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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|name = ''Journey into Time'' | |||
|image = | |image = | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = The Doctor{{!}}Dr. Who | ||
|companions = | |companions = Susan, Mike | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[American Revolution]] | |setting = [[American Revolution]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Malcolm Hulke | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|music = | |music = | ||
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|series = ''[[Doctor Who (unproduced radio series)|Doctor Who]]'' | |||
}} | }} | ||
''''' | '''''Journey into Time''''' was the first audio drama based upon ''[[Doctor Who]]'', though it was never given official release. | ||
A pilot made for a planned 52-instalment [[Doctor Who (radio series)|radio series]], it was never broadcast, nor did it lead to a series. Since all recordings were lost, and the work was never broadcast so that fans could have potentially recorded it, little beyond the script and a few trade advertisements remain. The first publication of the [[Malcolm Hulke]] script was in a [[2012]] [[Nothing at the End of the Lane (publisher)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]] publication.<ref name=DWN>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/01/dwn150112121012-missing-radio-script.html|title=Missing Radio Script Discovered|author=Chuck Foster|date of source=Sunday, 15 January, 2012|website name=Doctor Who News|accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref> | A pilot made for a planned 52-instalment [[Doctor Who (radio series)|radio series]], it was never broadcast, nor did it lead to a series. Since all recordings were lost, and the work was never broadcast so that fans could have potentially recorded it, little beyond the script and a few trade advertisements remain. The first publication of the [[Malcolm Hulke]] script was in a [[2012]] [[Nothing at the End of the Lane (publisher)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]] publication.<ref name=DWN>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/01/dwn150112121012-missing-radio-script.html|title=Missing Radio Script Discovered|author=Chuck Foster|date of source=Sunday, 15 January, 2012|website name=Doctor Who News|accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref> | ||
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:"As a typical commercial production for unsophisticated listeners in Australia or even some parts of the United States, it stands up quite well. As a piece of science fiction, however, it strikes me as extremely feeble."<ref name=DWN /> | :"As a typical commercial production for unsophisticated listeners in Australia or even some parts of the United States, it stands up quite well. As a piece of science fiction, however, it strikes me as extremely feeble."<ref name=DWN /> | ||
Although | Although Cushing had previously played [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|a version of the Doctor]] in the "Dalek movies", this story wasn't scripted as a sequel to those movies, rather being an approximate retelling of ''A Unearthly Child'', similar to the aforementioned movies, the ''[[TV Comic]]s'', and ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' before it. This story would've introduced a new character named "Mike", who was unique to this interpretation. | ||
Along with ''[[Absent Friends (Torchwood audio story)|Absent Friends]]'' and ''[[City of the Saved (audio story)|City of the Saved]]'', both of which were also in the audio play medium, this is one of only | Along with ''[[Absent Friends (Torchwood audio story)|Absent Friends]]'' and ''[[City of the Saved (audio story)|City of the Saved]]'', both of which were also in the audio play medium, and the unreleased webcast {{Cs|41.1978.A (unreleased webcast)}}, this is one of only four performed [[DWU]] stories known to have been fully recorded, but never given an official release of any kind. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Dr. Who travels back in time to the [[American Revolution]] with Susan and Mike. | Dr. Who travels back in time to the [[American Revolution]] with Susan and Mike. | ||
== Cast<ref>Cast list based upon [http://bandril.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/journey-into-time.html a fan attempt at making the drama] from the ''Nothing at the End of the Lane''-published script</ref> | == Cast == | ||
* [[The Doctor|Dr. Who]] - [[Peter Cushing]]<ref>Cast list based upon [http://bandril.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/journey-into-time.html a fan attempt at making the drama] from the ''Nothing at the End of the Lane''-published script</ref> | |||
* Susan - Unknown | * Susan - Unknown | ||
* Miss Jennings - Unknown | * Miss Jennings - Unknown | ||
* George - Unknown | * George - Unknown | ||
* Mike - Unknown | * Mike - Unknown<ref name=DJH>[[David J Howe|Howe, David J.]], "The Lost Radio Plays". ''[[The Frame]]'' #10. May, 1989. p. 17.</ref> | ||
* Mr Logan - Unknown | * Mr Logan - Unknown | ||
* Inspector - Unknown | * Inspector - Unknown | ||
* Launder - Unknown | * Launder - Unknown | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
The | The backstory of the Dr. Who character in this story is somewhat a mix of the 1960 films and that of the original TV series. Dr. Who and Susan are from the [[Planet (An Unearthly Child)|far future of Earth]], where time travel is possible, but a malfunction in their machine makes it so they cannot choose where to land. They decide to spend some time in the '60s to investigate the issue, where Susan begins going to school and meets Mike. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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