- Max Warp
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Big Finish Productions audio play 
Max Warp Series Doctor Who Release number New EDAs 2.2 Featuring Eighth Doctor
Lucie MillerWriter Jonathan Morris Director Barnaby Edwards Executive producer(s) Nicholas Briggs Set between Dead London and Brave New Town Length 1 60-minute episode Release date February 2008 Max Warp 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.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
Contents
Plot
The Doctor and Lucie end up in a future TV show about spaceships called 'Max Warp'.
Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
- Geoffrey Vantage - Graeme Garden
- O'Reilley - James Fleet
- Timbo - Duncan James
- The Kith - Nick Brimble
- President Varlon - Samantha Hughes
- Judd Gilbride - Katarina Olsson
Production and Casting
- Katarina Olsson has previously appeared in several Big Finish audio plays including the previous Eighth Doctor audio season as the Headhunter.
- The story is a spoof of Top Gear, with Timbo the Ferret's accident mirroring the real life accident of Richard Hammond the Hamster.
- Several tongue-in-cheek references are made to other media; notably, the reference to a "Lazlar Lyricon" custom spaceship design, which is a direct reference to the television series version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Cobra Mk-III, which is a direct reference to Elite. In the closing minute, the page for Flight Commander P.R. Johnson to contact the intergalactic operator was a reference to RAH Band's hit song, "Clouds Across the Moon".
- Geffory Vantage is a mock of Jeremy Clarkson
- Timbo the ferret is a mock of Richard Hammond
- O'Reilley is a mock of James May
Radio broadcast
Following its release on CD, Max Warp was broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 on 2008-10-26.
External links
Eighth Doctor audio dramas Mary Shelley The Company of Friends: Mary's Story • The Silver Turk • The Witch from the Well • Army of DeathCharley Pollard Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Living Legend • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was • SolitaireCharley Pollard & C'rizz The Creed of the Kromon • The Natural History of Fear • The Twilight Kingdom • Faith Stealer • The Last • Caerdroia • The Next Life • Terror Firma • Scaredy Cat • Other Lives • Time Works • Something Inside • Memory Lane • AbsolutionLucie Miller Blood of the Daleks • Horror of Glam Rock • Immortal Beloved • Phobos • No More Lies • Human Resources • Dead London • Max Warp • Brave New Town • The Skull of Sobek • Grand Theft Cosmos • The Zygon Who Fell to Earth • Sisters of the Flame / Vengeance of Morbius • Orbis • Hothouse • The Beast of Orlok • Wirrn Dawn • The Scapegoat • The Cannibalists • The Eight Truths / Worldwide Web • Death in Blackpool • Relative Dimensions • Lucie Miller • To the DeathTamsin Drew Other Shada • The Company of Friends • An Earthly Child • Prisoner of the Sun • The Four Doctors • Kleins StoryCategories:- Eighth Doctor audio plays
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