The Oseidon Adventure
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The Oseidon Adventure | |
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Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
Series | Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Adventures |
Release no. | 1.6 |
Featuring | Fourth Doctor Leela |
Written by | Alan Barnes |
Directed by | Ken Bentley |
Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
Production code | 4S/F |
Release date | June 2012 |
The Oseidon Adventure is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.[1]
This is the second part of a two-part story, the first part being Trail of the White Worm.
Plot[]
The Kraal attempt to invade the Earth, while the Doctor is trapped on their irradiated home world, Oseidon.
Cast[]
- The Doctor – Tom Baker
- Leela – Louise Jameson
- The Master – Geoffrey Beevers
- Colonel Spindleton – Michael Cochrane
- Marshal Grimnal / Captain Clarke – Dan Starkey
- Tyngworg / Warner / UNIT R/T Operator –
Continuity[]
- The Kraals were in the 1975 Fourth Doctor television story, The Android Invasion. That story also featured UNIT.
- This is the first use of Kraals by Big Finish Productions.
- The Doctor and Leela encounter the Master again in the third season of Fourth Doctor adventures, due to be released in 2014.[2]
Critical reception[]
Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael found the casting and performances excellent, but the play "slightly misjudged" as a finale.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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- ^ Michael, Matt (September 2012). "The DWM Review: The Oseidon Adventure". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 450. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics. pp. 88–89.
External links[]
Categories:
- Fourth Doctor audio plays
- The Master (Doctor Who) audio plays
- UNIT audio plays