''A Perfect World'' is a

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...

audio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

based on the long-running British

science fiction television Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary ...

series '' Doctor Who''. It is a one part story which was released along with ''

Time Reef ''Time Reef'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It is a three part adventure, released with the single episode story that follows it, ''A Perfect World''. ...

'', the story which precedes it.

Plot

Thomas Brewster requests a trip to the year 2008 and the Doctor obliges, little knowing that Brewster has been there before during the time he had "borrowed" the Doctor's

TARDIS The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of the time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. Its exterior ...

. Brewster's prior encounter with a young woman called Connie seems to have had a strange effect on the world, causing perfection to be the norm. Now the Doctor and his companions must discover what has caused this to happen and how can they put things right.

Cast

* The Doctor —

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan ...

* Nyssa —

Sarah Sutton Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Early life Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet ...

* Thomas Brewster – John Pickard *Connie –

Rebecca Callard Rebecca Jayne Callard (born 3 June 1975) is an English actress and writer. Early life Callard was born Rebecca Jayne Atkinson, the only surviving child from her mother Beverley Callard's first marriage to Paul Atkinson. Her parents divorced i ...

*Phil –

Nicholas Farrell Nicholas C. Frost (born 1955), known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film and television actor. Education Farrell was educated at Fryerns Grammar and Technical School in Basildon, Essex, followed by the University o ...

*Taz – Beth Chalmers *Trev –

Sean Connolly Sean Connolly ( ga, Seán Ó Congaile) was an Irish republican, socialist and Abbey Theatre actor who took part in the Easter Rising. He was a captain in the Irish Citizen Army and was the first rebel to be killed during the Rising. Early life ...

Continuity

*Brewster decides to leave the

at the end of this adventure, wanting to experience real life. He later encounters the Doctor again who is now in his sixth incarnation in the play ''

The Crimes of Thomas Brewster ''The Crimes of Thomas Brewster'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra from 28 May – 4 June 2016. Plot In modern-da ...

''.

Notes

*With the exception of Rebecca Callard, all of the guest cast in this adventure also had other roles in ''

'', as they were recorded together.

External links

Time Reef & A Perfect World – Big Finish
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perfect World 2008 audio plays Fifth Doctor audio plays Fiction set in 2008