The Sands of Life

The Sands of Life
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who 4th Doctor Adventures
Release number	2.2
Featuring	Fourth Doctor Romana I
Writer	Nicholas Briggs
Director	Nicholas Briggs
Producer	David Richardson
Executive producer	Nicholas Briggs
Length	72 minutes
Release date	February 2013

The Sands of Life is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.

Plot summary

Sheridan Moorkurk has just been elected president of Earth... but the harsh realities of who really runs the planet are just beginning to dawn on her. And what's more, she's starting to hear voices. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Romana encounter a mass of aliens heading to Earth... Aliens who have already made the mistake of upsetting the infamous Cuthbert, all-powerful CEO of The Conglomerate, by destroying one of his space platforms. Will the Doctor and Romana be able to avert inter-species war that will destroy all life on Earth?

Cast

The Doctor - Tom Baker
Romana I - Mary Tamm
K-9 - John Leeson
President Sheridan Moorkurk - Hayley Atwell
Cuthbert - David Warner
Mr Dorrick - Toby Hadoke
The Laan - Jane Slavin
General Vincent - Duncan Wisbey

Notes

This is the second of seven releases reuniting Tom Baker and Mary Tamm as the Fourth Doctor and First Romana. Tamm died in July 2012, but completed all seven productions before her death.^[1]
The character of Cuthbert was previously created by Nick Briggs for the AudioVisuals Doctor Who audio plays in the 1980s and 1990s.
Cuthbert and Mr. Dorrick return in War Against the Laan, The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase.

References

↑ "Fourth Doctor and Romana Cover Revealed". Big Finish Productions. 2012-09-03. Retrieved May 2013.

External links

The Sands of Life

Fourth Doctor audio dramas

Sarah Jane	Doctor Who and the Pescatons Exploration Earth: The Time Machine

Leela	The Catalyst Empathy Games The Time Vampire The Foe From The Future/The Valley of Death Destination Nerva The Renaissance Man The Wrath of the Iceni Energy of the Daleks Trail of the White Worm The Oseidon Adventure Night of the Stormcrow The Child The Light at the End The King of Sontar The White Ghosts The Crooked Man The Evil One Last of the Colophon Destroy the Infinite The Abandoned Zygon Hunt The Ghosts of Gralstead/The Devil's Armada The Exxilons The Darkness of Glass Requiem for the Rocket Men Death Match Suburban Hell The Cloisters of Terror The Fate of Krelos Return to Telos

Mrs Wibbsey and Mike Yates	Hornets' Nest Demon Quest Serpent Crest

Romana I and K-9	The Stealers from Saiph Ferril's Folly Tales from the Vault The Auntie Matter The Sands of Life War Against The Laan The Justice of Jalxar Phantoms of the Deep The Dalek Contract The Final Phase

Romana II and K-9	The Beautiful People The Pyralis Effect Destiny of the Doctor: Babblesphere Luna Romana The Romance of Crime/The English Way of Death The Well-Mannered War The Wave of Destruction The Labrynith of Buda Castle The Paradox Planet The Legacy of Death The Gallery of Ghouls The Trouble with Drax The Pursuit of History Casualties of Time

Romana II, K-9 and Adric	The Invasion of E-Space

Other	The Kingmaker

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