Rearguard (audio story)

Rearguard

Main character(s):

Stron

Featuring:

Eleventh Doctor

Main setting:

Ubreus

Key crew

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

11.1

Part of:

Short Trips: Volume 11

Release date:

15 February 2022

Format:

MP3 download

Production code:

BFPST11

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-83868-547-8

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Rearguard was the first story of Volume 11 of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It was written by Alfie Shaw featured Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor.

Publisher's summary[]

Trooper Stron has been given a great honour by Sontar. He’s been chosen as the rearguard on Ubreus, protecting that world against anyone who would try to pry it from Sontaran control. The problem is, no one’s coming to claim Ubreus, and that means there’s no one for Stron to fight…

Plot[]

to be added

Cast[]

The Doctor / Kantanoar - Jacob Dudman
Stron / General - Dan Starkey

Worldbuilding[]

The Doctor mentions a Sontaran friend of his, who fights to protect his friends.

Notes[]

Somewhat unusually for a Short Trip it did not feature any narration and instead was performed as a two-handed play.

Continuity[]

to be added

External links[]

Official Rearguard page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish audio Short Trips

Multi-Doctor

Seven to One • The Jago & Litefoot Revival • Deleted Scenes • Regeneration Impossible

First Doctor

Susan, Ian, Barbara	Rise and Fall • A Star is Born • A Small Semblance of Home • Home Again, Home Again

Ian, Barbara, Vicki	1963

Vicki, Steven	Etheria

Steven, Sara	The Little Drummer Boy

Steven	O Tannenbaum • Helmstone • Peace in Our Time • Out of the Deep

Steven, Dodo	This Sporting Life

Dodo	The Horror at Bletchington Station

Ben, Polly	Falling

Solo	Flywheel Revolution

Second Doctor

Ben, Polly	Lost and Found

Jamie	The Last Day at Work

Victoria	The Way Forwards

Jamie, Victoria	Year of the Drex Olympics

Zoe	A Stain of Red in the Sand

Jamie, Zoe	One Small Step... • Lepidoptery for Beginners • The Five Dimensional Man • Penny Wise, Pound Foolish • Little Doctors • The Way of the Empty Hand • The Horror of Hy-Brasil • The British Invasion

Solo	The Piltdown Men

Third Doctor

Liz	Walls of Confinement • A Home From Home • The Blame Game • The Christmas Dimension • Blue Boxes

Jo	The Switching • Pop-Up • Lost in the Wakefield Triangle • Time Tunnel • Sphinx Lightning • The Other Woman • Damascus • Gardeners' Worlds • Taken For Granted • Still Life • The Same Face

Sarah	Neptune • Decline of the Ancient Mariner • Crime at the Cinema

Solo	A True Gentleman • Landbound • The Threshold • AWOL

Fourth Doctor

Sarah, Harry	How to Win Planets and Influence People • #HarrySullivan

Sarah	Chain Reaction • The Wondrous Box • Collector's Item

Leela	Death-Dealer • Sound the Siren and I'll Come To You Comrade • String Theory • The Ghost Trap • Black Dog • The Revisionists • The Smallest Battle • The Beast of Muir

Romana I	The Doctor's First XI • The Warren Legacy

Romana II	The Old Rogue • Breadcrumbs

Romana II, Adric	A Full Life

Adric	Erasure • Messages from the Dead

Solo	Only Connect • Waiting for Gadot • I Am The Master

Fifth Doctor

Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Toy • The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius

Nyssa	The Deep • Tweaker • The Second Oldest Question • Downward Spiral

Nyssa, Tegan	The Lions of Trafalgar • The King of the Dead • The Mistpuddle Murders

Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough	Gardens of the Dead • The Monkey House

Tegan, Turlough	Lant Land

Turlough	Trap For Fools

Peri	Wet Walls • Methuselah • A Room With No View • Rulebook • The Meaning of Red

Solo	Sock Pig

Sixth Doctor

Peri	Murmurs of Earth • To Cut a Blade of Grass • The Shadows of Serenity • Prime Winner • The Authentic Experience • Under ODIN's Eye • Not Forgotten

Evelyn	Mission Improbable

Charley	These Stolen Hours

Constance	The Darkened Earth

Mel	Intuition • Mel-evolent • Loud and Proud

Solo	The Wings of a Butterfly • The Doctor's Coat • The Hoxteth Time Capsule

Seventh Doctor

Mel	The Devil's Footprints

Ace	Police and Shreeves • Critical Mass • The Riparian Ripper • The Shadow Trader • Crystal Ball • Dark Convoy • Washington Burns • The Shrine of Sorrows • Forever Fallen • Doctors and Dragons • Dead Woman Walking

Benny	The Hesitation Deviation

Solo	Twilight's End • The Night Before Christmas • Inside Story

Eighth Doctor

Charley	Letting Go • Foreshadowing • The Man Who Wasn't There • Hall of the Ten Thousand

Lucie	All the Fun of the Fair • Late Night Shopping • The Young Lions • The Caves of Erith • The Curse of the Fugue • Flashpoint

Molly, Liv	The World Beyond the Trees

Bliss	Salvage

Solo / One-off companions	Museum Peace • Running Out of Time • Quantum Heresy • A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • The Turn of the Screw • Tuesday • An Ocean of Sawdust • Death Will Not Part Us

Ninth Doctor

Solo	Battle Scars • Her Own Bootstraps • The Lichyrwick Abomination

Rose	Identity Check

Tenth Doctor

Solo	The Shattered Hourglass • Free Speech • Fear of Flying • Table for Two, Dinner for One

Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor

The Siege of Big Ben • Flight Into Hull!

Eleventh Doctor

Solo	The Infinite Today • Rearguard • The World Tree

Valarie	The Galois Group

Twelfth Doctor

Solo	The Astrea Conspiracy • Dead Media • The Best-Laid Plans • A Song For Running • The Three Flames

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day 1 • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • Sibling Rivalry / Children of the Revolution • In Name Only • The Armageddon Chair

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Tardis