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Robophobia is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is a four-part story.
| Robophobia | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 149 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor |
| Written by | Nicholas Briggs |
| Directed by | Nicholas Briggs |
| Produced by | Jamie Robertson Music and SFX |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 7ZAA |
| Release date | July 2011 |
| Preceded by | Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge |
| Followed by | The Doomsday Quatrain |
Plot
editThe Doctor arrives on a spaceship transporting over a hundred thousand potentially deadly robots.
Cast
edit- The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy
- Liv Chenka – Nicola Walker
- Farel – Toby Hadoke
- Bas Pellico – William Hazell
- Selerat – Nicholas Pegg
- Cravnet – Dan Starkey
- Tal Karus – Matt Addis
- Leebar/Computer Voice – John Dorney
Continuity
edit- For the people of Kaldor, this story picks up a few months after the events of the Fourth Doctor television story, The Robots of Death.
- The Doctor's TARDIS is black in this story. It remains this way through subsequent stories and is resolved in Black and White.
- Black and White also contains a few scenes that take place directly after Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge, including the Doctor finding the Black TARDIS, and his first trip in it to the spaceship Lorelei, as heard in this story. There is also a scene where he takes it on its second trip, to the planet Celdor, in The Doomsday Quatrain.
Notes
edit- Dan Starkey has played Sontarans in several recent Doctor Who television stories.
- Toby Hadoke is a comedian best known to Doctor Who fans for his one-man show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf.
Critical reception
editDoctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael said that the play is a "sequel that compares well to the original", and praised the performance of Walker as Liv Chenka, who is the "guest companion" in the audio.[1]
References
edit- ^ Michael, Matt (21 September 2011). "The DWM Review: Robophobia". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 438. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics. p. 72.