Short Trips: Defining Patterns
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Short Trips: Defining Patterns is a Big Finish
original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British
science fiction television
series Doctor Who
. The theme of the collection is the patterns that define the Universe.
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...
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 theme of the collection is the patterns that define the Universe.
Stories
| Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring |
| Machine Time | George Ivanoff | 4th Fourth Doctor The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who.... |
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| The Tide and Time | Neil Corry | 7th Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy.... |
Ace Ace (Doctor Who) Dorothy Gale McShane, better known by her nickname Ace, is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
| Losing the Audience | Mat Coward | 1st First Doctor The 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... |
Susan Susan Foreman Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season... |
| One Card For The Curious | Xanna Eve Chown | 7th | Ace |
| Seance | John Davies | 7th | Ace |
| The Celestial Harmony Engine | Ian Briggs Ian Briggs Ian Briggs is a television writer who has written for BBC programmes Casualty and Doctor Who.Briggs wrote two serials for Doctor Who, Dragonfire and The Curse of Fenric, both featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor... |
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| Mutiny | Robert Dick | Harry Harry Sullivan Harry Sullivan is a fictional character from the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who and is a companion of the Fourth Doctor... |
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| Numb | Dave Owen | 3rd Third Doctor The Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee.... |
Sarah Jane Sarah Jane Smith Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures.... |
| Closing the Account | Stephen Hatcher | 7th | |
| The Great Escapes | Simon Guerrier Simon Guerrier Simon Guerrier is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs... |
Lucie Lucie Miller Lucie Miller is a character in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7 based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
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| Loose Change | Steven Savile Steven Savile Steven Savile is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Stockholm, Sweden... |
6th Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker... |
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| Lepidoptery for Beginners | John Dorney John Dorney John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles including the National Theatre and his scripts for the Big Finish Doctor Who range... |
2nd Second Doctor The Second Doctor is the second incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by character actor Patrick Troughton.... |
Jamie & Zoe |
| One Step Forward, Two Steps Back | Chris Thomas Chris Thomas (author) Chris Thomas is an Australian writer, actor, journalist and broadcaster.Thomas was born in Perth, Western Australia. He has extensive acting and journalistic experience, working for mainstream newspapers, independent publications and as a freelance. He has also worked in media and public... |
2nd & 5th Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison.... |
Jamie & Turlough Vislor Turlough Vislor Turlough is a fictional character played by Mark Strickson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was a companion of the Fifth Doctor, being a regular in the programme from 1983 to 1984.-Character history:... |
| Homework | Michael Coen | 2nd | Jamie & Zoe |
| The Devil Like a Bear | Brian Willis | 7th | Ace |
| Stanley | Lizzie Hopley Lizzie Hopley Lizzie Hopley is a British actor and writer.She appears in several audio plays based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Her first appearance was as the Eighth Doctor’s companion Gemma Griffin in Terror Firma. She also portrayed the sister of Davros in the I, Davros... |
4th | Leela Leela (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... |
| Twilight's End | Cavan Scott Cavan Scott Cavan Scott is a freelance author, journalist and editor best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who... & Mark Wright |
7th | Nimrod Nimrod (Doctor Who) Nimrod is a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays Project: Twilight, Project: Lazarus and Project: Destiny written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, which are based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
| The Book of My Life | Ian Mond | 6th | |
| Linking Material | Ian Farrington | 6th | Emily Chaudhry and Will Hoffman |