''Wirrn Isle'' is a
Big Finish Productions
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audio drama
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based on the long-running British
science fiction television
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series ''
Doctor Who
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''.
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
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series '' The Brothers'' from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series '' Doctor ...
*
Flip Jackson
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–
Lisa Greenwood
*Rohert Buchman –
Tim Bentinck
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*Veronica Buchman –
Jenny Funnell
Jenny Victoria Funnell (born 20 May 1963) is a British actress best known for her role as Sandy in the long-running British sitcom '' As Time Goes By'' from 1992 to 2005.
Early life
Funnell was born in Kenya and has a twin sister. She moved t ...
*Toasty Buchman –
Tessa Nicholson
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* Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour (born 1950), British aristocrat
* Tessa Blanchard (born 1994), Ame ...
*Iron –
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*Sheer Jawn –
Dan Starkey
*Dare –
Helen Goldwyn
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* Helen, ...
*Paul Dessay –
Glynn Sweet
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Continuity
*This story is a sequel to the 1975
Fourth Doctor
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Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the ...
television story ''
The Ark in Space
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The serial is set more tha ...
'', which introduced the
Wirrn. It takes place about forty years later.
Critical reception
''
Doctor Who Magazine
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'' reviewer Matt Michael called the story a "very strong conclusion" to the three-story miniseason.
References
External links
''Wirrn Isle''
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2012 audio plays
Sixth Doctor audio plays