Between last month’s Lesser Evils and next week’s Strange Bedfellows,
listen in on George’s dream — the dream of an unshared mind — a
dream shared only with The Mara.

More info: http://brokensea.com/drwho/2008/07/02/the-dark-places-of-the-inside/

While many of us here at BrokenSea only dream of being able to make a living at audio drama, Laura Post is actually doing it. You can hear Laura in many places including Tweeny Witches.

In talking with Laura, it became clear that between a day job and trying to keep up with paying VA assignments, she would not be able to keep up with the production schedule for her role of Olivia La Pluie on our Doctor Who. Though we were sad to hear this news, we wish Laura well in all her endeavors (and hopefully she will still be able to
sneak in a cameo role here and there).

The Thal forces occupying Draconia scramble in an effort to contain
the panic. Will the terror destroy them?

Or can it be turned to a tool for the greater good?

The Draconians are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial Frontier in Space. Unlike many “monster” races in Doctor Who, the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture not unlike that of feudal Japan. In later interviews, Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Doctor.

The Draconian Empire was a vast spacefaring feudal civilisation of reptilian humanoids, centered on the planet Draconia, with a society stratifed along class and gender lines (for example, females were not permitted to speak in the presence of the Emperor) that was bound by a strong code of honour. The Draconian Empire dated back to at least the 21st century, when a space plague that afflicted their world was dealt with by the Doctor. For his services, the 15th Emperor made the Doctor a noble of Draconia.

The Earth Empire’s first contact with the Draconian Empire was in the year 2520. The ship sent by the Draconians for the peace mission was a battlecruiser, as befitted a noble of Draconia, although (as agreed) its missile banks were empty and it was otherwise unarmed. However, both Draconian and Earth ships were caught in a neutron storm, damaging the Earth ship and destroying the Draconian ship’s communications systems. As a result, the Draconian ship was unable to respond to the Earth ship’s signals. The commander of the Earth ship saw what he perceived to be a battlecruiser bearing down on his crippled vessel and gave the order to attack, destroying the battlecruiser and triggering off a brief but bloody war in which millions of lives were lost. An uneasy peace was negotiated in the end, leading to two decades of cold war and the carving out of a frontier between the two empires.

In 2540, several incidents involving attacks on cargo freighters along their respective borders nearly led to the war turning hot once more, with both sides accusing the other of piracy and violating the frontier. These attacks turned out to be the work of Ogron mercenaries under the orders of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master, who was using a sonic hypnosis device to make the Earth crews see the Ogrons as Draconians and vice versa. The Master had allied himself with the Daleks, who were launching another bid for galactic conquest and hoped to pick up the pieces after a new Earth-Draconia War. The plot was revealed by the Third Doctor, and instead of going to war against each other, the two empires united against the Daleks.

So, tune in next week (August 14th, 2008) for the exciting conclusion of Lesser Evils!

In a Universe where the Dalek Threat has been nearly wiped out by the
Time War, what has become of the Thals, the other sentient race from
the planet Skaro?

CAST:

Omega – Mark Kalita
Ida Scott – Damaris Mannering
Tiresias – Stephen Kilcullen
Maren – April Sadowski
Shakris – Paul Mannering
Crewman 1 - Stevie K. Farnaby
Lord Aukon - Steven Jay Cohen
Rutan Host - Stevie K. Farnaby

BrokenSea would like to thank acidplanet.com for providing us with
original music by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Swampman and The Machine,
Telemetry, T Davis, Joe Quest, E Radd, and Blue Attitude.

Happy New Year BrokenSea! May this be the first of many!

For weeks before a show is posted, we pass early cuts of a show around getting feedback from each other. Accidentally, one of these unfinished cuts got posted as a final release.

Think of this morning’s file as the equivalent of a DVD extra. Listen to today’s current release and compare the two. See what you think. Can you pick out the changes? Did we make it any better?

Let us know…

*Mark Kalita’s stories as the Doctor from his DarkerProjects days are being labeled with a D (example: Season 2 Episode 3 would be D2e3) His stories here are being labeled with a B (see above).

We thought you might like to be able to keep up on all things Who by doing what you probably do for most other things… Googling!

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Three villains, the Fendahl (from the Tom Baker story Image of the Fendahl (pictured left)), Morgaine (from the Sylvester McCoy story Battlefield), and the disembodied Mara (from the Peter Davison stories Kinda and Snakedance) seek vengeance upon the Doctor.

But, questions abound…

What is beauty? What is fear?

And, who is the mysterious ”He who has no shadow”?  

More than just a change of address, this move ushered in a change of direction for the Doctor Who team. The 2008 season brought new companions, old villains, and interlocking story arcs to the show. This season also answered a long-asked question in Doctor Who lore, as it both bridged a gap between the Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and linked the world of the Tenth Doctor into our future incarnation of the renegade Time Lord.

To aid fans, new and old, keep track of everything, we built a Whoniverse Reference Page, and a Timeline of the stories so far. The Whoniverse contains short descriptions and backgrounds for much of the season. Enjoy!

Broken Sea has assembled a talented crew of actors, writers, and technicians to bring our vision of The Doctor’s World to your MP3 player.

Blending elements of the old and new series, join The Doctor, George, and Olivia as they face fears unknown and old enemies reborn.