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The Sirens of Time
Series:	Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas
Release Number:	1
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor Sixth Doctor Seventh Doctor
Enemy:	Knights of Velyshaa Sirens of Time
Setting:	Gallifrey Earth, Atlantic Ocean, 7th May 1915 The Kurgon Wonder, Kurgon System, 3562
Writer:	Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Music and Post Production:	Jason Haigh-Ellery and Gary Russell
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Release Date:	July 1999
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Prod. Code:	7Z
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-28-9
Following Story:	Phantasmagoria

"The Sirens of Time" is the first in the series of Doctor Who Doctor Who Audio Dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, the four-part story features the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors, with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy respectively reprising their roles from the original television series.

Publisher's Summary

Gallifrey is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of an overwhelming enemy. And the Doctor is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The web of time is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead.

The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat?

Cast

• Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
• Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
• Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Commander Raldeth - Andrew Fettes
• Coordinator Vansell - Anthony Keetch
• The President - Michael Wade
• Elenya - Sarah Mowat
• Ruthley - Maggie Stables
• Sancroff - Colin McIntyre
• Commandant - John Wadmore
• Lt Zentner - John Wadmore
• Captain Walther Schwieger - Mark Gatiss
• Schmidt - Andrew Fettes
• Helen - Sarah Mowat
• The Temperon - Nicholas Briggs
• Ellie - Sarah Mowat
• Pilot Azimendah - John Wadmore
• Captain - Mark Gatiss
• Delegate - Nicholas Pegg
• Sub-Commander Solanec - John Wadmore
• Knight Commander Lyena - Sarah Mowat
• Knight 2 - Mark Gatiss

References

• The Knights of Velyshaa appear.
• The Temperon is a legendary time beast.
• The Laws of Time (supposedly) stop the Doctor's incarnations from meeting.
• The Kurgon Wonder was created as a result of the Knights of Velyshaa attempting to capture the Temperon.

References from Sirens altered timeline

• The Doctor prevents the RMS Lusitania‎ from being sunk.

Notes

• This is the first meeting of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors (together).
• Maggie Stables, Sarah Mowat and Anthony Keetch all reappeared later in other Doctor Who audios.

• Anthony Keetch reprises his role of Vansell in The Apocalypse Element
• Maggie Stables was later cast as Evelyn Smythe.
• Sarah Mowat was later cast as Susan Mendes.

• The Sirens of Time was originally released on cassette and CD.

Continuity

• The Fifth and Seventh Doctors meet/met in Cold Fusion.
• The Knights of Velyshaa are mentioned and a Knight appears in BFDE Invasion of the Daleks.
• Vansell reappears in The Apocalypse Element and Neverland.
• According to Instruments of Darkness, Evelyn was in the TARDIS while the Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder.

Timeline

For the Fifth Doctor:

• This story occurs after ST: Lily
• This story occurs before ST: Qualia

For the Sixth Doctor:

• This story occurs after BFA: The Marian Conspiracy
• This story occurs before BFA: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor

For the Seventh Doctor:

• This story occurs after NA: The Room With No Doors (after the Doctor returns Penelope and Joel home)
• This story occurs before PDA: Bullet Time

External Links

• Big Finish The Sirens of Time page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Sirens of Time
• The Discontinuity Guide The Sirens of Time page