Red Dawn (audio story)

 was the first Fifth Doctor and Peri audio story produced by Big Finish Productions and the first audio-based Ice Warrior story. It would be another seven years before the Ice Warriors appeared in a major role in another monthly audio release, BFA: Frozen Time.

Publisher's summary
Ares One: NASA's first manned mission to the dead planet Mars. But is Mars as dead as it seems?

While the NASA team investigate an 'anomaly' on the planet's surface, the Doctor and Peri find themselves inside a strange alien building. What is its purpose? And what is frozen inside the blocks of ice that guard the doorways? If the Doctor has a sense of deja-vu, it's because he's about to meet some old adversaries, as well as some new ones...

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
 * Commander Forbes - Robert Jezek
 * Susan Roberts - Maureen Oakeley
 * Tanya Webster - Georgia Moffett
 * Paul Webster - Stephen Fewell
 * Commander Zzaal - Matthew Brenher
 * Sub Commander Sstast - Hylton Collins

Spacecraft

 * The NASA mission is only viable due to the Webster Corporation's funding.
 * The NASA spacecraft is called the Argosy.

Mars

 * The British missions to Mars are mentioned. However this is the first American Mars mission.
 * The 'red dawn' refers to the ultraviolet radiation that penetrates Mars' atmosphere.

Continuity

 * The British Mars missions mentioned are either from DW: The Ambassadors of Death or NA: The Dying Days. An unmanned mission, described as being the UK's first (despite the earlier missions depicted), is featured in DW: The Christmas Invasion.
 * The Ice Warriors first appeared in DW: The Ice Warriors.
 * In the far future, radio and television broadcasts about the first manned mission to Mars will be accessed via the Gogglebox inside the Moon. (BFA: The Reaping, BFA: The Gathering)
 * The Fifth Doctor and Peri would encounter the Ice Warriors again on Peladon. (BFA: The Bride of Peladon)
 * The Fifth Doctor would return to Mars in the company of Amy, where they would witness the destruction of the planet's biosphere. (BFA: The Judgement of Isskar)

Timeline

 * Red Dawn occurs after ST: Hot Ice.
 * Red Dawn occurs before BFA: Exotron.