Gallifrey: Reborn
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Gallifrey: Reborn 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
.
will fall. Either by the Dogma Virus or by the cure for the Dogma Virus, or from the economic and social devastation of the recent civil war or from the stockpile of unstable temporal weapons headed toward it or even from a greater threat
in the near future.
Romana, Leela, K9 Mark II, Braxiatel and Narvin are safely tucked away outside of time, inside the remains of Braxiatel's famous art museum. But they have no TARDIS or ship or any other means of escape. Brax reveals that their actual location is the Axis, the centre of a spinning wheel of truncated timelines, universes that went so horribly wrong, the Time Lords separated them from established continuity. Braxiatel and his four refugees explore some of these alternate universes
, hoping to find solutions to their many problems. He has found a portal that leads directly to different versions of Gallifrey. If they can't find the answers they're looking for, they can, at the very least, find a new home.
Their first world is Gallifrey Incorporated. Here, the Time Lords are greedy and conniving, selling their time technology and weapons to any civilization that can afford it. Even individual Time Lords have taken to selling their future regenerations
to each other. Narvin is captured by suspicious government officials and has most or all of his regenerations siphoned out of him. Meanwhile, Romana meets a far less adventurous, alternate version of herself. This Romana never travelled with the Doctor, never regenerated and never got into politics. Instead she got married and raised an adventurous son.
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
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...
will fall. Either by the Dogma Virus or by the cure for the Dogma Virus, or from the economic and social devastation of the recent civil war or from the stockpile of unstable temporal weapons headed toward it or even from a greater threat
Time War (Doctor Who)
The Time War, more specifically called The Last Great Time War, is a conflict within the fictional universe of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
in the near future.
Romana, Leela, K9 Mark II, Braxiatel and Narvin are safely tucked away outside of time, inside the remains of Braxiatel's famous art museum. But they have no TARDIS or ship or any other means of escape. Brax reveals that their actual location is the Axis, the centre of a spinning wheel of truncated timelines, universes that went so horribly wrong, the Time Lords separated them from established continuity. Braxiatel and his four refugees explore some of these alternate universes
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
, hoping to find solutions to their many problems. He has found a portal that leads directly to different versions of Gallifrey. If they can't find the answers they're looking for, they can, at the very least, find a new home.
Their first world is Gallifrey Incorporated. Here, the Time Lords are greedy and conniving, selling their time technology and weapons to any civilization that can afford it. Even individual Time Lords have taken to selling their future regenerations
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...
to each other. Narvin is captured by suspicious government officials and has most or all of his regenerations siphoned out of him. Meanwhile, Romana meets a far less adventurous, alternate version of herself. This Romana never travelled with the Doctor, never regenerated and never got into politics. Instead she got married and raised an adventurous son.
Cast
Gallifrey- Romana II - 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"... - Irving BraxiatelIrving BraxiatelIrving Braxiatel or Cardinal Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures—spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He subsequently became a regular character in novels and audio dramas in the Bernice Summerfield universe...
- Miles RichardsonMiles RichardsonMiles Richardson is a British actor.He was born on 15 July 1963 in Battersea, London to parents Ian Richardson and Maroussia Frank , both founder members of the Royal Shakespeare Company... - Narvin - Sean Carlsen
Alternate Gallifrey
- Romana I - 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...
- Chancellor Dondequest - Sarah DouglasSarah DouglasSarah Douglas is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the Kryptonian supervillain Ursa in the first two Superman movies , and for her role as Pamela Lynch in the 1980s primetime drama series Falcon Crest .-Early life:Douglas was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the...
- Surgeon-Master Rexus - Brian Miller
- Prime Usher Antonin - Conrad WestmaasConrad WestmaasConrad Westmaas is a British actor who trained at The Poor School, London from 1998-2000.Westmaas has appeared mainly in theatre, including Romeo and Juliet for Shakespeare's Globe in 2008 and also played Paul McGann's companion C'rizz in a range of audio dramas by Big Finish Productions based on...
- Vansell - Anthony Keetch
- Commander Faradac - Lewis Rae
- 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....
Continuity
- The Axis was introduced in the 2004 Fifth DoctorFifth DoctorThe 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....
audio, The Axis of InsanityThe Axis of InsanityThe Axis of Insanity is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
. - In the primary timeline, Andred was Leela's husband. They met in the TV story Invasion of Time. He died in the audio InsurgencyGallifrey: InsurgencyGallifrey: Insurgency 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 :...
. An alternate version of him appears in the next story, DisassembledGallifrey: DisassembledGallifrey: Disassembled is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. - Romana briefly visited her family home, Heartshaven, in the previous story, PanaceaGallifrey: PanaceaGallifrey: Panacea 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 :...
. - Romana uses the alias Astra, after the princess she met 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...
, whose form she regenerated into in Destiny of the DaleksDestiny of the DaleksDestiny of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 1 September to 22 September 1979. The story introduces Lalla Ward as the newly-regenerated Romana....
. - In this alternate reality, Leela searched for The Key to Time. In the standard universe, it was Romana who sought the Key, starting with the story The Ribos OperationThe Ribos OperationThe Ribos Operation is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 2 to September 23, 1978. This serial introduces Mary Tamm as the companion Romana. After finishing his first year as producer of Doctor Who,...
. - Vansell died in the 2002 audio Neverland. An alternate version of him was in He Jests at Scars...He Jests at Scars...He Jests at Scars... is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if.....
and more crop up in further Gallifrey IV stories.