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Seven Deadly Sins (anthology)

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***Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins*** was the twelfth Short Trips anthology published by Big Finish Productions.

## Publisher's summary

The darker side of human nature is a terrible place. Its twisted pathways and dismal corners lie ready to lead even the most virtuous traveller astray. And when someone makes just one wrong step, the darkness is quick to close in and engulf them...

Between these covers, you will find seven tales of vice, exploring the dark places at the edge of the universe. The Doctor tries to stand against the tide, to bring even a chink of light, of hope, but what good is it when he cannot even save himself from the seven deadly sins?

Alone, these seven stories tell terrible tales of misadventure, misdeed and misery — together, they reveal an even darker story...

sins n. : 1: the breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act. 2: an offence against good taste or propriety.

"You can't expect perfection, not even from me!" - *Doctor Who: The Face of Evil* by Chris Boucher

If there were no sin in the universe, there would be nothing for the Doctor to fight against. Wrongdoing, in one form or another, is what the Doctor sets out to stop. But the seven deadly sins are more than simply crimes or misconduct — they are pure, selfish emotions, unstoppable forces of desire. And humanity is nothing if not a slave to its desire.

Meet poor, dying Agatha, whose crippling envy of others' health is sending her mad; and the tribal chief whose burning hatred and craving for revenge is so powerful it twists reality. Witness the true-life crimes of Dead Man's Chestington and Black-Eyed Susan; and the hideous results of an eating contest gone horribly wrong. An old friend returns, and her inescapable infatuation reaches dizzying new heights — while the object of her affection makes his own tragic mistakes. And, throughout everything, there are those who are just trying to make a dishonest buck...

*Seven Deadly Sins* plumbs the depths of humanity's dark side. And it is also the tale of those who have travelled through time and space to hear the stories contained herein — and to relish the taste of their subjects' wretchedness...

## External links

* Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: **Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins**
Movers (audio story)

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## Publisher's summary

PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)

5 - THE BLOOD COTERIES

Era: Posthuman historical.

Technology - Variable, occasionally time-active.

The demise of Earth was followed by a period in which there was, effectively, no such thing as the human species; a period in which humanity suddenly found itself released from its heritage, with genetic manipulation and vast tracts of space separating the survivors from everything they'd once been.

Many "posthuman" societies inevitably became glorious, grotesque Princedoms, and none more so than those of the Blood Coteries, who -- like the Medici and Borgia families of antiquity -- commissioned the greatest art and culture of their age even as they conducted unimaginable vendettas and poisoned their potential rivals...

## Cast

* Cousin Justine - Suzanne Proctor
* Godfather Morlock - Ellis Pike
* Godfather Sabbath - Keith Drinkel
* Demetra Kein - Kate Dyson
* Shuncuker - Linda Bartram
* First Ordinary Selvynkesh - Matt Kelly
* Second Ordinary Keeble - Chris Manville
* Fiora - Emma Kilbey
* Reverend - Nigel Fairs

## External links

* ***Movers*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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Iris: Abroad (anthology)

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**Iris: Abroad** is an anthology of twelve short stories featuring Iris Wildthyme.

## Publisher's summary

From the Nile in the thirties to Texas in the seventies, from spirit visions at the Little Big Horn (Casino, Bar and Grill) to a potentially painful colonic in space, Iris and Panda are fresh back from their holidays, knackered, skint and burned the colour of a Bloody Mary. Thank God they can sit back now, tip the sand out of their Crocs, sort through their photos and decide which versions of their holiday stories they like best...

## Notes

* This book is also available as an ebook from the Obverse Books website.
High Spirits (audio story)

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***High Spirits*** was the sixth story of the fifth series of the Iris Wildthyme audio series, *Wildthyme Reloaded*.

## Publisher's summary

When Iris lands the bus on the infamous Garden in the Clouds, she and Captain Turner are expecting a world of peace and tranquility. Instead, they arrive on a world plagued by hauntings, where the ghosts want to lay them to rest.

## Cast

* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Captain Edwin Turner - Geoffrey Breton
* Shelley - Lizzie Hopley
* Zane - David Blackwell

## References

* The Garden in the Clouds has artificial weather controls.
* The planet Emtraxien Major has red mountains, yellow snow and natural resources of kymestone.
* Turner does not know what a computer is.
* Iris uses her bus windscreen as a computer monitor.
* Iris encounters the temporal echo of her future self.

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 14, 15, 16 and 18 January at The Moat Studios.

## Continuity

* Iris describes the Garden in the Clouds as "the most tranquil place in the galaxy." The Doctor described the Eye of Orion in the same respect. (TV: *The Five Doctors*) She prefers it to Kew Gardens.

## External links

* Official ***High Spirits - Wildthyme Reloaded*** page at bigfinish.com

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The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)

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## Publisher's summary

Trapped on Mars, two explorers find themselves pawns in a deadly power game between Faction Paradox and Lolita...

The final battle between Sutekh and Horus threatens to tear the fabric of space and time to shreds...

At the end of the day, one side will be victorious... but which will it be?

