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Some coverage of the recent London Film and Comic Con Spring this week with a panel featuring Colin Baker, Silvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton and Brian Miller.

 

End Theme: Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

 

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Some coverage of the recent London Film and Comic Con Spring this week with a panel featuring Colin Baker, Silvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton and Brian Miller.

 

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In honour of International Woman's Day, we hear from the ladies in the Gallifrey Stands audience about their favourite woman of Who and we bit into the Gallifrey Stands archives to hear from some of the Doctors female companions. With messages from contributors Fiona Angwin, Susan Fox, Susan Hewitt, Neisha T Mulchan and Thais Aux Pavao and archive clips from our interviews with Deborah Watling, Caitlin Blackwood, Daphne Ashbrook, Sophie Aldred, Katy Manning & Lalla Ward.

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Series 3, Episode 38 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the episode we will be reviewing today is...

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Series 3, Episode 38 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the episode we will be reviewing today is...

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On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join Donna in an alternate reality where one of the smallest decisions of her life turns out to have disastrous consequences!

QotW: In Turn Left, an alien influences Donna's past in an attempt to alter future events. If an alien were to nefariously influence a decision you made, what would the decision be, and what would be the ramifications of this change?

So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News

Discussion of "Turn Left" (Trevor 8.75, David 8.5, Connor 9.25, Charlie 8.75)

Discussion of "First Doctor Adventures, Series 1, #2: The Great White Hurricane" (Trevor 5, David 7.75, Charlie 7)

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• Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian
• Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #198, the two-part series four finale, The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End! It’s likely to be a long episode, so we don’t plan to cover an audio adventure.

In which the Slitheen return which... wow. WHY.

So hey, this is an episode about daddies - but strangely, Tennant is nowhere to be seen? What sorcery is this? It's the second batch of The Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Revenge of the Slitheen". And there is a baby. It is... horrifying. So. Yeah.

Outro music is "DADDY (feat. CL)" by PSY

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY

In which the Slitheen return which... wow. WHY.

So hey, this is an episode about daddies - but strangely, Tennant is nowhere to be seen? What sorcery is this? It's the second batch of The Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Revenge of the Slitheen". And there is a baby. It is... horrifying. So. Yeah.

Outro music is "DADDY (feat. CL)" by PSY

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY

ZZ (2-4) - Erika and Steven can’t watch just one! So they zip on through three episodes of “The War Games” and wish they had the energy for more. That said, it’s nice to take a break so they can gush and squee and exclaim with glee for many minutes about this story — whee!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

ZZ (2-4) - Erika and Steven can’t watch just one! So they zip on through three episodes of “The War Games” and wish they had the energy for more. That said, it’s nice to take a break so they can gush and squee and exclaim with glee for many minutes about this story — whee!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Erika and Steven can’t watch just one! So they zip on through three episodes of “The War Games” and wish they had the energy for more. That said, it’s nice to take a break so they can gush and squee and exclaim with glee for many minutes about this story — whee!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Erika and Steven can’t watch just one! So they zip on through three episodes of “The War Games” and wish they had the energy for more. That said, it’s nice to take a break so they can gush and squee and exclaim with glee for many minutes about this story — whee!

ZZ (2-4)

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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The Screen, The Bits, The Twits, The Walking Dead, Curfew, My Sister the Serial Killer, Keith Flint, Luke Perry, Andy Anderson, Deaths Outside Our Bubble, Game of Thrones, Possible Cure for HIV? Facebook Two Factor Abuse, Learning Computer Architecture with Raspberry Pi, Rosetta Code, Make Cheap Keyboard Synth Sound Awesome, drumbit, America's Secret Cold War Space Programme: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Toytown Techno
Show Notes: http://roymathur.com/podcast/2019-03-07-captain-roys-rocket-radio-show.txt

The Screen, The Bits, The Twits, The Walking Dead, Curfew, My Sister the Serial Killer, Keith Flint, Luke Perry, Andy Anderson, Deaths Outside Our Bubble, Game of Thrones, Possible Cure for HIV? Facebook Two Factor Abuse, Learning Computer Architecture with Raspberry Pi, Rosetta Code, Make Cheap Keyboard Synth Sound Awesome, drumbit, America's Secret Cold War Space Programme: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Toytown Techno
Show Notes: https://roymathur.com/podcast/2019-03-07-captain-roys-rocket-radio-show.txt

The Screen, The Bits, The Twits, The Walking Dead, Curfew, My Sister the Serial Killer, Keith Flint, Luke Perry, Andy Anderson, Deaths Outside Our Bubble, Game of Thrones, Possible Cure for HIV? Facebook Two Factor Abuse, Learning Computer Architecture with Raspberry Pi, Rosetta Code, Make Cheap Keyboard Synth Sound Awesome, drumbit, America's Secret Cold War Space Programme: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Toytown Techno
Show Notes: https://roymathur.com/podcast/2019-03-07-captain-roys-rocket-radio-show.txt

Lewis Moon and Dr Cool return for another week of who related chat, this week focusing on the Eccleston era of the show, with their review of Boom Town and their overview of series 1 of the show.

With a random noun generator at our fingertips, and just the right amount of competitive motivation to spur the creative mind, we attempt a game that takes seemingly innocuous objects, and bestows them with supreme Time Lord powers...of some sort. The usefulness of that power is entirely subjective.

With a random noun generator at our fingertips, and just the right amount of competitive motivation to spur the creative mind, we attempt a game that takes seemingly innocuous objects, and bestows them with supreme Time Lord powers...of some sort. The usefulness of that power is entirely subjective.

We're back to series 7A! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lynne as we try to stay awake and chat about "A Town Called Mercy". Are we tired because this story moves a bit slowly? No. But that didn't help.

