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|companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = Zeta (The Exaltation) | ||
|featuring2 = Lynette (The Exaltation){{!}}Madge | |||
|featuring3 = Alonza | |||
|featuring4 = Byron (The Exaltation) | |||
|featuring5 = Clarent | |||
|featuring6 = Dellan | |||
|featuring7 = Ervis | |||
|featuring8 = Otho (The Exaltation){{!}}Otho | |||
|setting = [[Arunopal]] | |setting = [[Arunopal]] | ||
|writer = Jacqueline Rayner | |writer = Jacqueline Rayner | ||
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|next = Escape from Holy Island (audio story) | |next = Escape from Holy Island (audio story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and introduced [[Jonnie Broadbent]] as [[ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and introduced [[Jonnie Broadbent]] as [[Alonza]], [[Byron (The Exaltation)|Byron]], [[Clarent]], [[Dellan]] and [[Ervis]]. | ||
This story and the rest of the anthology marked the [[List of anniversaries|40th anniversary]] of Baker's debut as the Sixth Doctor. | This story and the rest of the anthology marked the [[List of anniversaries|40th anniversary]] of Baker's debut as the Sixth Doctor. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Hints of a temporal anomaly bring [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] to [[Arunopal]] on the day [[Otho (The Exaltation)|King Otho]] steps down as ruler. But Otho has a dilemma - which of his | Hints of a temporal anomaly bring [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] to [[Arunopal]] on the day [[Otho (The Exaltation)|King Otho]] steps down as ruler. But Otho has a dilemma - which of his five sons should succeed to the throne? He has a deadly game in mind to solve the problem - and the target is a certain [[Time Lord]]... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Zeta (The Exaltation)|Zeta]] - [[Carrie Quinlan]] | * [[Zeta (The Exaltation)|Zeta]] - [[Carrie Quinlan]] | ||
* [[Otho (The Exaltation)|King Otho]] - [[Andrew Dunn]] | * [[Otho (The Exaltation)|King Otho]] - [[Andrew Dunn]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Alonza]] / [[Byron (The Exaltation)|Byron]] / [[Clarent]] / [[Dellan]] / [[Ervis]] - [[Jonnie Broadbent]] | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Mel pretends to have had [[Saturday Night Fever]], which gave her "chills that were multiplying, [and she was] losing control". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | === Real world references === | ||
* The supposed symptoms Mel ascribes to "Saturday Night Fever" are verbatim lyrics from "Greased Lightnin'", a song from the musical {{wi|Grease (musical)|Grease}}, which was performed primarily by [[John Travolta]] in the popular {{w|Grease (film)|1978 film}}. Travolta also starred in the 1977 film ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||