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→Plot: "for as long as I can remember" gets to be quite a recurring line in this story, so it's worth quoting (also upholding T:BRENG, T:DOCTORS and T:HEAD, and splitting up the first sentence of par 2 so the info is more digestible)
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
==== Part 1 | ==== Part 1 ==== | ||
[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|The meta-bionic drive system of the Rutan's ship has gone faulty and is about to cause the ship to explode, which could wipe out half of England]]. The panic-stricken [[Fifth | [[Castle of Fear (audio story)|The meta-bionic drive system of the Rutan's ship has gone faulty and is about to cause the ship to explode, which could wipe out half of England]]. The panic-stricken [[Fifth Doctor]] along with [[Nyssa]] attempts to stop it... | ||
A knock on the door awakens | A knock on the door awakens the Doctor. [[Alice Withers]] has brought him breakfast in bed. She addresses him as [[John Smith|Doctor Smith]]. He is utterly bewildered as she knows the kind of tea he likes and his favourite breakfast meal despite his claim of never having met her before. He begins asking her questions to which she gives exceedingly vague answers. It is revealed he is living in [[Stockbridge]] and that he knows Alice, even if he can't remember her at present. | ||
Heading downstairs, the Doctor meets and begins to question her husband [[Harold Withers]]. Harold reveals that the Doctor has always been a guest | Heading downstairs, the Doctor meets and begins to question her husband [[Harold Withers]]. Harold reveals that the Doctor has always been a guest at the [[Green Dragon]] "for as long as [he] can remember", and that he cannot recall when the Doctor arrived. The Doctor is further puzzled that there haven't been any visitors to the village either. He says he must go looking for someone and suddenly Alice remembers that what he is doing today is exactly the same thing he was doing yesterday. | ||
The Doctor walks through the village, noting to himself that everything is as it seems. Suddenly a young girl named [[Jane Potter]] | The Doctor walks through the village, noting to himself that everything is as it seems. Suddenly a young girl on a bicycle, named [[Jane Potter]], crashes into him, and the Doctor has some strange flashback. He asks her if she can help him find his companion and it is revealed that Jane already knows Nyssa, surprising him, and that she is at the post office. Far off, [[Maxwell Edison|a man undercover recognises]] the Doctor and is shocked and unnerved over seeing him again. | ||
The Doctor finds Nyssa in the post office where it is revealed that she too is mystified by their circumstance, after having arrived all the villagers claimed to have already been aware of her identity and to have known her "for as long as they can remember", whereas she is just as confused as the Doctor. She recounts their final moments aboard the Rutan ship before its imminent explosion after which she woke up here. The Doctor notes how similar Stockbridge looks to one of their previous visits, prompting Nyssa to recall [[Andrew Harper]] and wondering if she may be able to find him. The Doctor suggests that they'll head down to the local pub, the [[Redfern Inn|Redfern]], to get some information. | The Doctor finds Nyssa in the post office where it is revealed that she too is mystified by their circumstance, after having arrived all the villagers claimed to have already been aware of her identity and to have known her "for as long as they can remember", whereas she is just as confused as the Doctor. She recounts their final moments aboard the Rutan ship before its imminent explosion after which she woke up here. The Doctor notes how similar Stockbridge looks to one of their previous visits, prompting Nyssa to recall [[Andrew Harper]] and wondering if she may be able to find him. The Doctor suggests that they'll head down to the local pub, the [[Redfern Inn|Redfern]], to get some information. | ||