What do you think about this story? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Lynne will get autographs from David Tennant and Matt Smith and a picture with BOTH at C2E2!
• Kat delights in a bit of Doctor Who love on The Infinite Monkey Cage!
• Erika really enjoyed the little bit of Gallifrey One she got to experience!
• Deb enjoyed the heck out of the very Scottish The Astrea Conspiracy!

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Osgood, Kate Stewart, UNIT, Zygons, Clumps of Hair. These two episodes have everything the fans want. For real, these two episodes are great and Peter and Jenna each give masterful performances. Give a listen for all of our thoughts on this alien driven political thriller.

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Osgood, Kate Stewart, UNIT, Zygons, Clumps of Hair. These two episodes have everything the fans want. For real, these two episodes are great and Peter and Jenna each give masterful performances. Give a listen for all of our thoughts on this alien driven political thriller.

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In this week’s show we review Big Finish’s Doctor Who Monthly Range story #115, Forty-Five featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex in an anthology of stories. Hear what we thought.

Plus, in news, another once-lost story gets new life on video.

And, of course, your feedback

Enjoy!

 

 

 

In this week’s show we review Big Finish’s Doctor Who Monthly Range story #115, Forty-Five featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex in an anthology of stories. Hear what we thought.

Plus, in news, another once-lost story gets new life on video.

And, of course, your feedback

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Writer/Actress Jane Slavin joins us to discuss her work at Big Finish as the new companion to the Fourth Doctor and one of her all-time favorite shows, The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Also, James & Ian review the recent screening of Logopolis.

After a very busy February, we are back with a very late episode, but we promise that it's well worth the wait.  Joining us this month is the award-winning writer/actress of stage and screen and the Fourth Doctor's brand new companion at Big Finish, the wonderful Jane Slavin!  Jane stops in to share her beginnings as a writer, her acting career, and her long history in radio drama including her new run as WPC Ann Kelso alongside Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor.

Then Jane brings along her Pick of the Month, David Nobbs's comedy classic sitcom from the late 70s, The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin.  We'll discuss the story of a man that is never satisfied with his life to the point of faking his death not once, but several times, starring one of Jane's favorites, Leonard Rossiter.

Also, James & Ian stop by to review the recent screening of Logopolis to celebrate the upcoming Tom Baker Season 18 blu-ray set.

Writer/Actress Jane Slavin joins us to discuss her work at Big Finish as the new companion to the Fourth Doctor and one of her all-time favorite shows, The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Also, James & Ian review the recent screening of Logopolis.

At the suggestion of friend-of-the-show Mike, John and Taylor found themselves in an alternate universe where Doctor Who made its way through the Wilderness Years as The Stranger! Wait, that wasn't an alt universe? They really made this in 1991? That's right! We explore the, um, interesting world of getting your Who fix when there wasn't Who to be had! The guys had reactions. And they also worked to improve it a'la Sleep No More.

This is Bags of Action. The podcast devoted to  action movies, both old and new, but all of them are awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about the 2018 film Den of Thieves. This is a crime drama starring Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber in the lead roles about a group of bank robbers and the group of LA County Sheriffs in pursuit.

To talk about this episode and any other episode you can visit the Bags of Action Facebook group here - Facebook Group . If you would like to get in touch with the show you can follow us on Twitter @BagsofAction or you can email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes. We're now also on YouTube as well 

This is Bags of Action. The podcast devoted to  action movies, both old and new, but all of them are awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about the 2018 film Den of Thieves. This is a crime drama starring Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber in the lead roles about a group of bank robbers and the group of LA County Sheriffs in pursuit.

To talk about this episode and any other episode you can visit the Bags of Action Facebook group here - Facebook Group . If you would like to get in touch with the show you can follow us on Twitter @BagsofAction or you can email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes. We're now also on YouTube as well 

Jason (@drwhonovels) and Mark (@TrapOne_) discuss Tom Baker's debut Doctor Who novel Scratchman.

Show notes here.

Steven and Erika begin the end, so to speak. Because Erika has seen this story (and loves it so), it’s difficult to talk about it in a totally spoiler-free manner, so she doesn’t bother to try very hard.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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ZZ (1) - Steven and Erika begin the end, so to speak. Because Erika has seen this story (and loves it so), it’s difficult to talk about it in a totally spoiler-free manner, so she doesn’t bother to try very hard.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

ZZ (1) - Steven and Erika begin the end, so to speak. Because Erika has seen this story (and loves it so), it’s difficult to talk about it in a totally spoiler-free manner, so she doesn’t bother to try very hard.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Steven and Erika begin the end, so to speak. Because Erika has seen this story (and loves it so), it’s difficult to talk about it in a totally spoiler-free manner, so she doesn’t bother to try very hard.

ZZ (1)

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Squee & Paul talk to 'Legend in my Sparetime' about our David Tennant / Ducktails related 'pod war' (not a real pod war) that relates back to Gallifrey Stands 200 and 'Just Jon' from their shows problems with apocalyptic Doctor Who. Then Squee and Nicola talk to Al from 'Dead Piett Society' about weird news, we play Obama Lama and we play our charity appeal from Peter Purves. All this and the latest WhoNews and Big Finish news with Paul Gee. You can still donate to our Squeefest fundraiser for Dogs for Good at JustGiving.com/PodDogs  

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It was a sad week in the Doctor Who fandom community as it lost Jennifer Adams Kelley, a titan involved with North American conventions since the 1990s. We pay tribute to her and her legacy with two of her dearest friends and fellow convention organizers, Shaun Lyon and Steve Hill. Graeme Curry, writer of “The Happiness Patrol”, also passed away all too soon. But to hopefully cheer us all up, we also present to you an interview from Gallifrey One with Radio Times Doctor Who poster artist and photographer Stuart Manning!

