Changes: The Fourth Wall (audio story)

Business is bad for intergalactic media mogul Augustus Scullop, whose Trans-Gal empire is on the rocks. But, having retreated to his own private planet, Transmission, Scullop is about to gamble his fortune on a new show, made with an entirely new technology. And the name of that show... is Laser.

Back in the real world, far from the realms of small screen sci-fi fantasies about monsters and aliens, the Doctor is interested only in watching Test Match cricket... but finds himself drawn into Scullop's world when his new travelling companion, Flip, is snatched from inside the TARDIS.

So, while the Doctor uncovers the terrible secret of Trans-Gal's new tech, Flip battles to survive in a barren wilderness ruled over by the indestructible Lord Krarn and his pig-like servants, the Warmongers. And the name of that wilderness... is "Stevenage".

Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Colin Baker
Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
Augustus Scullop - Julian Wadham
Dr. Helen Shepherd - Yasmin Bannerman
Nick Kenton/Jack Laser - Hywel Morgan
Matthew Howland/Lord Krarn - Martin Hutson
Olivia Sayle/Jancey - Tilly Gaunt
Chimbly/Head Warmonger - Kim Wall
Junior/Warmonger - Henry Devas

References

Individuals

The Doctor tells Flip that he is not as interested in cricket as his previous incarnation and notes that many of his other incarnations are "astonishingly irritating."
The Doctor is impressed by a reverse sweep in the match.
The Doctor previously encountered Chimbly on Ballastron VII as well as several other planets.
Xander Drexel was Augustus Scullop's business partner before he left Trans-Gal and created his own company, which proved to be considerably more successful.

Foods and beverages

Flip makes popcorn using the TARDIS' food machine.

Planets

Augustus Scullop has a home on an artificial planetoid called Transmission.
The Porcians once attempted to invade Skaro.

Cultural references from the real world

Flip compares Transmission to the Death Star from Star Wars.
Flip refers to the James Bond film franchise.
Flip states that the Warmongers are not exactly crack shots, comparing them to "terrorists trying to attack Bruce Willis".
Flip tells Lord Krarn that she has seen more realistic looking weapons than the Warmongers' on Blue Peter.
Flip states that Jancey's description of Earth's fate since the Warmonger invasion five years earlier sounds as if she was reading a summary of the plot on Wikipedia.
The Doctor enjoys the "fifth One Day International between Australia and South Africa 2006" on the Time-Space Visualiser.

Time technology

Trans-Gal's reality generator utilises dimensional transcendentalism to create the dimensional bubble.

Notes

This audio drama was recorded on 14 and 15 June 2011.
Another audio story, Infamy of the Zaross, also focused on a loose connection between fiction and reality and was also penned by Dorney.

Continuity

Flip mentions her encounter with the Daleks and Napoléon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros)
Nick Kenton refers to the Acteon Galaxy. (TV: Carnival of Monsters, Planet of the Spiders)
The Porcians said that they shouldn't have taken a left turn at Delta Magna. (TV: The Power of Kroll)
The Doctor would encounter Chimbly again during his seventh incarnation. (AUDIO: You Are the Doctor)

External links

Official The Fourth Wall page at bigfinish.com
DisContinuity for The Fourth Wall at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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 == Notes ==
 * This audio drama was recorded on [[14 June (production)|14]] and [[15 June (production)|15 June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]].
+* Another audio story, ''[[Infamy of the Zaross (audio story)|Infamy of the Zaross]]'', also focused on a loose connection between fiction and reality and was also penned by [[John Dorney|Dorney]].
 == Continuity ==

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