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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = The First Doctor: Volume Three | ||
|number = 13.3 | |number = 13.3 | ||
|range = The Companion Chronicles | |range = The Companion Chronicles | ||
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|series number in range = 13 | |series number in range = 13 | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
| | |main character = [[Steven Taylor]] | ||
|featuring = [[First Doctor]] | |||
|featuring = | |||
|enemy = [[Michael Hart]] | |enemy = [[Michael Hart]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[London]], [[1956]]|[[Mediasphere]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[London]], [[1956]]|[[Mediasphere]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Morris, Ian Atkins (writer) | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|music = [[Steve Foxon]] | |music = [[Steve Foxon]] | ||
|sound = Steve Foxon | |sound = Steve Foxon | ||
|read by = | |read by = | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 18 September 2019 | ||
|format = | |format =1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWCC130 | |production code = BFPDWCC130 | ||
|isbn = ISBN | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-590-4 | ||
|series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | |series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | ||
|prev = Daybreak (audio story) | |prev = Daybreak (audio story) | ||
|next = The Crumbling Magician (audio story) | |next = The Crumbling Magician (audio story) | ||
|producer = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]|epcount=2 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Three]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Three]]'' and featured [[Peter Purves]] as [[Steven Taylor]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] / [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Purves]] | * [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] / [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Purves]] | ||
* [[Teddy Baxter]] / [[ | * [[Teddy Baxter]] / [[Michael Hart]] - [[Stephen Critchlow]] | ||
=== Additional Voices === | === Additional Voices === | ||
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* [[Paul Spragg]] | * [[Paul Spragg]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Steven finds himself in [[Studio 1]] at ATW, or [[Associated Tele-Wave]]. | * Steven finds himself in [[Studio 1]] at ATW, or [[Associated Tele-Wave]]. | ||
* Steven regards [[slapstick]] comedy as less sophisticated than the [[comedy]] of his era. Teddy Baxter later reveals that giving and receiving [[punch]]es sometimes play a part in slapstick. | * Steven regards [[slapstick]] comedy as less sophisticated than the [[comedy]] of his era. Teddy Baxter later reveals that giving and receiving [[punch]]es sometimes play a part in slapstick. | ||
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* [[Emma Birch]] disappeared in [[West London]], last seen attending a recording of ''[[The Tommy Allan Show]]''. She was the sixth person to have gone missing this month. | * [[Emma Birch]] disappeared in [[West London]], last seen attending a recording of ''[[The Tommy Allan Show]]''. She was the sixth person to have gone missing this month. | ||
** ''The Tommy Allan Show'' was recorded in the [[studio]] next to Steven and Teddy's at ATW. | ** ''The Tommy Allan Show'' was recorded in the [[studio]] next to Steven and Teddy's at ATW. | ||
* The [[Free Trade Hall]] in [[Manchester]] was [[bomb]]ed in [[December]] [[1940]], destroying the surrounding area with it. | * The [[Free Trade Hall]] in [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]] was [[bomb]]ed in [[December]] [[1940]], destroying the surrounding area with it. | ||
* Emma Birch is turned into a [[Vardan]] whilst she is helpless in [[laughter]]. | * Emma Birch is turned into a [[Vardan]] whilst she is helpless in [[laughter]]. | ||
* The Vardans came because they discovered the [[wavelength]]s put out into [[space]] by [[human]]ity. | * The Vardans came because they discovered the [[wavelength]]s put out into [[space]] by [[human]]ity. | ||
* The Doctor is at the Vardan [[Mediasphere]], which has been in [[orbit]] around [[Saturn]] for nearly 20 years. The Vardans set up here to study the full [[wavelength spectrum]] of [[Earth]]. Here, they generated [[data model]]s based on extrapolated [[waveform]] [[data]]. | * The Doctor is at the Vardan [[Mediasphere]], which has been in [[orbit]] around [[Saturn]] for nearly 20 years. The Vardans set up here to study the full [[wavelength spectrum]] of [[Earth]]. Here, they generated [[data model]]s based on extrapolated [[waveform]] [[data]]. | ||
