The Fourth Wall (audio story)

The Fourth Wall is the second story in the 2012 Sixth Doctor audio trilogy.

Publishers summary
Business is bad for intergalactic media mogul Augustus Scullop, whose Trans-Gal empire is on the rocks. But, having retreated to his own private planet, Transmission, Scullop is about to gamble his fortune on a new show, made with an entirely new technology. And the name of that show… is Laser.

Back in the real world, far from the realms of small screen sci-fi fantasies about monsters and aliens, the Doctor is interested only in watching Test Match cricket… but finds himself drawn into Scullop’s world when his new travelling companion, Flip, is snatched from inside the TARDIS.

So, while the Doctor uncovers the terrible secret of Trans-Gal’s new tech, Flip battles to survive in a barren wilderness ruled over by the indestructible Lord Krarn and his pig-like servants, the Warmongers. And the name of that wilderness… is ‘Stevenage’.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
 * Augustus "Gus" Scullop - Julian Wadham
 * Dr. Helen Shepherd - Yasmin Bannerman
 * Nick Kenton/Jack Laser - Hywel Morgan
 * Matthew Howland/Lord Krarn - Martin Hutson
 * Olivia Sayle/Jancey - Tilly Gaunt
 * Chimbly/Head Warmonger - Kim Wall
 * Junior/Warmonger - Henry Devas

Individuals

 * The Doctor tells Flip that he is not as interested in cricket as his previous incarnation and notes that many of his other incarnations are "astonishingly irritating."

Foods and beverages

 * Flip makes popcorn using the TARDIS' food machine.

Planets

 * Augustus Scullop has a home on an artificial planetoid called Transmission.

Cultural references from the real world

 * Flip compares Transmission to the Death Star from Star Wars. The Doctor expresses the hope that it is "not quite so ominous."

Time technology

 * The Doctor watches the 2006 test match between Australia and South Africa on the Time-Space Visualiser. Flip describes it as a "manky old thing" and criticises it for being in black and white.
 * Trans-Gal utilises dimensional transcendentalism to create the dimensional bubble. The Doctor derides the use of the technology for the purposes of "mere entertainment."

Continuity

 * Flip mentions her encounter with the Daleks and Napoléon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo. (BFA: The Curse of Davros)

Timeline

 * This story takes place one day after BFA: The Curse of Davros
 * This story takes place before BFA: Wirrn Isle