Gallifrey: Fractures
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Gallifrey: Fractures 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
.
supporters, due to the Dogma Virus. K-9 Mark II, although infected by Pandora, struggles to regain self control. Romana is on the run, along with a band of about fifty loyal rebels, including Leela, Narvin, Matthias and Hallan. In a wise, preemptive move, Romana has scrambled the all TARDIS imprimaturs, preventing this conflict from turning into a complicated time war. Her rebels have also been blowing up structures that could weaken Pandora's hold over Gallifrey
. But one such attack goes wrong, leaving Leela permanently blind.
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio drama based on the long-running British
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science fiction television
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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
The Civil War has begun. Imperiatrix Pandora has successfully overthrown President Romana. Pandora rules from the Citadel, with her lapdogs, Chancellor Valyes and Inquisitor-Prime Darkel. She also has an army of Time LordTime Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
supporters, due to the Dogma Virus. K-9 Mark II, although infected by Pandora, struggles to regain self control. Romana is on the run, along with a band of about fifty loyal rebels, including Leela, Narvin, Matthias and Hallan. In a wise, preemptive move, Romana has scrambled the all TARDIS imprimaturs, preventing this conflict from turning into a complicated time war. Her rebels have also been blowing up structures that could weaken Pandora's hold over 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...
. But one such attack goes wrong, leaving Leela permanently blind.
Cast
- President 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 MK 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"... - Inquisitor-Prime Darkel — Lynda BellinghamLynda BellinghamLynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
- CIA Coordinator Narvin — Sean Carlsen
- Imperiatrix Pandora — Mary TammMary TammMary Tamm is an English actress. She is best known for being the first actress to play the character of Romana in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, opposite Tom Baker as the Doctor, from the 1978–1979 season known collectively as The Key to Time.-Early life:Mary Tamm was born in...
- Lord Matthias — Stephen Perring
- Chancellor 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:...
- Commander Hallan — Michael Cuckson
- Medic Elbon — Paul Grunert
- Captain Annos — Dickson Tolson
- Captain Janartis — Charlie Ross
- Commentator Gerber — Charles Pemberton
- Aesino — Lisa BowermanLisa BowermanLisa Bowerman is a British actress.Bowerman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama Casualty playing Sandra Mute, the show's first female paramedic. Her other television work includes: Dodgem, The Count of Solar, Grange Hill, The...
Continuity
- Leela was temporarily blinded in Horror of Fang RockHorror of Fang RockHorror of Fang Rock is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 September to 24 September 1977.-Synopsis:...
. - A Time/Space Visualizer was seen in the First DoctorFirst DoctorThe First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role in the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors in 1973 - albeit in a...
story The ChaseThe Chase (Doctor Who)The Chase is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 22 May to 26 June 1965. The story is set on multiple locations including the Mary Celeste, the Empire State Building, and the planet Aridius...
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