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Frozen Time (audio story)

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Frozen Time was the ninety-eighth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and features Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. The story is notable for being one of the stories with the most direct ties to the fan produced Audio Visuals range, as the story is essentially a complete sequel to 1990's Endurance.

This was the second solo Seventh Doctor story, and the first time that the Seventh Doctor and Ice Warriors have appeared in an audio together, although not the first time chronologically for the Seventh Doctor to encounter them in an audio drama, that classification belonging to Thin Ice.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1929, Lord Barset's expedition to the Antarctic is lost without trace. Or so it seems...

Nearly a century later, his grandson funds a much-publicised return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma — a battered London police box frozen in ice millennia old.

But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. A menace frozen in time.

Until now.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
Lord Barset - Anthony Calf
Genevieve - Maryam d'Abo
Professor McIntyre / Bailey / Geldar - Tony Millan
Harman / Commander - Gwynn Beech
Ben / Driver / Ssrongar - Gregg Newton
Arakssor / Kelly / Pilot / First Officer - Nicholas Briggs

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
Director - Barnaby Edwards
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music & Sound Design - Steve Foxon
Producer - Sharon Gosling
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Writer - Nicholas Briggs
Ice Warriors created by Brian Hayles

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor mutters the names of his previous companions Mel, Ace and Hex while his memory recovers.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lord Barset is searching for "lizard men".

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Antarctic holds a Martian prison facility for war criminals.

Clothes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's attire degrades over his time in the ice.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Frozen Time acts as a partial sequel to the events of the Audio Visuals audio drama Endurance, also written by and starring Briggs. It featured the exploits of the original 1929 Antarctic expedition, ranging from the Rochester crew's investigation of the missing expedition's base camp to the discovery and destruction of an advanced Silurian metropolis nestled beneath the ice. The obliteration of the city in the original story would seem to be the main reason Lord Barset was unable to uncover any trace of his grandfather's lost working party.
As such, the Ice Warriors' appearance in this story was kept a secret^[1]^[2] to subvert audience speculations and expectations of the Silurians appearing, as according to Briggs "it worked so well not telling people in advance" for the Master's appearance in Dust Breeding. He elaborates that "heavy hints" were made that Frozen Time was "based on an old Audio Visuals story" & pre-publicity for it "made it clear" that it "was set in the Antarctic, features someone called 'Lord Barset' and was about an expedition that discovers something."^[1]
Briggs asked his performance as Arraksor to be pitched down one semi-tone to make it that "slightly more deep" after hearing it.^[2]
A preview of this story was shown in DWM 385 with an illustration by Martin Geraghty.
This audio drama was recorded on 24 and 25 April 2007 at the Moat Studios.^[3]
Part 1 has a pre-titles sequence.
This story is set between Survival and the 1996 TV Movie.^[3]
This release comes with a Music Suite and Behind the Scenes Interviews extras. Both are split in half across the two CDs, while in the Big Finish app they are unabridged.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor previously visited Antarctica close to the end of the life of his first incarnation in December 1986, (TV: The Tenth Planet) in the 1970s in his fourth incarnation (TV: The Seeds of Doom) and, earlier in his seventh incarnation, in 2006 (PROSE: Iceberg) and 2045. (AUDIO: The Word Lord)
On 12 April 1929, The Daily Telegraph reported that Lord Barset's expedition to Antarctica was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of intelligent reptiles. A similar city was uncovered by Dr. Martyn and Townsend during an archaeological dig in Egypt. (COMIC: City of Devils)
The TARDIS would later be frozen in a similar manner in PROSE: Time Zero.
With this story taken into account, at least six incarnations of the Doctor have visited 2012: the Sixth Doctor and/or one of his first five incarnations, (AUDIO: The Raincloud Man) the Seventh Doctor on this occasion, the Eighth Doctor in Wiltshire, (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon) the Ninth Doctor in Utah, (TV: Dalek) the Tenth Doctor in London (TV: Fear Her) and the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: Good as Gold) Both the Ninth and Tenth Doctors were accompanied by Rose Tyler.
The Sixth Doctor previously flew a helicopter in AUDIO: Blue Forgotten Planet.
The 2012 Olympic Games are mentioned. In his tenth incarnation, the Doctor would attend the games in the company of Rose Tyler (TV: Fear Her) and would later do so once again in his eleventh incarnation in the company of Amy Pond. (TV: Good as Gold) In the far future, radio and television broadcasts concerning the 2012 Olympic Games could be accessed via the Gogglebox inside the Moon. (AUDIO: The Reaping, The Gathering)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Frozen Time page at bigfinish.com
Frozen Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Frozen Time at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Behind the scenes interviews extras.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 BFX: The Bride of Peladon
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 'Backstage' tab of the official Frozen Time page at bigfinish.com. (Archived May 21 2024 on the Wayback Machine)

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Big Finish Main Range

Fifth Doctor

	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Star Men • The Contingency Club • Zaltys • Kingdom of Lies • Ghost Walk • Serpent in the Silver Mask

