The Axis of Insanity (audio story)

 was the fifty-sixth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It is writer Simon Furman's sole contribution to audio-based Doctor Who. Before and after this story, he wrote Doctor Who and Torchwood comic stories.

Publisher's summary
What is... the Axis?

For the Doctor and his travelling companions, Peri and Erimem, it's a twisted playground, where reality, morality and sanity no longer apply. Stranded within a dimensional nexus, beset by the molten fury of the Firebreed, they must unwrap a terrifying mystery of damaged timelines and dark science... before the corruption of the Axis spreads and reality itself crumbles.

Pitted against a warped and deadly mind, the Doctor faces his own past transgressions, and the very nature of what it is to be a Time Lord.



Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
 * Erimem - Caroline Morris
 * The Overseer - Roy North
 * The Jester - Garrick Hagon
 * Jarra To - Liza Ross
 * Tog - Marc Danbury
 * Bird Trader - Stephen Mansfield
 * Carnival Barker - Daniel Hogarth

TARDIS

 * When Time Lords die, their TARDISes do as well.
 * Crucially, Erimem does not have a TARDIS key in this story. By Three's a Crowd, however, she regularly wears a key around her neck.

Technology

 * A Molenski Univarius is the Gallifreyan equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.

Literature

 * Peri says that the works of Charles Dickens, Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Barbara Cartland are the greats of English Literature.

Continuity

 * The Doctor previously expressed a wish to visit the "elephant's graveyard" of TARDISes. (AUDIO: Omega)
 * Leela, Romana, K9, Narvin and Irving Braxiatel would later visit the Axis following their escape from Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Reborn)
 * The subject of TARDISes dying when the Time Lord pilot dies is mentioned. The Eleventh Doctor's journey to his gravesite on Trenzalore revealed his TARDIS was deteriorating after he perished in his final battle. Its dimension dams had also broken down, causing it to grow into a monolith. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)