## Cast

Cousin Justine - Wanda Opalinska;
Cousin Eliza - Jane Lesley;
Lolita - Jet Tattersall;
Sutekh - Gabriel Woolf;

## External links

* The True History of Faction Paradox: **The Judgement of Sutekh**
The Found World (novel)

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***The Found World*** was the first story in the anthology *Ms Wildthyme and Friends Investigate*. It was written by Jim Smith.

## Characters

* George Challenger
* Edward Malone
* Mycroft Holmes
* John Watson
* Dracula
* Verity Archangel
* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda

## References

* James Moriarty died in 1893.
* Sherlock Holmes is mentioned.

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Brenda and Effie (series)

**Brenda and Effie** is a series of novels and audio dramas by Paul Magrs.

## Books

* Never the Bride
* Something Borrowed
* Conjugal Rites
* Hell's Belles
* The Bride That Time Forgot
* Brenda and Effie Forever!

## Audios

* The Woman in a Black Beehive
* Bat Out of Hull
* Spicy Tea and Sympathy
* Brenda Has Risen from the Grave
Grandfather Halfling

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**Grandfather Halfling** was the founder of House Halfling. An individual of mixed human and Great Houses parentage, he worked in the City of the Saved to improve conditions and political rights for partially-human individuals in the City.

## Biography

Grandfather Halfling was present during the founding of the City of the Saved and was an old friend of its creator Compassion. Halfling was only permitted to enter the city because of his half human, half Great Houses lineage.

In the city the Grandfather founded House Halfling, which campaigned for the rights of part-humans, who were treated as an underclass. Halfling recruited his old friend Amanda Legend Lefcourt to represent the House in the Chamber of Residents while the Grandfather himself would often leave the city to participate in the War. (*The Book of the War*)

It was implied that Grandfather Halfling once took Melicia Clutterbuck outside of the city to share adventures with him. (*Of the City of the Saved...*)

## Behind the scenes

Grandfather Halfling may be a version of the Doctor active in the City of the Saved (following on from the statement in the 1996 TV movie that the Doctor is half-human).

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Predating the Predators (short story)

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***Predating the Predators*** was the third and final story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology *The Vampire Curse*. It was written by Philip Purser-Hallard.

## Summary of the publisher

An aged Professor Summerfield is forced to confront the equally bloody past of a fellow attendee at the predictably ill-fated First Interdisciplinary Conference on Vampirology.

## Characters

* Bernice Summerfield
* Imogen Tantry
* Luke Duke
* Antonio Finlay
* Lloyd Doihara
* Gonzo
* Stassy Leustassavil
* Olena
* Emanuel Valeriani
* Shabbir

## Continuity

*to be added*

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The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)

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## Publisher's summary

The confrontation between Cousin Justine of Faction Paradox and the Egyptian deity Sutekh has left the adventurers leaderless and Justine herself a prisoner, enslaved by an ancient and powerful being on a billion-year cruise across the universe.

As Eliza and the Society of Sigismondo di Rimini go to desperate lengths to locate their lost companion, and Justine becomes embroiled within Osirian court politics, neither knows that they are on a fateful collision course towards a final clash with Sutekh himself...

Faction Paradox was originally created by Lawrence Miles for the BBC's acclaimed Doctor Who series of novels.

## Cast

* John Pennerton - Alistair Lock
* Cousin Eliza - Jane Lesley
* Anhor - Peter Miles
* Upuat - Julian Glover
* Cousin Justine - Wanda Opalinska
* Astarte Marne - Patricia Merrick
* Corwyn Marne - Robert Lock
* Abelard Finton - David Bickerstaff
* Merytra - Isla Blair
* Mont - Bruce McGilligan
* Hathor - Kirsty Maginn
* Sutekh - Gabriel Woolf

## External links

* ***The Ship of a Billion Years*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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Newtons Sleep (novel)

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## Publisher's summary

*Don't tell her what it was like. Don't tell her how you had to dig your way out through heavy layers of clay to reach the fresh air, because that would distress her. Don't tell her about the box, because that would confuse her.*

*And don't tell her about the light, because that was sacred.*

Lately cannonballs have flown their arcs, leaving the crystal sky unbroken, while on Earth their traces are all too visible. Yet though Heaven has never seemed so far away, the divine is terribly closer. War on Earth presages War in Heaven; the struggle between the holy houses of Christ and their eternal Adversary has erupted among the living.

These are the signs of the last days: in 1651, a dead angel is found in a tree in Lincolnshire and a nymph rises from the waters of Kent; in 1642, a dying man is miraculously healed in the grave; in 1665, uncanny skull-masked doctors descend upon a plague house; in 1683, the French secret service unveil mirrors that show the futures; in 1671, Aphra Behn -- she-spy and poetesse -- infiltrates a gathering of alchemists; in 1649, the English kill their king, and history begins...

## Characters

* Nate Silver
* Aphra Behn
* Mistress Piper
* Suppression
* Amphigory
* Hateman
* Sphinx
* Erasmas
* Larissa

## Notes

* This book was the first for the small New Zealand publishing company Random Static.
* When released as an e-book, Random Static removed the Faction Paradox logo, stating that it was more of a hindrance to readers who might think of it as a tie-in to something they never heard of, when it could be evaluated on its own merits as a stand-alone story.
* Obverse Books began publishing this story in 2011.

## Continuity

* The "angel" encountered by Jeova as a child may be a damaged N-Form from the War.

