Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure
| Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure | |
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Advertisement for the play during the time Jon Pertwee starred as the Doctor.
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| Written by | Terrance Dicks |
| Date premiered | 23 March 1989 |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Stageplays |
| Release no. | 1 |
| Featuring |
Sixth Doctor Jason Crystal |
| Written by | Terrance Dicks |
| Directed by | Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | BFPDWSPCD01 |
| Release date | September 2008 |
Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure was a 1989 stage play written by Terrance Dicks, based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The play was staged at twenty theatres around Britain, commencing 23 March 1989. It initially starred Jon Pertwee (who had played the Third Doctor in the series) as the Doctor. On 29 April Pertwee was ill, so understudy David Banks, who portrayed the Cyber Leader in the series from Earthshock onwards, played the Doctor for the matinee and evening performances. Pertwee continued in the role until 3 June and two days later Colin Baker, who had played the Sixth Doctor, took over the lead until the run ended on 19 August. The play was adjusted accordingly to conform with the Sixth Doctor's persona.
The story involves an alliance between the Daleks and the Cybermen who have joined forces to kidnap the American Envoy and ruin a peace conference on Earth. The Doctor's companion is a Frenchman named Jason. After failing to stop the Cybermen take the US Envoy from a nightclub, they are joined by a singer named Crystal, who works there. Following a trip to Altair Three and then the Bar Galactica, they meet Madame Delilah but are forced to flee along with a small furry creature called Zog.
The time travellers are captured briefly by the Daleks and navigate their ship through an asteroid field before making a series of short trips, arriving finally to confront the Dalek Emperor. The Doctor tricks the Emperor into revealing that the Daleks intend to betray the Cybermen and a battle breaks out between the two. Returning to Earth, the Doctor realises the US Envoy is under Dalek influence and programmed to destroy London with a Dalekanium bomb. The Doctor breaks his conditioning and defuses the bomb by putting it in a teapot.
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