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Protect And Survive (Doctor Who Audio)
''Protect and Survive'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was released on CD and download in July 2012, and was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 17 November 2013 as part of the Doctor Who 50th-anniversary celebrations. Plot The Doctor has disappeared, and the TARDIS is out of control. Ace and Hex find themselves marooned on Earth in the 1980s at the height of the Cold War. Cast *Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Ace (Doctor Who), Ace – Sophie Aldred *Hex (Doctor Who), Hex – Philip Olivier *Albert Marsden – Ian Hogg (actor), Ian Hogg *Peggy Marsden – Elizabeth Bennett (actress), Elizabeth Bennett *Moloch / Patrick Allen (announcer) – Peter Egan Continuity *The exterior of the TARDIS was rendered white during the events of ''The Angel of Scutari''. It remained as such for the previous trilogy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include '' Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', '' Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', '' Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', '' Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and '' Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moloch
Moloch (; ''Mōleḵ'' or הַמֹּלֶךְ ''hamMōleḵ''; grc, Μόλοχ, la, Moloch; also Molech or Molek) is a name or a term which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices which are associated with Moloch, practices which appear to have included child sacrifice. Traditionally, Moloch has been understood as referring to a Canaanite god. However, since 1935, scholars have debated whether or not the term refers to a type of sacrifice on the basis of a similar term, also spelled ''mlk'', which means "sacrifice" in the Punic language. This second position has grown increasingly popular, but it remains contested. Among proponents of this second position, controversy continues as to whether the sacrifices were offered to Yahweh or another deity, and whether they were a native Israelite religious custom or a Phoenician import. Since the medieval period, Moloch has often been portrayed as a bull- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protect And Survive
''Protect and Survive'' was a public information campaign on civil defence. Produced by the British government between 1974 and 1980, it intended to advise the public on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack. The campaign comprised a pamphlet, newspaper advertisements, radio broadcasts, and public information films. The series had originally been intended for distribution only in the event of dire national emergency, but provoked such intense public interest that the pamphlet was published, in slightly amended form, in 1980. Due to its controversial subject, and the nature of its publication, the cultural impact of ''Protect and Survive'' was greater and longer-lasting than most public information campaigns. Origins ''Protect and Survive'' had its origins in civil defence leaflets dating back to 1938, titled ''The Protection of Your Home Against Air Raids''. These advised the homeowner on what to do in the event of air attack. This evolved as the nature of warfare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Light (Doctor Who)
''Ghost Light'' is the second serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 18 October 1989. Set in a mansion house in Perivale in 1883, Josiah Smith ( Ian Hogg), a cataloguer of life forms from another planet, seeks to assassinate Queen Victoria and take over the British Empire. Plot Thousands of years ago, an alien expedition came to Earth to catalogue life. After completing its task and collecting samples which included Nimrod, a being known as Light, the leader, went into slumber. By 1881, Josiah Smith gained control and kept Light in hibernation and imprisoned the creature known as Control on the ship, which is now the cellar of the house. Smith began evolving into the era's dominant life-form – the Victorian gentleman – and also took over the house. By 1883, Smith, having "evolved" into forms approximating a human and casting off his old husks as an insect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hobbit
''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the ''New York Herald Tribune'' for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children's literature. ''The Hobbit'' is set within Tolkien's fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from his light-hearted, rural surroundings into more sinister territory. The story is told in the form of an episodic quest, and most chapters introduce a specific creature or type of creature of Tolkien's geography. Bilbo gains a new level of maturity, competence, and wisdom by accepting the disreputable, romantic, fey, and adventurous sides of his nature and applying his wits and common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods And Monsters (Doctor Who Audio)
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Blue Fire
''House of Blue Fire'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It contains a four-part story. Plot The Master of Bluefire House welcomes his guests: *No 18 – athazagoraphobia (the fear of being forgotten or ignored) *No 5 – aquaphobia (the fear of water) *No 16 – blattodephobia (fear of cockroaches) *No 12 – catoptrophobia (the fear of mirrors or reflections) Cast * The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Dr Magnus Soames – Timothy West *No 18 ( Sally Morgan) – Amy Pemberton *No 5 – Miranda Keeling *No 16 – Ray Emmet Brown *No 12 – Howard Gossington *Eve Pritchard / Mi’en Kalarash – Lizzy Watts Continuity *Sally Morgan and the Doctor's black TARDIS return in ''Project: Nirvana'' and '' Black and White''. *''Black and White'' features a scene taking place just before ''House of Blue Fire'', in which the Doctor is arriving, having just left Celdor in ''The Doomsday Quatrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doomsday Quatrain
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robophobia
''Robophobia'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who.'' It is a four-part story. Plot The Doctor arrives on a spaceship transporting over a hundred thousand potentially deadly robots. Cast * The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy * Liv Chenka – Nicola Walker *Farel – Toby Hadoke *Bas Pellico – William Hazell *Selerat – Nicholas Pegg *Cravnet – Dan Starkey *Tal Karus – Matt Addis *Leebar/Computer Voice – John Dorney Continuity *For the people of Kaldor, this story picks up a few months after the events of the Fourth Doctor television story, ''The Robots of Death''. *The Doctor's TARDIS The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of the time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. Its exterior a ... is black in this story. It remains this way throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lurkers At Sunlight's Edge
''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Plot In 1934, off the coast of Alaska, a mysterious four-year-old island is stirring. Within it is a vast citadel, where the Dreamers sleep. Also on the island is an institute, where a Lovecraftian horror writer has a terrible secret that even he doesn't know. Cast *Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Ace – Sophie Aldred * Hex – Philip Olivier *CP Doveday – Michael Brandon *Dr Freya Gabriel – Kate Terence *Emerson Whytecrag – Stuart Milligan *Professor August Corbin – Alex Lowe *Slade – Sam Clemens *Captain Akins – Duncan Wisbey Continuity *'' Black and White'' contains a few scenes that take place directly after ''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'', including one that leads into ''Robophobia ''Robophobia'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Death In The Family (Doctor Who Audio)
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words "fate" and "destiny" have distinct connotations. * Traditional usage defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. Fate defines events as ordered or "inevitable" and unavoidable. This is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe, and in some conceptions, the cosmos. Classical and European mythology feature personified "fate spinners," known as the Moirai in Greek mythology, the Parcae in Roman mythology, and the Norns in Norse mythology. They determine the events of the world through the mystic spinning of threads that represent individual human fates. Fate is often conceived as being divinely inspired. *Fate is about the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
