex subsequently return in Lucie Miller.
  • This story should not be confused with the Seventh Doctor novel Relative Dementias.
  • Jamie Robertson, has composed a unique choral score which is heard throughout. It includes the song Christmas Time, performed by the Poringland Singers, written by Jamie Robertson and Ian Elliot
  • At the end of the story the Doctor breaks the fourth wall to wish listeners a happy Christmas. This is a homage to the 1965 episode The Feast of Steven, in which William Hartnell's Doctor similarly addresses the audience.

Broadcast

Relative Dimensions was broadcast on digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra on 15 Jan 2013 as a single hour-long episode.[2][3]

References

  1. "Doctor Who – Eighth Doctor Adventures – 4.07. Relative Dimensions". Big Finish. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. "Doctor Who on BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "BBC Radio 4 Extra- Doctor Who, Relative Dimensions". BBC. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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