## External links

* ***Newtons Sleep*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* (E-book at Random Static's website - *see Reference Guide link above*)

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Grass (short story)

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**Grass** was a Faction Paradox short story originally printed in *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science-Fiction*, it was later reprinted in Dead Romance to serve as part of the Mad Norwegian Press' Faction Paradox range.

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Kept Safe and Sound (short story)

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***Kept Safe and Sound*** was the sixth short story in the Short Trips anthology *Short Trips: Companions*. It was written by Paul Magrs. It featured K9 Mark III.

## Summary

Jack lives with his widowed mother. His mother doesn't leave the house much, but every Saturday they go to the market. Jack spends his allowance at the book store. He is collecting the volumes of the *Book of Mayhem*. The bookseller appreciates Jack's interest in books and tells him if a new volume came in.

One Saturday, the bookseller tells Jack that volume six is available. Jack pays one pound for it, and tells the bookseller that he only has one volume left — volume twelve.

As Jack makes his way through the market, he notices a robot dog in the electrical equipment stall. He strikes up a conversation with the dog, and they become friends. The dog is slowly being sold for parts. Jack visits it every Saturday, but he has to be careful because the young man who runs the stall doesn't want Jack hanging around the dog.

A few weeks later, Jack finally obtains the last volune of the *Book of Mayhem*. He is sad to realise that after he reads it there will be no more new stories.That same day, all that is left of the dog is its brain. The dog promises Jack that if he rescues it, it will tell Jack many new stories. Jack takes the brain home with him.

## Characters

* K9
* Jack
* Jack's mother
* Bookseller
* Young man

## References

* Jack is collecting volumes of the short story anthology *Book of Mayhem*.

## Continuity

* Jack's father was killed by a Tyrannosaurus rex in England in the middle of the day. (TV: *Invasion of the Dinosaurs*)
The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)

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*The Brakespeare Voyage* is the second Faction Paradox novel from Obverse Books, and was written by Simon Bucher-Jones & Jonathan Dennis.

## Publisher's summary

“The Tribunal Decision in the matter of the Great Houses vs. Scarratt is as follows.

That the orders lawfully issued to the said Scarratt were deliberately ignored, as recorded in Scarratt’s own thoughts, as recorded through the media first of the recording circuits of his timeship and then of the biodata retrieved from exhibit A.”

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Head of State (novel)

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*Head of State* is the third Faction Paradox novel from Obverse Books, and was written by Andrew Hickey.

## Publisher's summary

“When the seventh head speaks, the War will end…”

In 11th century Arabia, Shahrazad tells her final story, on the thousand and second night.

In 19th century Britain, Sir Richard Burton is sent on the most important mission of his life.

In 21st century America, a serial killer is stalking a Presidential campaign.

And the hero has been written out of the novel.

“…and the true War will begin.”

Faction Paradox: Head Of State by Andrew Hickey. Coming soon from Obverse Books

## Characters

* Shahrazad
* Sir Richard Burton
* Matt Nelson
* Rachel Edwards
* Shift

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Hive of Horror (audio story)

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***Hive of Horror*** is the fifth and final episode in the Hornets' Nest arc, a series of audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor alongside Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

## Publisher's summary

As a new day breaks over Nest Cottage, the Doctor and Mike know they have to face their enemy for a final confrontation. Reduced to miniature size, and with Mrs Wibbsey along as an unwilling adventurer, they venture inside the hornets' nest itself. The Queen lies in wait for the enemy which she and her brood have faced so many times over the millennia. If she is to guarantee the survival of her alien hornet race for another thousand years, this is a battle she must win! The loyalty of the Doctor's friends will be tested to the limit. And perhaps, at last, they will all understand why Mike Yates is so important...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Tom Baker
* Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
* Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
* The Queen - Rula Lenska

## Continuity

* The Hornet Queen taunts Mike with his experiences with the BOSS (TV: *The Green Death*) and Operation Golden Age. (TV: *Invasion of the Dinosaurs*)

## External links

* DisContinuity for ***Hive of Horrors*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
* ***Hive of Horror*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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The Phantom Wreck (audio story)

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***The Phantom Wreck*** was the sixth and final story in *The Worlds of Big Finish*, a crossover of multiple Big Finish Productions ranges. It starred Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.

## Cast

* Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
* Captain Quinn - Terry Molloy
* Selina - Rosanna Miles
* Phillips - Rhys Jennings
* O'Neill - John Dorney
* Jenni Marcel - Katharine Mangold
* Romulus Chang - Barnaby Edwards
* Vienna Salvatori - Chase Masterson

## Notes

* This story was recorded on 11 May, 15 June, and 12 September 2014 at The Moat Studios.

## Continuity

* The Gomagog ship was sent to Sisyphus IX by Iris Wildthyme. (AUDIO: *Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)*)

## External links

* Official ***The Phantom Wreck - The Worlds of Big Finish*** page at bigfinish.com
Library Pictures (short story)

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## Summary

Iris Wildthyme is looking for her companion, Panda, who has disappeared at the end of time. She lands in what seems to be an alternative version of 21st century America, where slavery still exists. She meets a small local boy and discovers that this is actually the Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities, a Faction Paradox prison.

