The Wormery (audio story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = The Wormery cover.jpg  

|name = The Wormery

|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]

|number = 51

|doctor = Sixth Doctor

|companions = [[Iris Wildthyme]]

|enemy = [[Iris Wildthyme#Others|Bianca]]<br />[[Psychic worm]]s

|year = [[Bianca's]]

|writer = [[Paul Magrs]]<br />[[Stephen Cole]]

|director = [[Gary Russell]]

|post production = [[Ian Potter]]

|music=[[Jason Loborik]]

|cover=[[Lee Binding]]

|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]

|release date = [[November]] [[2003]]

|format = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs

|isbn = ISBN 1-84435-033-9

|prev = Zagreus (audio story)

|next = Scherzo (audio story)

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-first [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] opposite [[Katy Manning]] as [[Iris Wildthyme]]. This was the second appearance of Iris Wildthyme. The first was during the Excelis tetralogy in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]''.

There's one place in creation where the truth really can be found in the bottom of a glass -- Bianca's, a very special and very exclusive little club.

The Doctor, careworn and seeking quiet distraction, gains admission. But his rest and relaxation is soon shattered by the wobbly arrival of louche trans-temporal adventuress [[Iris Wildthyme]]. She claims she's on a secret mission of vital importance, the success of which hinges on her getting paralytic. When she's [[alcohol|drunk]], she can hear the whispering voices in her head..

The Doctor soon learns that Bianca's airs and graces cover not just one malevolent power lurking in the shadows, but several. And a wriggling, writhing presence has designs on the clientele -- just as Bianca herself has designs on the Doctor.

* [[Iris Wildthyme#Others|Bianca]] - [[Maria McErlane]]

* [[Barman (The Wormery)|Barman]] - [[Ian Brooker]] (listed on the [http://www.bigfinish.com/51-Doctor-Who-The-Wormery BF web site])

* [[Psychic worm|Psychic Worms]] - [[Gary Russell]]

* [[Seventh Doctor|Mr. Ashcroft]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]

 

=== Culture ===

* When asked what's so bad about getting drunk, the Doctor quotes his "good friend [[Douglas Adams|Douglas]]": "You ask a glass of water," a line from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]].''

* Paul Magrs revealed on the [http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/who.html Iris Wildthyme website] that Bianca is the final incarnation of Iris, and that the club itself is the remains of Iris' [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS|TARDIS]].

* Along with ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[Thicker than Water]]'' and ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', this is one of six [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]] in which both [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] appear.

* To date, this is the only appearance of Iris in the main range.

* This audio drama was recorded on [[1 November|1]] and [[10 November]] [[2002]] at [[The Moat Studios]].

* This audio and [[AUDIO]]: [[Zagreus (audio story)|''Zagreus'']] were released in the same month, the first time in Big Finish history that two main range releases were.

* The Seventh Doctor makes a cameo appearance in a Sixth Doctor story, as he would later do in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thicker than Water (audio story)|Thicker than Water]]''.

* The Doctor refers to the second time that he was put on trial by the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'')

* {{bigfinish|51-Doctor-Who-The-Wormery|The Wormery}}

* {{dwrefguide|who_bf51.htm|The Wormery}}

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