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– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gally 2020 tickets on sale April 13 – The Mirror muses Doctor Who may return to Saturdays – BritBox coming to the UK – BritBox already doomed in the UK? – First Twelfth Doctor Big Finish audio released – Record Store Day release of Galaxy 4 on vinyl – Record Store Day release of Destiny of the Daleks on vinyl – Graeme Curry died – Jennifer Adams Kelley died – Jennifer Adams Kelley obituary – Gallifrey One – Chicago TARDIS – Red White and Who

Interview:

– Stuart Manning

It was a sad week in the Doctor Who fandom community as it lost Jennifer Adams Kelley, a titan involved with North American conventions since the 1990s. We pay tribute to her and her legacy with two of her dearest friends and fellow convention organizers, Shaun Lyon and Steve Hill. Graeme Curry, writer of “The Happiness Patrol”, also passed away all too soon. But to hopefully cheer us all up, we also present to you an interview from Gallifrey One with Radio Times Doctor Who poster artist and photographer Stuart Manning!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gally 2020 tickets on sale April 13 – The Mirror muses Doctor Who may return to Saturdays – BritBox coming to the UK – BritBox already doomed in the UK? – First Twelfth Doctor Big Finish audio released – Record Store Day release of Galaxy 4 on vinyl – Record Store Day release of Destiny of the Daleks on vinyl – Graeme Curry died – Jennifer Adams Kelley died – Jennifer Adams Kelley obituary – Gallifrey One – Chicago TARDIS – Red White and Who

Interview:

– Stuart Manning

In this edition of the Who's He? Podcast.....

The News

We say goodbye to Graeme Curry, the writer of The Happiness Patrol, the rerelease of a BBC Radiophonic Workshop classic, Rosa wins an award and there is gaming news Doctor Who: The Runaway a new virtual reality game and Doctor Who: Legacy is no more!

Also, Comic Relief are offering the chance for two lucky people to have breakfast on the set of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill! If you want to enter, then click on the link below:

Comic Relief - Breakfast with the Doctor

Review - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion

Phil and Paul take a look at this Target novelisation written by Terrance Dicks. Otherwise known as Spearhead From Space, this is the story that introduces the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and the Doctor exiled to Earth. How does this book compare to the televised version and why does Paul get confused with an army General and a cartoon dog?

In this edition of the Who's He? Podcast.....

The News

We say goodbye to Graeme Curry, the writer of The Happiness Patrol, the rerelease of a BBC Radiophonic Workshop classic, Rosa wins an award and there is gaming news Doctor Who: The Runaway a new virtual reality game and Doctor Who: Legacy is no more!

Also, Comic Relief are offering the chance for two lucky people to have breakfast on the set of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill! If you want to enter, then click on the link below:

Comic Relief - Breakfast with the Doctor

Review - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion

Phil and Paul take a look at this Target novelisation written by Terrance Dicks. Otherwise known as Spearhead From Space, this is the story that introduces the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and the Doctor exiled to Earth. How does this book compare to the televised version and why does Paul get confused with an army General and a cartoon dog?

In this edition of the Who's He? Podcast.....

The News

We say goodbye to Graeme Curry, the writer of The Happiness Patrol, the rerelease of a BBC Radiophonic Workshop classic, Rosa wins an award and there is gaming news Doctor Who: The Runaway a new virtual reality game and Doctor Who: Legacy is no more!

Also, Comic Relief are offering the chance for two lucky people to have breakfast on the set of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill! If you want to enter, then click on the link below:

Comic Relief - Breakfast with the Doctor

Review - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion

Phil and Paul take a look at this Target novelisation written by Terrance Dicks. Otherwise known as Spearhead From Space, this is the story that introduces the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and the Doctor exiled to Earth. How does this book compare to the televised version and why does Paul get confused with an army General and a cartoon dog?

Only true Duran Duran fans listen to this podcast.

You know, sometimes I wonder how hard it must have been if you were an American or British spy and you were sent into Russia. You have to spend months, if not years, learning Russian, and then you have to perfect it to the point where you have basically no accent at all. And then if you do have an accent, well, good luck buddy you’ll probably get shot on sight. It’s Cold War, written by Mark Gatiss and aired on April 13, 2013.

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The Doctor Who title music was originally composed by Ron Grainer. The version used in this episode was arranged by Murray Gold.

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SHOWNOTES

(00:04:43) Andy Scott is a Welsh musician and songwriter best known for being the lead guitarist and a backing vocalist in the band Sweet.

(00:08:07) Operation H.A.T.E. a fantasy adventure novella from the pen of Richard Franklin, better known as Captain Yates from Doctor Who.

(00:28:46) Doc has appeared on Episode 7 of “Desert Island Picks”, a series running on the Strangers in Space podcast which is the successor to the Blue Box Podcast.

(01:14:40) “Night of the Living Dead” is a 1968 American independent horror film written, directed, photographed and edited by George A. Romero, co-written by John Russo, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. The story follows seven people who are trapped in a rural farmhouse in western Pennsylvania, which is besieged by a large and growing group of “living dead” monsters. “Night of the Living Dead” led to five subsequent films between 1978 and 2010, also directed by Romero, and inspired two remakes; the most well-known remake was released in 1990, directed by Tom Savini. The audio clip used here in our podcast is from the 1985 film and can be seen here.

(01:34:43) The song we finish with is, of course, “Block Buster!”, the 1973 single by The Sweet which spent 5 weeks at the top of the UK singles charts and can be seen being performed on “Top of the Pops” here.

Doc & Co encounter South African astronauts, a Sontaran census taker and a sex booger

The post C077 The Sontaran Experiment appeared first on Who Back When | A Doctor Who Podcast.

With Doctor Who Series 11 over the Collective switch back to monthly live shows - that usually the first Sunday of the month. News roundup followed by a group discussion which cover the Oscar results.

With Doctor Who Series 11 over the Collective switch back to monthly live shows - that usually the first Sunday of the month. News roundup followed by a group discussion which cover the Oscar results.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, mirrored, in front of the 2018 Doctor Who episode ‘It Takes You Away’, and spout our usual nonsense!

