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The Oseidon Adventure

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The Oseidon Adventure
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDoctor Who Fourth Doctor Adventures
Release no.1.6
FeaturingFourth Doctor
Leela
Written byAlan Barnes
Directed byKen Bentley
Executive producer(s)Nicholas Briggs
Production code4S/F
Release dateJune 2012

The Oseidon Adventure is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.[1]

This is the second part of a two-part story, the first part being Trail of the White Worm.

Plot

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The Kraal attempt to invade the Earth, while the Doctor is trapped on their irradiated home world, Oseidon.

Cast

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Continuity

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  • The Kraals were in the 1975 Fourth Doctor television story, The Android Invasion. That story also featured UNIT.
  • This is the first use of Kraals by Big Finish Productions.
  • The Doctor and Leela encounter the Master again in the third season of Fourth Doctor adventures, due to be released in 2014.[2]

Notes

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Critical reception

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Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael found the casting and performances excellent, but the play "slightly misjudged" as a finale.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Louise Jameson | the Official Website". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  2. ^ "The Fourth Doctor and Leela Will Return! - News - Big Finish".
  3. ^ Michael, Matt (September 2012). "The DWM Review: The Oseidon Adventure". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 450. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics. pp. 88–89.
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