The Fourth Doctor Boxset
| The Fourth Doctor Boxset | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories |
| Featuring |
Fourth Doctor Leela |
| Writer |
The Foe from the Future by Philip Hinchcliffe (adapted by Jonathan Morris) |
| Director | John Ainsworth |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Set between |
The Foe from the Future between The Robots of Death and The Talons of Weng Chiang |
| Release date | January 2012 |
The Fourth Doctor Boxset is a collection of two audio dramas by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The Foe from the Future
by Robert Banks Stewart (adapted by John Dorney)
Plot
The TARDIS arrives in Devon, in the year 1977. But history is unravelling. At the centre of it is a seemingly haunted manor owned by a mysterious man named Jalnik.
Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Jalnik - Paul Freeman
- Charlotte - Louise Brealey
- Instructor Shibac - Blake Ritson
- Constable Burrows - Mark Goldthorp
- Father Harpin - Philip Pope
- Supreme Councillor Geflo - Jaimi Barbakoff
- Historiographer Osin - Dan Starkey
- Councillor Kostal - Camilla Power
The Valley of Death
by Philip Hinchcliffe (adapted by Jonathan Morris)
Plot
In 1870, Professor Cornelius Perkins mounted an expedition to the Amazon rainforest and was never heard from again. A century later, his Great-Grandson flies to South America looking for answers. Joining him is the Doctor, on a mission from UNIT, investigating rumours of a crashed UFO.
Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Emissary Godrin / Dr Summersby / Announcer - Nigel Carrington
- Overlord Saldor/Newsreader - Delia Lindsay
- Valerie Carlton - Jane Slavin
- Edward Perkins - Anthony Howell
- Professor Cornelius Perkins - David Killick
- General Hemmings / Valcon / Taxi Driver - Richard Bremmer
Notes
- Some elements of The Foe from the Future influenced Robert Holmes' The Talons of Weng-Chiang.[1]
- The Valley of Death also went by the titles The Lost Valley and Valley Of The Lost.
- Robert Banks Stewart wrote the Fourth Doctor television stories Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom.
- Philip Hinchcliffe was the producer for Doctor Who from 1974-1977. Later on, he also novelized several stories.
- The Foe from the Future Episode One was available free with the January 2012 issue of Doctor Who Magazine, until March 31, 2012[2]
References
- ↑ "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Talons of Weng Chiang - Index". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "Big Finish". Retrieved 07/02/2012. Check date values in:
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External links
- Big Finish Productions - The Fourth Doctor Boxset
- Hidden Planet Lost Scripts site - The Valley of Death
- A Brief History of Time Lost Stories index - The Valley of Death
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