## Characters

* Sam
* Iris Wildthyme
* Godfather Valentine
* Cousin Sparrow

## References

* Iris Wildthyme fails to rescue Panda, who is imprisoned in the Boulevard.

## Continuity

* Iris knows about Cyclone Tracy. (FP: *Tonton Macoute*)
* Panda is trapped on Pussyworld. (ST: *Suitors, Inc.*)

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Ringpullworld (audio story)

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***Ringpullworld*** was the twenty-fifth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the fifth story of season 4. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured Vislor Turlough.

## Publisher's summary

Vislor Turlough is in trouble again: piloting a stolen ship through a pocket universe on a mission that is strictly forbidden by the Doctor. He would be going it alone, but there is unwelcome company in the form of Huxley, one of the legendary novelisors of Verbatim Six, who is narrating and recording Turlough’s life.

As they hurtle towards unknown peril, Turlough recalls his arrival in the TARDIS, and the circumstances that propelled himself, the Doctor and Tegan into the Ringpull universe. He has a story to tell. But only Huxley knows how it might end…

## Cast

* Vislor Turlough - Mark Strickson
* Huxley - Alex Lowe

## Notes

* The title may be a play on *Ringworld*, a science fiction novel by Larry Niven.[**source** needed]
* This audio drama was recorded on 23 April 2009.

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## Continuity

* Turlough tells Huxley that he reminds him of his fellow Brendon Public School student Hippo Ibbotson and calls him "Hippo" several times. (TV: *Mawdryn Undead*)
* Huxley asks Turlough if Tegan ever told him what happened to Adric (TV: Earthshock)
* Turlough mentions that the TARDIS has had troubles since leaving the Death Zone on Gallifrey several weeks earlier. (TV: *The Five Doctors*)
* Huxley would later be assigned to novelise Jo Grant's life as he was under the mistaken impression that she had been a companion of the renegade Time Lady Iris Wildthyme as opposed to the Third Doctor. (AUDIO: *Find and Replace*)

## External links

* Official ***Ringpullworld*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***Ringpullworld*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Future Legend (short story)

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***Future Legend*** was the fourth story in the anthology *Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus*. It was written by Stuart Douglas.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Jenny Winterleaf
* General Matthews
* Franz

## References

* Boss Cat is the title given to the leader of Pussyworld.

## Continuity

* Panda refers to the events of AUDIO: *The Land of Wonder*.
* Panda identifies a "curly haired man" as one of Iris' former lovers when the cats of Pussyworld show a picture of him. (PROSE: *Suitors, Inc.*)

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Mystery Lady: Episode Ten (audio story)

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***Episode Ten*** was the fourth release in the *Mystery Lady series* written by Paul Magrs and prominently featuring the character of Dodie Golightly originated in the 2013 *Iris Wildthyme* story *The Ninnies on Putney Common*.

## Characters

* Dodie Golightly
* Henry Duke
* Joyce twin
* Edna Spedding
* Cassandra
* Timothy Bold
* Sandra Templeton
* Fox Soames
* Magda Soames
* Sir Oswald Arthur
* Butler
* Cornelia Lively
* Minty
* Lady Lucrezia Noggins
* Vaughan Fretwell
The Panda Book of Horror (anthology)

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***The Panda Book of Horror*** is a short-story anthology edited by Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history.

It also features Iris's companion Panda, a ten inch tall sentient toy panda. The book has a horror theme, and the title is a spoof on the series of paperback horror short story collections, *The Pan Book of Horror*.

## Publisher's summary

Witness a slender neck being circled by rough hands... sharp metal violently stabbing and twisting... the emerging viscous dark red liquid being guzzled greedily, lingering on lips and teeth, followed by the laughter of madness. And that's just Iris and Panda at a wine tasting! "Pass me the bottle, woman! We might as well KILL it..."

*The Panda Book of Horror* will make your fur stand on end. Your blood AND your G&T will run ice cold.

## Notes

* This book is also available as a hardback and ebook from the Obverse Books website.

## External links

* The Panda Book of Horror on Obverse Books website
Only Living Girls (short story)

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***Only Living Girls*** was the eleventh story in the anthology *Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus*. It was written by Stephen Cole.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Fritz
* Etta Little
* Ellie
* Davydd
* Spiritus Mundi

## References

* Marc Gaslyght was the lead character in the television show *Shadow-Mongers*.
* Iris and Jenny Winterleaf once fought Spiritus Mundi.

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Iris Rides Out (audio story)

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***Iris Rides Out*** was the ninth release in the Iris Wildthyme audio series. It was the second story in the third season. It was written by Guy Adams.

## Publisher's summary

"Back foul harpy! Denizen of the lower levels!"

Thomas Carnacki, the famed Edwardian Ghost Finder, faces his most terrifying challenge yet. Not only must he rid Mocata Grange of hideous apparitions and rampaging pig-monsters, he must also avoid the advances of that hellcat Iris Wildthyme. Will any of them get through the night alive?

## Cast

* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Panda - David Benson
* Thomas Carnacki - Marcus Hutton
* Sir Donald Marshall - Roger Parrott
* Hog Lord - Scott Handcock

## References

* Iris has a tattoo of a "bumblebee riding a bike."

