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''Slipback'' is a
radio
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audio drama based on the long-running British
science fiction
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television series
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''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'', produced by the
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and first broadcast in six episodes on
BBC Radio 4
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from 25 July to 8 August 1985, as part of a children's magazine show called ''
Pirate Radio Four
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''. It was later released on cassette and CD, most recently by
BBC Audio
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and free with the 27 April 2010 edition of ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
'' newspaper via
WHSmith
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.
Synopsis
The
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Ba ...
and
Peri
In Persian mythology, peris (singular: peri; from fa, پَری, translit=parī, , plural , ; borrowed in European languages through ota, پَری, translit=peri) are exquisite, winged spirits renowned for their beauty. Peris were later ado ...
arrive on a mysterious space liner, where intergalactic policemen are investigating
art theft
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s, a computer is suffering from a split personality and the Captain's disease threatens every living thing on the ship…
Production
''Slipback'' was broadcast on
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
, four months after the final episode of ''Doctor Whos
twenty-second season, during the programme's
enforced hiatus, the
next season not airing for another a year and a half. It was the first ''Doctor Who'' serial produced as a radio play (an earlier audio production, ''
The Pescatons'', was released as a story
record). No further radio productions were mounted until the mid-1990s when
Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during ...
reprised his role as the
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord fro ...
in two productions, ''
The Paradise of Death
''The Paradise of Death'' is a 5-part BBC radio drama, based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor.
Production and broadcast history
This was the second radio serial ...
'' and ''
The Ghosts of N-Space
''The Ghosts of N-Space'' is a radio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was recorded in 1994 and finally broadcast in six parts on BBC Radio 2 from 20 January to 24 February 1996. This ...
''.
Writing
The story was written by series script writer
Eric Saward
Eric Saward (; born 9 December 1944) is a British radio scriptwriter who worked for the BBC as a television script editor and screenwriter on the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' from 1982 until 1986. He wrote the stories '' The Visitation' ...
, whose writing credits include ''
The Visitation'', ''
Earthshock
''Earthshock'' is the sixth serial of the 19th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 to 16 March 1982. This serial marks the final regular appe ...
'', ''
Resurrection of the Daleks
''Resurrection of the Daleks'' is the fourth serial of the 21st season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on BBC1 between 8 February and 15 February 1984. The serial ...
'' and ''
Revelation of the Daleks
''Revelation of the Daleks'' is the sixth and final serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 23 and 30 March 1985. This was the final serial t ...
''.
Cast note
Valentine Dyall played the
Black Guardian
This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. For other, related lists, see below.
See also
* List of ''Doctor Who'' supporting characters
* List of ''Doctor Who'' henchmen
* Lis ...
in the television series. Dyall died on 24 June 1985, just 14 days after ''Slipback'' was recorded, and a month before ''Slipback'' aired.
In print
A novelisation by
Eric Saward
Eric Saward (; born 9 December 1944) is a British radio scriptwriter who worked for the BBC as a television script editor and screenwriter on the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' from 1982 until 1986. He wrote the stories '' The Visitation' ...
was published by
Target Books
Target Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. The imprint was established as a children's imprint to complement the adult Tandem imprint, and became well ...
in April 1986, the first novelisation of a non-televised ''Doctor Who'' story. Saward's novelisation expands on the radio play greatly, with an extensive prologue running about a third of the book before the Doctor appears and the adaptation of the radio play storyline begins.
Audio releases
''Slipback'' was released on 7 November 1988 on a double
audio cassette
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along with the 1978
LP version of ''
Genesis of the Daleks
''Genesis of the Daleks'' is the fourth serial of the twelfth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Terry Nation and directed by David Maloney, and originally broadcast in six weekly parts from ...
''. It was subsequently released as a standalone
CD on 8 January 2001.
References
External links
Target novelisation
On Target — ''Slipback''
{{Doctor Who episodes, C22
Sixth Doctor audio plays
Radio plays based on Doctor Who
1985 audio plays
1985 radio dramas