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The Mind's Eye and Mission of the Viyrans

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Written by
  
Colin Brake

Release no.
  
102

Directed by
  
Barnaby Edwards

Featuring
  
Fifth Doctor Peri Brown Erimem

Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

The Mind's Eye is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is a three-part story written by Colin Brake and was released alongside a one-part story, Mission of the Viyrans.

Contents

Plot

The Doctor, Erimem and Peri have gone their separate ways. The Doctor is wandering on a nameless paradise planet filled with murderous primates (but only at night) and carnivorous plants. Erimem is the Queen of a space colony empire, New Cairo, and is suffering a rebellion, while Peri's stepson and new husband are causing problems to her domestic bliss.

Cast

  • The Doctor — Peter Davison
  • Peri — Nicola Bryant
  • Erimem — Caroline Morris
  • Hayton — Owen Teale
  • Major Takol — Rebecca Front
  • Kyle — Thomas Brodie-Sangster
  • Ukarme — Richard Laing
  • Andree — Nicola Weeks
  • Behind-the-scenes

    This story leads directly into the audio drama The Bride of Peladon.

    The hallucinogenic plants in this story reappear in Brotherhood of the Daleks.

    Mission of the Viyrans

    Mission of the Viyrans is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is a one-part story written by Nicholas Briggs and was released alongside a three-part story, The Mind's Eye.

    The Doctor and Peri encounter the time travelling Viyrans on a holiday planet.

    Cast

  • The Doctor — Peter Davison
  • Peri — Nicola Bryant
  • Lawrence - Peter Sowerbutts
  • Chris - Philip Childs
  • Behind-the-scenes

    Mission of the Viyrans completes the "Virus Strand" story arc, which also includes the audio dramas Urgent Calls, Urban Myths and The Vanity Box.

    This story marks the first appearance of the Viyrans for Big Finish. They first appeared in the short story "No One Died", also written by Nicholas Briggs, featuring the Tenth Doctor and published in the 2007 Doctor Who Storybook. The Viyrans return against the Sixth Doctor in Patient Zero.

    References

    The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans Wikipedia


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