## Notes

* Thomas Carnacki was an Edwardian supernatural detective created by William Hope Hodgson. He originally appeared in six short stories in the magazine *The Idler* from 1910 to 1912. In terms of the Whoniverse, the character previously appeared in PROSE: *Foreign Devils*.
* This audio drama was recorded on 4 and 5 December 2011.

## Continuity

* Iris activates the bus' randomiser to evade the Monstron time destroyer. The Fourth Doctor did likewise in order to evade the Black Guardian. (TV: *The Armageddon Factor*)
* After Carnacki refers to Iris as a "foul harpy," Panda asks her if Carnacki is another one of her ex-husbands. They previously met her former husband Sam Gold on Radio Yesterday. (AUDIO: *The Sound of Fear*)
* Carnacki previously encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot in Kent in December 1900. (PROSE: *Foreign Devils*)
* Iris refers to the sinking of the RMS *Titanic* on 15 April 1912. (PROSE: *The Left-Handed Hummingbird*, TV: *Rose*)
* Iris refers to a planet where the inhabitants were able to manipulate the matter in the universe through chanting. (TV: *Logopolis*)

## External links

* Official ***Iris Rides Out*** page at bigfinish.com

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The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (audio story)

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***The Zygon Who Fell to Earth*** was the sixth release of the second series of Big Finish Productions' *The New Eighth Doctor Adventures* audio stories. This audio featured "Aunty" Pat who first appeared in *Horror of Glam Rock*. This was the first audio story to feature Zygons since BBV's 2001 project *The Barnacled Baby*. Steven Pacey, who plays Trevor in this story, is possibly better known for his role as Del Tarrant in *Blake's 7*.

## Publisher's summary

*There are no monsters this time... are there?*

Ten years later and Aunty Pat is in her prime. She's snagged herself an ex rock star at the Kendal Folk Festival and now, in the brave new world of the early 1980s they manage together a snazzy hotel on the poetic and shingly shore of Lake Grasmere. However, still waters run deep and friends from the past are returning, intent on milking the old cash-cow...

*Featuring the song "Falling Star" sung by Steven Pacey with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards.*

## Cast

* The Doctor - Paul McGann
* Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
* Trevor - Steven Pacey
* Urtak - Malcolm Stoddard
* Mims - Tim Brooke-Taylor
* Aunty Pat - Lynsey Hardwick
* Grakus - Katarina Olsson

## References

### The Doctor

* The Doctor drinks his tea with six sugars.

### Music

* Pat first met Trevor at a Folk Festival in Kendal in 1979.

### Individuals

* The Doctor is surprised that "Lucie" drinks vodka.

## Notes

* The song "Falling Star" is sung by Steven Pacey, with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards.
* Following its release on CD, this story was broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 on 23 November 2008, the forty-fifth anniversary of *Doctor Who*.
* This audio drama was recorded on 17 August 2007 at The Moat Studios.

## Continuity

* Auntie Pat last appeared in AUDIO: *Horror of Glam Rock*. This story explains that the Auntie Pat who Lucie knew in her past (before she began travelling with the Doctor) was actually a Zygon copy.
* The Doctor recalls his previous encounters with the Zygons in Scotland in the 1970s and London in 1894. (TV: *Terror of the Zygons*; PROSE: *The Bodysnatchers*)

## External links

* Official ***The Zygon Who Fell to Earth*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***The Zygon Who Fell to Earth*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* DisContinuity for ***The Zygon Who Fell to Earth*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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The Relics of Time (audio story)

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***The Relics of Time*** was the first story in the Demon Quest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

## Publisher's summary

The Doctor's return to Nest Cottage lands him in trouble when a key component from the TARDIS disappears. Mrs Wibbsey is inadvertently responsible, but all she can offer in recompense is a bag containing four curious objects. It seems that each one is a clue, and the beginning of a chase through time.

In ancient Sussex they are apprehended by primitive tribesfolk, and mistaken for wizards. Can the revered goddess Wibbsentia get them out of hot water?

Who is the fearful wizard in the neighbouring village, and why is the countryside littered with bodies?

The Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey are about to discover that all is not right with history...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Tom Baker
* Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
* Female Warrior - Kate Sachs
* Male Warrior - Rupert Holliday Evans
* Wizard - Nigel Anthony
* Mike Yates - Richard Franklin

## References

* The lost component of the TARDIS was the spatial geometer.

## Continuity

* The Doctor returns to Nest Cottage. He previously visited there in the *Hornets' Nest* series.
* The Doctor would later return to Roman-era Britain in his eleventh incarnation in the company of Amy Pond and River Song. (TV: *The Pandorica Opens* / *The Big Bang*)

## External links

* ***The Relics of Time*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* DisContinuity for ***The Relics of Time*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Gimme Shelter (short story)

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***Gimme Shelter*** was the second story in the anthology *Iris: Fifteen*. It was written by Eddie Robson.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Mike

## References

* Iris is five hundred and three years old.
* Iris gets offered a Bacardi Breezer.
* *The Starling's Beak* is a pub in Little Flympton.
* A Zaksyn Parasite tried to rewrite Iris' DNA, she regenerated thanks to Panda's help, but the regeneration nearly failed.
* Iris' driver's licence comes from 2006.

