Wirrn Dawn
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| Wirrn Dawn | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Range | Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| Release no. | 3.4 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Lucie Miller |
| Written by | Nicholas Briggs |
| Directed by | Nicholas Briggs |
| Produced by | Jamie Robertson - Music & Sfx |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
| Length | 2x 30-minute episodes |
| Release date | 30 June 2009 |
Wirrn Dawn 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.
Plot
Human colonists in the future face many battles to survive. But few as costly as the threat of the Wirrn.
Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
- Salway — Colin Salmon
- Delong — Daniel Anthony
- Farroll — Liz Sutherland
- Winslet — Ian Brooker
- Queen — Beth Chalmers
Production and casting
- Daniel Anthony appears as Clyde Langer in spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures opposite Elisabeth Sladen
- Colin Salmon previously played Doctor Moon in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
- Jamie Robertson who produced the sound design for Dalek Empire: The Fearless and scored the music for the Key 2 Time series has the Job of Bringing back the Wirrn with a new Sound design but has promised to Keep a distinctive wirrn sound but updated to keep it with a more modern sfx design.
Continuity
- The Wirrn originally appeared in the TV story The Ark in Space and later in the novel Placebo Effect.
- They have also appeared in the Big Finish audio, Wirrn Isle and Hosts of the Wirrn, part of Revisitations, the seventh series of the Big Finish audio drama UNIT.
- Lucie mentions her centipede friend, referencing Rosto in Sisters of the Flame.