''Colditz'' is a

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based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''.

Plot

The Seventh Doctor and Ace are caught intruding in

Colditz Castle Castle Colditz (or ''Schloss Colditz'' in German) is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the towns of Hartha and Grimma on a hill spur over ...

in October 1944. Will the secrets of Time Travel fall into the hands of the

Third Reich Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

Cast

*The Doctor —

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* Ace — Sophie Aldred *Feldwebel Kurtz —

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*Hauptmann Julius Schäfer —

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*Flying Officer Bill Gower — Nicholas Young *Timothy Wilkins — Peter Rae * Klein — Tracey Childs

Notes

*This was the first Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' adventure in which David Tennant participated; in 2005, he became the tenth actor to play the Doctor in the television series. *When Ace and the Doctor discover where and when they've landed, Ace says "

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hit ...

again; I can't stand Nazis." Ace previously encountered Nazis in the television serial ''

Silver Nemesis ''Silver Nemesis'' is the third serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 in three weekly parts from 23 November (the 25th anniversary) to ...

''. The television serial '' The Curse of Fenric'', in which Ace also appeared, was set during World War II but did not feature any German characters. Later in her personal timeline, Ace encounters Nazis again in the novel '' Timewyrm: Exodus''. *Ace mentions having "played the board game" about escaping from Colditz; see

Colditz Castle in popular culture Oflag IV-C, often referred to by its location at Colditz Castle, overlooking Colditz, Saxony, was one of the most noted German Army prisoner-of-war camps for captured enemy officers during World War II; ''Oflag'' is a shortening of ''Offiz ...

for images of several such games. *The plot of this story centres on a time paradox caused by Ace's CD Walkman. After Ace is killed during a failed escape attempt, the Nazis examine her CD Walkman and discover laser technology. They use this to refine uranium more efficiently than the Americans, winning the atomic race and with it, the war. After escaping from Colditz in the TARDIS, the Doctor realises this and returns to Nazi-occupied Europe in 1953, where he is shot and killed by guards. After regenerating, the Eighth Doctor infiltrates the Nazi Government and manipulates a scientist, Elizabeth Klein, into piloting his TARDIS on a test flight, back to Colditz in 1944. However, Klein's presence in 1944 alerts the Seventh Doctor to the existence of Klein's alternate timeline and he is able to prevent it from coming to pass. *Ace mentions that she got her CD Walkman in the 21st century from Paul Tanner, a character in the earlier audio play ''

The Fearmonger ''The Fearmonger'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Seventh Doctor and Ace are on the trail of a monster that not only knows their every move ...

''. *Tracey Childs later appeared in the 2008 TV episode '' The Fires of Pompeii'' starring her Colditz co-star David Tennant. * Klein returns as the Seventh Doctor's travelling companion in the 2010 audio story ''

A Thousand Tiny Wings ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Fini ...

''. How she ended up meeting the Seventh Doctor at Colditz is explored in the one part story '' Klein's Story''.

External links

Big Finish Productions – ''Colditz''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colditz (Audio Drama) Seventh Doctor audio plays 2001 audio plays Colditz Castle Works by Steve Lyons Fiction set in 1944