Out of Time (audio story)

 was the first story in the Out of Time series, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks.

Publisher's summary
The Cathedral of Contemplation is an enigma, existing outside time. It turns through history, opening its doors across the universe to offer solace to those in need.

Occasionally, the Doctor drops in – when he's avoiding his destiny, it’s an ideal place to get some perspective. Only this time he's already there from several lives earlier, so when dimension barriers break down, his past and present collide.

And when the Daleks invade and commandeer the Cathedral, two Doctors must unite to stop them – or face extermination twice over!

Plot
The Tenth Doctor arrives in the Cathedral of Contemplation where he is greeted by the Abbess and her apprentice, Kivall. The Doctor explains that he decided to visit when he saw the door to the cathedral appear on the beach where he parked the TARDIS, something that the Abbess thinks is a coincidence as he normally visits the cathedral when he is in trouble. The Abbess asks the Doctor to follow her to the contemplation chambers. More new arrivel show up at the North Door of the cathedral, so the Abbess leaves the Doctor to his thoughts, but not before telling him that the panoramic gallery remains locked so his meditation cannot be disturbed. Once the Abbess is gone, the Doctor decides to try and unlock the gallery with his Sonic Screwdriver.

Meanwhile, in the gallery, the Fourth Doctor is painting a portrait and asks Jora to pass him up another brush. Jora asks him what he is doing and the Fourth Doctor answers that he is doing a bit of restoration of a painting of an old man waving at a young man.

Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Captain Zenna / Kivall - Nicholas Asbury
 * Jora - Kathryn Drysdale
 * The Abbess / Marna - Claire Rushbrook
 * The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

 * The Dalek Supreme says that the Daleks will once again own the Earth. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
 * The Fourth Doctor has just recently been elected Lord President in the Citadel on Gallifrey. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)
 * The planet Earth is destroyed in the year 5.5/Apple/26. (TV: The End of the World)
 * The Tenth Doctor says that someone once stopped him from doing a bad thing. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * The Tenth Doctor was present at the wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith) to whom the Fourth Doctor has just said goodbye. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
 * When the Fourth Doctor asks the Tenth Doctor for some sneak peeks into his future, the Tenth Doctor tells him that he will "settle down with a nice Time Lady and a dog". (TV: The Ribos Operation, AUDIO: The Auntie Matter)
 * The Tenth Doctor would later recall witnessing the Phosphorous Carousel of the Great Magellan Gestalt. (TV: The End of Time)
 * The Tenth Doctor directly refers to the Second Dalek War by name (COMIC: Pureblood, PROSE: Deceit) and describes the conflict as "that business with humans, Draconians and Ogrons". (TV: Frontier in Space) He was previously present at the end of the war. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)
 * The Earth and Draconian Empires have been unable to fully co-operate to fight against the Daleks. (COMIC: Star Tigers)

Cover gallery
Simon Holub sought to design the front cover as if it was a photoshoot from the revived era, which included both Doctors, their TARDISes, Daleks from their respective eras and "a subtle hint of title sequences in the background." (VOR 137)

Jonathon Carley revealed in a YouTube interview that Tom Baker's pose is taken from a publicity photo of Peter Capaldi from Series 9 with the jacket tinted brown and the Fourth Doctor's head and scarf added on top.