The Firstborn was the sixth and final story in the audio anthology The Quin Dilemma, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown, Philip Labey as Herbert G. Wells, Lisa Greenwood as Flip Roman, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and Jonnie Broadbent as Alonza, Byron, Clarent, Dellan and Urvis.
Publisher's summary[]
The Quins have succeeded in their quest - a little too well. Multiple Doctors congregate on Arunopal, bringing with them a terrible threat to reality...
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
- Herbert G. Wells - Philip Labey
- Flip Roman - Lisa Greenwood
- Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Zeta / Nan - Carrie Quinlan
- Madge - Nikki Kelly
- Herald - David Monteath
- King Otho - Andrew Dunn
- Alonza / Byron / Clarent / Dellan / Urvis - Jonnie Broadbent
Crew[]
- Director - Samuel Clemens
- Executive Producer - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music - Steve Foxon
- Producer - Jacqueline Rayner
- Script Editor - Robert Valentine and Jacqueline Rayner
- Sound Design - Luke Pietnik
- Writer - Jacqueline Rayner
- Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
Worldbuilding[]
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Note[]
- The Sixth Doctor clarifies the order of his timeline by naming all his prior companions and the order in which he travelled with each of them. "It goes like this: Peri; Frobisher; Peri and Frobisher; Peri; Grant; Peri again; Mathew Sharpe; Evelyn... oh yes, Frobisher; Frobisher, Peri, Actis and Carf; Jamie and Zoe; Evelyn; Evelyn and Thomas Brewster; back to Evelyn; Mel, first time; Jago and Litefoot; Mila [by which he unknowingly includes Charlotte Pollard]; Jamie; Flip; ooh, er, Peri, Jason and Crystal - and Zog; Constance; Constance and Flip; Mari; Mel; Mel and Evelyn; and back to Mel. Simple!" Given that he does not mention Hebe Harrison, this sets The Firstborn before AUDIO: The Rotting Deep.
- Herbert remarks on how the older version of Peri has changed her hairstyle. (TV: The Mysterious Planet)
Continuity[]
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External links[]
- Official The Firstborn page at bigfinish.com