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|doctor          = Second Doctor
|doctor          = Second Doctor
|companions      = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
|companions      = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
|featuring      = The [[Vardan vanguard]]
|featuring      = [[Vardan vanguard]]
|setting        = The [[Festival of Britain]], [[London]], [[1951]]
|setting        = [[Festival of Britain]], [[London]], [[1951]]
|release date    = [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date    = [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|writer          = [[Ian Potter]]
|writer          = [[Ian Potter]]
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|next            = A Heart on Both Sides (audio story)
|next            = A Heart on Both Sides (audio story)
|soundcloudclip  = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-short-trips-the-british-invasion-excerpt
|soundcloudclip  = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-short-trips-the-british-invasion-excerpt
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
A huge metal dome sits by the side of the [[river Thames]], within it is a device that might change the entire future of humanity. [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] embark on a small act of kindness but [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] seems oddly unwilling to help. It’s as if it knows the truth. There is something waiting here, something adaptable and cunning, gathering its strength to conquer the stars.
A huge metal dome sits by the side of the [[river Thames]], within it is a device that might change the entire future of humanity. [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] embark on a small act of kindness but [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] seems oddly unwilling to help. It's as if it knows the truth. There is something waiting here, something adaptable and cunning, gathering its strength to conquer the stars.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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== References ==
== References ==
* In 1951, the [[Festival of Britain]] is meant to cheer people up after [[World War II]] and look to the future. Features include the [[Dome of Discovery]], a museum of Britain's scientific achievements and advancements over the centuries. The [[Skylon]] was built just to show it could be done, then is dismantled in [[1952]].
* In 1951, the [[Festival of Britain]] is meant to cheer people up after [[World War II]] and look to the future.  
* The Doctor has various forms of money, including [[chocolate]] money.
* The Doctor has various forms of money, including [[chocolate]] money.
* Zoe was taken from the [[city]] as a child and trained away from her family and friends. Before meeting the Doctor and Jamie, she monitored [[radio]] waves and watched the stars.
* Zoe was taken from the [[city]] as a child and trained away from her family and friends. Before meeting the Doctor and Jamie, she monitored [[radio]] waves and watched the stars.
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* He thinks the [[TARDIS]] is trying to hide [[anachronism]]s from him.
* He thinks the [[TARDIS]] is trying to hide [[anachronism]]s from him.
* Jamie uses a [[walkie-talkie]].
* Jamie uses a [[walkie-talkie]].
* The Doctor describes the Vardans as creatures made from waves of mental energy, living wave-forms.
* The Vardan mentions the "[[ancestral hymn]]".
* The Vardan is too weak to directly control another person's thoughts, but it can suggest ideas, claiming suggestion is more powerful than control.
* Vardan vanguards travel ahead of their fleets, searching for territories to conquer.
* The Vardan mentions the "[[ancestral hymn]]." The Doctor explains it as microwave background noise, the "fizz" of dead space, which is what dead Vardans become. He expects Zoe heard it on [[the Wheel]].
* The Doctor explains that the Vardans like to join forces with other species because, in pure energy form, they can be susceptible to interference. They can take on the characteristics of other species, such as a [[warrior]] race. The Doctor suggests that if they want to be devious, they could team up with [[Time Lord|his people]].
* The vanguard admires British [[propaganda]] as "Vardan genius."
* The vanguard admires British [[propaganda]] as "Vardan genius."
* The Doctor points out that mind readers poking about in his head leave their own minds open in return.
* The trapped Vardan slowly bleeds out into [[noise]] and joins the ancestral hymn.
* The trapped Vardan slowly bleeds out into [[noise]] and joins the ancestral hymn.



Revision as of 04:34, 14 January 2018

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The British Invasion was the seventh story of the seventh season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

Publisher's summary

A huge metal dome sits by the side of the river Thames, within it is a device that might change the entire future of humanity. The Doctor, Zoe and Jamie embark on a small act of kindness but the TARDIS seems oddly unwilling to help. It's as if it knows the truth. There is something waiting here, something adaptable and cunning, gathering its strength to conquer the stars.

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Notes

Continuity

External links

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