Series 1 (Gallifrey)

Series 1 of Gallifrey was made up of four audio stories which were released between March and May 2004. It starred Lalla Ward as President Romana and Louise Jameson as Leela.
== Overview ==
Series 1 reintroduced President Romana and Leela, who were shown meeting for the first time in the 2003 Main Range story Zagreus. It also saw the return of Cardinal Braxiatel and K9 Mark II, who had appeared in the same story, as well as K9 Mark I, Darkel and a new incarnation of Andred in their first appearances for Big Finish.
Series 1 dealt with the origin and theft of the Timonic Fusion Device and the threat it posed in the hands of Free Time, as well as exploring the continued political relationship between the Temporal Powers following the events of The Apocalypse Element. It also introduced and resolved the mystery of Andred's disappearance.
== Production ==
Series 1 consisted of four episodes, labelled on their covers as Chapters 1-4. It was produced by Jason Haigh-Ellery and Gary Russell, the latter of whom directed the series and script edited Weapon of Choice.
Russell intended for the range to make use of serialised storytelling as Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield and the Main Range did not and worked on the story with Alan Barnes, who came up with Free Time and wanted to write a story on a train. Russell asked Barnes to write all four of series 1's stories but, after Barnes agreed only to write the first and fourth stories, Stephen Cole and Justin Richards were brought in due to their reliability. The three writers came up with the Torvald/Andred twist, of which Russell was unaware.
Retrospectively, Russell did not believe that the serialisation was used to its best effect in series 1, although he did believe that it contained good setup and character work, and looked to improve on this with series 2. 
== Cast ==
* President Romana - Lalla Ward
* Leela - Louise Jameson
=== Featuring ===
* K9John Leeson played both K9 Mark I and K9 Mark II. - John Leeson
* Cecelia Pollard - India Fisher
=== Recurring ===
* Cardinal Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
* Coordinator Narvin - Seán Carlsen
* Commander Torvald - Andy Coleman
* Inquisitor Darkel - Lynda Bellingham
* Arkadian - Hugo Myatt
* Servitors - Robert Dick
== Stories ==
#	Title 	Author 	Director 	Featuring 	Released 	Pr. code
1	Weapon of Choice	Alan Barnes 	Gary Russell	Romana II, Leela, K9 Mark I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Torvald, Darkel, Arkadian	March 2004	BFPGALLCD01
2	Square One 	Stephen Cole 	Gary Russell	Romana II, Leela, K9 Mark I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin 	April 2004	BFPGALLCD02
3	The Inquiry 	Justin Richards	Gary Russell	Romana II, Leela, K9 Mark I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Darkel, Torvald 	April 2004	BFPGALLCD03
4	A Blind Eye 	Alan Barnes 	Gary Russell	Romana II, Leela, K9 Mark II, Narvin, Torvald, Arkadian 	May 2004 	BFPGALLCD04
== Notes ==
to be added
== Cover gallery ==
Weapon of Choice cover.jpg|Weapon of Choice
Square One cover.jpg|Square One
The Inquiry cover.jpg|The Inquiry
A Blind Eye cover.jpg|A Blind Eye
== Footnotes ==
== External links ==
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Category:Gallifrey series