Graham cannot give away a sandwich, Ryan is a reluctant babysitter and the Doctor finds it isn’t easy being green. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy It Takes You Away…

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• Wikipedia: It Takes You Away
• BBC: Doctor Who – It Takes You Away
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20 for 20 (Houndsite...)    I will be taking a regular look at 20 releases from 20m years of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range.    ALL from the July release (ie The Birthday...)   they will be   1) THE SIRENS OF TIME RELEASED JULY 1999 2)  10. WINTER FOR THE ADEPT t RELEASED JULY 2000 3)  22. BLOODTIDE  RELEASED JULY 2001 4) 33. NEVERLAND RELEASED JULY 2002   5)  46. FLIP FLOP RELEASED JULY 2003   6)   59. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD  RELEASED JUNE 2004   7)   71. THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA RELEASED JULY 2005   8)  84. THE NOWHERE PLACE RELEASED JULY 2006   9)  97. THE WISHING BEAST RELEASED JULY 2007   10) 110. THE BOY THAT TIME FORGOT  RELEASED JULY 2008 11)   123. THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS  Four one-part stories:   12)   136. COBWEBS  RELEASED JULY 2010   13)    149. ROBOPHOBIA    RELEASED JULY 2011 14)    162. PROTECT AND SURVIVE   RELEASED JULY 2012   15)   175. PERSUASION RELEASED JULY 2013   16)   188. BREAKING BUBBLES AND OTHER STORIES  RELEASED 17)  201. WE ARE THE DALEKS  RELEASED JULY 2015 18)  214. A LIFE OF CRIME RELEASED JULY 2016 19) 227. THE HIGH PRICE OF PARKING  RELEASED JULY 2017   20)    240. HOUR OF THE CYBERMEN   RELEASED JULY 2018   this time i talk about -   From Wikipedia....     The Sirens of TimeAlbum coverBig Finish Productions audio dramaSeries Doctor WhoRelease no. 1Featuring Fifth DoctorSixth DoctorSeventh DoctorWritten by Nicholas BriggsDirected by Nicholas BriggsProduced by Gary Russell Jason Haigh-ElleryExecutive producer(s) Stephen ColeProduction code 7ZLength 2 hrs 5 minsRelease date 19 July 1999Followed by PhantasmagoriaThe Sirens of Time is the first Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Nicholas Briggs and stars Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. It was recorded between 6–7 March 1999. To coincide with the release of this new Doctor Who range, a CD was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #279. Titled Talking 'Bout My Regeneration, this documentary considered the history of the show in audio and featured behind the scenes interviews with the cast and production crew. Davison's and Baker's interpretation of their respective regeneration of The Doctor was well received, with each having a distinct voice and considerable character development.[1] Contents1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Continuity5 References6 External linksSynopsisWhile Gallifrey is threatened by a fleet of hostile warships outfitted with technology surpassing even that of the Time Lords, the Doctor is dealing with a plot to destroy him in his Fifth, Sixth and Seventh incarnations. Each Doctor faces his own trial alone, before coming together in the final episode to confront the Sirens of Time. PlotVansell, a member of the Celestial Intervention Agency, arrives on Gallifrey with an urgent message for the President of the Time Lords – an invasion fleet threatens the planet and Time Lord technology will not be able to repel them. History has somehow been distorted, and the only clue is the artron energy of a Time Lord in the distortion... the energy belongs to the Doctor. The Seventh Doctor hears the cloister bell tolling within the TARDIS and changes the coordinate setting. A message comes through from the Time Lords but is too garbled for the Doctor to make out its content. He then hears a mysterious sound coming from outside the TARDIS, and exits to investigate. He hears a woman, Elenya, drowning in quicksand and rushes to her rescue. He is waylaid by a cackling hag who says both he and Elenya will die. Arriving at the quicksand, the Doctor wonders why the hag had not tried to save Elenya, and takes her back to the TARDIS. The hag, Ruthley, returns to attend to a crippled old man named Sancroft, her prisoner. Over a communicator, she reports to a commandant who questions her over ion trails he has detected in her sector but she denies knowledge of them. At the TARDIS, the Doctor is not able to enter his ship. He asks Elenya how she arrived on the world. Sensing some familiarity about her he asks if they have met before. Elenya says that she crash landed on the planet. They set out to search for the hag's residence, as another space craft crash lands nearby. Hearing the crash, Sancroft asks Ruthley if the planet's shields are failing, but she then taunts him that no one is coming to his rescue. The Doctor and Elenya see a ship that somehow makes it through the shields. Ruthley is heard communicating with an alien voice on the ship, which informs her that bio-assassin cultures will activate on landing. The Doctor and Elenya desperately dive for cover as a further ship makes a landing nearby. They arrive at its crash site as something alive emerges. Elenya thinks she is looking at a dying creature, but the Doctor believes the opposite – it is something being born. Ruthley speaks to a planetary security robot, a Drudger, and commands it to eliminate the Doctor and Elenya, but it tells her that that procedure is not permitted. Ruthley, talking to herself, says that does not matter because all will be dead