Red Dawn (audio drama)

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Red Dawn
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Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series Doctor Who
Release no.8
Featuring Fifth Doctor
Peri
Written by Justin Richards
Directed by Gary Russell
Produced byGary Russell
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s) Jacqueline Rayner
Production code6QA
Length1 hr 26 mins
Release dateMay 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 .

Contents

Plot

During NASA's first crewed 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

Notes

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 .

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