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At A Glance
Doctor Who:
Colditz

by Steve Lyons

Starring
Sylvester McCoy
as the Doctor

Sophie Aldred
as Ace

With
Tracey Childs
David Tennant
Nicholas Young

Directed by
Gary Russell

Production Notes
Rel. Oct 2001
Rec. 26-27 May 2001
P/Code 7U
Rec. @ The Moat Studios

Running Time
Episode 1 00:25:52
Episode 2 00:26:34
Episode 3 00:26:35
Episode 4 00:28:10
Total Time 01:47:11

Setting
This story takes place after Survival and sometime after The Fearmonger.

Review
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May Contain Spoilers!

This audio features the Seventh Doctor, as played by Sylvester McCoy
Doctor Who: Colditz (#25)
By Steve Lyons

Colditz
From The Back Cover...

October 1944: As World War II draws towards its conclusion, a Nazi defeat begins to seem almost inevitable. But that might be about to change...

Two intruders are captured in the grounds of Colditz Castle, the most secure POW camp in Germany. At first, the guards think they're dealing with British spies. But the strangers arrived in an advanced travelling machine, the like of which they've never seen before.

With this TARDIS in their hands, the Third Reich might triumph after all.


The Cast

The Doctor Sylvester McCoy
Ace Sophie Aldred
Klein Tracey Childs
Prisoners / Guards Neil Corry
Hauptmann Julius Schafer Toby Longworth
Timothy Wilkins Peter Rae
Feldwebel Kurtz David Tennant
Flying Officer Bill Gower Nicholas Young

The Crew

Writer Steve Lyons
Director Gary Russell
Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery
Gary Russell
Executive Producer for BBC Worldwide Jacqueline Rayner
Music, Sound Design & Post Production Toby Richards
Emily Baker
Recording & CD Mastering Alistair Lock
Theme Arrangement Delia Derbyshire
Front Cover Clayton Hickman

Episode Endings

Episode One:
After stopping Kurtz from attacking the Doctor, Klein orders him to fetch the Doctor’s companion. She then tells the Doctor that she wants his key. He will surrender it to her. With Kurst bringing the Doctor’s friend Ace here, he will give hand over the key to his TARDIS or Ace will be shot...

Episode Two:
The Doctor tells Klein that he should have worked it out earlier. He doesn’t know why or how, but Klein travelled here to 1944 in the Doctor’s TARDIS...

Episode Three:
Kurst tells Ace that her escape attempt is her last attempt at defiance. She is an enemy of the German people and will be dealt with at such. She asks him if he’s going to kill her then 'is that it?', to which he replies that is indeed 'it' as he readies his gun to fire...

Episode Four:
The Doctor tells Ace that with the TARDIS he just can’t guarantee anything any more. Ace tells him that it’s not 'Ace' anymore - it's time to grow up. It's Dorothy McShane now.

Memorable Quotes

Ace: 'If you don't know where we are, I can't be walking into one of your big master plans, can I?'

Ace: 'What about the ropes and the escape kits? And the chapel tunnel! What about that?' Flying Office Gower: 'You seem quite well informed.' Ace: 'I've played the board game.'

The Doctor: 'I'm not following your plan, Klein, I'm following my own.'

The Doctor: 'You can't just dismiss history, Klein, it's more fragile than you could ever imagine.'

Comments

Colditz is the second audio script from Steve Lyons, and follows The Fires Of Vulcan by being historical in nature.

Nicholas Young, who features here as Flying Officer Bill Young, also appears as John in Big Finish's The Tomorrow People range.

This was David Tennant's first appearance for Big Finish. In 2005 he would be cast as the Tenth Doctor Who for the second series of Russell T. Davies' revival.

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