Gallifrey: Forever
Gallifrey: Forever is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series is set on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey.
Plot
Having searched through numerous alternative Gallifreys, Romana, Leela and Narvin are still no closer to saving their own. They now find themselves in a world that looks like theirs, but without the ability to time travel. The Regenerators, as they call themselves, have spent centuries failing to achieve even the fundamentals of travelling through time. But they're also vainglorious slave masters and their political system is RIFE with assassinations. Their President Romana is murdered shortly after the real Romana arrives. Seizing the opportunity, Romana takes her place. Her hope is that she can turn these people into Time Lords and then take advantage of the resulting technology to return to her primary timeline.
Under the Panopticon, The Regenerators have discovered Rassilon's long lost Eye of Harmony. But they don't know how to utilize it. They don't even realize that the Eye is housed within an ancient TARDIS, the only one in this entire universe. Romana soon discovers that there was a reason Rassilon never allowed this world to master time. Something is imprisoned in that TARDIS. She has it destroyed, along with the Eye and everything else within. She is also forced to order K9 to permanently shut down the portal that brought them here. Now, K9 remains trapped at the centre of the Axis and Romana, Leela and Narvin remain trapped on this alternate Gallifrey. The new President Romana puts Narvin in charge of the Chancellery Guard to protect her from further assassination attempts. Leela has successfully led a slave revolt, but the closure of the portal home and the loss of K9 leaves her devastated.
Cast
Gallifrey
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- K9 Mark II - John Leeson
- Narvin - Sean Carlsen
Alternate Gallifrey
- President Romana - Lalla Ward
- Unit 190 - Carole Ann Ford
- Overseer Thracken - Matthew Bates
- Commander Andred - Andy Coleman
- Guard Valyes - Steven Wickham
- Guard Jevon - Scott Handcock
- Chancellor Narvin - Sean Carlson
- Coordinator Vansell - Anthony Keetch
- Young Slave - Charlotte Parkyn
- Krilig - John Leeson
- Commentator Theta Sigma - Colin Baker (cameo)
Continuity
- The Eye of Harmony was first mentioned by name in The Deadly Assassin. The link it has within every TARDIS was seen in the TV Movie.
- Colin Baker makes a cameo appearance as a journalist named Commentator Theta Sigma. Theta Sigma was the Doctor's nickname when he was a student, as mentioned in The Armageddon Factor.
Notes
- Carol Ann Ford played the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan at the start of the original TV series.
- This story was originally listed as Eternal. It was changed to Forever shortly before release.