Nyssa	The Land of the Dead • Winter for the Adept • The Mutant Phase • Primeval • Spare Parts • Creatures of Beauty • The Game • Circular Time (Spring • Summer • Autumn • Winter) • Renaissance of the Daleks • Return to the Web Planet • Castle of Fear • The Eternal Summer • Plague of the Daleks • The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories • (The Demons of Red Lodge • The Entropy Composition • Doing Time • Special Features) • 1001 Nights (1001 Nights, My Brother's Keeper, The Interplanetarian, Smuggling Tales) • 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men • Alien Heart • Dalek Soul

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

Nyssa, Hannah	Moonflesh • Tomb Ship • Masquerade

Nyssa, Tegan	The Waters of Amsterdam • Aquitaine • The Peterloo Massacre

Nyssa, Tegan, Marc	Tartarus • Interstitial • Feast of Fear • Warzone • Conversion • Madquake

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 • Eldrad Must Die! • The Lady of Mercia • Prisoners of Fate • Mistfall • Equilibrium • The Entropy Plague

Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	Devil in the Mist • Black Thursday • Power Game • The Kamelion Empire

Tegan, Leela	Time in Office

Turlough	Phantasmagoria • Loups-Garoux • Singularity • The Memory Bank and Other Stories (The Memory Bank • The Last Fairy Tale • Repeat Offender • The Becoming) • The Blazing Hour • The End of the Beginning

Peri	Red Dawn • Exotron • Urban Myths • Mission of the Viyrans

Peri, Erimem	The Eye of the Scorpion • The Church and the Crown • 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 • The Bride of Peladon

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

Vicki, Steven	The Secret History

Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Omega • The Gathering • The Four Doctors • The Burning Prince • The Secret History • And You Will Obey Me • The Helliax Rift • Time Apart (Ghost Station • The Bridge Master • What Lurks Down Under • The Dancing Plague) • Thin Time • Shadow of the Daleks 1 (Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude) • Shadow of the Daleks 2 (Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause)

Sixth Doctor

	Peri	Whispers of Terror • ...ish • Cryptobiosis • The Reaping • Year of the Pig • Recorded Time and Other Stories (Recorded Time • A Most Excellent Match • Question Marks • Paradoxicide) • 1963: The Space Race • Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (Breaking Bubbles • Of Chaos Time The • An Eye For Murder • The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time) • The Widow's Assassin • Masters of Earth • The Rani Elite • Memories of a Tyrant • Emissary of the Daleks • Harry Houdini's War • Plight of the Pimpernel

Evelyn	The Marian Conspiracy • The Spectre of Lanyon Moor • The Apocalypse Element • Bloodtide • Project: Twilight • The Sandman • Jubilee • Doctor Who and the Pirates • Project: Lazarus • Arrangements for War • Medicinal Purposes • Pier Pressure • The Nowhere Place • 100 (100 BC • My Own Private Wolfgang • Bedtime Story • The 100 Days of the Doctor) • Assassin in the Limelight

Evelyn, Brewster	The Crimes of Thomas Brewster • The Feast of Axos • Industrial Evolution

Frobisher	The Holy Terror • The Maltese Penguin

Charley	The Condemned • The Doomwood Curse • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Return of the Krotons • The Raincloud Man • Patient Zero • Paper Cuts • Blue Forgotten Planet

"Jamie"	City of Spires • The Wreck of the Titan • Legend of the Cybermen

Flip	The Curse of Davros • The Fourth Wall • Wirrn Isle • Antidote to Oblivion • The Brood of Erys • Scavenger • Vortex Ice • Cortex Fire

Constance	Criss-Cross • Planet of the Rani • Shield of the Jötunn • Order of the Daleks • Absolute Power • Colony of Fear • The End of the Beginning

Constance, Flip	Quicksilver • The Behemoth • The Middle • Static • Cry of the Vultriss • Scorched Earth • The Lovecraft Invasion

Mel	The One Doctor • The Juggernauts • Catch-1782 • Thicker Than Water • The Wishing Beast • The Vanity Box • The Wrong Doctors • Spaceport Fear • The Seeds of War

Jamie, Zoe	Last of the Cybermen

Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Davros • The Wormery • Her Final Flight • I.D. • Urgent Calls • The Four Doctors • The Acheron Pulse • Trial of the Valeyard • Last of the Cybermen • Vampire of the Mind • The Lure of the Nomad • Iron Bright • Hour of the Cybermen • The Hunting Ground

Seventh Doctor

	Mel	The Fires of Vulcan • Bang-Bang-a-Boom! • Flip-Flop • Unregenerate! • Red • We Are The Daleks • The Warehouse • Terror of the Sontarans

Ace	The Fearmonger • The Genocide Machine • Dust Breeding • Colditz • The Rapture • 1963: The Assassination Games • You Are the Doctor and Other Stories (You Are the Doctor • Come Die With Me • The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel • Dead to the World) • The Grey Man of the Mountain

