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Finding a series of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [[book]]s he has never heard of during a visit to a [[library]] with [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] deduces that somebody is affecting [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s [[timeline]]. He connects an [[e-reader]] to the [[TARDIS console]] using the port once used for the [[core to the Key to Time|core]] to the [[Key to Time]] and traces the interference to [[Edgar Alien Poe]], [[captain]] of a [[raven]]-shaped [[spaceship]]. Poe's [[ | Finding a series of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [[book]]s he has never heard of during a visit to a [[library]] with [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] deduces that somebody is affecting [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s [[timeline]]. He connects an [[e-reader]] to the [[TARDIS console]] using the port once used for the [[core to the Key to Time|core]] to the [[Key to Time]] and traces the interference to [[Edgar Alien Poe]], [[captain]] of a [[raven]]-shaped [[spaceship]]. Poe's [[Robot raven (The Ultimate Poe)|robot raven]] attacks the Doctor and Mel and they leap into a [[portal]] they come across to escape, after which they find themselves in a [[carnival]] and meet [[Montresor]], who addresses the Doctor as [[Fortunato]] and takes him into his family's [[catacomb]]s to sample a cask of [[vonix]]. | ||
Montresor does not register Mel's presence, however, and the Doctor notes that the character of Montresor in [[The Cask of Amontillado|one of Poe's stories]] takes only Fortunato into the catacombs. Montresor chains the Doctor to a wall inside a niche, bricks him up and departs, allowing Mel to dismantle the wall and release the Doctor using a [[lockpick]] from one of [[the Doctor's pockets|his pockets]]. Another portal takes them back to the | Montresor does not register Mel's presence, however, and the Doctor notes that the character of Montresor in [[The Cask of Amontillado|one of Poe's stories]] takes only Fortunato into the catacombs. Montresor chains the Doctor to a wall inside a niche, bricks him up and departs, allowing Mel to dismantle the wall and release the Doctor using a [[lockpick]] from one of [[the Doctor's pockets|his pockets]]. Another portal takes them back to the spaceship, now captained by [[Edgar Android Poe]], but they are soon chased by the raven back through a portal to the world of ''[[The Masque of the Red Death]]''. A cloaked figure interrupts [[Prospero (The Ultimate Poe)|Prince Prospero]]'s [[masquerade]] and is torn apart by the revellers after the prince, chasing the figure, falls dead. The figure is without form, however, and the revellers begin to die of the Red Death. | ||
Another portal returns the Doctor and Mel to the spaceship, now staffed by [[hologram]]atic figures and captained by [[Edgar AI Poe]], who is unsure why the two travellers are not yet dead and has the raven chase them towards a portal once again. | |||
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* [[Melanie Bush]] | * [[Melanie Bush]] | ||
* [[Edgar Alien Poe]] | * [[Edgar Alien Poe]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Robot raven (The Ultimate Poe)|Robot raven]] | ||
* [[Montresor]] | * [[Montresor]] | ||
* [[Edgar Android Poe]] | * [[Edgar Android Poe]] | ||
* [[Prospero (The Ultimate Poe)|Prospero]] | |||
* [[Edgar AI Poe]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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* The Doctor is a fan of [[Roland Rat]]. | * The Doctor is a fan of [[Roland Rat]]. | ||
* In [[the Doctor's pockets]] are a [[cricket ball]], [[jelly babies]], a [[catapult]] and a [[lockpick]]. | * In [[the Doctor's pockets]] are a [[cricket ball]], [[jelly babies]], a [[catapult]] and a [[lockpick]]. | ||
* Mel eats something which looks and smells like [[spiced meat]]. | |||
* The Red Death in ''[[The Masque of the Red Death]]'' emulates [[consumption]], of which a number of people Poe knew died. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 31 July 2024
The Ultimate Poe was the seventh audiobook released in the Interludes series. It was released as a bonus download with the audio anthology The Quin Dilemma. It was written by Andrew Collins and featured the Sixth Doctor.
