Recorded Time and Other Stories
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| Recorded Time and Other Stories | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 150 |
| Featuring | Sixth Doctor Peri Brown |
| Written by | Catherine Harvey Richard Dinnick Matt Fitton Philip Lawrence |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 6Z/AA |
| Release date | August 2011 |
Recorded Time and Other Stories is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the 150th release, it is made of four one-part stories, by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial. All episodes feature the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker and Peri Brown played by Nicola Bryant.
Main cast[edit]
Recorded Time[edit]
1536, The Court of King Henry VIII Immortalis.
- Henry VIII — Paul Shearer
- Anne Boleyn — Laura Molyneux
- Scrivener — Philip Bretherton
- Marjorie — Rosanna Miles
Paradoxicide[edit]
The legendary lost world of Sendos was rumored to have the most powerful weapons in the universe. Now it is broadcasting across space in Peri's voice.
- Inquisa — Raquel Cassidy
- Centuria / Ship — Joan Walker
- Barond — James George
- Volsci — Laura Molyneux / Rosanna Miles
A Most Excellent Match[edit]
By Matt Fitton
In Jane Austen's England, Peri was seen to be courting suitors, including the Doctor.
- Tilly — Rosanna Miles
- Darcy / D'Urberville / Heathcliff — Philip Bretherton
- Cranton — Paul Shearer
Question Marks[edit]
The mysterious man with the question mark collar saves the crew of a stricken vessel.
- Destiny Gray — Raquel Cassidy
- Greg Stone — James George
- Arnie McAllister — Joe Jameson
Notes[edit]
- In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Year of the Pig and Revelation of the Daleks.
Continuity[edit]
- The First Doctor also quarreled with Henry VIII, as he explained in The Sensorites.
- The Tenth Doctor was briefly married to the daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I ("The End of Time", "The Day of the Doctor"), resulting in another quarrel ("The Shakespeare Code").
Cast notes[edit]
- Raquel Cassidy was in the 2011 Doctor Who television story "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People".
Critical reception[edit]
Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael called the collection "excellent", identifying "A Most Excellent Match" as the "most fun", and "Question Marks" as the "strongest".[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Michael, Matt (October 2011). "The DWM Review". Doctor Who Magazine (439). Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics: 74.