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The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Water Worlds 1.1                                               


An SOS coming from a mobile phone attached to the TARDIS, takes The Sixth Doctor and Mel to an oil rig in the North Sea. Things are not good. Attacking gulls, several staff have disappeared and they’re out of food and fresh water.

This introduces Hebe as a companion - a marine biologist. Played by Ruth Madeley, perhaps better know for playing Shirley Ann Bingham in Doctor Who and The War Between….

The oil rig’s future is uncertain and Hebe is there is make a decision. Its a two part story (30 minutes each) and a base under siege type - a bit reminiscent of Horror and Fang Rock. And filled with stock characters. 

I went to Big Finish day last year (2025) and bought one of the Water World sets for Colin Baker to sign, so I’ve finally got round to listening. 

I found it enjoyable. Though I have to admit it isn’t particularly original. There’s a little bit of mystery, danger, peril, the usual stuff you expect for a Doctor Who story.

Hebe is the most interesting part of the audio, a wheel chair user, whose maybe a little hypersensitive about how’s she’s treated in that respect.

As a side note, when Hebe sees the Tardis she describes it as a blue box with Police written on it, rather than a police box. Its only due to Doctor Who that people would know what one was.

There is a nice call back towards the end regarding the SOS that was sent which was nice for long term fans.

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