Gallifrey: Forever
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Gallifrey: Forever is a Big Finish Productions
audio drama based on the long-running British
science fiction television
series Doctor Who
. The series is set on the Doctor's
home planet of Gallifrey
.
s, Romana, Leela and Narvin are still no closer to saving their own. They now find themselves in a world that looks like theirs, but without the ability to time travel. The Regenerators
, as they call themselves, have spent centuries failing to achieve even the fundamentals of travelling through time. But they're also vainglorious slave masters and their political system is rife with assassinations. Their President Romana is murdered shortly after the real Romana arrives. Seizing the opportunity, Romana takes her place. Her hope is that she can turn these people into Time Lords and then take advantage of the resulting technology to return to her primary timeline.
Under the Panopticon, The Regenerators have discovered Rassilon
's long lost Eye of Harmony
. But they don't know how to utilize it. They don't even realize that the Eye is housed within an ancient TARDIS, the only one in this entire universe. Romana soon discovers that there was a reason Rassilon never allowed this world to master time. Something is imprisoned in that TARDIS. She has it destroyed, along with the Eye and everything else within. She is also forced to order K9 to permanently shut down the portal that brought them here. Now, K9 remains trapped at the centre of the Axis and Romana, Leela and Narvin remain trapped on this alternate Gallifrey. The new President Romana puts Narvin in charge of the Chancellery Guard to protect her from further assassination attempts. Leela has successfully led a slave revolt, but the closure of the portal home and the loss of K9 leaves her devastated.
Alternate Gallifrey
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series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. The series is set on the Doctor's
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
home planet of Gallifrey
Gallifrey
Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld of the Doctor and the Time Lords...
.
Plot
Having searched through numerous alternative GallifreyGallifrey
Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld of the Doctor and the Time Lords...
s, Romana, Leela and Narvin are still no closer to saving their own. They now find themselves in a world that looks like theirs, but without the ability to time travel. The Regenerators
Regeneration (Doctor Who)
Regeneration, in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a biological ability exhibited by Time Lords, a race of fictional humanoids originating on the planet Gallifrey. This process allows a Time Lord who is old or mortally wounded to undergo a transformation into a new...
, as they call themselves, have spent centuries failing to achieve even the fundamentals of travelling through time. But they're also vainglorious slave masters and their political system is rife with assassinations. Their President Romana is murdered shortly after the real Romana arrives. Seizing the opportunity, Romana takes her place. Her hope is that she can turn these people into Time Lords and then take advantage of the resulting technology to return to her primary timeline.
Under the Panopticon, The Regenerators have discovered Rassilon
Rassilon
Rassilon is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In the backstory of the programme, he was the founder of Time Lord society on the planet Gallifrey...
's long lost Eye of Harmony
Eye of Harmony
The Eye of Harmony is an artificial black hole created by the Time Lords to provide energy for their home world of Gallifrey and their time travel technology in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-First appearances:...
. But they don't know how to utilize it. They don't even realize that the Eye is housed within an ancient TARDIS, the only one in this entire universe. Romana soon discovers that there was a reason Rassilon never allowed this world to master time. Something is imprisoned in that TARDIS. She has it destroyed, along with the Eye and everything else within. She is also forced to order K9 to permanently shut down the portal that brought them here. Now, K9 remains trapped at the centre of the Axis and Romana, Leela and Narvin remain trapped on this alternate Gallifrey. The new President Romana puts Narvin in charge of the Chancellery Guard to protect her from further assassination attempts. Leela has successfully led a slave revolt, but the closure of the portal home and the loss of K9 leaves her devastated.
Cast
Gallifrey- RomanaRomanaRomana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
- Lalla WardLalla WardSarah Ward known as Lalla Ward, is an English actor, author and illustrator. As an actor, she is known for playing the part of Romana in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.-Early career:Ward's stage name, "Lalla", comes... - LeelaLeela (Doctor Who)Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Leela was a companion of the Fourth Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1977 to 1978...
- Louise JamesonLouise JamesonLouise Jameson is an English actress, best known for playing Leela, the leather-clad barbarian warrior companion of the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who. Jameson has also appeared on Emmerdale , The Omega Factor Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951 in Wanstead, London) is an English actress, best known... - K9 Mark IIK-9 (Doctor Who)K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who, first appearing in 1977...
- John LeesonJohn LeesonJohn Leeson is a British actor who is best known for voicing K-9 on the television series Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, and again in the 1980–1981 season. He was called back to do the voice of K-9 again for the 2006 episode "School Reunion" and again for the 2008 Doctor Who episode "Journey's End"... - Narvin - Sean Carlsen
Alternate Gallifrey
- President Romana - Lalla Ward
- Unit 190 - Carole Ann FordCarole Ann FordCarole Ann Ford is a British actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She also appeared in the 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids....
- Overseer Thracken - Matthew Bates
- Commander Andred - Andy Coleman
- Guard Valyes - Steven WickhamSteven WickhamSteven Wickham is a British actor known largely for his roles in Big Finish Productions audio dramas as well as guest appearances in Red Dwarf, Casualty, The Bill, Eastenders and Doctor Who in a career which began in 1984.-Career:...
- Guard Jevon - Scott HandcockScott HandcockScott Handcock is an English writer, director and producer from Birmingham who has involved in a number of audio plays for Big Finish Productions, the audio production company perhaps best associated with the Doctor Who franchise....
- Chancellor Narvin - Sean Carlson
- Coordinator Vansell - Anthony Keetch
- Young Slave - Charlotte Parkyn
- Krilig - John Leeson
- Commentator Theta Sigma - Colin BakerColin BakerColin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...
(cameo)
Continuity
- The Eye of Harmony was first mentioned by name in The Deadly AssassinThe Deadly AssassinThe Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 October to 20 November 1976...
. The link it has within every TARDIS was seen in the TV Movie. - Colin Baker makes a cameo appearance as a journalist named Commentator Theta Sigma. Theta Sigma was the Doctor's nickname when he was a student, as mentioned in The Armageddon FactorThe Armageddon FactorThe Armageddon Factor is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 20 January to 24 February 1979...
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