* In essence, the Vardans plan was to attack Earth using [[laughter]], which in their estimation is one of humanity's greatest vulnerabilities. They planned to unleash a [[conversion wave]], a "virus" of sorts, modulated through and disguised as laughter. | * In essence, the Vardans plan was to attack Earth using [[laughter]], which in their estimation is one of humanity's greatest vulnerabilities. They planned to unleash a [[conversion wave]], a "virus" of sorts, modulated through and disguised as laughter. | ||
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* The voice of [[Paul Spragg]] is used posthumously to provide the sound for a comedy sketch which they needed in one scene to play in the background for 2-3 minutes. [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]] had recorded these with Spragg before even joining [[Big Finish]]. The pair had put together a number of comedy videos which Atkins, before this release, had never put to use in a project. ([[BFX]]: ''The Vardan Invasion of Mirth'') | * The voice of [[Paul Spragg]] is used posthumously to provide the sound for a comedy sketch which they needed in one scene to play in the background for 2-3 minutes. [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]] had recorded these with Spragg before even joining [[Big Finish]]. The pair had put together a number of comedy videos which Atkins, before this release, had never put to use in a project. ([[BFX]]: ''The Vardan Invasion of Mirth'') | ||
* [[Teddy Baxter]] was in part based on the real-world comedian {{w|Will Hay}}, particularly with regards to his outside interest in [[astronomy]]. The writers were also inspired by the [[Chuckle Brothers]] while writing Teddy's [[double act]] routines. ([[BFX]]: ''The Vardan Invasion of Mirth'') | * [[Teddy Baxter]] was in part based on the real-world comedian {{w|Will Hay}}, particularly with regards to his outside interest in [[astronomy]]. The writers were also inspired by the [[Chuckle Brothers]] while writing Teddy's [[double act]] routines. ([[BFX]]: ''The Vardan Invasion of Mirth'') | ||
* The title is a play on ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Steven remembers having to live in the [[1950s]] on a previous occasion, although that time he'd had with him a friend, [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Ordinary Life (audio story)|An Ordinary Life]]'') | * Steven remembers having to live in the [[1950s]] on a previous occasion, although that time he'd had with him a friend, [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Ordinary Life (audio story)|An Ordinary Life]]'') | ||
* Steven tries selling a [[Magpie Electricals|Magpie]] [[Magpie Tele-Wave 2000|Tele-Wave 2000]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | * Steven tries selling a [[Magpie Electricals|Magpie]] [[Magpie Tele-Wave 2000|Tele-Wave 2000]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
* Steven has encountered the [[Vardan]]s before. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | * Steven has encountered the [[Vardan]]s before but makes no mention how they are responsible for the death of his fellow companion and friend [[Oliver Harper]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | ||
* The [[Vardan]] [[Mediasphere]] was previously central to their plots. When [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] encountered this technology, it allowed entrance into the [[Mediascape]], which was similar in conceit and technology to the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | * The [[Vardan]] [[Mediasphere]] was previously central to their plots. When [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] encountered this technology, it allowed entrance into the [[Mediascape]], which was similar in conceit and technology to the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | ||
* The Doctor warns that the Vardans would be locked in a [[temporal paradox|paradox]] for eternity, should they kill Teddy Baxter before the now-[[fixed point]] from his future. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]] would later face this exact consequence when attempting to change the fixed point of the Doctor's supposed death at [[Lake Silencio]], becoming trapped within a [[River Song's World|time bubble]] until the paradox was resolved. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | * The Doctor warns that the Vardans would be locked in a [[temporal paradox|paradox]] for eternity, should they kill Teddy Baxter before the now-[[fixed point]] from his future. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]] would later face this exact consequence when attempting to change the fixed point of the Doctor's supposed death at [[Lake Silencio]], becoming trapped within a [[River Song's World|time bubble]] until the paradox was resolved. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | ||
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