Patience was the first story in the audio anthology Stranded 3, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair, Rebecca Root as Tania Bell and Tom Price as Andy Davidson.
Publisher's summary[]
The Doctor decides to investigate the limits of the paradoxical timeline in which he and his friends are stranded.
But they find themselves hunted by a force of mercenary Judoon. It seems that Earth’s altered history has changed the whole universe…
Plot[]
to be added
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
- Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
- Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
- Sergeant Andy Davidson - Tom Price
- Kon Po / Go Tol - Nicholas Briggs
- Baby Judoon - Sam Stafford[1]
Worldbuilding[]
- According to Tania, the Doctor claimed the previous week to have gone skinny dipping with Shirley Bassey. Helen refers to having met Galileo.
- Kon Po and the Doctor are trapped in a time loop, living out the Eternal Present.
- Liv's grandmother was Natalav, who was "mad as a sand worm".
- The Doctor originally received the Paradoxica from Patience.
- Flask was devastated by a flood which humans failed to help the locals stop. Historical texts record a once-a-century event called the Shoal of the Stricken wherein "thousands of [multicoloured] fish [emerge] from hibernation, rising from the bottom of the lake." The fish hibernate again the following night.
Notes[]
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Continuity[]
- Liv recalls spending a year away from the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Escape from Kaldor [+]Matt Fitton, Ravenous 2 (The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Ravenous, Big Finish Productions, 2018).)
- Helen recalls having met Galileo Galilei. (AUDIO: The Galileo Trap [+]Marc Platt, Doom Coalition 1 (The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Doom Coalition, Big Finish Productions, 2015)., The Satanic Mill [+]Edward Collier, Doom Coalition 1 (The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Doom Coalition, Big Finish Productions, 2015).)
- The Doctor is once again a fugitive being pursued by the Judoon. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)
- The Judoon are working for Mr Bird. (AUDIO: Must-See TV [+]Lisa McMullin, Stranded 1 (The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded, Big Finish Productions, 2020).)
- While seeing his past memories Andy asks Liv not to look at any with "a woman called Yvonne Hartman." (AUDIO: Tagged [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., etc.)
- The Doctor tells a story about the Gallifreyan Lady Patience (AUDIO: Cold Fusion [+]Lance Parkin, adapted from Cold Fusion (Lance Parkin), Novel Adaptations (Big Finish Productions, 2016)., etc.) on the slopes of Mount Perdition. (TV: The End of Time [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).)
- The Doctor muses on his eventual need for new shoes and wonders whether said shoes will fit him. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Matthew Jacobs, Doctor Who Television Movie (Fox Broadcasting Company, 1996).)
- Tania and Andy discover the TARDIS boot cupboard. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Louis Marks, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1976).)
- The Doctor brings Kon Po to Judoonia. (AUDIO: Judoon in Chains [+]Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One (Classic Doctors, New Monsters, Big Finish Productions, 2016).)
External links[]
- Official Patience page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Included in the written credits, but not the audio credits read at the end of the story.
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