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|companions      = [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
|companions      = [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]]
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|enemy          = [[Lagrange]]
|setting        = [[Vendée]], [[18th century]]
|setting        = [[Vendée]], [[18th century]]
|writer          = [[John Pritchard]]
|writer          = John Pritchard
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]], [[Helen Goldwyn]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer        = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|music          = [[Robert Harvey]]
|music          = [[Robert Harvey]]
|sound          = [[Robert Harvey]]
|sound          = [[Robert Harvey]]
|read by        = [[Maureen O'Brien]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|epcount        = 2
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|release date    = 15 June 2017
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|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories
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|production code = BFPDWCC110
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-006-0 (physical);<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-007-7 (digital)
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|prev            = The Edge (CC audio story)
|next            = Across the Darkened City (audio story)
|next            = Across the Darkened City (audio story)
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|prev2          = The Locked Room (audio story)
|next2          = Across the Darkened City (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Two (audio anthology)|The First Doctor: Volume Two]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Two]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== The Column from Hell (1) ===
''to be added''
=== The Darkened Road (2) ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


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* [[Lagrange]] - [[Robert Hands]]
* [[Lagrange]] - [[Robert Hands]]


== References ==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Vicki Pallister]]
* [[Steven Taylor]]
* [[Lagrange]]
* [[Nicole (Fields of Terror)|Nicole]]
* [[Hooded man (Fields of Terror)|Hooded man]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in the [[Vendée]].
* The Doctor considers [[Paris]] to be "one of the most civilised of cities".
* The Doctor recalls the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[13th century]].
* The Doctor quotes from ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' and Dante's Inferno.
* The Hooded Man in this story is described as wearing the conical hood of a penitent monk, the Doctor says that hood would have a different meaning in the future. Likely referring to the white supremacist terrorist group "Ku Klux Klan."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was told from Vicki's perspective.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor mentions he had visited [[Paris]] before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'')
* The Doctor tells Vicki that he had previously visited Paris during the French Revolution, towards the end of the Reign of Terror in [[July]] [[1794]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') Revolutionary France had earlier been the site of the Doctor and [[Susan Foreman]]'s first visit to [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
* The [[timeline]] becomes distorted as Vicki inspects the shrine. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Across the Darkened City (audio story)|Across the Darkened City]]'', ''[[The Bonfires of the Vanities (audio story)|The Bonfires of the Vanities]]'') The [[Time Lord]]s fix the distortion, caused by the [[Dalek]]s from the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] as they invade the First Doctor's timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Two trailer (audio story)|Volume Two trailer]]'')
* The Doctor notes that he has met [[Maximilien Robespierre]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'')
* Vicki refers to her medical skills. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
* The Doctor and Steven would later return to France in [[August]] [[1572]], where they witnessed the [[St Bartholomew's Day massacre]] in Paris. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'')
* Steven tells Lagrange that he has personal experience of warfare. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'')
* Vicki compares the Infernal Column to the Daleks and the [[Mechonoid|Mechanoids]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 05:56, 28 June 2024

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Fields of Terror was the first story in The First Doctor: Volume Two.

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

The TARDIS has brought the Doctor back to Revolutionary France, a place that's always fascinated him. But this time he, along with Steven and Vicki, are drawn into a devastated land, caught between the soldiers who are burning all before them and a monstrous shape that follows in their wake.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Column from Hell (1)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

The Darkened Road (2)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in the Vendée.
  • The Doctor considers Paris to be "one of the most civilised of cities".
  • The Doctor recalls the Massacre at Béziers during the 13th century.
  • The Doctor quotes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Dante's Inferno.
  • The Hooded Man in this story is described as wearing the conical hood of a penitent monk, the Doctor says that hood would have a different meaning in the future. Likely referring to the white supremacist terrorist group "Ku Klux Klan."

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was told from Vicki's perspective.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]