1001 Nights (audio story)

was the framing device of the audio anthology, 1001 Nights, which comprised the one hundred and sixty-eighth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.
As the framing device, this story capped the beginnings and endings of parts one to three of the anthology and also included the entirety of the final part. The inner stories, My Brother's Keeper, The Interplanetarian and Smuggling Tales, were contained within the narrative as stories told by Nyssa to a Sultan.
== Summary ==
The Doctor has been imprisoned and Nyssa must tell stories to save him. But the stories' true purpose is much more sinister...
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* The Doctor — Peter Davison
* Nyssa — Sarah Sutton
* Sultan — Alexander Siddig
* Old Man — Nadim Sawalha
* Nazar / Gantha — Teddy Kempner
* Alien Nurse / Woman Stallholder — Kim Ismay
* Gantha — Malcolm Tierney
* Crying Woman — Debbie Leigh-Simmons
* Alien Psychiatrist — Christopher Luscombe
== Crew ==
* Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
* Director - Barnaby Edwards
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
* Music and Sound Designer - Jamie Robertson
* Script Editor - Alan Barnes
* Writers - Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
* From the Doctor's perspective, this story takes place over the course of approximately three years.
* The story's title alludes to One Thousand and One Nights, more commonly known as Arabian Nights.
* This story was released as a free download during the COVID-19 crisis.
== Continuity ==
* Nyssa states that the Doctor had a different face when she first met him on Traken in 1981 and that he was travelling with Adric. (TV: The Keeper of Traken) She also mentions that it was not until he regenerated that she began to properly travel with him. (TV: Logopolis, Castrovalva)
== External links ==
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Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories
Category:1001 Nights audio stories
Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme
Category:One part audio stories