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The Lost Stories #2.2a
Doctor Who: Prison in Space
A relaxing break for the Doctor and his companions Jamie and Zoe becomes something decidedly more sinister when they are arrested for trespass. But what has happened to the planet Earth? And how has the malevolent Chairman Babs gained control?
As the Doctor and Jamie are incarcerated in a prison that they can never escape from, Zoe is forced to change sides…
As the Doctor and Jamie are incarcerated in a prison that they can never escape from, Zoe is forced to change sides…
1 pages, Audio CD
First published December 1, 2010
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August 22, 2020
Well, I’m halfway through Prison in Space and I’ve got to admit that I’m rather disappointed. I’d picked this one up after enjoying Doctor Who: The First Doctor Box Set so much. Both stories included, Doctor Who: Farewell, Great Macedon and Doctor Who: The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance, are wonderful. And I was eagerly anticipating something similar. Perhaps some more hidden, unpolished gems from the lost eras classic Doctor Who. Sadly, at least so farm this story is just one tired, cliched trope after another. What saves it, if anything does, are the performances by Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury recreating their roles from the series and doing addition duties as narrators and other parts (including Hines doing a delightfully remarkable version of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor). But it’s not quite enough to really make up for the lack of inspiration. I’ll add my thoughts on the second half once I’ve finished it.
The second half doesn’t really get much better. While it does offer the lighter side of Doctor
Who, some of it reminiscent of The Romans in how readily it embraces farce, the satire and social commentary are a bit too forced. The fact that it builds too much off cliches and stereotypes really weakens the overall impact, and the farcical elements don’t really help the cause any.
The second half doesn’t really get much better. While it does offer the lighter side of Doctor
Who, some of it reminiscent of The Romans in how readily it embraces farce, the satire and social commentary are a bit too forced. The fact that it builds too much off cliches and stereotypes really weakens the overall impact, and the farcical elements don’t really help the cause any.
May 24, 2016
This was a small novella about a world where women are dominant and man are imprisioned. Jamie & the Doctor (The second version :) ) are inprisionened and only Zoe can help them. Will she ally to other woman or her friends.
This story was read by Jamie & Zoe real actors. It felt I was hearing an episode... even the Doctor voice was very similar. As the tv series this episode doesn't have that much action and it's quite slow... Only read if you enjoy watching Jamie, the doctor and Zoe - or else you are going to find it boring. Even I that enjoy Jamie found it boring... but we will never know how would it turn out as a episode...
This story was read by Jamie & Zoe real actors. It felt I was hearing an episode... even the Doctor voice was very similar. As the tv series this episode doesn't have that much action and it's quite slow... Only read if you enjoy watching Jamie, the doctor and Zoe - or else you are going to find it boring. Even I that enjoy Jamie found it boring... but we will never know how would it turn out as a episode...
September 9, 2018
Wow. I just read the few reviews this has received and wow. I kinda think you missed the point of this story.
So 1969 this story was pitched, an important thing to note given the material.
The doctor and Jamie and Zoe land on a future earth Dominated by women. The men are submissive and have no rights and Are considered the inferior species. I feel that a lot of people have taken offence to this idea, however surely it’s only switching what women have had to put up with for centuries.
I’m guessing that was the whole point of the script, it is in fact a comment on feminism and politics all at once.
The woman in charge of the planet may have started out with the wish that men and women are equal but as her powerbase grew What she finally does to the men is about power about greed and not about equality.
It appers that she has been disappointed by the male sex at some point in her past, it would’ve been nice to have explored this further but obviously there is only so much time within the Doctor Who story, but wgen she meets the doctor she feels for him something she’s not felt before. Respect. She sees him as a true male. Its almost like she wants the men to fight back.
I theme running through this entire book is that everyone involved in it wants to be equal to one another. The council are sisters definitely are against the methods used by the leader and are only to glad to rebel against her when the opportunity finally shows itself.
So overall personally I thought this was really good story and I think it has been misinterpreted by a lot of people. It was funny, scary Really well read. I love the part with the doctor running away at the end, and also with Jamie’s final solution to sort Zoe out. Although I guess many people will see that in a very different light.
Love love. 💕
So 1969 this story was pitched, an important thing to note given the material.
The doctor and Jamie and Zoe land on a future earth Dominated by women. The men are submissive and have no rights and Are considered the inferior species. I feel that a lot of people have taken offence to this idea, however surely it’s only switching what women have had to put up with for centuries.
I’m guessing that was the whole point of the script, it is in fact a comment on feminism and politics all at once.
The woman in charge of the planet may have started out with the wish that men and women are equal but as her powerbase grew What she finally does to the men is about power about greed and not about equality.
It appers that she has been disappointed by the male sex at some point in her past, it would’ve been nice to have explored this further but obviously there is only so much time within the Doctor Who story, but wgen she meets the doctor she feels for him something she’s not felt before. Respect. She sees him as a true male. Its almost like she wants the men to fight back.
I theme running through this entire book is that everyone involved in it wants to be equal to one another. The council are sisters definitely are against the methods used by the leader and are only to glad to rebel against her when the opportunity finally shows itself.
So overall personally I thought this was really good story and I think it has been misinterpreted by a lot of people. It was funny, scary Really well read. I love the part with the doctor running away at the end, and also with Jamie’s final solution to sort Zoe out. Although I guess many people will see that in a very different light.
Love love. 💕
September 24, 2017
God bless Lisa Bowerman and Simon Guerrier for trying their darnedest to make this unmade script work, but only so much could be done. Not *the* most awful thing ever, but it's really for the best that this script was passed over back in the day.
September 16, 2020
Much like my affinity for Tom Baker, I could listen to Frazier Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) read anything. His impression of Patrick Troughton's 2nd Doctor is spot on.
Wendy Padbury (Zoe) splits the narrating and performing duties with aplomb.
Another excellent production.
Wendy Padbury (Zoe) splits the narrating and performing duties with aplomb.
Another excellent production.
September 15, 2017
complete and utter filth
December 6, 2018
This is one "Lost Story" that should have stayed lost. One of the most offensive dystopian versions of the "what if women ruled the world" trope.
September 5, 2020
The doctor, jamie and zoe arrive on an earth where the workd is run by women and the men are jailed.
April 28, 2024
Hey, some stories were left unmade for a reason. Fuck this sexist bullshit.
July 11, 2025
In the mood for some bad old 60s sexism? Then this pile of shit is for you! Proof that just because a story is lost doesn’t mean it needs to be found.
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