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|setting = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] [[421 BC]] | |setting = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] [[BC#5th century B.C.|421 BC]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Athens]], [[421 BC]]. An ancient civilisation of philosophers and poets and the birthplace of theatre. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has decided to show [[Ace]] and [[Hex|Hector]] how it all began, with help from the great comedian [[Aristophanes]]. | [[Athens]], [[BC#5th century B.C.|421 BC]]. An ancient civilisation of philosophers and poets and the birthplace of theatre. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has decided to show [[Ace]] and [[Hex|Hector]] how it all began, with help from the great comedian [[Aristophanes]]. | ||
But life in Athens is no laughing matter. There’s the ever-present threat of invasion from the Spartan horde. The plague that turns people into the walking dead. The slavery. The tyrannical rule of the paranoid, malicious Cleon and his network of informers. And the giant flying beetle with knives for wings that stalks the city streets at night. | But life in Athens is no laughing matter. There’s the ever-present threat of invasion from the Spartan horde. The plague that turns people into the walking dead. The slavery. The tyrannical rule of the paranoid, malicious Cleon and his network of informers. And the giant flying beetle with knives for wings that stalks the city streets at night. | ||
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Mask of Tragedy was the one hundred and ninetieth story in Big Finish's monthly range.
Publisher's summary
Athens, 421 BC. An ancient civilisation of philosophers and poets and the birthplace of theatre. The Doctor has decided to show Ace and Hector how it all began, with help from the great comedian Aristophanes.
But life in Athens is no laughing matter. There’s the ever-present threat of invasion from the Spartan horde. The plague that turns people into the walking dead. The slavery. The tyrannical rule of the paranoid, malicious Cleon and his network of informers. And the giant flying beetle with knives for wings that stalks the city streets at night.
What Athens needs is a hero. And who better to be a hero in ancient Greece than a man called Hector?
Plot
Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Hector Thomas - Philip Olivier
- Aristophanes - Samuel West
- Cleon - Alisdair Simpson
- Tyrgius/Slave Trader/Boy - Russell Bentley
- Telephus/Cisyphus/Old Man - Tim Treloar
- Adonia/Lysistrata - Emily Tucker
References
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Notes
- This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
Continuity
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External links
- Official Mask of Tragedy page at bigfinish.com
