The Doctor says that he wished he had a perigosto stick, an instrument he used to play on Gallifrey and in the Gallifrey Academy Hot Five.Litefoot knows what a body looks like after it has been mauled by a giant animal.Jago refers to the Palace Theatre and Li H'sen Chang.The Third Doctor knew a joke about trusting a Venusian Shanghorn with a perigosto stick.After the 2019 redesign of the Big Finish website, this release was added to The Sixth Doctor Adventures.This audio drama was recorded on 6 January 2011 at the Moat Studios.This is the first story in performed Doctor Who to take place on Venus.The oxygen factories were from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon.The flying city of Amtor was named after Burroughs' name for Venus and Vepaja was named after one of the islands in the series.Specific authors Jonathan Morris mentions include Jules Verne, H. Voyage to Venus was written to mimic 19th century and early 20th century science fiction.The download version includes only the Doctor Who version of the cover art. On the other side it is styled as a Jago & Litefoot release, numbered 4.5. The Audio CD comes with a reversible cover: On one side it is styled as a Doctor Who release, numbered 1.The Doctor contemplates taking Jago and Litefoot to Jastan 7.

The Doctor thinks about bringing Jago and Litefoot to the Voxnik Institute of Applied Toxicology for a drink.

The Doctor once met David Livingstone and claims that he could not read a map to save his life.

During this time period, Earth is a dead planet.

Litefoot compares the floating Venusian city Amtor to the flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels.

Jago suggests claiming Venus for Queen Victoria and the British Empire.

Litefoot has visited India on numerous occasions.

Jago initially mistakes Venus for Borneo.

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Even if it means destroying these visitors from the long-dead planet Earth. There's a mystery here, one that the Grand Empress Vulpina intends to keep secret.

They are not used to travelling through time and space with their old friend the Doctor.Īnd now they find themselves whisked off to the planet Venus in the distant future, at a time when warrior women rule from a floating city in the clouds. Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago are accustomed to the murky fog of Victorian London and the palatable pints of half and half at the Red Tavern.

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