The Thief Who Stole Time (audio story)

 was the ninth and final story in the sixth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana II.

After The Skin of the Sleek, it was the second part of the series finale.

Publisher's summary
A god has died. A crime has been committed. And an even greater threat lies beneath the surface.

On the ocean world of Funderell, Romana has been reunited with her old friend from Gallifrey, Sartia, and the Doctor is investigating the history and religion of this strange world. But events have quickly spiralled out of control.

Why is this planet of such interest to the Time Lords? What lurks in the depths?

The life of more than one world is at stake. But time is running out.

Part one
to be added

Part two
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Sartia - Joannah Tincey
 * Eamonn Orensky - Alan Cox
 * Klick Chervain / Rolf - Kieran Hodgson
 * Blujaw Skaldson - Des McAleer
 * Linnis Skaldson - Alex Wyndham
 * Greygul - Jamie Newall
 * Frithra - Jane Slavin
 * The Sleeks - John Banks

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor offers himself for execution in Romana's place.
 * When reading the Book of Futures, the Doctor mentions that in the beginning, time split the omniverse in two, and continued until there was an infinite number of times.
 * The Book of Futures is made from parts of the Sleeks: its cover is Sleek skin, and the chains around it are their bones.
 * The Doctor theorises that the Time Lords forgot about Funderell millennia ago, during the great cut-backs of the 53rd Bureaucratic Regime.
 * The Doctor notes that good companions are modest: he asks Romana how many times she's saved the universe, but she hasn't kept count.

Continuity

 * The Doctor jokes that all good planets have a book of the future. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
 * The Book of Futures describes the origins of the branching omniverse. (AUDIO: Auld Mortality, PROSE: The Hunting of the Slook) The majority of these branches are parallel, but intersection can naturally occur (AUDIO: Quinnis) and sometimes make tangles. (AUDIO: Auld Mortality)
 * Romana says the Doctor is very particular about who he lets into the TARDIS. (TV: The Long Game)
 * Sartia escapes using a Time Ring. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)