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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Song of Megaptera cover.jpg | |image = The Song of Megaptera cover.jpg | ||
|adapted from = The Song of the Space Whale (TV story) | |adapted from = The Song of the Space Whale (unproduced TV story){{!}}The Song of the Space Whale | ||
|range = The Lost Stories | |range = The Lost Stories | ||
|series in range = Series 1 (TLS) | |series in range = Series 1 (TLS) | ||
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|number in series = 7 | |number in series = 7 | ||
|series = [[The Lost Stories]] | |series = [[The Lost Stories]] | ||
|number = 1.07 | |number = 1.07 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Greeg]] | |enemy = [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Greeg]] | ||
|setting = [[SS Orcus|SS ''Orcus'']] and [[Megaptera]], [[far future]] | |setting = [[SS Orcus|SS ''Orcus'']] and [[Megaptera]], [[far future]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Pat Mills | ||
|director = [[John Ainsworth]] | |director = [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|music = [[Daniel Brett]] | |music = [[Daniel Brett]] | ||
|sound = Daniel Brett | |sound = Daniel Brett | ||
|cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | |cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = May 2010 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes|6Y/AG]] | |production code = [[List of production codes|6Y/AG]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-450-4 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-450-4 | ||
|prev = Point of Entry (audio story) | |prev = Point of Entry (audio story) | ||
|next = The Macros (audio story) | |next = The Macros (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-song-of-megaptera-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-song-of-megaptera-trailer | ||
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* The Doctor nearly lost the TARDIS playing a [[card game]] with [[leprechaun]]s. | * The Doctor nearly lost the TARDIS playing a [[card game]] with [[leprechaun]]s. | ||
* The Doctor reverses the TARDIS's [[temporal motor]]s. | * The Doctor reverses the TARDIS's [[temporal motor]]s. | ||
* Peri promises to eat [[sprout]]s for the rest of her life if she survives the production line. | * Peri promises to eat [[Brussels sprout|sprout]]s for the rest of her life if she survives the production line. | ||
* Peri says that the production line has put her off [[ | * Peri says that the production line has put her off [[roller coaster]]s. | ||
* [[Glyceride]]s smell. | * [[Glyceride]]s smell. | ||
* The TARDIS has a blue [[transdimensional finish]]. | * The TARDIS has a blue [[transdimensional finish]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Song of the Mep interior CD art.jpg|thumb|Interior CD art illustrating events in the story.]] | [[File:Song of the Mep interior CD art.jpg|thumb|Interior CD art illustrating events in the story.]] | ||
* This story was initially written for a [[Fourth Doctor]] story, then was reworked as a [[Fifth Doctor]] story, starring [[Tegan Jovanka]] and introducing [[Vislor Turlough]], written by [[Pat Mills]] and [[John Wagner]]. It was replaced with ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]''. The introduction of Turlough was added at a late stage and he was to have been one of the travellers within the space whale.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6f.html A Brief History Of Time (Travel): Mawdryn Undead]</ref> The final version was written under the name of ''Song of the Space Whale'' for [[Season 22]]. | * This story was initially written for a [[Fourth Doctor]] story, then was reworked as a [[Fifth Doctor]] story, starring [[Tegan Jovanka]] and introducing [[Vislor Turlough]], written by [[Pat Mills]] and [[John Wagner]]. It was replaced with ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]''. The introduction of Turlough was added at a late stage and he was to have been one of the travellers within the space whale.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6f.html A Brief History Of Time (Travel): Mawdryn Undead]</ref> The final version was written under the name of ''Song of the Space Whale'' for [[Season 22 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 22]]. | ||
* Much of the reprogrammed Ship's Computer language takes cues from leetspeak. A written dialect of English popularised in the computer gaming and hacking communities. The Computer's suggested strategy of a "zerg rush", adopted by Captain Greeg, originated in the real-time strategy video game, ''Starcraft''. | * Much of the reprogrammed Ship's Computer language takes cues from leetspeak. A written dialect of English popularised in the computer gaming and hacking communities. The Computer's suggested strategy of a "zerg rush", adopted by Captain Greeg, originated in the real-time strategy video game, ''Starcraft''. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[23 September (production)|23]] and [[24 September (production)|24 September]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[23 September (production)|23]] and [[24 September (production)|24 September]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story is set between ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and [[Season 23|''The Trial of a Time Lord'']]. | * This story is set between ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|''The Trial of a Time Lord'']]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
