The Middle (audio story)

 was the two hundred and thirty-second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Chris Chapman and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.

Publisher's summary
It’s L/Wren Mrs Constance Clarke’s birthday - and Flip is determined to make it an anniversary to remember.

The futuristic colony of Formicia, where the pampered populace pass their days in endless leisure, seems the perfect place for a ‘Wren Party’. But all is not as it seems. Looking down from the Middle, the skyscraping tower that ascends as far as the colony ceiling, Formicia’s overseers can see that the Doctor doesn’t fit in - and it’s not just his coat that makes him conspicuous...

“The End is the Beginning,” say the propaganda-like posters all over Formicia. Because to be part of this perfect society comes at a price. And the Doctor's already in arrears.

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
 * Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
 * The Middleman - Mark Heap
 * Janaiya - Sheila Reid
 * Roman - Wayne Forester
 * Olivia York - Hollie Sullivan
 * Chloe - Chloe Rickenbach

Crew

 * Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
 * Producer & Director - Jamie Anderson
 * Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
 * Music - Jamie Robertson
 * Producer - David Richardson
 * Script Editor - Alan Barnes
 * Sound Design - Joe Meiners
 * Writer - Chris Chapman

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor's coat possesses 76 different colour tones.
 * The Sixth Doctor doesn't appear physically older than 40 years. He says that he has lived for almost a millennium.
 * Flip sings "Happy Birthday to You" and "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow" to Constance.
 * Flip describes Formicia as "the Planet of the Age Police".
 * Constance describes the Doctor as "the original conscientious objector".
 * Flip compares the elderly people of Formicia fighting a war wearing battle armour to "Dad's Army meets The Terminator".
 * Flip is 19 years old.

Continuity

 * Constance recalls visiting the Bath spa in 1756. (AUDIO: The Behemoth)
 * The Doctor tells Flip and Constance that he has been tried for his alleged crimes several times and was acquitted. (TV: The Deadly Assassin, The Ultimate Foe)
 * After waking up in the Middle, Constance momentarily believes that she is back in Bletchley Park. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
 * The Doctor mentions that he used to teach the Mountain Mauler of Montana. (TV: The Romans)
 * Flip mentions her wedding, (AUDIO: Quicksilver) falling out of orbit, (AUDIO: Scavenger) flying over the Loch in Scotland (AUDIO: Wirrn Isle) being shot by a Porcian (AUDIO: The Fourth Wall) and seeing the TARDIS for the first time (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) when shorting out the suit of armour she is wearing.