Red Dawn (audio drama)

Red Dawn

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release number	8
Featuring	Fifth Doctor Peri
Writer	Justin Richards
Director	Gary Russell
Producer(s)	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	6QA
Set between	Planet of Fire and Exotron
Length	1 hr 26 mins
Release date	May 2000
Preceded by	The Genocide Machine
Followed by	The Spectre of Lanyon Moor

Red Dawn is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Plot

During NASA's first manned mission to Mars, the Fifth Doctor and Peri encounter one of the Doctor's old adversaries — the Ice Warriors.

This episode addresses issue of scientific and industrial ethics.

Cast

The Doctor — Peter Davison
Peri — Nicola Bryant
Pilot Susan Roberts — Maureen Oakeley
Commder Lee Forbes — Robert Jezek
Paul Webster — Stephen Fewell
Tanya Webster — Georgia Moffett
Sub-Commander Sstast — Hylton Collins
Lord Zzaal — Matthew Brenher
Zizmar — Alistair Lock
Sskann — Jason Haigh-Ellery
Razzburr — Gary Russell

Notes

Georgia Moffett is the real-life daughter of Peter Davison. On television, she played Jenny, the title character, in the 2008 series episode "The Doctor's Daughter".

To explain Forbes' decision to sabotage communication with Earth, Paul and the Doctor cite the Brookings Report. This is a real document, but its proposals about what to do if alien artifacts are found are more equivocal than are presented in this story. In the story, it states that, if NASA found evidence of alien life, they should suppress that information in order for humanity to survive.

The Fifth Doctor returns to Mars and meets the Ice Warriors ancestors in The Judgement of Isskar.

This is Peri's first adventure after Planet of Fire and the rest of the adventures and companions that join, fill the gap between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.

External links

Reviews

Red Dawn reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
Red Dawn reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Fifth Doctor audio dramas

Tegan, Nyssa & Adric	The Darkening Eye Destiny of the Doctor: Smoke and Mirrors

Nyssa	The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase Primeval Spare Parts Creatures of Beauty The Game Circular Time Renaissance of the Daleks Return to the Web Planet The Haunting of Thomas Brewster The Boy That Time Forgot Time Reef & A Perfect World Castle of Fear The Eternal Summer Plague of the Daleks The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories The Five Companions 1001 Nights 1963: Fanfare For The Common Men The Light at the End Moonflesh Tomb Ship Masquerade

Nyssa & Tegan	The Elite Hexagora The Children of Seth

Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough	Cobwebs The Whispering Forest The Cradle of the Snake Heroes of Sontar Kiss of Death Rat Trap The Emerald Tiger The Jupiter Conjunction The Butcher of Brisbane Eldrad Must Die! The Lady of Mercia Prisoners of Fate

Tegan & Turlough	The Sirens of Time Excelis Dawns Ringpullworld Freakshow

Turlough	Phantasmagoria Loups-Garoux Singularity

Peri	Red Dawn Exotron & Urban Myths Peri and the Piscon Paradox

Peri & Erimem	The Eye of the Scorpion The Church and the Crown No Place Like Home Nekromanteia The Axis of Insanity The Roof of the World Three's a Crowd The Council of Nicaea The Kingmaker Son of the Dragon The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Bride of Peladon

Amy	The Judgement of Isskar The Destroyer of Delights The Chaos Pool

Other	Zagreus Omega The Gathering Cuddlesome The Four Doctors The Burning Prince

Doctor Who: Ice Warrior stories

Television episodes	The Ice Warriors The Seeds of Death The Curse of Peladon The Monster of Peladon "Cold War"

Audio plays	Red Dawn Frozen Time The Bride of Peladon The Judgement of Isskar The Prisoner of Peladon Mission to Magnus Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars Thin Ice Lords of the Red Planet

Novels	Mission to Magnus Legacy GodEngine The Dying Days The Silent Stars Go By

Minor appearances	The War Games The Mind of Evil Bang-Bang-a-Boom!