Editing The Bride of Peladon (audio story)

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{{Infobox Story SMW
|image           = Dw104 the bride of peladon - web - big.jpg
|range           = Main Range
|number in range = 104
|series          = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number          = 104
|doctor          = Fifth Doctor
|companions      = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]]
|featuring       = Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)
|enemy           = [[Sekhmet]]
|setting         = [[Peladon]], c. [[4035]]
|writer          = Barnaby Edwards
|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|music           = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|sound           = [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = January 2008
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6Q/M]]
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-289-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-404-3 (digital)
|prev            = The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)
|next            = The Condemned (audio story)
|made prev       = Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)
|made next       = The Condemned (audio story)
|featuring2 = Ice Warriors
|epcount = 4
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and fourth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Barnaby Edwards]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]]. 

Released in [[2008 (releases)|2008]], it was the final audio story featuring Morris as Erimem and, as is evident in the title, sees a return to the planet [[Peladon]], which was last a major feature in a story in the 1994 [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]''.

== Publisher's summary ==
:''[[Peladon]] will bathe in oceans of blood!''

[[Sekhmet|A mysterious voice]], a [[Pandora of Earth|missing girl]] and [[Elspera|a murdered queen]]. The [[Royal House of Peladon]] is once more plunged into intrigue, terror and death. [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Erimem]] must find their way through a treacherous labyrinth of lies if they are to distinguish friend from foe before it is too late.

For deep beneath the [[Citadel of Peladon]], something infinitely ancient and immeasurably powerful is stirring...

== Plot ==
=== Part one ===
''to be added''

=== Part two ===
''to be added''

=== Part three ===
''to be added''

=== Part four ===
''to be added''

== Cast ==
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Erimem]] - [[Caroline Morris]]
* [[Belldonia]] - [[Phyllida Law]]
* [[Sekhmet|Voice]] - [[Jenny Agutter]]
* [[Pelleas]] - [[Christian Coulson]]
* [[Pandora of Earth|Pandora]] - [[Yasmin Bannerman]]
* [[Zixlyr]] / [[Arktos]] / [[Nardo]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] / [[Alixlyr]] - [[Jane Goddard]]
* [[Frankis]] / [[Grok (The Bride of Peladon)|Grok]]- [[Richard Earl]]
* [[Elkin]] - [[Peter Sowerbutts]]
* [[Foreman (The Bride of Peladon)|Foreman]] - [[Philip Childs]]
* [[Miner (The Bride of Peladon)|Miner]] - [[Thomas Sangster|Thomas Brodie-Sangster]]

== Crew ==
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Writer & Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Sound Design - [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
* [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] created by [[Brian Hayles]]

== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* This is set a hundred years after the Doctor's last visit to [[Peladon]].
* Erimem reads the [[altimeter]] while the Doctor pilots the ship.

=== Individuals ===
* [[Sekhmet]] is an [[Osiran]].
* [[Arktos]] is an [[Arcturan]].

=== Minerals ===
* [[Trisilicate]] mining is progressing on Peladon.

=== Planets ===
* Peladon is still part of the [[Galactic Federation]].

=== Species ===
* [[Aggedor]] has been pregnant for around a century.

== Gallery ==
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Dw104 the bride of peladon - web - big.jpg|Original cover art
The Bride of Peladon comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Cliff Robinson]] from [[DWM 391]]
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== Notes ==
* An illustrated preview for this story appeared in [[DWM 391]]. It was illustrated by [[Cliff Robinson]].
* This was the final Fifth Doctor audio drama released in the main range to feature Peri. However, the Fifth Doctor and Peri subsequently appeared together in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'', ''[[Rulebook (audio story)|Rulebook]]'' and ''[[The Meaning of Red (audio story)|The Meaning of Red]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 July (production)|26]] and [[27 July (production)|27 July]] [[2007 (production)|2007]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story incorporates pre-titles sequences prior to each episode (barring the first episode), one of only a few Big Finish audio dramas to do so at the time.
* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.
* Peter Davison claimed he didn't know this was to be Erimem's departure story until the recording sessions. ([[BFX]]: ''The Bride of Peladon'')
* This is the final time Erimem was played by [[Caroline Morris]], and Morris' final performance to date for Big Finish Productions.

== Continuity ==
* This is the Doctor's fourth known visit to Peladon, having previously visited the planet in his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]''. The [[Seventh Doctor]] returned to Peladon some years later in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]''.
* Peri refers to her previous encounter with the Ice Warriors on their native [[Mars]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]'') Following the Doctor's [[regeneration]] into his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], the two of them encountered the Ice Warriors for a third time on [[Magnus (planet)|Magnus]] in the [[24th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mission to Magnus (audio story)|Mission to Magnus]]'')
* The [[Citadel of Peladon]] reminds the Doctor and Erimem of [[Castle Dracula]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'')
* The Doctor previously encountered [[Osiran]]s in [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]''.
* It is because of the events in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mind's Eye (audio story)|The Mind's Eye]]'' that the Doctor understands Erimem's choice in staying with Pelleas.
* Erimem wears [[Erimem's signet ring|a signet ring]] displaying the emblem of [[Sekhmet]] as a talisman against the god.  She also prays to [[Osiris]] when the Doctor seems gravely injured. However, she previously claimed that she did not believe in the [[Egypt]]ian gods. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'')
* The Doctor previously met [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] on Peladon on three occasions during his third incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'') He later encountered it, once again on Peladon, during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'')
* Near death in part four, the Fifth Doctor says, "Sorry, Peri, I don't think I can make it." The line presages the coming usage in ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' — but this time Peri answers back, "I'm not through with you yet!"
* After Erimem leaves to marry Pelleas, Peri reassures the Doctor that she has no intention of leaving "to marry [[Yrcanos|some alien king]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'')
* The Doctor says it's been a long time since he's heard the name "[[Pandora of Earth|Pandora]]." In fact, [[Pandora]] was the name of one of the [[Lord President|presidents]] of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'' ''et al.'')
* The Third Doctor encountered [[Arcturus (The Curse of Peladon)|another Arcturan]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]''.
* The Doctor is familiar with the [[Osiran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')

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