Ace, Hex	The Harvest • Dreamtime • LIVE 34 • Night Thoughts • The Settling • No Man's Land • Nocturne • The Dark Husband • Forty-Five (False Gods • Order of Simplicity • Casualties of War • The Word Lord) • The Magic Mousetrap • Enemy of the Daleks • The Angel of Scutari • Project: Destiny • A Death in the Family • Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge • Protect and Survive • Revenge of the Swarm • Mask of Tragedy • Shadow Planet • World Apart • Muse of Fire • The Flying Dutchman • Displaced

Ace, Benny	The Shadow of the Scourge • The Dark Flame

Sally	House of Blue Fire

Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally	Black and White • Gods and Monsters

Ace, Hex, Sally	Afterlife • Signs and Wonders

Ace, Mel	A Life of Crime • Fiesta of the Damned • Maker of Demons • The High Price of Parking • The Blood Furnace • The Silurian Candidate • Red Planets • The Dispossessed • The Quantum Possibility Engine

Mags	The Monsters of Gokroth • The Moons of Vulpana • An Alien Werewolf in London

Klein	A Thousand Tiny Wings • Klein's Story • Survival of the Fittest • The Architects of History • Warlock's Cross

Klein, Will	Persuasion • Starlight Robbery • Daleks Among Us

Jo	The Defectors

Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Project: Lazarus • Master • Return of the Daleks • Valhalla • Frozen Time • Death Collectors • Spider's Shadow • Kingdom of Silver • Keepsake • The Four Doctors • Robophobia • The Doomsday Quatrain • The Shadow Heart • The Two Masters • Dark Universe • The Psychic Circus • Subterfuge • The End of the Beginning

Eighth Doctor

	Mary Shelley	Mary's Story • The Silver Turk • The Witch from the Well • Army of Death

Charley	Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was • The End of the Beginning

Charley, 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 • Absolution

Solo & other travels	The Company of Friends (Benny's Story • Fitz's Story • Izzy's Story) • An Earthly Child • The Four Doctors

All stories from Big Finish Productions' main monthly range from 1999 to 2021 are included in this navigation box, including the "subscriber exclusive" stories which were part of the subscription service for this range.

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For the purposes of this list, an "Ice Warrior story" is one in which one living, authentic Ice Warrior plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television	The Ice Warriors • The Seeds of Death • The Curse of Peladon • The Monster of Peladon • Cold War • Empress of Mars

Audio	Red Dawn • Frozen Time • The Bride of Peladon • The Judgement of Isskar • Mission to Magnus • Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars • Thin Ice • The Dance of the Dead • The Prisoner of Peladon • Lords of the Red Planet • Cold Vengeance • Cry of the Vultriss • Fire and Ice • God of War • The Ordeal of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon • Wrath of the Ice Warriors • Ice Heist! • Run • The Martian Dilemma

Prose	Mission to Magnus • Legacy • GodEngine • The Dying Days • Beige Planet Mars • Cold • The Silent Stars Go By • Let it Snow • Sirgwain and the Green Knight • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • Christmas on Mars • Dr. Third • Red Planet

Comics	Deathworld • 4-Dimensional Vistas • A Cold Day in Hell! • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Descendance / Ascendance • Cold Blooded War! • Bazaar Adventures • A Stitch in Time • The Wolves of Winter

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

Complete list of appearances

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Audio Visuals

References

Characters	The Doctor ("Fred") • BABE • Lord Barset • Truman Crouch • Cuthbert • Ellinsford • Gregori Glasst • Ayn Kranton • Posedor • Proot • Ria • Smokey • Ronald Turvey • Lucinda Vrana

Locations	Ardethe • Calfadoria (Cal-Med 1 • Cal-Med 2) • Garazone • Gosolus • Griffelian V • Kurgon system • Llandros • Majus XVII • Nematoda • Solaados • Throxill

Concepts	The Conglomerate • Congress of Galactic Ecologists • Drudgers • Frijor III • Future Hope • Gosolan conflict • Griffelians • AMS Horatio • Orion War (androids) • Psionovores • Requiem Suite • Rigellons • Sargol • AMS Sithnar • Solaadons • Temperon • Throxillian • Trilexia • Tri-Planet Alliance of Calfadoria

Adaptations

Audio	The Mutant Phase • Last of the Titans • Sword of Orion • Minuet in Hell • Frozen Time (sequel) • Cuddlesome • The Sands of Life / War Against the Laan • The Pursuit of History / Casualties of Time

Prose	Deadfall • Requiem • Legacy (based on an unproduced script)

Video	More Than a Messiah • In Memory Alone

Writers

John Ainsworth • Stephen Bowkett • Nicholas Briggs • Nigel Fairs • Andy Lane • Alan W. Lear • Richard and Deborah Marson • Jim Mortimore • Stuart Palmer • Gary Russell

Related Series

Pisces • The Wanderer (Audio Adventures in Time & Space)