Colditz (audio story)


 * You may be looking for either the castle or the German town of the same name.

Publisher's summary
October 1944.

As World War Two draws towards its conclusion, a Nazi defeat begins to seem almost inevitable. But that might be about to change...

Two intruders are captured in the grounds of Colditz Castle, the most secure Prisoner of War camp in Germany.

At first, the guards think they're dealing with British spies. But the strangers arrived in an advanced travelling machine, the like of which they've never seen before.

With this "TARDIS" in their hands, the Third Reich might triumph after all...

Cast

 * The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
 * Feldwebel Kurtz - David Tennant
 * Hauptmann Julius Schäfer - Toby Longworth
 * Flying Officer Bill Gower - Nicholas Young
 * Timothy Wilkins - Peter Rae
 * Prisoner/Guard - Neil Corry

The Doctor

 * The Doctor is shot in the shoulder. The bullet works its way out of his body overnight.

Individuals

 * After the events she witnesses at Colditz, Ace decides from now on she's to be known as Dorothy McShane.
 * Ace mentions that she played the Colditz board game as a child.
 * Ace refers to the Stone Roses.

Languages

 * When the Doctor and Ace arrive, they are shouted at in German.

Weapons

 * In Klein's future, the Nazis won the war by working out nuclear weapons based on Ace's CD walkman's laser.

Technology

 * The Doctor's TARDIS does not have a journey log. Since it is stated in several episodes of the audio spin-off series Gallifrey that Gallifreyan time capsules do possess such a log, it is logical to assume that this feature is only available in TARDISes more advanced than a Type 40.

Continuity

 * Ace says that she hates Nazis, likely a reference to DW: Silver Nemesis and NA: Timewyrm: Exodus.
 * Ace got her CD walkman from Paul Tanner in 2004. (BFA: The Fearmonger)
 * Ace listens to Danny Pain on her walkman. (NA: No Future, NA: Happy Endings)
 * The Doctor would later learn what happened to his other self from Klein in 1953. (BFA: Klein's Story)
 * The Seventh Doctor would later use the alias "Johann Schmidt" in an alternative timeline in May 1951 (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus), as would the Eighth Doctor in October 1930 (BFA: Storm Warning).
 * Ace later described Feldwebel Kurtz's death as one of the worst things that she had ever seen. (BFA: The Rapture)

For the the Seventh Doctor and Ace

 * Colditz occurs after BFA: Dust Breeding
 * Colditz occurs immediately before BFA: The Rapture

For Klein

 * Colditz occurs after BFA: Klein's Story
 * Colditz occurs nine years before BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings