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Release no.
  
158

Directed by
  
Nicholas Briggs

Release date
  
March 2012

Author
  
William Gallagher

Release number
  
158

Written by
  
William Gallagher

Production code
  
7C/NAC

Originally published
  
31 March 2012

Series
  
Doctor Who

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Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

Featurings
  
Sixth Doctor, Flip Jackson

Similar
  
Industrial Evolution, Paper Cuts, The Doomwood Curse, ID & Urgent Calls, The Raincloud Man

Wirrn Isle is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Contents

Plot

The Earth is slowly being repopulated in the year 16127, by the descendants of the Nerva Beacon. But the Wirrn have also come down from the Beacon.

Cast

  • The Doctor - Colin Baker
  • Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
  • Rohert Buchman - Tim Bentinck
  • Veronica Buchman - Jenny Funnell
  • Toasty Buchman - Tessa Nicholson
  • Iron - Rikki Lawton
  • Sheer Jawn - Dan Starkey
  • Dare - Helen Goldwyn
  • Paul Dessay - Glynn Sweet

    • Continuity

  • This story is a sequel to the 1975 Fourth Doctor television story The Ark in Space, which introduced the Wirrn. It takes place about forty years later.

    • Critical reception

    Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael called the story a "very strong conclusion" to the three-story miniseason.

    References

    Wirrn Isle Wikipedia
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