soon. The Doctor and Elenya come across the robot which commences to do a mind scan which knocks them out. The Doctor awakes to find himself with Sancroft, but Elenya is still unconscious. He is surprised that the Doctor is not afraid of him. The Drudger reports to Ruthley that it has found bio-engineered life forms emerging from the wreck. The robot confronts the life form and commands it to surrender; its reply is to open fire. Ruthley comes to the cell and tells them they cannot escape, as in the distance they hear the Drudgers being destroyed. Ruthley cackles and tells them that "they" will kill all of them. The Doctor asks if there is anywhere in the house they can all hide, and Sancroft suggests Ruthley's bedroom. Thinking she has done a deal with them, Ruthley approaches the bio-assassins and tells them that infamous Sancroft, First Knight of Velyshaa, is there for ready them to kill. However, the bio-assassins eliminate her so there will be no witnesses. The bio-assassin plays a recorded message – Sancroft has been sentenced to death for war crimes against the people of Calfadoria. When the Doctor pleads with the assassin to spare their lives, it tells him that it has no quarrel with anyone but Sancroft. However, there must be no witnesses, and the assassin opens fire... A submarine prepares to attack a British freighter as the TARDIS materialises on board. The Fifth Doctor disembarks searching for some sort of distortion. He hears a voice of Time Lord calling to him to return to the TARDIS because of the "destruction of time". However, he is unable to get back inside his craft. A woman arrives and tells him that she will take him to her Captain, just as the submarine starts its attack. The submarine crew spot two survivors clinging to a box floating in the debris of the remains of the ship. The Doctor and the woman, Helen, are brought on board and a thrown in a cell. The craft submerges as a British destroyer enters the area. The Doctor demands to see Captain Schweiger with vital information for the Kaiser. The Doctor pretends to be a German spy, telling him that proof of his identity is in an airtight crate now floating in the sea. The Captain is unwilling to retrieve the crate because of the British ships in the area. When returned the cell, the Doctor notices evidence of a time distortion. One of the crew, Schmidt, begins to attack the Doctor and the voice of a Time Lord is heard urging on the attack. On Gallifrey, Vansell is reprimanded for his brutish plan by the President. However, Vansell insists that the Doctor must be stopped, whatever the cost. On the submarine, Helen tends to the Doctor's wounds after his fight as the alarms on the craft go off. A vessel, the Aquitania, the Lusitania or the Mauritania, has been sighted, and the submarine prepares to attack it. Vansell telepathically contacts Schmidt and again tells him to kill the Doctor. He goes to the cell with a pistol, and the Doctor tries to reason with him. The observing Time Lords argue over whether to kill the Doctor but Vansell proceeds to give the order to Schmidt to kill, who then shoots. Schweiger hears the shot and rushes to investigate. The Doctor is still alive, and Helen taking Schmidt's gun shoots and kills the German. The Doctor takes the gun from her, he has only suffered a shoulder wound. He threatens to shoot Schweiger unless he turns the submarine around. Schweiger does not believe the Doctor could shoot him, but Helen takes the gun and displays more determination. Schweiger turns the submarine around and it heads towards the last known position of the TARDIS. The Doctor however is still unable to reunite with his companions inside the TARDIS and realises that the Time Lords wish him to be dead... On Gallifrey, Vansell discovers that a female presence exists inhabiting the vortex at each of the nexus points at which the Doctor has been observed. He has found a further incident involving the Sixth Doctor and the legendary time beast, the Temperon, in the Kurgon system. He pleads with the president for more power, but the President announces that the transduction barriers have been breached and the aliens have landed on Gallifrey. They call themselves the Knights of Velyshaa and have demanded an unconditional surrender... The Sixth Doctor finds himself at some kind of conference on a space ship where a waitress seems very familiar to him. The ship, the Edifice, is investigating a spatial anomaly known as the Kurgon Wonder. However, a particle field quickly surrounds the ship – the Doctor identifies it as a shard of time distortion. He hears voice saying "help me", but is unable to identify the source. With the exception of the Doctor, a waitress named Elly and an android pilot, everyone on board is aged to death by the disruption. The Doctor tells Elly he believes the TARDIS has crashed into the Kurgon Wonder. They are attacked by some kind of monster but the pilot arrives and shoots it. Time distortion begins to make the hull of the ship disintegrate. The Doctor realises that the ship is still heading into the Wonder through momentum. Analysis of the monsters reveals that they are created by accelerated evolution of bacteria and viruses. On Gallifrey, the Knights shoot dead the President, their technology inhibiting any further regenerations. Vansell is also shot but manages to send a final message through the pilot's positronic brain: "do not free the Temperon." Elly reveals that she is part of an organisation dedicated to freeing a being they believe