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|companions      = [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
|main character  = Liz Shaw
|featuring        = [[John Benton|Benton]]
|featuring        = Third Doctor
|enemy            = [[Matthew]]
|featuring2      = John Benton
|setting          = [[Scotland]]
|enemy            = [[Matthew (A Home From Home)|Matthew]]
|writer          = [[Nick Wallace]]
|setting          = [[Cardle Muir]], [[1970s]]
|director         =  
|writer          = Nick Wallace
|director        = [[Neil Gardner]]
|producer         = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|read by          = [[Stephen Critchlow]]
|read by          = [[Stephen Critchlow]]
|cover            = [[Tom Saunders]]
|music            =  
|music            =  
|sound            =  
|sound            = Neil Gardner
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = 22 [[December (releases)|December]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|release date    = 22 December 2014
|format          = 1 X 21 min.
|format          = MP3 Download
|production code  =  
|production code  = BFSTRARE12
|isbn            =  
|series          = ''[[Subscriber Short Trips]]''
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|series2         = ''[[Short Trips Rarities]]''
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'''''A Home From Home''''' was a 2014 [[Big Finish]] ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' audio short story, written by [[Nick Wallace]] and read by [[Stephen Critchlow]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. It was released as a subscriber-only download, available to subscribers who purchased ''[[The Rani Elite (audio story)|The Rani Elite]]''.
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'''''A Home From Home''''' was the nineteenth ''[[Subscriber Short Trips]]'' audio story. It was written by [[Nick Wallace]] and read by [[Stephen Critchlow]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Liz Shaw]] and [[John Benton]] and was initially released as a subscriber-only download, available to subscribers who purchased ''[[The Rani Elite (audio story)|The Rani Elite]]''.


== Summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''to be added''
[[Liz Shaw|A woman]], [[John Benton|a soldier]], and [[Third Doctor|a Time Lord]] walk into a bar. One of them is never seen again.
 
Where has the Doctor gone — and can he be rescued? Liz know she's his only hope. But she's not the only hunter at large tonight...
 
== Plot ==
Following map references in the [[laboratory]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] drives to the supposedly haunted [[Cardle Muir]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]] in search of [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], stopping at a pub on the way and finding that the landlord [[Matthew (A Home From Home)|Matthew]] has no memory of the Doctor visiting. Liz reaches the deserted [[hamlet]] and, finding nothing, heads back to the pub.
 
Liz orders a [[pineapple juice]] and, when her [[allergy]] does not flare up and [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] joins her, she orders Matthew to stop altering her perception. He does so with a [[wand]] which Liz demands he hands over, taking it to Cardle Muir and revealing a secret settlement of [[alien]]s around her. She finds the Doctor seated in a [[barn]] and says that she has come to rescue him.
 
The Doctor reveals that Cardle Muir is a community of outcasts and [[refugee]]s and that he joined them on a holiday. When Liz asks about Matthew, the Doctor says that he does not know of him and the settlement is suddenly attacked with [[laser]]s and [[grenade]]s. Matthew demands that [[Gilleal]] surrenders, but the Doctor realises that the camouflage is keeping him from seeing all the residents. Using [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] and the wand, the Doctor modulates the overlap of the projector fields and pushes Matthew out of phase.
 
Liz explains to Benton, whom Matthew had knocked out, that Matthew is invisible and intangible now. She suggests contacting [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], but the Doctor wants to wait a few days so that the people of Cardle Muir can be relocated without [[UNIT]] finding them. She suggests a place in [[Cornwall]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[Matthew]]
* [[Matthew (A Home From Home)|Matthew]]
* [[Gellial]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* Liz has been with UNIT for six months.
 
* Narrator - [[Stephen Critchlow]]
* Cover Art - [[Tom Saunders]]
* Sound Designer & Director - [[Neil Gardner]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Producer & Script Editor - [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
* Writer - [[Nick Wallace]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Liz drives an [[Austin (car)|Austin]].
* Liz orders [[orange juice]] and [[pineapple juice]].
* Liz is allergic to [[pineapple]].
* [[Cardle Muir]] is a small hamlet in the [[Scottish Highlands]].
* Liz has been with [[UNIT]] for six months.
* Liz says that she knows of a [[cottage]] in [[Cornwall]].
* Liz sees an [[Silurian|upright reptilian]] and a glowing human.
* The Doctor reads ''[[The Times]]'' with a cup of [[coffee]].
* [[Gellial]] is a [[princess]] of the [[Srynai]].
* The [[gatekeeper]] for Cardle Muir is a woman who runs a [[post office]].
* Matthew is a [[bounty hunter]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
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* This story was recorded on [[29 November (production)|29 November]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[Ladbroke Audio]].
* This story was released as a freebie to subscribers of [[Main Range|Big Finish's Doctor Who main range]], alongside story ''[[The Rani Elite (audio story)|The Rani Elite]]''. It was commercially made available on [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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A Home From Home was the nineteenth Subscriber Short Trips audio story. It was written by Nick Wallace and read by Stephen Critchlow. It featured the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and John Benton and was initially released as a subscriber-only download, available to subscribers who purchased The Rani Elite.

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

A woman, a soldier, and a Time Lord walk into a bar. One of them is never seen again.

Where has the Doctor gone — and can he be rescued? Liz know she's his only hope. But she's not the only hunter at large tonight...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Following map references in the laboratory, Liz drives to the supposedly haunted Cardle Muir in the Scottish Highlands in search of the Doctor, stopping at a pub on the way and finding that the landlord Matthew has no memory of the Doctor visiting. Liz reaches the deserted hamlet and, finding nothing, heads back to the pub.

Liz orders a pineapple juice and, when her allergy does not flare up and Sergeant Benton joins her, she orders Matthew to stop altering her perception. He does so with a wand which Liz demands he hands over, taking it to Cardle Muir and revealing a secret settlement of aliens around her. She finds the Doctor seated in a barn and says that she has come to rescue him.

The Doctor reveals that Cardle Muir is a community of outcasts and refugees and that he joined them on a holiday. When Liz asks about Matthew, the Doctor says that he does not know of him and the settlement is suddenly attacked with lasers and grenades. Matthew demands that Gilleal surrenders, but the Doctor realises that the camouflage is keeping him from seeing all the residents. Using his sonic screwdriver and the wand, the Doctor modulates the overlap of the projector fields and pushes Matthew out of phase.

Liz explains to Benton, whom Matthew had knocked out, that Matthew is invisible and intangible now. She suggests contacting the Brigadier, but the Doctor wants to wait a few days so that the people of Cardle Muir can be relocated without UNIT finding them. She suggests a place in Cornwall.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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