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Excelis Dawns (audio story)

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## Publisher's summary

That terrible old reprobate and transdimensional adventuress Iris Wildthyme has gone and locked herself up in a nunnery on the savage world of Artaris.

Here she is discovered by the Doctor and the reasonably brutal warlord Grayvorn. Together — with a peculiar nun they pick up en route — they must travel the forests and swamps of this ghastly world in Iris's double decker bus in order to tussle — to the death — with a horde of flesh-eating zombies for a mysterious and holy relic of unfathomable value and questionable pedigree.

But what is the Mother Superior's part in all this?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Peter Davison
* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Warlord Grayvorn - Anthony Head
* Sister Jolene - Posy Miller
* Mother Superior - Patricia Leventon
* The Zombie King - Billy Miller

## References

### Individuals

* The Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and "that shrill Australian woman" spent Christmas with Iris on occasion.

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## Notes

* This is the first part of the Excelis Saga.
* This story marks the first appearance of Iris Wildthyme in an audio drama.
* This audio drama was recorded on 21 November 2001.

## Continuity

* The Doctor mentions Adric's death. (TV: *Earthshock*)
* The Doctor gives an alternate explanation of the appearance of his five incarnations in TV: *The Five Doctors*.
* Iris claims to have been present at the Great Fire of London in September 1666. (TV: *The Visitation*)
* Iris got her handbag on Hyspero, a planet she visited in PROSE: *The Scarlet Empress*.
* The Doctor would later return to Artaris in the 20th century during his sixth incarnation (AUDIO: *Excelis Rising*) and in 2301 during his seventh incarnation. (AUDIO: *Excelis Decays*)

## External links

* Official ***Excelis Dawns*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***Excelis Dawns*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* DisContinuity for ***Excelis Dawns*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Femme Fatale (short story)

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***Femme Fatale*** was the eighteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology *More Short Trips*. It was written by Paul Magrs. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam.

## Summary

Iris Wildthyme has recently regenerated. She is on Earth, hanging out with Andy Warhol and his crowd at the Factory. One of her friends is a writer named Valerie Solanis.

The Doctor and Sam visit this time and place. They are surprised to see Iris. They have come because Sam has always wanted to meet Andy Warhol.

Valerie, whose play has been rejected by Warhol, decides to kill him. She shoots him in the presence of Iris, the Doctor, and Sam. The Doctor tries to stop Valerie, but she manages to wound Warhol.

Sam realises that the real Valerie was in Paris trying to sell her book, and that the Valerie who shot Warhol must have been a clone.

## Characters

* Eighth Doctor
* Samantha Jones
* Iris Wildthyme
* Valerie Solanis
* Andy Warhol

## References

* After her regeneration, Iris spends some time in Warhol's Factory.
* Iris wrote a book called *Wildthyme: Confessions of a Time Lady*.

## Continuity

* The Doctor and Iris' adventure on Hyspero took place eight thousand years away from 1968. (PROSE: *The Scarlet Empress*)
* The Doctor mentions finding Iris' journals on her bus and recognising them as a plagiarised version of his own life. (PROSE: *The Scarlet Empress*)
The Dreadful Flap (short story)

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***The Dreadful Flap*** was the sixth story in the anthology *Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus*. It was written by Paul Magrs.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Jenny Winterleaf
* Barbra
* Magda
* Dracula

## References

* Jenny runs the Darlington branch of MIAOW.

## Continuity

* Jenny was previously mentioned in PROSE: *Verdigris* and AUDIO: *The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme*.
* Barbra was left on Spaceport Antelope Slash Nitelite by the Tenth Doctor in PROSE: *Sick Building*.
* Magda previously appeared in PROSE: *The Blue Angel*.

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The Dead Shoes (audio story)

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***The Dead Shoes*** is the second story in the Hornets' Nest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as Fourth Doctor alongside Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

## Publisher's summary

Visiting the English seaside town of Cromer in the summer of 1932, the Doctor happens upon the strange world of the Cromer Palace of Curios. The young Ernestina Scott is unusually beguiled by one of the museum's exhibits, and when the Doctor befriends her, they unwittingly embark upon a terrifying escapade. Chased by animated dolls through a nightmarish model house, the Doctor realises he is being hunted by a familiar enemy. The unmistakable sound of hornets is in the air, and they are keen to speak to him. Overseeing this game of cat and mouse is the Palace of Curios' curator — a certain Mrs Wibbsey...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Tom Baker
* Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
* Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
* Ernestina - Clare Corbett
* Reverend Small - Christian Rodska

## Continuity

* Yates mentions the business at Devil's End. (TV: *The Dæmons*)

## External links

* DisContinuity for ***The Dead Shoes*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
* ***The Dead Shoes*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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Toy Story (short story)

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***Toy Story*** was a short story that was published in Dead Romance.

## Summary

Lolita attempts to convince her sister to join her campaign.

## Characters

* Lolita
* The Ship
* Male crewmember
* Female crewmember

## References

* The pilot once discovered the identity of the Enemy, but erased his memory so he didn't change his people's future.

## Continuity

*to be added*

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Hang onto Yourself (short story)

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***Hang onto Yourself*** was the third story in the anthology *Lady Stardust*. It was written by Paul Magrs.

