Waiting for Gadot ( audio story ) Waiting For Gadot is a 2014 Big Finish " Short Trips " audio short story . It was released as a subscriber - only download , available to subscribers who purchased " Mask of Tragedy " and " Signs and Wonders " . It was later released as part of Big Finish ' s " Short Trips Rarities " series . It was read by Hugh Ross . Summary . " A roaming alien doctor — I can smell a series in this ! " EarthCom cameraman Marsh is a man on a mission : to film some incredibly rare wildlife on a remote world . But life on this planet is both busier and quieter than expected : and it holds Marsh ' s future in its grasp . . . Plot . Marsh , a cameraman for EarthCom ' s Natural History Unit , Interplanetary Division , has been sent to Erindra to capture footage of the elusive mating ritual of the Gadot . One night , five months into his stay , acid rain destroys the generator powering his living quarters , shutting off the heat . He crosses the surface of the planet and makes the repairs , and returns to his living quarters . Later on , he ' s woken up by the arrival of a strange blue box and a mysterious man with a long scarf and dark , bushy hair . Startled , Marsh falls down the hill and is knocked unconscious . Marsh wakes up to find the Doctor making him tea , having been unconscious for several hours . Marsh explains his purpose on the planet Erindra , and the Doctor indicates some knowledge of the Gadot . The Doctor explains to Marsh that the Gadot have been extinct for over forty years , too shy to emerge to the planet ' s surface following the arrival of humans , leading to their extinction . Marsh is horrified and breaks down , explaining that he failed in a previous assignment , and was given one last chance by taking a " punishment job " . The Doctor tells Marsh that he shall see what he can do to help . Having told Marsh to stand at the top of a hill overlooking the holes where the Gadot used to live , the Doctor has disappeared . As Marsh stands on the hill , the blue box from earlier reappears and the Doctor exits , followed by a Gadot . The Doctor explains that he used pheromones to attract it into his TARDIS , and brought it for Marsh to film . Marsh excitedly films the mating ritual of the Gadot , while the Doctor explains that he will have to bring it back to its proper time afterwards . Back at EarthCom headquarters , Marsh sits in the office with his boss , Scullup , examining the footage . Worried that the footage isn ' t what his boss will want , his boss is instead enamored with the Doctor and his appearance in the footage , wishing to make an entire reality show about that man . Scallup sends a dismayed Marsh back to Erindra to await the return of the Doctor to the planet , in order to get footage of him . Through a series of recorded diary entries , Marsh reveals the existence of a woman named Anna , and discusses missing her birthday , and missing various holidays , such as Christmas and the New Year . Later on , Marsh reveals that the TARDIS did come back , only with an older man with white hair and a young , blonde woman exiting the TARDIS . Marsh states that one day , he knows the Doctor will return , and that Marsh will get the footage his boss wants , and then he ' ll kill the Doctor in revenge for losing his life with Anna . References . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "