The Oseidon Adventure Explained

The Oseidon Adventure
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Series:	Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Adventures
Number:	1.6
Featuring:	Fourth Doctor Leela
Director:	Ken Bentley
Executive Producer:	Nicholas Briggs
Production Code:	4S/F
Date:	June 2012

The Oseidon Adventure is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.^[1]

This is the second part of a two-part story, the first part being Trail of the White Worm.

Plot

The Kraal attempt to invade the Earth, while the Doctor is trapped on their irradiated home world, Oseidon.

Cast

• The Doctor – Tom Baker
• Leela – Louise Jameson
• The Master – Geoffrey Beevers
• Colonel Spindleton – Michael Cochrane
• Marshal Grimnal / Captain Clarke – Dan Starkey
• Tyngworg / Warner / UNIT R/T Operator – John Banks

Continuity

• The Kraals were in the 1975 Fourth Doctor television story, The Android Invasion. That story also featured UNIT.
• This is the first use of Kraals by Big Finish Productions.
• The Doctor and Leela encounter the Master again in the third season of Fourth Doctor adventures, due to be released in 2014.^[2]

Notes

• In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Trail of the White Worm and Night of the Stormcrow.

Critical reception

Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael found the casting and performances excellent, but the play "slightly misjudged" as a finale.^[3]

External links

• The Oseidon Adventure

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louise Jameson | the Official Website . 2012-04-11 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130819203420/http://www.louisejameson.com/portfolio-posttheoseidonadventure.html . 2013-08-19 .
2. Web site: The Fourth Doctor and Leela Will Return! - News - Big Finish.
3. Michael. Matt. September 2012. The DWM Review: The Oseidon Adventure. Doctor Who Magazine. Panini Comics. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 450. 88–89.