## Characters

* Iris Wildthyme
* Panda
* Vince Cosmos
* Mr Glister
* Mida Slike

## Notes

* Vince Cosmos was given his own spin off release in 2013 entitled *Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective*. It was written by Paul Magrs and released by Bafflegab Productions.

## Continuity

* The Tomorrow Twins were the warm up act for Vince Cosmos. (PROSE: *Enter Wildthyme*)

## External links

* Full text at Starburst Magazine

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The Plague Herds of Excelis (audio story)

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***The Plague Herds of Excelis*** was the final story in the Excelis Saga; it was not part of the initial run of Big Finish Productions' *Bernice Summerfield* series. Listed as release 3.0, it is actually set immediately before *The Dance of the Dead*.

This is the first story to feature Iris Wildthyme portrayed by Katy Manning opposite Lisa Bowerman's Benny. It is in fact the first story to feature both characters together. This is also the first story featuring Iris Wildthyme that is not written by her creator Paul Magrs.

## Publisher's summary

The once proud city of Excelis is a crumbling ruin in a state of siege, as barbarians catapult pestilent animal corpses into the city to spread disease among those trapped inside.

Excelis is a city clinging to life by a thread. But ancient prophecies foretell a final retribution for the past arrogance of its rulers. When the sun is eaten away from the sky, when the ancient relic of Excelis is taken from its rightful resting-place, and when strangers are discovered among the people, then shall the whole world be doomed to die.

Today, the sun is a moth-eaten shadow. Plans are afoot to steal the relic. And a very tired and very fraught Professor Bernice Summerfield has just stomped into town in the company of a mysterious traveller in space and time known only as Iris Wildthyme. Pitted against a sinister prophet, the machinations of the Imperial court, and hordes of animal undead, Benny finds herself embroiled in the final stages of an aeons-old plan to commit genocide twice over — with no way out.

## Cast

* Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
* Iris Wildthyme - Katy Manning
* Snyper - Trevor Littledale
* Empress Vitutia - Kate Brown
* Aragon - Stewart Alexander

## Notes

* This story is the fourth and final part of the Excelis Saga.
* This audio drama was recorded on 16 November 2001.

## Continuity

* When an unidentified ship appears, Benny asks if it is part of Fifth Axis forces, as she doesn't fancy being in a fight. (PROSE: *The Doomsday Manuscript* and PROSE: *The Glass Prison*)

## External links

* Official ***The Plague Herds of Excelis*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***The Plague Herds of Excelis*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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Foods

= Corn =
The Main Food Eaten by the Aztecs was corn, or maize.

Corn had a good amount of calories an protein to help them sustain everyday life.

Maize was domesticated thousands of years ago.

It was first used in Mexico, but its use quickly spread to the rest of the world.

Mexico is one of the top maize growing countries.

They use corn for many different things:

* They eat it right off the cob

* They make tamales

* They make drinks

tHEY GROUND UP THE KERNELS AND CREATE A SOUP CALLED POZOLE

# Beans

The Aztecs ate beans because beans, like corn, were a great source of protein and that was important because the aztecs needed to be very active.

Beans were served at every meal.

They soaked the beans in water for hours and boiled them until soft, which is a method still used to make whole beans.

# Fruits and Vegetables

Other fruits and vegetables were a big part of the Aztecs diet. They grew these themselves. These mainly consisted of:

* chili peppers
* Sweet Potatoes
* Tomatoes
* Onions
* Avocados

They Grew a lot of Squashes as well, such as zucchini and pumkins. They would also eat the seeds of the squash.

Another food that was part of their diet was Nopal. This was also known as the prickly pear cactus.

# Chocolate

Chocolate is one of the best gifts Mexico has given to the world. They actually used this cacao bean as currency as well as a food, or drink.

They used it to make a thick chocolate drink, but it is however very different from the hot chocolate we drink. Instead of using sugar, they added peppers, corn meal,and spices.
A similar drink, atole, made with corn, is still drunk in Mexico.

The word chocolate even comes from an Aztec/Mayan word chocolatl.
Chocolate may have actually played a part in the fall in the Aztec empire.

# Meat

Meat was not something the Aztecs ate very much, because it took a lot of effort to hunt. Also, animals weren't abundant in the areas the Aztecs would settle.
When they did hunt, they usually would eat dogs or turkey.
A Shard of Ice (audio story)

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***A Shard of Ice*** is the third story in the Demon Quest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor alongside Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

## Publisher's summary

In the icy wastes of the Murgin Pass, the Doctor and Mike take refuge in a remote lodge alongside Albert Tiermann, storyteller to the king. But the owner’s hospitality is repaid with a grisly attack, and suddenly death is amongst the small party.

What is the significance of a book of fairy tales, one of which prophesies the Doctor’s encounter with an Ice Queen monster? What long-held secret is Albert Tiermann holding back? And what dark figure stalks the snowy mountainside?

The answers to these questions add up to a terrifying encounter with a strangely familiar foe.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Tom Baker
* Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
* Albert Tiermann - Samuel West
* Frau Herz - Carole Boyd
* Ice Queen - Jan Francis
* Hans - Tom Lawrence
* Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson

## Notes

* Albert Tiermann mentions having a father named Ernest Tiermann. This is a reference to the character Professor Ernest Tiermann from the Tenth Doctor novel *Sick Building*, also by Paul Magrs.