is trapped in the Kurgon Wonder. The Doctor deduces from the presences of Temperon particles that the Wonder is in fact the legendary Temperon trapped at the moment of its death. As the pilot is about to relay the Time Lord's message to the Doctor, Elly shoots it. Afterwards, the Doctor finds himself back in the TARDIS at the centre of the Wonder. The Doctor attempts to dematerialise which will also free the Temperon. The Temperon tells the Doctor that he has released the Knights of Velyshaa. As the Doctor is smothered by the Temperon it issues a final warning: "Beware the Sirens of Time..." The Temperon absorbs the Doctor into itself and continues its warning about the Sirens of Time. Deposited on Gallifrey, he finds himself in the Panopticon alongside his fifth and seventh incarnations, also brought by the Temperon. They enter contact to share their experiences. They realise the girl each of them encountered was in fact the same person. One of the Knights of Velyshaa welcomes Knight Commander Lyena to Gallifrey in the name of Sancroff. They detect Time Lord life signs and force the Doctors to flee. Escaping into the lower parts of Capitol, they start to search for the Temperon. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors observe a Knight out of its armour, its flesh is rotted and diseased. Soon they find the restrained Temperon, but are captured by the Knights. All three Doctors are brought before Lyena who reveals that subjugated Time Lords are being used to revitalise the Knights. She proceeds to reveal what happened next at each of the nexus points. The Seventh Doctor rerouted the planetary shields to repel the bio-assassins and save Sancroff. The Knights one day found him to inspire their plans of conquest. The Fifth Doctor's actions prevented the sinking of the Lusitania. Although the outcome of the First World War was not greatly affected, a common criminal on board the ship who should have died went on to murder Alexander Fleming. Penicillin was never discovered and in 1956 a plague devastated the Earth. This in turn prevented future humans from defeating the Knights of Velyshaa in battle. When the Sixth Doctor freed the Temperon, its destruction allowed the Knights to gain the powers of Time Travel. However, Lyena pleads with the Doctor to return in time and reverse all the changes. It seems that the destruction of the Temperon caused a disease which affected all the Knights. The last remaining TARDIS on Gallifrey is too damaged to allow them to use it. When they suggest they should release the Temperon, Lyena immediately refuses and orders the Doctors be arrested. The Temperon warns the Doctors to beware the Sirens of Time, and to beware Lyena. Grabbing a weapon from a Knight guard, they use it to release the Temperon from its restraints. It tells the Doctors that Elenya, Helen, Ellie and Lyena are all the same, manifestations of the Sirens of Time – a race that feeds on the energies of chaos, distortions and disruptions in time. Unable to disrupt directly, they lure others to do so. If the Doctors obey the Sirens call more than once, they will be forever trapped in their thrall, but Lyena threatens to kill the Fifth Doctor if they disobey her. The Temperon tells the Doctors if they free it, it will go back in time and destroy the Sirens at the beginning of time. However, they realise he cannot destroy the Sirens or he would have already done so. The Temperon admits this, but he could contain them. Renewing her threat to kill the Fifth Doctor, the Sixth Doctor uses his pragmatism to see through the threat and releases the Temperon. Sancroff is killed by a bio-assassin, the Lusitania is destroyed by the German submarine. Vansell's TARDIS arrives on Gallifrey but nothing is out of the ordinary, and he departs. The Doctors arrive at the nexus point where the Seventh Doctor met Elenya for the first time, but ignore her cries for help. They see the hag Ruthley but tell her they were never there. The Doctors then depart, each to try to find their own TARDISes... CastThe Seventh Doctor (parts 1 & 4) – Sylvester McCoyThe Fifth Doctor (parts 2 & 4) – Peter DavisonThe Sixth Doctor (parts 3 & 4) – Colin BakerCommander Raldeth – Andrew FettesCoordinator Vansell – Anthony KeetchThe President – Michael WadeElenya/Helen/Ellie/Knight Commander Lyena – Sarah MowatRuthley – Maggie StablesSancroff – Colin McIntyreCommandant – John WadmoreLt Zenther – John WadmoreCaptain Schweiger – Mark GatissSchmidt – Andrew FettesThe Temperon – Nicholas BriggsPilot Azimendah – John WadmoreCaptain – Mark GatissDelegate – Nicholas PeggSub-commander – John WadmoreKnight 2 – Mark GatissContinuityThe Sirens of Time feed off changes in history in the same way as the Timewyrm who featured in the Seventh Doctor novel range The Virgin New Adventures.The Temperon may be related to the Chronovores first introduced in The Time Monster.Co-ordinator Vansell returns in The Apocalypse Element, Neverland and in the Doctor Who Unbound play, He Jests at Scars.... He was also mentioned in the novel Divided Loyalties.The Knights of Velyshaa and Drudgers return in Big Finish's Dalek Empire audio series.The Doctors share a moment of telepathic contact first seen in The Three Doctors, accompanied a sound effect also introduced in that story.These three Doctors team up with the Eighth Doctor to defeat the Daleks in The Four Doctors.These three Doctors, the Eighth and Fourth Doctors, featured in the Big Finish 50th anniversary story, The Light at the End.References      

