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* The Doctor considers [[Paris]] to be "one of the most civilised of cities". | * The Doctor considers [[Paris]] to be "one of the most civilised of cities". | ||
* The Doctor recalls the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[13th century]]. | * The Doctor recalls the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[13th century]]. | ||
* The Doctor quotes from ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]''. | * The Doctor quotes from ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]''. Vicki believes that the poem, which told of a traveller who was afraid to look behind him, perfectly sums up the Doctor. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 28 June 2017
Fields of Terror was the first story in The First Doctor: Volume Two.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS has brought the Doctor back to Revolutionary France, a place that's always fascinated him. But this time he, along with Steven and Vicki, are drawn into a devastated land, caught between the soldiers who are burning all before them and a monstrous shape that follows in their wake.
Plot
The Column from Hell (1)
to be added
The Darkened Road (2)
to be added
Cast
References
- During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in Vendée.
- The Doctor considers Paris to be "one of the most civilised of cities".
- The Doctor recalls the Massacre at Béziers during the 13th century.
- The Doctor quotes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Vicki believes that the poem, which told of a traveller who was afraid to look behind him, perfectly sums up the Doctor.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor tells Vicki that he had previously visited Paris during the French Revolution, towards the end of the Reign of Terror in July 1794. (TV: The Reign of Terror) Revolutionary France had earlier been the site of the Doctor and Susan Foreman's first visit to Earth. (PROSE: Just War)
- The timeline becomes distorted as Vicki inspects the shrine. (AUDIO: Across the Darkened City, The Bonfires of the Vanities) The Time Lords fix the distortion, caused by the Daleks from the Time War as they invade the First Doctor's timeline. (AUDIO: Volume Two trailer)
- The Doctor notes that he has met Maximilien Robespierre. (TV: The Reign of Terror)
- Vicki refers to her medical skills. (TV: The Web Planet)
- The Doctor and Steven would later return to France in August 1572, where they witnessed the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris. (TV: The Massacre)
- Steven tells Lagrange that he has personal experience of warfare. (TV: The Chase; AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men)
- Vicki compares the Infernal Brigade to the Daleks and the Mechonoids. (TV: The Chase)
External links
- Official Fields of Terror page at bigfinish.com
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