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The First Doctor Boxset

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Release no.
  
09

Series
  
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories

Featuring
  
Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton

Written by
  
Moris Farhi (adapted by Nigel Robinson)

Directed by
  
Lisa Bowerman John Ainsworth

Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

The First Doctor Boxset is a Big Finish Productions audio drama set based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is in the Companion Chronicles format, a "talking book" narrated by the Doctor's companions with guest-star's voices, music and sound effects.

Contents

Plot

The First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara arrive in 323 BC, Babylon and befriend the King of Macedon, the ruler of the known world, Alexander the Great. They join Alexander on his travels, along with his generals and officers, including his brave but contemptuous father figure Cleitus, the wise Calanus of India, the nobel young Hephaestion, the Nubian bodyguard Ptolemy, the prophetic priest Iollas and the cunning Seleucus. Over the course of their weeks together, Alexander's greatest friends suffer horrible deaths. Suspicion falls on the Doctor and his companions, who must prove their worth to escape execution. But when the great king himself falls ill, his life is in their hands.

Cast

  • Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
  • Ian Chesterton - William Russell
  • Alexander the Great - John Dorney
  • Episodes Titles

    1. The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
    2. The Wrath Of The Greatest Grecian Of Them All! or O, Son! My Son!
    3. A Man Must Die
    4. The World Lies Dead At Your Feet
    5. In The Arena
    6. Farewell, Great Macedon!

    Plot

    The TARDIS arrives on a beautiful utopian world known as Fragrance. The Doctor persuades the peaceful inhabitants to build a filament that could improve his ship's navigation. And Barbara spends time with a young man named Rhythm, who falls in love with her. When his feelings are not reciprocated, his life is forfeit.

    Cast

  • Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
  • Ian Chesterton - William Russell
  • Rhythm - John Dorney
  • Melody/Harmony - Helen Goldwyn
  • Continuity

  • In The Masters of Luxor, Barbara recalls visiting Fragrance. She also mentions having seen the Hanging Gardens of Babylon just the day before. However, Ian says their visit to Fragrance lasted a few weeks. Because of this, The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance may actually take place before Farewell, Great Macedon.
  • References

    The First Doctor Boxset Wikipedia


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