Tsar Wars (audio story)

Tsar Wars was the first story in the Serpent Crest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey are catapulted from present day Earth to a futuristic civilisation in a distant galaxy. At the Robotov Palace they find the Tsar and Tsarina ruling over their empire whilst human workers toil on satellite moons. The Doctor is mistaken for an old ally of the Tsarina's, but then suspected of treason when the Palace comes under attack. Dark secrets are lurking in the shadows, and the mysterious Father Gregory will set off a chain of events which have long-lasting consequences for the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey.
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* The Doctor / Father Gregory - Tom Baker
* Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
* Tsar - Michael Jayston
* Tsarina - Suzy Aitchison
* Boolin - Simon Shepherd
* Lucius / Servo 53 - Sam Hoare
* Karney / Servo 96 - Paul Chequer
* Tanak / Servo 14 - Grant Gillespie
* Bellis / Servo 71 - Gabriel Vick
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor claims to have been in the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis.
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded at Fitzrovia Post.
* The title is a play on the original trilogy of the famous Star Wars movie saga. It should be noted that the cover was designed in homage to the album cover of "Geoff Love & His Orchestra: Star Wars and Other Galactic Themes", which was a record owned by Paul Magrs early in his life.
* The Tsar of the Robotov Empire and the Tsarina's ally Father Gregory are based on the historical figures Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Grigori Rasputin, whom Michael Jayston and Tom Baker played in the 1971 film respectively.
* This story was later included in The Nest Cottage Chronicles.
* Michael Jayston also played the evil version of the Doctor called the Valeyard in TV: The Trial of a Time Lord and multiple Big Finish audio stories.
== Continuity ==
* This story is set directly after AUDIO: Sepulchre.
* A symbol of a snake eating its own tail (ouroboros) is mentioned, similar to the one the Eleventh Doctor would say the Corsair had tattooed somewhere on their body with each regeneration. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
Category:Serpent Crest audio stories