The Axis of Insanity

The Axis of Insanity

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	'Doctor Who'
Release no.	56
Featuring	Fifth Doctor Peri Erimem
Written by	Simon Furman
Directed by	Gary Russell
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	6QE
Length	1 hr 36 mins
Release date	April 2004

The Axis of Insanity is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Plot

The TARDIS, along with its crew of the Doctor, Peri and Erimem, lands at the Axis, a mysterious realm where the Time Lords keep broken timelines, splitting them off from the rest of the universe, so as not to affect the rest of the space-time continuum. However, experiments in one of these timelines is causing the others to fracture, and the Axis's Overseer has just been replaced by The Jester in a coup. Soon, the whole of reality begins to disintegrate…

Cast

The Doctor — Peter Davison
Peri — Nicola Bryant
Erimem — Caroline Morris
Tog — Marc Danbury
The Jester — Garrick Hagon
Carnival Barker — Daniel Hogarth
Bird Trader — Stephen Mansfield
The Overseer — Roy North
Jarra To — Liza Ross

Continuity

The Axis is revisited throughout the fourth series of the Gallifrey spin-off, starting with Reborn.

Notes

The story was originally to feature the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and an adult Adric.
The story was recorded on 22 and 23 January 2004.
Writer Simon Furman is best known for his work on the comic book based on the Transformers toyline. This is his first full audio drama.

External links

Reviews

The Axis of Insanity reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
The Axis of Insanity reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Fifth Doctor audio dramas

Tegan, Nyssa & Adric	The Darkening Eye Destiny of the Doctor: Smoke and Mirrors Psychodrome Iterations of I

Nyssa	The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase Primeval Spare Parts Creatures of Beauty The Game Circular Time Renaissance of the Daleks Plague of the Daleks The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories The Five Companions 1001 Nights The Light at the End Moonflesh

Nyssa & Brewster	The Haunting of Thomas Brewster The Boy That Time Forgot Time Reef A Perfect World

Nyssa & Tegan	The Elite Hexagora The Children of Seth

Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough	Cobwebs The Whispering Forest The Cradle of the Snake Heroes of Sontar Kiss of Death Rat Trap The Emerald Tiger The Jupiter Conjunction The Butcher of Brisbane The Entropy Plague

Tegan & Turlough	The Sirens of Time Excelis Dawns Ringpullworld Freakshow

Turlough	Phantasmagoria Loups-Garoux Singularity

Peri	Red Dawn Exotron & Urban Myths Peri and the Piscon Paradox

Peri & Erimem	The Eye of the Scorpion The Church and the Crown No Place Like Home Nekromanteia The Axis of Insanity The Roof of the World Three's a Crowd The Council of Nicaea The Kingmaker Son of the Dragon The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Bride of Peladon

Amy	The Judgement of Isskar The Destroyer of Delights The Chaos Pool

Other	Zagreus Omega The Gathering Cuddlesome The Four Doctors The Burning Prince

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