![]() ![]() “You’re a stowaway,” he declares silkily to Tegan, “and I shall put you in irons.” Down boy. But Marriner’s preternaturally calm demeanour and his unsettling stare means he makes for uncomfortable company. Normally, he’d exactly the sort of sort a companion would strike up a flirty rapport with. ![]() He’s a tall, blond, handsome man in uniform. Once Tegan ventures outside the TARDIS, Marriner’s fixation grows. It’s uncomfortably like the village peeping tom is looking for an unsecured window. Then his big ol’ boat race fills the screen in wide eyed wonder. First his hands appear splayed across the scanned, pulling the rest of him up. He gets off on the wrong foot with Tegan when she’s alone in the darkened, disabled TARDIS console room, and he climbs up its police box exterior, peering into the scanner. Or so we think, until it’s revealed that he is one of a race of god-like Eternals, the yacht is a spacecraft and the race is around the solar system. The aptly named Marriner is an officer on an Edwardian racing yacht. The one time she did garner an admirer, it was creepy ethereal being Marriner (Christopher Brown). But unlike some of her TARDIS predecessors and successors, Tegan rarely attracted any romantic attention. She was asked about the way she left the series which, it was said, “was notable because companions usually leave by getting married to someone wildly inappropriate.” Quick as you like, Fielding replied, “No, that’s what I did in real life.”įielding spent three years on Doctor Who playing the truculent Tegan. All rights reserved.I saw Janet Fielding at a Doctor Who convention years ago. ❉ We Are Cult is not responsible for the content of this news release.Īll images: © Big Finish Productions. All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release. ![]() ❉ ‘Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night’ is now available to pre-order for just £19.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £16.99 (digital download only), exclusively from The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night and April 2023’s Conflicts of Interest can be pre-ordered together in a bundle for just £38 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £33 (download only). ![]() Released: September 2023, exclusively from the Big Finish website. DOCTOR WHO – THE FIFTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: IN THE NIGHTĮxecutive Producers: Nicholas Briggs & Jason Haigh-Ellery Sarah Sutton, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding. © Big Finish Productions. David Richardson has assembled a fantastic guest cast for a voyage like no other…”ĭetails of the second story in the box set will be revealed in due course. All of these years later, I’m delighted to have now written for this trio! I wanted to show how hard life in space could be. I had no idea what was going on but I was instantly drawn to the three fabulous leads. Writer Tim Foley added: “My very first Doctor Who VHS was Snakedance. Janet Fielding was especially eager to point out how great she thought it was - and I agree wholeheartedly!” I knew it was special before we got into studio, but it shone even brighter in front of the mic. “Tim Foley delivered exactly my favourite kind of script. I’m also a big fan of intense character drama, especially those with a small cast given room to shine. Producer David Richardson said: “I’m a big fan of dark and claustrophobic Doctor Who. And now, alongside Nyssa and Tegan, he’s got his chance. The Doctor’s always wanted to witness these historic events. A spaceship helmed by the legendary Captain Goben on a vital mission of mercy, delivering medical supplies to a distant colony in the middle of devastating war, an act of bravery that triggers the end of the conflict.Īt her heels throughout the journey, her pursuer, the spaceship Nemesis, helmed by the dogged Captain Eslo, never quite able to catch her target. The story of the Nightjar has been told for many years. The opening four-parter, Pursuit of the Nightjar, written by Tim Foley, is set between the 1983 Doctor Who TV stories Snakedance and Mawdryn Undead. Joining him are Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton as loyal companions Tegan and Nyssa. Peter Davison stars as the Fifth Doctor in the forthcoming box set, Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night, the first of two Fifth Doctor Adventures full-cast audio dramas due for release in September 2023 from Big Finish Productions. When the TARDIS team find themselves on an empty spaceship in the far future, little do they realise they’re about to become part of an historic game of cat-and-mouse… ❉ Big Finish Productions reveal story details for the first of two Fifth Doctor Adventures, due for September 2023. ![]()
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