The Sirens of Time
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| The Sirens of Time | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 1 |
| Doctor: | Fifth Doctor Sixth Doctor Seventh Doctor |
| Companions: | |
| Enemy: | Knights of Velyshaa Sirens of Time |
| Setting: | Gallifrey Earth, Atlantic Ocean, 7th May 1915 The Kurgon Wonder, Kurgon System, 3562 |
| Writer: | Nicholas Briggs |
| Director: | Nicholas Briggs |
| Music and Post Production: | Jason Haigh-Ellery and Gary Russell |
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions |
| Release Date: | July 1999 |
| Format: | 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
| Prod. Code: | 7Z |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-903654-28-9 |
| Previous Story: | |
| Following Story: | Phantasmagoria |
"The Sirens of Time" is the first in the series of Doctor Who Doctor Who Audio Dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, the four-part story features the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors, with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy respectively reprising their roles from the original television series.
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
Gallifrey is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of an overwhelming enemy. And the Doctor is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The web of time is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead.
The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat?
[edit] Cast
- Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
- Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
- Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Commander Raldeth - Andrew Fettes
- Coordinator Vansell - Anthony Keetch
- The President - Michael Wade
- Elenya - Sarah Mowat
- Ruthley - Maggie Stables
- Sancroff - Colin McIntyre
- Commandant - John Wadmore
- Lt Zentner - John Wadmore
- Captain Walther Schwieger - Mark Gatiss
- Schmidt - Andrew Fettes
- Helen - Sarah Mowat
- The Temperon - Nicholas Briggs
- Ellie - Sarah Mowat
- Pilot Azimendah - John Wadmore
- Captain - Mark Gatiss
- Delegate - Nicholas Pegg
- Sub-Commander Solanec - John Wadmore
- Knight Commander Lyena - Sarah Mowat
- Knight 2 - Mark Gatiss
[edit] References
- The Knights of Velyshaa appear.
- The Temperon is a legendary time beast.
- The Laws of Time (supposedly) stop the Doctor's incarnations from meeting.
- The Kurgon Wonder was created as a result of the Knights of Velyshaa attempting to capture the Temperon.
[edit] References from Sirens altered timeline
- The Doctor prevents the RMS Lusitania from being sunk.
[edit] Notes
- This is the first meeting of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors (together).
- Maggie Stables, Sarah Mowat and Anthony Keetch all reappeared later in other Doctor Who audios.
- Anthony Keetch reprises his role of Vansell in The Apocalypse Element
- Maggie Stables was later cast as Evelyn Smythe.
- Sarah Mowat was later cast as Susan Mendes.
- The Sirens of Time was originally released on cassette and CD.
[edit] Continuity
- The Fifth and Seventh Doctors meet/met in Cold Fusion.
- The Knights of Velyshaa are mentioned and a Knight appears in BFDE Invasion of the Daleks.
- Vansell reappears in The Apocalypse Element and Neverland.
- According to Instruments of Darkness, Evelyn was in the TARDIS while the Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder.
[edit] Timeline
For the Fifth Doctor:
For the Sixth Doctor:
- This story occurs after BFA: The Marian Conspiracy
- This story occurs before BFA: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
For the Seventh Doctor:
- This story occurs after NA: The Room With No Doors (after the Doctor returns Penelope and Joel home)
- This story occurs before PDA: Bullet Time