20 for 20 (Houndsite...)    I will be taking a regular look at 20 releases from 20m years of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range.    ALL from the July release (ie The Birthday...)   they will be   1) THE SIRENS OF TIME RELEASED JULY 1999 2)  10. WINTER FOR THE ADEPT t RELEASED JULY 2000 3)  22. BLOODTIDE  RELEASED JULY 2001 4) 33. NEVERLAND RELEASED JULY 2002   5)  46. FLIP FLOP RELEASED JULY 2003   6)   59. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD  RELEASED JUNE 2004   7)   71. THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA RELEASED JULY 2005   8)  84. THE NOWHERE PLACE RELEASED JULY 2006   9)  97. THE WISHING BEAST RELEASED JULY 2007   10) 110. THE BOY THAT TIME FORGOT  RELEASED JULY 2008 11)   123. THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS  Four one-part stories:   12)   136. COBWEBS  RELEASED JULY 2010   13)    149. ROBOPHOBIA    RELEASED JULY 2011 14)    162. PROTECT AND SURVIVE   RELEASED JULY 2012   15)   175. PERSUASION RELEASED JULY 2013   16)   188. BREAKING BUBBLES AND OTHER STORIES  RELEASED 17)  201. WE ARE THE DALEKS  RELEASED JULY 2015 18)  214. A LIFE OF CRIME RELEASED JULY 2016 19) 227. THE HIGH PRICE OF PARKING  RELEASED JULY 2017   20)    240. HOUR OF THE CYBERMEN   RELEASED JULY 2018   this time i talk about -   From Wikipedia....     The Sirens of TimeAlbum coverBig Finish Productions audio dramaSeries Doctor WhoRelease no. 1Featuring Fifth DoctorSixth DoctorSeventh DoctorWritten by Nicholas BriggsDirected by Nicholas BriggsProduced by Gary Russell Jason Haigh-ElleryExecutive producer(s) Stephen ColeProduction code 7ZLength 2 hrs 5 minsRelease date 19 July 1999Followed by PhantasmagoriaThe Sirens of Time is the first Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Nicholas Briggs and stars Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. It was recorded between 6–7 March 1999. To coincide with the release of this new Doctor Who range, a CD was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #279. Titled Talking 'Bout My Regeneration, this documentary considered the history of the show in audio and featured behind the scenes interviews with the cast and production crew. Davison's and Baker's interpretation of their respective regeneration of The Doctor was well received, with each having a distinct voice and considerable character development.[1] Contents1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Continuity5 References6 External linksSynopsisWhile Gallifrey is threatened by a fleet of hostile warships outfitted with technology surpassing even that of the Time Lords, the Doctor is dealing with a plot to destroy him in his Fifth, Sixth and Seventh incarnations. Each Doctor faces his own trial alone, before coming together in the final episode to confront the Sirens of Time. PlotVansell, a member of the Celestial Intervention Agency, arrives on Gallifrey with an urgent message for the President of the Time Lords – an invasion fleet threatens the planet and Time Lord technology will not be able to repel them. History has somehow been distorted, and the only clue is the artron energy of a Time Lord in the distortion... the energy belongs to the Doctor. The Seventh Doctor hears the cloister bell tolling within the TARDIS and changes the coordinate setting. A message comes through from the Time Lords but is too garbled for the Doctor to make out its content. He then hears a mysterious sound coming from outside the TARDIS, and exits to investigate. He hears a woman, Elenya, drowning in quicksand and rushes to her rescue. He is waylaid by a cackling hag who says both he and Elenya will die. Arriving at the quicksand, the Doctor wonders why the hag had not tried to save Elenya, and takes her back to the TARDIS. The hag, Ruthley, returns to attend to a crippled old man named Sancroft, her prisoner. Over a communicator, she reports to a commandant who questions her over ion trails he has detected in her sector but she denies knowledge of them. At the TARDIS, the Doctor is not able to enter his ship. He asks Elenya how she arrived on the world. Sensing some familiarity about her he asks if they have met before. Elenya says that she crash landed on the planet. They set out to search for the hag's residence, as another space craft crash lands nearby. Hearing the crash, Sancroft asks Ruthley if the planet's shields are failing, but she then taunts him that no one is coming to his rescue. The Doctor and Elenya see a ship that somehow makes it through the shields. Ruthley is heard communicating with an alien voice on the ship, which informs her that bio-assassin cultures will activate on landing. The Doctor and Elenya desperately dive for cover as a further ship makes a landing nearby. They arrive at its crash site as something alive emerges. Elenya thinks she is looking at a dying creature, but the Doctor believes the opposite – it is something being born. Ruthley speaks to a planetary security robot, a Drudger, and commands it to eliminate the Doctor and Elenya, but it tells her that that procedure is not permitted. Ruthley, talking to herself, says that does not matter because all will be dead soon. The Doctor and Elenya come across the robot which commences to do a mind scan which knocks them out. The Doctor awakes to find himself with Sancroft, but Elenya is still unconscious. He is surprised that the Doctor is not afraid of him. The Drudger reports to Ruthley that it has found bio-engineered life forms emerging from the wreck. The robot confronts the life form and commands it to surrender; its reply is to open fire. Ruthley comes to the cell and tells them they cannot escape, as in the distance they hear the Drudgers being destroyed. Ruthley cackles and tells them that "they" will kill all of them. The Doctor asks if there is anywhere in the house they can all hide, and Sancroft suggests Ruthley's bedroom. Thinking she has done a deal with them, Ruthley approaches the bio-assassins and tells them that infamous Sancroft, First Knight of Velyshaa, is there for ready them to kill. However, the bio-assassins eliminate her so there will be no witnesses. The bio-assassin plays a recorded message – Sancroft has been sentenced to death for war crimes against the people of Calfadoria. When the Doctor pleads with the assassin to spare their lives, it tells him that it has no quarrel with anyone but Sancroft. However, there must be no witnesses, and the assassin opens fire... A submarine prepares to attack a British freighter as the TARDIS materialises on board. The Fifth Doctor disembarks searching for some sort of distortion. He hears a voice of Time Lord calling to him to return to the TARDIS because of the "destruction of time". However, he is unable to get back inside his craft. A woman arrives and tells him that she will take him to her Captain, just as the submarine starts its attack. The submarine crew spot two survivors clinging to a box floating in the debris of the remains of the ship. The Doctor and the woman, Helen, are brought on board and a thrown in a cell. The craft submerges as a British destroyer enters the area. The Doctor demands to see Captain Schweiger with vital information for the Kaiser. The Doctor pretends to be a German spy, telling him that proof of his identity is in an airtight crate now floating in the sea. The Captain is unwilling to retrieve the crate because of the British ships in the area. When returned the cell, the Doctor notices evidence of a time distortion. One of the crew, Schmidt, begins to attack the Doctor and the voice of a Time Lord is heard urging on the attack. On Gallifrey, Vansell is reprimanded for his brutish plan by the President. However, Vansell insists that the Doctor must be stopped, whatever the cost. On the submarine, Helen tends to the Doctor's wounds after his fight as the alarms on the craft go off. A vessel, the Aquitania, the Lusitania or the Mauritania, has been sighted, and the submarine prepares to attack it. Vansell telepathically contacts Schmidt and again tells him to kill the Doctor. He goes to the cell with a pistol, and the Doctor tries to reason with