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Doctor Who : Slipback (Colin Baker) : Original Broadcast

Heard
1985
Episodes
6
Language
English

Doctor Who: Slipback

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Full cast audio drama starring Colin Baker. Broadcast as part of Pirate Radio 4, scheduled weekly on Thursday mornings between 9:05 am and 12:00 noon. Two Slipback episodes per week. 6 episodes, each of 10 minutes approximately, 60 minutes in total. Originally t/x 25th July to 8th August 1985 (Radio 4, VHF-only. Stereo.) Ep. 1: 10:08 am, 25 July Ep. 2: 11:44 am, 25 July Ep. 3: 09:50 am, 01 Aug Ep. 4: 11:26 am, 01 Aug Ep. 5: 09:44 am, 08 Aug Ep. 6: 11:36 am, 08 Aug

Slipback was written to fill the long gap in production between seasons 22 and 23 of Doctor Who while the tv show was on Michael Grade's enforced "hiatus" in 1985. Starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant, Slipback was the first Doctor Who adventure produced for radio, and was the only radio adventure until Jon Pertwee returned for two serials in the mid-1990s. The Sixth Doctor and Peri arrive on a mysterious space liner, where intergalactic policemen are investigating art thefts, a computer is suffering from a split personality, and the Captain's disease threatens every living thing on the ship...

A humorous tale, in which scriptwriter Eric Saward attempts to emulate the comic style of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but unsuccessfully.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Part 1

    · 10 min

  2. Part 2

    · 9:45

  3. Part 3

    · 9:57

  4. Part 4

    · 9:35

  5. Part 5

    · 9:51

  6. Part 6

    · 11 min

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  1. Doctor Who : Slipback (Colin Baker) : Original Broadcast

    Old Time Radio · 6 episodes here · archive.org

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