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|series = [[ | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = The Company of Friends (audio anthology) | ||
|range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 123d | |number in range = 123d | ||
|number = 123d | |number = 123d | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Mary Shelley|Mary]] | |companions = [[Mary Shelley|Mary]] | ||
|featuring = [[George Gordon Byron|Byron]], [[Percy Shelley|Shelley]], [[Claire Clairmont|Claire]], [[John Polidori|Polidori]] | |||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[June]] [[1816]] | |setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[June]] [[1816]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
| | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|music = [[Thea Cochrane]] | |music = [[Thea Cochrane]] | ||
|sound = Thea Cochrane | |sound = Thea Cochrane | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 28 July 2009 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br>Download<br>4th of 4 stories | ||
|production code = 8Z | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|8Z]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-411-5 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-411-5 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-670-2 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = Izzy's Story (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = Patient Zero (audio story) | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the audio anthology, ''[[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|The Company of Friends]]'', which comprised the one hundred and twenty-third release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Julie Cox]] as [[Mary Shelley]]. | |made prev = Izzy's Story (audio story) | ||
|made next = The Magic Mousetrap (audio story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the audio anthology, ''[[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|The Company of Friends]]'', which comprised the one hundred and twenty-third release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Julie Cox]] as [[Mary Shelley]]. | |||
It was the fruition of a nearly decade-long gag that had been running through the Eighth Doctor's audio adventures. Since his first such adventure, ''[[Storm Warning]]'', he had been dropping hints of a friendship with Shelley, but that relationship had never been depicted until this story. | It was the fruition of a nearly decade-long gag that had been running through the Eighth Doctor's audio adventures. Since his first such adventure, ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'', he had been dropping hints of a friendship with Shelley, but that relationship had never been depicted until this story. | ||
In October 2011, to tie in with a new series of audio dramas featuring Mary as a companion, Big Finish released ''Mary's Story'' as a standalone download. | In October 2011, to tie in with a new series of audio dramas featuring Mary as a companion, Big Finish released ''Mary's Story'' as a standalone download. | ||
This story is notable for the fact that the Eighth Doctor acknowledges comics, prose and audio continuities. | This story is notable for the fact that the Eighth Doctor acknowledges comics, prose and audio continuities. {{as of|2019}}, it is the first and only story to explicitly and unambiguously combine the continuities of these three media. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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After being looked after for several days, he appears to have died. Percy suggests to repeat [[Galvani]]'s experiment with electricity with his body. When the lightning strikes, the body returns to life in a monster-like way. The stranger runs into the forest before seriously harming anybody. | After being looked after for several days, he appears to have died. Percy suggests to repeat [[Galvani]]'s experiment with electricity with his body. When the lightning strikes, the body returns to life in a monster-like way. The stranger runs into the forest before seriously harming anybody. | ||
Mary follows him and finds him inside a strange blue hut that looks bigger on the inside but is as battered as the strange man himself. He explains that he is the Doctor and that he and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] are contaminated with [[vitreous time]]. TARDIS brought him to this time and place remembering that he could be revived by the lightning. However, he has a connection to the TARDIS and neither can be cured without the other. The TARDIS has no power left, and he has sent a request for help. | Mary follows him and finds him inside a strange blue hut that looks bigger on the inside but is as battered as the strange man himself. He explains that he is the Doctor and that he and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] are contaminated with [[vitreous time]]. The TARDIS brought him to this time and place remembering that he could be revived by the lightning. However, he has a connection to the TARDIS and neither can be cured without the other. The TARDIS has no power left, and he has sent a request for help. | ||
He asks Mary to tie him up because he feels the monster taking over. But it is too late, and Mary runs back to the villa and barricades the door. While the monster is trying to get in, another similar blue hut appears outside the villa. The same person walks out of it, except he looks much better. | He asks Mary to tie him up because he feels the monster taking over. But it is too late, and Mary runs back to the villa and barricades the door. While the monster is trying to get in, another similar blue hut appears outside the villa. The same person walks out of it, except he looks much better. | ||
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* [[Claire Clairmont]] - [[Katrina Cooke]] | * [[Claire Clairmont]] - [[Katrina Cooke]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor mentions some previous companions by the names of [[Todd (Mary's Story)|Todd]] and [[Rita (Mary's Story)|Rita]]. | * The Doctor mentions some previous companions by the names of [[Todd (Mary's Story)|Todd]] and [[Rita (Mary's Story)|Rita]]. | ||
* During their travels together, the Doctor and Mary met the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], the [[Axos|Axons]] and [[Harold Godwinson|King Harold]] at the [[Battle of Hastings]] on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. | * During their travels together, the Doctor and Mary met the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], the [[Axos|Axons]] and [[Harold Godwinson|King Harold]] at the [[Battle of Hastings]] on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[30 October (production)|30]] and [[31 October (production)|31 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]]. | * This story was recorded on [[30 October (production)|30]] and [[31 October (production)|31 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The writer of the story, [[Jonathan Morris]], described it as "Byronic Doctor meets Lord Byron." | * The writer of the story, [[Jonathan Morris]], described it as "Byronic Doctor meets Lord Byron." | ||