him. The observing Time Lords argue over whether to kill the Doctor but Vansell proceeds to give the order to Schmidt to kill, who then shoots. Schweiger hears the shot and rushes to investigate. The Doctor is still alive, and Helen taking Schmidt's gun shoots and kills the German. The Doctor takes the gun from her, he has only suffered a shoulder wound. He threatens to shoot Schweiger unless he turns the submarine around. Schweiger does not believe the Doctor could shoot him, but Helen takes the gun and displays more determination. Schweiger turns the submarine around and it heads towards the last known position of the TARDIS. The Doctor however is still unable to reunite with his companions inside the TARDIS and realises that the Time Lords wish him to be dead... On Gallifrey, Vansell discovers that a female presence exists inhabiting the vortex at each of the nexus points at which the Doctor has been observed. He has found a further incident involving the Sixth Doctor and the legendary time beast, the Temperon, in the Kurgon system. He pleads with the president for more power, but the President announces that the transduction barriers have been breached and the aliens have landed on Gallifrey. They call themselves the Knights of Velyshaa and have demanded an unconditional surrender... The Sixth Doctor finds himself at some kind of conference on a space ship where a waitress seems very familiar to him. The ship, the Edifice, is investigating a spatial anomaly known as the Kurgon Wonder. However, a particle field quickly surrounds the ship – the Doctor identifies it as a shard of time distortion. He hears voice saying "help me", but is unable to identify the source. With the exception of the Doctor, a waitress named Elly and an android pilot, everyone on board is aged to death by the disruption. The Doctor tells Elly he believes the TARDIS has crashed into the Kurgon Wonder. They are attacked by some kind of monster but the pilot arrives and shoots it. Time distortion begins to make the hull of the ship disintegrate. The Doctor realises that the ship is still heading into the Wonder through momentum. Analysis of the monsters reveals that they are created by accelerated evolution of bacteria and viruses. On Gallifrey, the Knights shoot dead the President, their technology inhibiting any further regenerations. Vansell is also shot but manages to send a final message through the pilot's positronic brain: "do not free the Temperon." Elly reveals that she is part of an organisation dedicated to freeing a being they believe is trapped in the Kurgon Wonder. The Doctor deduces from the presences of Temperon particles that the Wonder is in fact the legendary Temperon trapped at the moment of its death. As the pilot is about to relay the Time Lord's message to the Doctor, Elly shoots it. Afterwards, the Doctor finds himself back in the TARDIS at the centre of the Wonder. The Doctor attempts to dematerialise which will also free the Temperon. The Temperon tells the Doctor that he has released the Knights of Velyshaa. As the Doctor is smothered by the Temperon it issues a final warning: "Beware the Sirens of Time..." The Temperon absorbs the Doctor into itself and continues its warning about the Sirens of Time. Deposited on Gallifrey, he finds himself in the Panopticon alongside his fifth and seventh incarnations, also brought by the Temperon. They enter contact to share their experiences. They realise the girl each of them encountered was in fact the same person. One of the Knights of Velyshaa welcomes Knight Commander Lyena to Gallifrey in the name of Sancroff. They detect Time Lord life signs and force the Doctors to flee. Escaping into the lower parts of Capitol, they start to search for the Temperon. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors observe a Knight out of its armour, its flesh is rotted and diseased. Soon they find the restrained Temperon, but are captured by the Knights. All three Doctors are brought before Lyena who reveals that subjugated Time Lords are being used to revitalise the Knights. She proceeds to reveal what happened next at each of the nexus points. The Seventh Doctor rerouted the planetary shields to repel the bio-assassins and save Sancroff. The Knights one day found him to inspire their plans of conquest. The Fifth Doctor's actions prevented the sinking of the Lusitania. Although the outcome of the First World War was not greatly affected, a common criminal on board the ship who should have died went on to murder Alexander Fleming. Penicillin was never discovered and in 1956 a plague devastated the Earth. This in turn prevented future humans from defeating the Knights of Velyshaa in battle. When the Sixth Doctor freed the Temperon, its destruction allowed the Knights to gain the powers of Time Travel. However, Lyena pleads with the Doctor to return in time and reverse all the changes. It seems that the destruction of the Temperon caused a disease which affected all the Knights. The last remaining TARDIS on Gallifrey is too damaged to allow them to use it. When they suggest they should release the Temperon, Lyena immediately refuses and orders the Doctors be arrested. The Temperon warns the Doctors to beware the Sirens of Time, and to beware Lyena. Grabbing a weapon from a Knight guard, they use it to release the Temperon from its restraints. It tells the Doctors that Elenya, Helen, Ellie and Lyena are all the same, manifestations of the Sirens of Time – a race that feeds on the energies of chaos, distortions and disruptions in time. Unable to disrupt directly, they lure others to do so. If the Doctors obey the Sirens call more than once, they will be forever trapped in their thrall, but Lyena threatens to kill the Fifth Doctor if they disobey her. The Temperon tells the Doctors if they free it, it will go back in time and destroy the Sirens at the beginning of time. However, they realise he cannot destroy the Sirens or he would have already done so. The Temperon admits this, but he could contain them. Renewing her threat to kill the Fifth Doctor, the Sixth Doctor uses his pragmatism to see through the threat and releases the Temperon. Sancroff is killed by a bio-assassin, the Lusitania is destroyed by the German submarine. Vansell's TARDIS arrives on Gallifrey but nothing is out of the ordinary, and he departs. The Doctors arrive at the nexus point where the Seventh Doctor met Elenya for the first time, but ignore her cries for help. They see the hag Ruthley but tell her they were never there. The Doctors then depart, each to try to find their own TARDISes... CastThe Seventh Doctor (parts 1 & 4) – Sylvester McCoyThe Fifth Doctor (parts 2 & 4) – Peter DavisonThe Sixth Doctor (parts 3 & 4) – Colin BakerCommander Raldeth – Andrew FettesCoordinator Vansell – Anthony KeetchThe President – Michael WadeElenya/Helen/Ellie/Knight Commander Lyena – Sarah MowatRuthley – Maggie StablesSancroff – Colin McIntyreCommandant – John WadmoreLt Zenther – John WadmoreCaptain Schweiger – Mark GatissSchmidt – Andrew FettesThe Temperon – Nicholas BriggsPilot Azimendah – John WadmoreCaptain – Mark GatissDelegate – Nicholas PeggSub-commander – John WadmoreKnight 2 – Mark GatissContinuityThe Sirens of Time feed off changes in history in the same way as the Timewyrm who featured in the Seventh Doctor novel range The Virgin New Adventures.The Temperon may be related to the Chronovores first introduced in The Time Monster.Co-ordinator Vansell returns in The Apocalypse Element, Neverland and in the Doctor Who Unbound play, He Jests at Scars.... He was also mentioned in the novel Divided Loyalties.The Knights of Velyshaa and Drudgers return in Big Finish's Dalek Empire audio series.The Doctors share a moment of telepathic contact first seen in The Three Doctors, accompanied a sound effect also introduced in that story.These three Doctors team up with the Eighth Doctor to defeat the Daleks in The Four Doctors.These three Doctors, the Eighth and Fourth Doctors, featured in the Big Finish 50th anniversary story, The Light at the End.References      

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