The Old Rogue (audio story)

The Old Rogue was a 2011 Big Finish Productions audio short story read by Louise Jameson. It featured the Fourth Doctor alongside Romana II and K9 Mark II.

Summary
Romana and the Doctor pay a visit to Arkinen, Destroyer of Galaxies, who is working in a café in Catford.

Plot
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Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Romana II
 * K9 Mark II
 * Arkinen
 * Second Doctor
 * Jamie McCrimmon
 * Katya

Worldbuilding

 * The Old Rogue serves full English breakfasts.
 * The Doctor notes the TARDIS needs a new coat of paint.
 * Romana watches The Jeremy Kyle Show at the Old Rogue.
 * Arkinen destroyed all sentient life in the Helix nebula "for kicks".
 * The Doctor has K9 act as his dentist, noting that "K9 is rather good with, well, canines".
 * K9 is sent out of the café and several youths start kicking a football at him and spraying him with paint. K9 shoots the ball, setting it on fire. He stuns several of the youths and a policeman and knocks a police van over, setting it on fire.
 * The original café owner, Sid, had his consciousness transferred into Arkinen's body and vice versa.
 * Arkinen is an Anarken.
 * The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon imprisoned Arkinen on Earth in the hope that he would be rehabilitated.
 * Arkinen created an understanding device to destroy planets.
 * Ten years before the Fourth Doctor's arrival, the version of the Doctor who visited the Old Rogue was a "cricketer" with a "group of sulky teenagers." Ten years before that, the relevant version of the Doctor was "a tall chap in velvet" accompanied by "a dizzy dolly bird".

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to meeting Torquemada, who "stretched [his] mind" and body. (PROSE: Managra)
 * As they leave the café, the Doctor mentions wanting to visit Paris. (TV: City of Death)