The Apocalypse Element
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| The Apocalypse Element | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 11 |
| Featuring | Sixth Doctor Evelyn Smythe Romana |
| Writer | Stephen Cole |
| Director | Nicholas Briggs |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) | Jacqueline Rayner |
| Production code | 7CC |
| Set between | The Spectre of Lanyon Moor and Bloodtide |
| Release date | June 2000 |
The Apocalypse Element is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It forms the second serial in the Dalek Empire arc, following on from events in The Genocide Machine. The arc continues in The Mutant Phase and concludes in The Time of the Daleks.
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[edit] Plot
At a conference on Archetryx between major temporal powers, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn discover that Romana has been missing for twenty years and that the Daleks' newest weapon — the Apocalypse Element — threatens not only the Time Lords but the entire galaxy.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables
- Romana — Lalla Ward
- Monitor Trinkett — Karen Henson
- Assistant Monitor Ensac — James Campbell
- Commander Vorna — Andrea Newland
- Coordinator Vansell — Anthony Keetch
- Monan Host — Toby Longworth
- The President — Michael Wade
- Dalek Voices — Alistair Lock and Nicholas Briggs
- Vrint — Andrew Fettes
- Captain Reldath — Andrew Fettes
[edit] Notes
- This story attempts to explain why, in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, the Eye of Harmony is opened with a human retinal pattern.
- The Seriphia galaxy is cleansed of life in this story, as part of the Daleks' grand plan to usurp the galaxy without resistance. Although President Romana vowed to block the Daleks from taking Seriphia, by the time of the Dalek Empire spin-off series, Seriphia has become the Daleks' main powerbase. This would suggest that the turbulent political events in the Gallifrey audio series left Seriphia open to the Daleks.
- An article by Russell T. Davies in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 refers to the events of this story ("the Etra Prime Incident") as one of the opening skirmishes of the Time War.
- Romana reassumes the Presidency of the High Council of Time Lords at the end of this story.
- This story also introduces the Monan Host, one of several "temporal powers" in the Doctor Who universe who possess time travel technology. The politics of the temporal powers play a major role in the Gallifrey audio series, which centres around Romana's presidency.
[edit] External links
- Big Finish Productions - The Apocalypse Element
- The Apocalypse Element at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
[edit] Reviews
- The Apocalypse Element reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- The Apocalypse Element reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
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