Changes: Spring (audio story)

Spring was the first story in the audio anthology, Circular Time, which comprised the ninety-first release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Mike Maddox and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.

It featured the Doctor meeting another Time Lord who had "gone native" on an unnamed world inhabited by an avian species. It was perhaps most notable for its theme of how to construct a valid system of jurisprudence.

Publisher's summary

In the springtime of the distant future, the Doctor and Nyssa become embroiled in Time Lord politics on an alien world.

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

The Doctor mentions jelly babies and his fourth incarnation's scarf.
Zero is from the Prydonian Chapter of Time Lords, the same chapter that the Doctor belongs to.
The Council of the Great Mother is a Time Lord organisation.

Notes

According to a 20 November 2006 blog post, Mike Maddox wrote this story based on a short story by Paul Cornell.
This was the first in a series of stories named after seasons.
Lord Cardinal Zero's regeneration at the end of this story is the only instance of a Time Lord regenerating into a different species.
This story is set between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity.

Continuity

Nyssa suggests the Doctor might be afraid of heights after his fourth incarnation's fatal fall from the Pharos Project's telescope on 1 March 1981. (TV: Logopolis)
Zero refers to the Doctor's first trial on Gallifrey and his consequent forced regeneration into the Third Doctor. (TV: The War Games)
Zero sarcastically asks the Doctor if the Time Lords have sent him to stop the creation of the avians' empire or lock them in a tunnel, setting them back over a thousand years. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
The Doctor wakes Zero up by yelling, "Look out, vampires in the Capitol!" (TV: State of Decay)

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+|range           = Main Range
-{{Infobox Audiobook
+|number in range = 91a
-|name   = {{StoryTitle}}
-|image            =
+|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
+|audio anthology  = ''[[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]''
-|series           = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
-|anthology        = [[Circular Time]]
 |number           = 91a
-|doctor           = [[Fifth Doctor]]
+|doctor           = Fifth Doctor
 |companions       = [[Nyssa]]
-|enemy            = nominally, Cardinal [[Zero]]
+|enemy            = [[Zero (Spring)|Cardinal Zero]]
-|setting          = an unnamed planet inhabited by an avian species
+|setting          =
-|writer           = [[Mike Maddox]] (based on a short story by [[Paul Cornell]])
+|writer           = [[Mike Maddox]]
 |director         = [[John Ainsworth]]
-|read by          =
 |music            = [[David Darlington]]
 |sound            = David Darlington
-|publisher        = [[Big Finish Productions]]
+|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
-|release date     = [[January]] [[2007]]
+|release date     = [[January (releases)|January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
 |format           = 1 X 25 min.
 |production code  = [[List of production codes|6C/H]]
-|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-175-0
+|isbn             = ISBN 1-84435-169-6
+|prev             = Year of the Pig (audio story)
-|previous story   =
-|next story       = Summer (audio story)|Summer (audio story)
+|next             = Summer (audio story)
+|made prev        = No Man's Land (audio story)
-}}{{audio stub}}
+|made next        = Summer (audio story)
-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[2007]] [[Big Finish Productions]] full-cast audio short story. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]].  It featured the Doctor meeting another [[Time Lord]] who had "gone native" on an unnamed world inhabited by an avian species.  It was perhaps most notable for its theme of how to construct a valid system of jurisprudence.
+|producer = [[Sharon Gosling]]}}{{audio stub}}
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology, ''[[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]'', which comprised the ninety-first release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Mike Maddox]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]].
+It featured the Doctor meeting another [[Time Lord]] who had "gone native" on an unnamed world inhabited by an avian species. It was perhaps most notable for its theme of how to construct a valid system of jurisprudence.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-In the springtime of the distant future, the Doctor and Nyssa become embroiled in Time Lord politics on an [[alien]] world.
+In the springtime of the distant future, [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] become embroiled in [[Time Lord]] politics on an [[alien]] world.
 == Plot ==
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 * [[Hoodeye]] - [[Jamie Sandford]]
 * [[Redklaw]] - [[Toby Longworth]]
-* [[Carrion]] - [[Lois Baxter]]
+* [[Carrion (Spring)|Carrion]] - [[Lois Baxter]]
 * [[Snowfire]] - [[Teresa Gallagher]]
-* [[Zero]] - [[Hugh Fraser]]
+* [[Zero (Spring)|Zero]] - [[Hugh Fraser]]
 == References ==
+* The Doctor mentions [[jelly babies]] and his [[The Doctor's scarf|fourth incarnation's scarf]].
-''to be added''
+* Zero is from the [[Prydonian Chapter]] of Time Lords, the same chapter that the Doctor belongs to.
+* The [[Council of the Great Mother]] is a Time Lord organisation.
 == Notes ==
 * According to a [http://www.paulcornell.com/2006/11/circular-time-and-irish-comic-con.html 20 November 2006 blog post], [[Mike Maddox]] wrote this story based on a short story by [[Paul Cornell]].
 * This was the first in a series of stories named after seasons.
 * Lord Cardinal Zero's [[regeneration]] at the end of this story is the only instance of a [[Time Lord]] regenerating into a different species.
+* This story is set between [[Time-Flight (TV story)|''Time-Flight'']] and [[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|''Arc of Infinity'']].
 == Continuity ==
-* Nyssa suggests the Doctor might be afraid of heights after his fall from the [[Pharos Project]]'s [[telescope]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
+* Nyssa suggests the Doctor might be afraid of heights after his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]'s fatal fall from the [[Pharos Project]]'s [[telescope]] on [[1 March]] [[1981]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
-* Mention is made of the Doctor's original trial on [[Gallifrey]], and the consequent enforced [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
+* Zero refers to the Doctor's first trial on [[Gallifrey]] and his consequent forced [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
+* Zero sarcastically asks the Doctor if the Time Lords have sent him to [[Creation of the Daleks|stop the creation of the avians' empire or lock them in a tunnel, setting them back over a thousand years]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
+* The Doctor wakes Zero up by yelling, "Look out, [[vampire]]s in the [[Capitol]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
-== Timeline ==
-As with all fifth Doctor/Nyssa stories, this one broadly occurs between [[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'' and ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''. More specific placement is fairly arbitrary. Following the internal logic of the naming conventions of the stories on ''[[Circular Time]]'', however, it must be relatively early in the Doctor's solo travels with Nyssa. Thus, a placement soon after [[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'' seems reasonable. Some have suggested that placement after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Game]]'' makes sense, as well.
-* This story occurs after [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/ST ST]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Church_of_Saint_Sebastian The Church of Saint Sebastian]''
-* This story occurs before [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/BFA BFA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Summer_(audio_story) Summer]''
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+{{Regeneration stories}}
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+[[Category:Time Lord audio stories]]
+[[Category:Regeneration audio stories]]
+[[Category:Circular Time audio stories]]
 [[Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories]]
-[[Category:2007 audio stories]]
+[[Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme]]
-[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]]
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Changes: Spring (audio story)

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