The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story): Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
No edit summary
Line 10: Line 10:
|companions        = [[Ann Kelso|Ann]]
|companions        = [[Ann Kelso|Ann]]
|featuring        = [[Ada Lovelace]]
|featuring        = [[Ada Lovelace]]
|enemy            = [[Virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Virus]]
|enemy            = [[Finlar contagion]], [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus expedition]]
|setting          = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]]
|setting          = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]]
|writer            = [[Simon Barnard]], [[Paul Morris]]
|writer            = [[Simon Barnard]], [[Paul Morris]]
Line 50: Line 50:
* [[Hettie Jacobs|Hettie]] / [[Cleverley|Lady Cleverley]] - [[Eve Webster]]
* [[Hettie Jacobs|Hettie]] / [[Cleverley|Lady Cleverley]] - [[Eve Webster]]
* [[Hobhouse|Mr Hobhouse]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Hobhouse|Mr Hobhouse]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] / [[Virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Lord Byron]] / [[Harry (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Harry]] - [[Glen McCready]]
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] / [[Finlar contagion|Lord Byron]] / [[Harry (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Harry]] - [[Glen McCready]]


== References ==
== References ==
* Among elements "stolen" from history by the [[Finlar contagion]] are [[Charles Wheatstone]], Wheatstones' residence at [[168 Bleak Lane]], the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]], and [[Albemarle Street]], off [[Piccadilly]], and the whole of [[Bloomsbury]].
* Among elements "stolen" from history by the [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus]] are [[Charles Wheatstone]], Wheatstones' residence at [[168 Bleak Lane]], the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]], and [[Albemarle Street]], off [[Piccadilly]], and the whole of [[Bloomsbury]].
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] is [[Charles Babbage]]'s biggest [[rival]]. Since Babbage's [[retirement]], Scheutz has been working on his [[calculation engine]], which he feels is an improvement upon Babbage's [[analytical engine]].
* [[Edvard Scheutz]] is [[Charles Babbage]]'s biggest [[rival]]. Since Babbage's [[retirement]], Scheutz has been working on his [[calculation engine]], which he feels is an improvement upon Babbage's [[analytical engine]].
* Scheutz has been acquiring Lovelace's private [[notebook]]s, stolen and sold to him by [[Hettie (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Hettie]]. The Doctor identifies recent pages' apparent "[[doodle]]s" as [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* Scheutz has been acquiring Lovelace's private [[notebook]]s, stolen and sold to him by [[Hettie (The Enchantress of Numbers)|Hettie]]. The Doctor identifies recent pages' apparent "[[doodle]]s" as [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* The "plague doctors" come from the year [[7073]], during the time of the [[Block Transfer Wars]].
* The [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus software]], manifesting as plague doctors, were sent as a [[temporal expeditionary force]] from the year [[7073]], during the time of the [[Block Transfer Wars]].
* The [[Industrial Revolution]] took place recently, while the [[Computer Age]] is still "decades" away.
* The [[Industrial Revolution]] took place recently, while the [[Computer Age]] is still "decades" away.



Revision as of 06:34, 1 November 2019

Error creating thumbnail: Read-only mode

Error creating thumbnail: Read-only mode

The Enchantress of Numbers was the third story in the eighth series of the Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS lands in the grounds of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 1850. Mistaken for a medic and his maid, the Doctor and Ann are brought to meet Ada Lovelace - the mother of computing and daughter of Lord Byron - who has recently fallen ill.

But the travellers are not here by chance. Something odd is happening on Earth, and they’ve determined that this place is the centre of it.

Strange figures are walking the land. Strange figures wearing bird-like masks. What do they want with Ada? And how will it change the future of humanity?

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Cast

References

Notes

to be added

Continuity

to be added

External links