Changes: Forty-Five (audio anthology)

Forty-Five was a Big Finish Productions anthological audio release in which the number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex, and was intended to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of Doctor Who.

The stories included were:

DWM115 45 — Illustrated preview from DWM 402.

Notes

This is the second story to celebrate Doctor Who's 45th anniversary, the other being the comic story The Forgotten.
On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the TARDIS interior shown is the one from the TV Movie. This contradicts the audio Excelis Decays, in which the Seventh Doctor was depicted as reconfiguring the TARDIS into its TV Movie form.
- It was later revealed in AUDIO: Black and White that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between AUDIO: A Death in the Family and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.
This is Big Finish's third anthology release, an annual trend which began with Circular Time. Anthologies have covered themes such as companions and seasons, but more recently stories have only been linked by Doctor and companion.
'45' is of thematic significance in each play:
- In False Gods, there are 45 statues.
- In Order of Simplicity, the Doctor reduces his IQ to 45.
- Casualties of War is set on VE Day 1945.
- The Word Lord is set in 2045.

External links

Official Forty-five page at bigfinish.com
Forty-five at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Forty-five at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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 * ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]'' by [[Mark Michalowski]]
 * ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'' by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
+[[File:Forty-Five.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
+[[File:DWM115 45.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 402]].]]
 == Notes ==
 * This is the second story to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 45th anniversary, the other being the comic story ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]].''
-* On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the [[TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[Doctor Who (1996)|the Paul McGann movie]]. This contradicts the audio ''[[Excelis Decays]]'', in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] was depicted as reconfiguring the [[TARDIS]] into its TV movie form.
+* On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the [[TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV Movie]]. This contradicts the audio ''[[Excelis Decays]]'', in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] was depicted as reconfiguring the [[TARDIS]] into its TV Movie form.
-::''It was later revealed in ''[[AUDIO]]:'' [[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]] that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between ''[[AUDIO]]:'' [[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]] and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.''
+** It was later revealed in [[AUDIO]]: [[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]] that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between [[AUDIO]]: [[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]] and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.
 * This is Big Finish's third anthology release, an annual trend which began with [[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]. Anthologies have covered themes such as [[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|companions]] and [[Circular Time (audio anthology)|seasons]], but more recently stories have only been linked by Doctor and companion.
+* '45' is of thematic significance in each play:
-[[File:DWM115 45.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 402]].]]
+** In ''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]], ''there are 45 statues.
+** In ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]], ''the Doctor reduces his IQ to 45.
+** ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]] ''is set on [[VE Day]] [[1945]].
+** ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]] ''is set in [[2045]].
 == External links ==
 * {{bigfinish|releases/v/forty-five-281|Forty-five}}