At the bar, Nyssa inquires from [[Dudley Jackson]] as to the whereabouts of Andrew but he recalls no such person of that name ever having lived in the village. The Doctor asks him what year it is, and after a strange flashback, he replies that it's the [[Four|4th]] of [[August]] [[2009]]... [[1950]]. They leave. The Doctor points out the cars in the street don't have glaze and there's no antennae dishes, placing the era in either the [[1960s|60s]] or [[1970s|70s]]. They bump into Jane again, dressed in [[1950s]] clothing headed to a wedding that they are unaware of. Nyssa asks her what day it is, and she replies that it's the [[12|12th]] of [[June]] [[1984]]. The Doctor notes that there's something strange going on with time. They arrive at the wedding... and the marrying couple turn out to be Alice and Harold from earlier, in their [[20|20s]]. The Doctor is confounded. Just then they see a fire in the distance, | At the bar, Nyssa inquires from [[Dudley Jackson]] as to the whereabouts of Andrew but he recalls no such person of that name ever having lived in the village. The Doctor asks him what year it is, and after a strange flashback, he replies that it's the [[Four|4th]] of [[August]] [[2009]]... [[1950]]. They leave. The Doctor points out the cars in the street don't have glaze and there's no antennae dishes, placing the era in either the [[1960s|60s]] or [[1970s|70s]]. They bump into Jane again, dressed in [[1950s]] clothing headed to a wedding that they are unaware of. Nyssa asks her what day it is, and she replies that it's the [[12|12th]] of [[June]] [[1984]]. The Doctor notes that there's something strange going on with time. They arrive at the wedding... and the marrying couple turn out to be Alice and Harold from earlier, in their [[20|20s]]. The Doctor is confounded. Just then they see a fire in the distance, realising that the village [[school]] is on fire. | ||
A boy named Philip has been trapped in the fire. He is rescued from the wreckage and the Doctor is brought over to try and save him, but the Doctor, after much effort, pronounces him dead on the scene... and suddenly time reverses. The Doctor and Nyssa find themselves at a funeral which was for Harold. The Doctor is utterly perplexed. They go and read the gravestone and find that Harold, Alice and Philip's names are written on the tombstone but the Doctor points out that there are no dates. Suddenly the Doctor spots a police telephone box. Thinking it's the [[TARDIS]], they go and investigate, only to find that it is just an empty police telephone box. They use the phone and the voice on the other end says that time is winding backwards. The phone then rings, the Doctor answers, repeating the same words he had just heard unintentionally, and | A boy named Philip has been trapped in the fire. He is rescued from the wreckage and the Doctor is brought over to try and save him, but the Doctor, after much effort, pronounces him dead on the scene... and suddenly time reverses. The Doctor and Nyssa find themselves at a funeral which was for Harold. The Doctor is utterly perplexed. They go and read the gravestone and find that Harold, Alice and Philip's names are written on the tombstone but the Doctor points out that there are no dates. Suddenly the Doctor spots a police telephone box. Thinking it's the [[TARDIS]], they go and investigate, only to find that it is just an empty police telephone box. They use the phone and the voice on the other end says that time is winding backwards. The phone then rings, the Doctor answers, repeating the same words he had just heard unintentionally, and realises the voice he had just heard before was him in the future. The Doctor surmises that someone doesn't want them contacting the outside world. The Doctor says time is moving too quickly and that the villagers don't realise it. | ||
Just then, they are approached by [[Maxwell Edison]]. He says he wanted to make sure it really was the Doctor before revealing himself. The Doctor introduces him to Nyssa. Nyssa seems a little put-off by him but the Doctor assures her that Maxwell can be trusted and he does, as he claims, somehow, have [[Stars Fell on Stockbridge (comic story)|some sort of supernatural "sixth sense"]]. Maxwell explains that something is wrong in Stockbridge, as the school fire happened twenty years ago, and events seem to be occurring in non-linear order. Maxwell mentions that there are ghosts here as well. | Just then, they are approached by [[Maxwell Edison]]. He says he wanted to make sure it really was the Doctor before revealing himself. The Doctor introduces him to Nyssa. Nyssa seems a little put-off by him but the Doctor assures her that Maxwell can be trusted and he does, as he claims, somehow, have [[Stars Fell on Stockbridge (comic story)|some sort of supernatural "sixth sense"]]. Maxwell explains that something is wrong in Stockbridge, as the school fire happened twenty years ago, and events seem to be occurring in non-linear order. Maxwell mentions that there are ghosts here as well. They make there way over to a spot Maxwell claims is where super-natural phenomenon are occurring. The trio observe three beings wearing spacesuits manifest and begin approaching them. The Doctor tries to warn Nyssa to stay away but suddenly they disappear, having taken Nyssa with them... | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||