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[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] sets [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s coordinates for [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], but [[Nyssa]] is no longer sure that [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] wants to leave. After [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Adric]] join them in the [[TARDIS control room|control room]], arguing about the merits of Tegan's [[cassette player]] which the Doctor goes on to confiscate, the TARDIS shuts down and falls out of the [[Time Vortex]], arriving in the [[Contingency Club]] in [[1864]]. They go with [[Granville Wakefield]] to the [[drawing room]] and are surprised to find that they do not attract any attention and it is staffed by identical men named [[Edward (The Contingency Club)|Edward]].
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] sets [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s coordinates for [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], but [[Nyssa]] is no longer sure that [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] wants to leave. After [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Adric]] join them in the [[TARDIS control room|control room]], arguing about the merits of Tegan's [[cassette player]] which the Doctor goes on to confiscate, the TARDIS shuts down and falls out of the [[Time Vortex]], arriving in the [[Contingency Club]] in [[1864]]. They go with [[Granville Wakefield]] to the [[drawing room]] and are surprised to find that they do not attract any attention and it is staffed by identical men named [[Edward (The Contingency Club)|Edward]].


Edward reports the presence of the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan to [[Mr Peabody]] and the [[Red Queen]], the latter of whom suspects that they might be [[spy|spies]] and orders them to be gotten rid of immediately. Mr Peabody goes to the drawing room with a number of Edwards and attempts to detain the travellers, but Tegan fights back and manages to free the others and run. Whilst Adric and Nyssa run into [[Marjorie Stonewood]] and escape with her, the Doctor and Tegan hide in a [[bedroom]] and are found by the Edwards, who prepare to throw them out of the third-storey [[window]].
Edward reports the presence of the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan to [[Mr Peabody]] and the [[Red Queen]], the latter of whom suspects that they might be [[spy|spies]] and orders them to be gotten rid of immediately. Mr Peabody goes to the drawing room with a number of Edwards and attempts to detain the travellers, but Tegan fights back and manages to free the others and run. Whilst Adric and Nyssa run into [[Marjorie Stonegood]] and escape with her, the Doctor and Tegan hide in a [[bedroom]] and are found by the Edwards, who prepare to throw them out of the third-storey [[window]].


=== Part two ===
=== Part two ===

Revision as of 21:29, 19 April 2023

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The Contingency Club was the two hundred and twenty-second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written Phil Mulryne and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka.

Publisher's summary

London, 1864 - where any gentleman befitting the title ‘gentleman’ belongs to a gentlemen’s club: The Reform, The Athenaeum, The Carlton, The Garrick... and, of course, The Contingency. Newly established in St James', The Contingency has quickly become the most exclusive enclave in town. A refuge for men of politics, men of science, men of letters. A place to escape. A place to think. A place to be free.

The first rule of the Contingency is to behave like a gentleman. The second is to pay no heed to its oddly identical servants. Or to the horror in its cellars. Or to the existence of the secret gallery on its upper floor... Rules that the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan are all about to break.

Plot

Part one

The Doctor sets the TARDIS's coordinates for Heathrow, but Nyssa is no longer sure that Tegan wants to leave. After Tegan and Adric join them in the control room, arguing about the merits of Tegan's cassette player which the Doctor goes on to confiscate, the TARDIS shuts down and falls out of the Time Vortex, arriving in the Contingency Club in 1864. They go with Granville Wakefield to the drawing room and are surprised to find that they do not attract any attention and it is staffed by identical men named Edward.

Edward reports the presence of the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan to Mr Peabody and the Red Queen, the latter of whom suspects that they might be spies and orders them to be gotten rid of immediately. Mr Peabody goes to the drawing room with a number of Edwards and attempts to detain the travellers, but Tegan fights back and manages to free the others and run. Whilst Adric and Nyssa run into Marjorie Stonegood and escape with her, the Doctor and Tegan hide in a bedroom and are found by the Edwards, who prepare to throw them out of the third-storey window.

Part two

to be added

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

Notes

  • This story was recorded on 13 and 14 June 2016 at the Moat Studios.
  • This story was originally was released on CD and download.

Continuity

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