Gallifrey: Annihilation
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Gallifrey: Annihilation 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
.
. But this version of their world exists far in their relative past and is unrecognizable. No Citadel or buildings on the land, no planets or stars in the sky. On this world, Rassilon
lost his epic battle with the Great Vampire. He became a Vampire himself, before he had a chance to lead his people into conquering the Web of Time. So instead of Time Lords, Gallifrey is inhabited by the True Lords, who have spent centuries at war with the Gallifreans who have become Vampires. Both sides can regenerate
, but neither can travel through time. Lord Prydon's Vampires are on the brink of defeating Magistrix Borusa's True Lords and laying sole claim to their coveted Gallifrey.
Romana is mistakenly captured by the vampires. Leela wants to rescue her, but her time away from the real Gallifrey has significantly aged her, as well as still being blind. Some of Borusa's forces volunteer to become mindless, instinctual hunters by drinking measured amounts of Vampire blood. Leela chooses to undergo this process so she can get Romana back. As her biology is different, it effects her body differently. She retains her mind, but reinvigorates all her senses and strength. She even regains her eyesight.
Alternate Gallifrey
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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
Braxiatel is gone. K9 stays at centre of the Axis to take over monitoring the portal. Romana, Leela and Narvin continue their exploration of alternate GallifreysGallifrey
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 this version of their world exists far in their relative past and is unrecognizable. No Citadel or buildings on the land, no planets or stars in the sky. On this world, 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...
lost his epic battle with the Great Vampire. He became a Vampire himself, before he had a chance to lead his people into conquering the Web of Time. So instead of Time Lords, Gallifrey is inhabited by the True Lords, who have spent centuries at war with the Gallifreans who have become Vampires. Both sides can regenerate
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...
, but neither can travel through time. Lord Prydon's Vampires are on the brink of defeating Magistrix Borusa's True Lords and laying sole claim to their coveted Gallifrey.
Romana is mistakenly captured by the vampires. Leela wants to rescue her, but her time away from the real Gallifrey has significantly aged her, as well as still being blind. Some of Borusa's forces volunteer to become mindless, instinctual hunters by drinking measured amounts of Vampire blood. Leela chooses to undergo this process so she can get Romana back. As her biology is different, it effects her body differently. She retains her mind, but reinvigorates all her senses and strength. She even regains her eyesight.
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
- Magistrix Borusa - Katy ManningKaty ManningKaty Manning is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia. She is myopic...
- Commander Cloris - Alan RuscoeAlan RuscoeAlan Ruscoe is a British actor who is best known for his work as various aliens, monsters and androids in the Star Wars films and the television series Doctor Who....
- Captain Vekken - 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....
- Kraylon - Chris JohnsonChris Johnson (presenter)Christopher David Johnson , born 25 January 1991, is a voice actor & presenter for CBBC. His first television appearance was for BBC Three, introducing Family Guy. He began presenting on the CBBC Channel in January 2010...
- Thetac - Charlotte Parkyn
- Torvald - Andy Coleman
- Hollis - Gary RussellGary RussellGary James Russell is a freelance writer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media...
- Lord Prydon - Geoffrey BeeversGeoffrey BeeversGeoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles.Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor ; and as an adaptor/director of George Eliot's novel Adam Bede , for which he won a Time Out Award, and Balzac's...
- Prime Enforcer Arcalia - Alexander Vlahos
- Cassandra - Charlie Hayes
Continuity
- The ancient Vampires and their war with Rassilon were introduced in the TV story State of DecayState of DecayState of Decay is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 22 November to 13 December 1980. The serial was the second of three loosely connected serials known as the E-Space trilogy...
, with the Fourth DoctorFourth DoctorThe Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who....
and Romana. - Borusa was also the name of a Time Lord who appeared in the TV stories 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 Invasion of TimeThe Invasion of TimeThe Invasion of Time is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 4 February to 11 March 1978...
and The Five DoctorsThe Five DoctorsThe Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations...
. - In the primary timeline, the transduction barrier is an invisible force field that surrounds Gallifrey. In this story it is blackened to keep out light.
- The Great Key of Rassilon was used in The Invasion of Time, with the Fourth Doctor and Leela.
- Lord Prydon mentions several fallen Gallifrey Houses, including Romana's Heartshaven and the Doctor's LungbarrowLungbarrowLungbarrow is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. - Leela lost her eyesight in FracturesGallifrey: FracturesGallifrey: 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.- Plot :...
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