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|series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | |series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|number = 8.3 | |number = 8.3 | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | ||
|range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | |range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | ||
|series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | |series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | ||
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|enemy = [[Balthazar Drix]], [[Balthazar Drix's K9|K9 copies]] | |enemy = [[Balthazar Drix]], [[Balthazar Drix's K9|K9 copies]] | ||
|setting = [[SS Pollyanna]] | |setting = [[SS Pollyanna]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Alfie Shaw | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 27 January 2021 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWRIVER08 | |production code = BFPDWRIVER08 | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[River Song|River]] finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her | [[River Song|River]] finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her 'forever home'. | ||
But which of | But which of River's keepers can she trust? Is robot cat [[Maria Webber|FE-]] all she seems? And is [[K9]] still a girl's best friend? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]] | * [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]] | ||
* [[K9 Mark III|K9]] / [[Simmons (A Forever Home)|Simmons]] - [[John Leeson]] | * [[K9 Mark III|K9]] / [[Simmons (A Forever Home)|Simmons]] - [[John Leeson]] | ||
* [[Maria Webber|FE- | * [[Maria Webber|FE-]] / [[Maria Webber|Maria]] / [[Patricia (A Forever Home)|Patricia]] - [[Tracy Wiles]] | ||
* [[Balthazar Drix]] - [[Clive Hayward]] | * [[Balthazar Drix]] - [[Clive Hayward]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* Much like a [[TARDIS]], [[Time Lord]] [[time crate]]s can travel through time and space and are equipped with [[chameleon circuit]]s. | * Much like a [[TARDIS]], [[Time Lord]] [[time crate]]s can travel through time and space and are equipped with [[chameleon circuit]]s. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:57, 16 July 2024
A Forever Home was the third story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Eight. It was written by Alfie Shaw and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and John Leeson as K9.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
River finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her 'forever home'.
But which of River's keepers can she trust? Is robot cat FE- all she seems? And is K9 still a girl's best friend?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- K9 / Simmons - John Leeson
- FE- / Maria / Patricia - Tracy Wiles
- Balthazar Drix - Clive Hayward
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Much like a TARDIS, Time Lord time crates can travel through time and space and are equipped with chameleon circuits.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story marked K9 Mark III's first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama.
- This story leads directly into the plot TV: A Girl's Best Friend, with K9's delivery to Sarah Jane's Aunt Lavinia in South Croydon.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fourth Doctor sent K9 Mark III to Sarah Jane in a Time Lord time crate because he couldn't afford to send him in the post. At the end of the story River alters the time crate's chameleon circuit to make it look like a regular packing crate before sending K9 onto Croydon. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)
- River bemoans the fact the the Doctor never tells anyone about her, later the Doctor would tell Clara Oswald about River, but in a way that lead Clara to think she was a man. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- River has previously met several incarnations of the real Master. (AUDIO: The Bekdel Test, Animal Instinct, The Lifeboat and the Deathboat, Concealed Weapon, Rivers of Light)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official A Forever Home page at bigfinish.com
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