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|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = The Company of Friends (audio anthology) | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 123d | |number in range = 123d | ||
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|setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[June]] [[1816]] | |setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[June]] [[1816]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 28 July 2009 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br | |format = 1 CD<br>Download<br>4th of 4 stories | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|8Z]] | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|8Z]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-411-5 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-670-2 (digital) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-411-5 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-670-2 (digital) | ||
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|made prev = Izzy's Story (audio story) | |made prev = Izzy's Story (audio story) | ||
|made next = The Magic Mousetrap (audio story) | |made next = The Magic Mousetrap (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]]. | }} | ||
'''''{{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 (audio story)|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. | ||
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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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== 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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