Max Warp

The Doctor and Lucie end up in a future TV show about spaceships called 'Max Warp'.

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
• Geoffrey Vantage – Graeme Garden
• O'Reilley – James Fleet
• Timbo – Duncan James
• The Kith – Nick Brimble
• President Varlon – Samantha Hughes
• Judd Gilbride – Katarina Olsson

• Katarina Olsson has previously appeared in several Big Finish audio plays as the Headhunter, including the previous Eighth Doctor audio season.
• The story is a spoof of the BBC's hit motoring TV series Top Gear, with one presenter 'the Ferret' having an accident mirroring the real-life accident of Top Gear's Richard Hammond a.k.a. 'the Hamster'.
• Geoffrey Vantage is a satirical caricature of Jeremy Clarkson
• Timbo a.k.a. 'the Ferret' is a satirical caricature of Richard Hammond
• O'Reilley is a satirical caricature of James May
• The story quotes The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, himself once a writer and script editor for the "Doctor Who" television program. These include a description of a ship as a "Lazlar Lyricon custom job," as well as the line, "looks like a brick, steers like a shopping trolley," which echoes Ford Prefect's description of a Lazlar Lyricon ship: "Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow."
• The "Cobra Mk-III" ship is a direct reference to the game Elite. In the closing minute, a page for Flight Commander P.R. Johnson to contact the intergalactic operator is a reference to RAH Band's hit song, Clouds Across the Moon.

Following its release on CD, Max Warp was broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 on 2008-10-26.[1]

• Big Finish Productions – Max Warp