''Recorded Time and Other Stories'' is a

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audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''

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''. As the 150th release, it is made of four one-part stories, by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial. All episodes feature the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker and Peri Brown played by Nicola Bryant.

Main cast

* The Doctor — Colin Baker * Peri Brown — Nicola Bryant

Recorded Time

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1536, The Court of King Henry VIII

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— Paul Shearer * Anne Boleyn — Laura Molyneux * Scrivener — Philip Bretherton *Marjorie — Rosanna Miles

Paradoxicide

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The legendary lost world of Sendos was rumored to have the most powerful weapons in the universe. Now it is broadcasting across space in Peri's voice. *Inquisa — Raquel Cassidy *Centuria / Ship — Joan Walker *Barond — James George *Volsci — Laura Molyneux / Rosanna Miles

A Most Excellent Match

By Matt Fitton In

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's England, Peri was seen to be courting suitors, including the Doctor. *Tilly — Rosanna Miles * Darcy / D'Urberville / Heathcliff — Philip Bretherton *Cranton — Paul Shearer

Question Marks

By Philip Lawrence The mysterious man with the question mark collar saves the crew of a stricken vessel. *Destiny Gray — Raquel Cassidy *Greg Stone — James George *Arnie McAllister — Joe Jameson

Continuity

*The First Doctor also quarreled with Henry VIII, as he explained in '' The Sensorites''. *The Tenth Doctor was briefly married to the daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I (" The End of Time", " The Day of the Doctor"), resulting in another quarrel (" The Shakespeare Code").

Cast notes

*Raquel Cassidy was in the 2011 ''Doctor Who'' television story " The Rebel Flesh" / " The Almost People".

Critical reception

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'' reviewer Matt Michael called the collection "excellent", identifying "A Most Excellent Match" as the "most fun", and "Question Marks" as the "strongest".

References

External links

Big Finish Productions - ''Recorded Time and Other Stories''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Recorded Time And Other Stories 2011 audio plays Sixth Doctor audio plays Fiction set in the 1530s Fiction set in the 24th century