Frostfire (audio story)

Publisher's summary
Vicki has a tale to tell. But where does it start and when does it end?

Ancient Carthage. 1164 BC. Lady Cressida has a secret. She keeps it deep in the cisterns below the Temple of Astarte with only one flame for warmth. And it must never get out.

Regency London, 1814 AD. The first Doctor, Steven and Vicki go to the fair and meet the fiery Dragon, the novelist Miss Austen and the deadliest weather you ever did see.

But which comes first? The Future or the Past? The Phoenix or the Egg? The Fire or the Frost? Or will Time freeze over forever?

Cast

 * Vicki Pallister - Maureen O'Brien
 * The Cinder - Keith Drinkel

Biology

 * The Cinder mentions the Doctor's hearts.

Buildings

 * Vicki notes that St Paul's Cathedral is still standing in the 25th century, after an alien invasion and four World Wars.

Individuals

 * The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven Taylor are joined on this adventure by Jane Austen.

Locations

 * The TARDIS crew attend the 1814 frost fair on the River Thames.

Time travel

 * The Cinder's timeline is a time loop, with its defeat bringing it into existence. The Cinder's existence is therefore a temporal paradox.

Continuity

 * Vicki is telling this story as an aging woman in 1164 B.C., some time after she left the Doctor's TARDIS in ancient Troy to marry Troilus.
 * River Song and an unspecified Doctor would later ice skate on the frozen Thames at around the same time as this story during "the last of the great frost fairs". (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)

Timeline

 * Frostfire occurs after: DWM: Are You Listening?
 * Frostfire occurs before: MA: The Empire of Glass