Publisher's summary
The Doctor and Mel go in search of Edgar Allan Poe, after discovering someone has been changing the titles of his famous works.[1]
Plot
Finding a series of Edgar Allan Poe books he has never heard of during a visit to a library with Mel, the Doctor deduces that somebody is affecting Edgar Allan Poe's timeline. He connects an e-reader to the TARDIS console using the port once used for the core to the Key to Time and traces the interference to Edgar Alien Poe, captain of a raven-shaped spaceship. Poe's robot raven attacks the Doctor and Mel and they leap into a portal they come across to escape, after which they find themselves in a carnival and meet Montresor, who addresses the Doctor as Fortunato and takes him into his family's catacombs to sample a cask of vonix.
Montresor does not register Mel's presence, however, and the Doctor notes that the character of Montresor in one of Poe's stories takes only Fortunato into the catacombs. Montresor chains the Doctor to a wall inside a niche, bricks him up and departs, allowing Mel to dismantle the wall and release the Doctor using a lockpick from one of his pockets. Another portal takes them back to the spaceship, now captained by Edgar Android Poe, but they are soon chased by the raven back through a portal to the world of The Masque of the Red Death. A cloaked figure interrupts Prince Prospero's masquerade and is torn apart by the revellers after the prince, chasing the figure, falls dead. The figure is without form, however, and the revellers begin to die of the Red Death.
Another portal returns the Doctor and Mel to the spaceship, now staffed by hologramatic figures and captained by Edgar AI Poe, who is unsure why the two travellers are not yet dead and has the raven chase them towards a portal once again.
to be completed
Characters
- Sixth Doctor
- Melanie Bush
- Edgar Alien Poe
- Robot raven
- Montresor
- Edgar Android Poe
- Prospero
- Edgar AI Poe
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor finds copies of The Telltale Hearts, The Pit and the Penguin, The Fall of the House of Prydon and The Splinx.
- Mel mentions Monty Python.
- Montresor has a trowel.
- The Doctor is a fan of Roland Rat.
- In the Doctor's pockets are a cricket ball, jelly babies, a catapult and a lockpick.
- Mel eats something which looks and smells like spiced meat.
- The Red Death in The Masque of the Red Death emulates consumption, of which a number of people Poe knew died.
Notes
- The title is a reference to the final story of Season 23, The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"], broadcast 38 years prior in 1986.
- This Interlude replaced the original story meant to be featured with The Quin Dilemma, The Memory Eaters, written by Alison Lawson and read by Dan Starkey.[2]
- Although meant to be released along with The Quin Dilemma, this Interlude was released a month after the anthology.[3][4]
Continuity
- The titles of the altered Edgar Allan Poe works echo aspects of the Doctor's life in general and the Sixth Doctor in particular:
- The plural The Telltale Hearts alludes to Time Lords' binary vascular systems, a plot point introduced in TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"] and made ubiquitous thereafter.
- The Pit and the Penguin evokes Frobisher, a long-term shapeshifting companion of the Sixth Doctor well-known for defaulting to the form of a talking penguin, introduced in COMIC: The Shape Shifter [+]Loading...["The Shape Shifter (comic story)"].
- The Fall of the House of Prydon references the Prydonian Chapter, one of the castes of Time Lord society as introduced in TV: The Deadly Assassin [+]Loading...["The Deadly Assassin (TV story)"], specifically being the Doctor's Chapter. Although PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"] suggested that the castes corresponded to the spheres of influence of particularly powerful Ruling Houses, and another chapter (the Patrex Chapter) had been confirmed as having a ruling "House Patrex" in AUDIO: Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"], this is technically the first mention of a House of Prydon.
- The Splinx references Splinx, a robot cat who acted as a companion of the Sixth Doctor in GAME: Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror (audio story)"]. Splinx had previously been referenced in Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories in AUDIO: The Key To The Key To Time [+]Loading...["The Key To The Key To Time (audio story)"] where an alternative version of her travelled with an alternate Doctor going by the Wanderer.
Footnotes
- ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sixth-doctor-adventures-the-quin-dilemma-2873#tab2
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240203172033/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sixth-doctor-adventures-the-quin-dilemma-2873
- ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/bonus-interludes-for-2024
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1783808513195573520
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