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|image            =  
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|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]]''
|epcount          = 1
|epcount          = 1
|number          = 9.2
|number          = 9.2
|audio anthology  = ''[[New Recruit (audio anthology)|New Recruit]]''
|audio anthology  = New Recruit (audio anthology)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|series in range  = 9
|series in range  =  New Recruit (audio anthology)
|series number in range = 9
|number in series = 2
|number in series = 2
|main character  = [[River Song]]
|main character  = [[River Song]]
|featuring        = [[Liz Shaw]]
|featuring        = [[Liz Shaw]]
|enemy            =  
|enemy            = [[The Presidium]]
|setting          = [[Fetter Bailey]], [[1970s]]
|setting          = [[Sahara Desert|Fetter Bailey]], [[1970s]]
|writer          = [[James Kettle]]
|writer          = James Kettle
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|music            = Howard Carter
|music            = Howard Carter
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date    = 27 October 2021
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER09
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER09
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[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] has moved house. It seems she’s found a suburban utopia - until [[River Song]] arrives.
[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] has moved house. It seems she’s found a suburban utopia - until [[River Song]] arrives.


There is more to [[Fetter Bailey]] than manicured lawns and endless soirees. Dangerous creatures prowl the hedgerows, and something lurks in the freezers...
There is more to [[Sahara Desert|Fetter Bailey]] than manicured lawns and endless soirees. Dangerous creatures prowl the hedgerows, and something lurks in the freezers...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Daisy Ashford]]
* [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Daisy Ashford]]
* [[Lucy (Terror of the Suburbs)|Lucy]] / [[Hilda (Terror of the Suburbs)|Hilda]] - [[Claire Wyatt]]
* [[Lucy Thomas|Lucy]] / [[Hilda (Terror of the Suburbs)|Hilda]] - [[Claire Wyatt]]
* [[Yvonne (Terror of the Suburbs)|Yvonne]] / [[Herta (Terror of the Suburbs)|Herta]] - [[Holly Jackson Walters]]
* [[Yvonne Ellison|Yvonne]] / [[Herta (Terror of the Suburbs)|Herta]] - [[Holly Jackson Walters]]
* [[Tony (Terror of the Suburbs)|Tony]] - [[Dale Superville]]
* [[Tony (Terror of the Suburbs)|Tony]] - [[Dale Superville]]


== References ==
=== Uncredited Cast ===
''to be added''
* [[UNIT soldier (Terror of the Suburbs)|UNIT soldier]] - Dale Superville
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Liz knew Lucy at [[Cambridge]].
* As [[Mels Zucker]], River was the [[wicket keeper]] for the [[Leadworth]] under-9s [[cricket]] team.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* [[James Kettle]], the writer of the story, wanted to truly capture [[River Song|River]]'s language patterns as well as those used by the characters from the [[Jon Pertwee|Pertwee]] era of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. For this, he watched ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'' and ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' for River Song, and for [[Liz Shaw]] and the other characters, he watched ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''. ([[BFX]]: ''Terror of the Suburbs'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* River states that she's been to worse dinner parties. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[I Went to a Marvellous Party (audio story)|I Went to a Marvellous Party]], [[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'') She will later attend another dinner with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], which will be just as dangerous. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 30 January 2024

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Terror of the Suburbs was the second story of The Diary of River Song audio anthology New Recruit. It was written by James Kettle and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and Daisy Ashford as Liz Shaw.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Liz has moved house. It seems she’s found a suburban utopia - until River Song arrives.

There is more to Fetter Bailey than manicured lawns and endless soirees. Dangerous creatures prowl the hedgerows, and something lurks in the freezers...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]