## Continuity

* The Doctor refers to yeti, and narrates a number of stories to Tiermann including:

* TV: *The Keys of Marinus*
* TV: *Colony in Space* - "The Doomsday Weapon"
* TV: *Genesis of the Daleks* - "Have I the right?"
* TV: *Pyramids of Mars (almost)*

* Mike told Liz Shaw, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and Jo Grant about the adventure with the Hornets. (AUDIO: *Hornets' Nest*)

## External links

* ***A Shard of Ice*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
* DisContinuity for ***A Shard of Ice*** at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
The Dance of the Dead (audio story)

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***The Dance of the Dead*** was the fourteenth *Bernice Summerfield* audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was the first Bernice Summerfield audio story to feature the Ice Warriors and only the second time they've appeared on audio. The first was in the 2000 *Doctor Who* audio story *Red Dawn*.

This story leads on from *The Plague Herds of Excelis* with Iris Wildthyme having dropped Benny on board the *Empress* following their adventure.

## Publisher's summary

Illegally smuggled aboard a spaceship, hungover to the nth degree, all Benny Summerfield wants is to curl up in a ball and die. And it looks like she's going to get her chance.

When disaster strikes the ship — human error, or deliberate sabotage? — Benny barely survives. Banding together with a party of Ice Warriors and a laconic steward, a hazardous, arduous race is on to find a way out of the wreck before it breaks up all together. But are her fellow escapees all they seem? Benny finds that's hard to tell when your own mind's being hijacked by the memories and emotions of a dead alien — while a Martian Grand Marshall becomes your better half...

## Cast

* Professor Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
* Grand Marshall Sstac - Matthew Brenher
* Karter - Francis Magee
* General Azzar - Vivien Parry

## Notes

* This is the first appearance of the Ice Warriors in a *Bernice Summerfield* audio.
* This audio drama was recorded on 22 August 2002.

## Continuity

* Iris Wildthyme placed Benny on the starship after their adventure on Excelis. (AUDIO: *The Plague Herds of Excelis*)
* Before leaving, Iris states that she was going to a bar that she knew, leading into her adventure with the Sixth Doctor. (AUDIO: *The Wormery*)

## External links

* Official ***The Dance of the Dead*** page at bigfinish.com
* ***The Dance of the Dead*** at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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**Laura Tobin** was a human member of Faction Paradox in the 26th century.

Tobin lived on the colony world of Ordifica until it was attacked by the Time Lords, after which she and the rest of the survivors were evacuated and set up on another colony, Anathema. During the time it took for Anathema to travel to Earth through space, Laura Tobin's personality and biodata was copied into a Remembrance Tank, eventually resulting in the being known as Compassion. (PROSE: *Interference - Book One*, *Interference - Book Two*)

Like every humanoid who had ever existed, Laura Tobin came back to life in City of the Saved. Tobin worked as a private investigator, based in Paynesdown District. (*Of the City of the Saved...*)

Laura had a sister, Alison Tobin. (PROSE: *Ship of Fools*)

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Jealous, Possessive (short story)

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***Jealous, Possessive*** was the eighth short story in the Short Trips anthology *Short Trips: Zodiac*. It was written by Paul Magrs. It featured K9 Mark I and K9 Mark II.

## Summary

K9s Mark I and Mark II correspond with each other.

Mark I wishes Mark II a happy birthday. He tells Mark II that he and Leela are enjoying the social life on Gallifrey. He is very popular. He brags about defeating the Sontarans. He pokes fun at Mark II's life in E-Space.

Mark II replies defensively. He thinks Mark I is "getting above" himself. He brags about the time he, Romana and the Fourth Doctor found the Key to Time. He and Romana are enjoying E-Space, having stopped the charity work. They are seeing the sights and are rather rich.

Mark I responds with a fake apology for offending Mark II. He isn't impressed by the Key to Time, as he can find no mention of such a thing. He has received postcards and letters from the Doctor, who has a new companion. He ends with news that Leela is expecting.

Mark II reports on a terrifying adventure he and Romana have just finished; they are about to start another important quest. He mentions that when Leela and Andred's baby is born, Mark I won’t be so popular.

The correspondence ends with Mark I telling Mark II that the Doctor has had a fall and may have to regenerate. He suggests they "bury the hatchet".

## Characters

* K9 Mark I
* K9 Mark II

## References

* Mark II mentions the Key to Time.
* Mark I says the Doctor probably tripped on his own scarf.
* Mark I attended the inauguration of Chancellor Flavia.
* Mark I mentions the Master is back.
* Mark I says the Doctor has a new companion, a boy.

## Notes

* The stories in *Short Trips: Zodiac* are inspired by the signs of the zodiac. This story's theme is Scorpio.

## Continuity

* Mark I mentions a gigantic frozen prawn (TV: *The Invisible Enemy*) and the potato-headed Sontarans. (TV: *The Invasion of Time*)
* Mark II and Romana have stopped freeing slaves. (TV: *Warrior's Gate*)
* Mark I tells Mark II the Doctor has had a fall and will soon regenerate. (TV: *Logopolis*)
* Leela is pregnant. (PROSE: *Lungbarrow*)