* The beginning of the story features several quotes or close paraphrases from Mary Shelley's introduction to the 1831 edition of ''Frankenstein.'' | * The beginning of the story features several quotes or close paraphrases from Mary Shelley's introduction to the 1831 edition of ''Frankenstein.'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor explains that he is currently travelling with [[Samson Griffin|Samson]] and [[Gemma Griffin]], and has dropped them off in [[Vienna]], and will pick them up later | * The Doctor explains that he is currently travelling with [[Samson Griffin|Samson]] and [[Gemma Griffin]], and has dropped them off in [[Vienna]], and will pick them up later, as a nod to the continuity alluded to in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') | ||
* During the events of the story, Mary is 18 years old | * During the events of the story, Mary is 18 years old, as referenced in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | ||
* Mary knows that Lord Byron impregnated her stepsister [[Claire Clairmont]], but does not know that weeks before leaving for Switzerland, he abandoned his wife [[Annabella Byron|Annabella]] and daughter [[Ada Lovelace|Ada]] | * Mary knows that Lord Byron impregnated her stepsister [[Claire Clairmont]], but does not know that weeks before leaving for Switzerland, he abandoned his wife [[Annabella Byron|Annabella]] and daughter [[Ada Lovelace|Ada]], as revealed in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'') | ||
* The future | * The future [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctors TARDIS]] [[regeneration|regenerates]] with the help of the present Doctor. It would later do so again in the aftermath of his regeneration into his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') | ||
* The small green crystal the Doctor uses to regenerate the TARDIS is similar in description to the one used in [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''. | * The small green crystal the Doctor uses to regenerate the TARDIS is similar in description to the one used in [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
* The future Doctor recalls that he and Mary encountered the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] in [[Vienna]] on [[11 September]] [[1873]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | * The future Doctor recalls that he and Mary encountered the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] in [[Vienna]] on [[11 September]] [[1873]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | ||
* The future Doctor claims that he and Mary had met Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. The [[First Doctor]] and his companions [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] thwarted a plot by the Doctor's fellow [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]], [[the Monk]], to change the outcome of the battle in the [[Saxon]]s' favour by thwarting an invasion of northern [[England]] by the [[Viking]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') Furthermore, during his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], he and [[Peri Brown]] met Harold who was operating under the alias of "[[Hereward the Wake]]" in the aftermath of the battle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]'') | * The future Doctor claims that he and Mary had met Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings on [[14 October]] [[1066]]. The [[First Doctor]] and his companions [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] thwarted a plot by the Doctor's fellow [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]], [[the Monk]], to change the outcome of the battle in the [[Saxon]]s' favour by thwarting an invasion of northern [[England]] by the [[Viking]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') Furthermore, during his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], he and [[Peri Brown]] met Harold who was operating under the alias of "[[Hereward the Wake]]" in the aftermath of the battle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]'') | ||
* The future Doctor recalls his former companions [[Gemma Griffin|Gemma]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') [[Ssard]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Descendance (comic story)|Descendance]]'') [[Compassion]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') [[Trix MacMillan|Trix]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]'') [[Destrii]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ophidius (comic story)|Ophidius]]'') [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and his great-grandson [[Alex Campbell|Alex]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'') | * The future Doctor recalls his former companions [[Gemma Griffin|Gemma]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') [[Ssard]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Descendance (comic story)|Descendance]]'') [[Compassion]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') [[Trix MacMillan|Trix]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]'') [[Destrii]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ophidius (comic story)|Ophidius]]'') [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and his great-grandson [[Alex Campbell|Alex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'') Previously, the Doctor mentioned Gemma, Destrii and Compassion in half delirium. | ||
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] previously expressed a desire to meet Mary's husband [[Percy Shelley]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'') | * The [[Fifth Doctor]] previously expressed a desire to meet Mary's husband [[Percy Shelley]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'') | ||
* During the experiment on the Doctor, Percy cries: "He's alive." During the [[regeneration]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]] into the Eighth, a [[Pete (Doctor Who)|morgue attendant]] was watching the episode of the [[Frankenstein (film)|1931 film version of ''Frankenstein'']] depicting the same experiment and featuring the cry "It's alive!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | * During the experiment on the Doctor, Percy cries: "He's alive." During the [[regeneration]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]] into the Eighth, a [[Pete (Doctor Who)|morgue attendant]] was watching the episode of the [[Frankenstein (film)|1931 film version of ''Frankenstein'']] depicting the same experiment and featuring the cry "It's alive!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
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