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|image = My Dinner with Andrew cover.jpg | |image = My Dinner with Andrew cover.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | |series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | ||
|number = | |number = 3.3 | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = The Diary of River Song: Series Three | ||
|range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | |range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | ||
|series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Three | |series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Three | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|main character = [[River Song]] | |main character = [[River Song]] | ||
|featuring = [[Fifth Doctor]] | |featuring = [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]], [[Brooke (The Lady in the Lake)|Brooke]] | ||
|setting = [[The Bumptious Gastropod]] | |setting = [[The Bumptious Gastropod]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Dorney | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|sound = | |sound = [[Benji Clifford]] | ||
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 23 January 2018 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = | |production code = BFPDWRIVER03 | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-493-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-494-5 (digital) | ||
|prev = A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story) | |prev = A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story) | ||
|next = The Furies (audio story) | |next = The Furies (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
''''' | '''''My Dinner with Andrew''''' was the third story of the [[The Diary of River Song: Series Three|third series]] of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]''. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]], [[Frances Barber]] as [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] and [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Welcome, Mesdames et Messieurs, to [[The Bumptious Gastropod]]. | Welcome, Mesdames et Messieurs, to [[The Bumptious Gastropod]]. | ||
The most exclusive, most discreet dining experience outside the universe. For the restaurant exists beyond spacetime itself, and the usual rules of causality do not apply. Anything could happen. | The most exclusive, most discreet [[dinner|dining]] experience outside the [[universe]]. For the [[restaurant]] exists beyond spacetime itself, and the usual rules of [[causality]] do not apply. Anything could happen. | ||
It is here that [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] has a date. With [[River Song]]. And with death. | It is here that [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] has a date. With [[River Song]]. And with [[death]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]] | * [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]] | ||
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | * [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | ||
* [[Brooke | * [[Brooke 1|Brooke]] - [[Joanna Horton]] | ||
* [[Maitre D' (My Dinner with Andrew)|Maitre D']] | * [[Maitre D' (My Dinner with Andrew)|Maitre D']] / [[Chef (My Dinner with Andrew)|Chef]] / Assassin - [[Jonathan Coote]] | ||
* [[Brooke 2]] - [[Nina Toussaint-White]] | |||
* [[ | |||
== | === Uncredited cast === | ||
* Andrew uses the Doctor's [[unlimited credit slip]] from the [[Galactic Century Bank]] to buy the | * [[Andrew Edwardson]] - Peter Davison ([[BFX]]: ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Three]]'') | ||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Among the dishes served at [[The Bumptious Gastropod]] is poached [[leg]] of [[Mire Beast]] and [[Rutan Roulade]]. | |||
* Andrew uses the Doctor's [[unlimited credit slip]] from the [[Galactic Century Bank]] to buy the Bumptious Gastropod when it was a [[cafe]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The title of the story is a reference to the 1981 film {{wi|My Dinner with Andre}}. | * The title of the story is a reference to the 1981 film {{wi|My Dinner with Andre}}. | ||
* Unusually, this story features [[Fifth Doctor|The Fifth Doctor]] with no travelling companions. Similar to ''[[Fallen Angels (audio story)|Fallen Angels]]'' and ''[[Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)|Empire of the Racnoss]]''. | |||
* The function of the restaurant works similarly to [[Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams']] [https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Milliways#How_the_restaurant_works Millways] from ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* River tells Andrew he looks just like her fifth husband. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' et al) | * River tells Andrew he looks just like her [[Fifth Doctor|fifth husband]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', et al.) | ||
* River kisses the Doctor and Brooke with her [[hallucinogenic lipstick]] to make them forget meeting her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' et al) She also tells the Doctor he'll get used to kissing her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | * River says she's a [[professor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', et al.) | ||
* River kisses the Doctor and Brooke with her [[hallucinogenic lipstick]] to make them forget meeting her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', et al.) She also tells the Doctor he'll get used to kissing her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* River shoots the Fifth Doctor. She also shot the Eleventh Doctor at earlier points in her timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | * River shoots the Fifth Doctor. She also shot the Eleventh Doctor at earlier points in her timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | ||
* River tells Brooke the Doctor was a good boy because he "did as he was told". The [[Eleventh Doctor]] previously told River to do as she was told in order to follow his plan on their wedding day. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | * River tells Brooke the Doctor was a good boy because he "did as he was told". The [[Eleventh Doctor]] previously told River to do as she was told in order to follow his plan on their wedding day. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | ||
* River tells the Maitre D' to tell her past self that things are about to get complicated. [[Amy Pond|Her mother]] often said the same thing when she ended up meeting versions of herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'') | * River tells the Maitre D' to tell her past self that things are about to get complicated. [[Amy Pond|Her mother]] often said the same thing when she ended up meeting versions of herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'') | ||
* River says the Doctor can't die at The Bumptious Gastropod because his "death" is a [[fixed point in time]] at [[Lake Silencio]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | * River says the Doctor can't die at The Bumptious Gastropod because his "death" is a [[fixed point in time]] at [[Lake Silencio]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | ||
* River uses | * River uses [[River Song's vortex manipulator|her vortex manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', et al.) | ||
* Madame Kovarian scoffs at the [[celery]] on the Doctor's clothes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' et al) | * Madame Kovarian scoffs at the [[celery]] on the Doctor's clothes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', et al.) | ||
* The Doctor will later have dinner in [[Crystal Bucephalus|another time-travelling restaurant]]. ([[PROSE]]:'' [[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | |||
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