Wirrn Isle

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Wirrn Isle
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series Doctor Who
Release no.158
Featuring Sixth Doctor
Flip Jackson
Written by William Gallagher
Directed by Nicholas Briggs
Executive producer(s)Nicholas Briggs
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code7C/NAC
Release dateMarch 2012
Preceded byThe Fourth Wall
Followed by The Wrong Doctors

Wirrn Isle is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

The Earth is slowly being repopulated in the year 16127, by the descendants of the Nerva Beacon. But the Wirrn have also come down from the Beacon.

Cast

Continuity

Critical reception

Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael called the story a "very strong conclusion" to the three-story miniseason. [3]

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References

  1. "Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio 158: Wirrn Isle". 15 March 2012.
  2. "Doctor Who: Wirrn Isle. Audio Book Review". Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. Michael, Matt (30 May 2012). "The DWM Review". Doctor Who Magazine . No. 447. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics. pp. 72–73.