Red Dawn (audio drama)

Red Dawn
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	8
Featuring	Fifth Doctor Peri
Written by	Justin Richards
Directed by	Gary Russell
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	6QA
Length	1 hr 26 mins
Release date	May 2000
Preceded by	The Genocide Machine
Followed by	The Spectre of Lanyon Moor

Red Dawn is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Plot

During NASA's first manned mission to Mars, the Fifth Doctor and Peri encounter one of the Doctor's old adversaries — the Ice Warriors.

This episode addresses issue of scientific and industrial ethics.

Cast

• The Doctor — Peter Davison
• Peri — Nicola Bryant
• Pilot Susan Roberts — Maureen Oakeley
• Commder Lee Forbes — Robert Jezek
• Paul Webster — Stephen Fewell
• Tanya Webster — Georgia Moffett
• Sub-Commander Sstast — Hylton Collins
• Lord Zzaal — Matthew Brenher
• Zizmar — Alistair Lock
• Sskann — Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Razzburr — Gary Russell

Notes

• Georgia Moffett is the real-life daughter of Peter Davison. On television, she played Jenny, the title character, in the 2008 series episode "The Doctor's Daughter".
• To explain Forbes' decision to sabotage communication with Earth, Paul and the Doctor cite the Brookings Report. This is a real document, but its proposals about what to do if alien artifacts are found are more equivocal than are presented in this story. In the story, it states that, if NASA found evidence of alien life, they should suppress that information in order for humanity to survive.
• The Fifth Doctor returns to Mars and meets the Ice Warriors ancestors in The Judgement of Isskar.

This is Peri's first adventure after Planet of Fire and the rest of the adventures and companions that join, fill the gap between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.

External links

• Big Finish Productions – Red Dawn
• Red Dawn at the Doctor Who Reference Guide