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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story of the [[Series 13 (4DA)|thirteenth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matthew Sweet]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Christopher Naylor]] as [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Eleanor Crooks]] as [[Naomi Cross]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story of the [[Series 13 (4DA)|thirteenth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matthew Sweet]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Christopher Naylor]] as [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Eleanor Crooks]] as [[Naomi Cross]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
After burying | After burying Top the Wombat, [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and [[Alexa Wilding]] head to [[Shadwell]] where [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] is complaining that a [[pie]] he purchased tastes of [[cat]]. The Doctor saves [[street urchin]] [[Tom Peck]] from the grip of a [[tiger]] which he takes back to [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] and [[Naomi Cross|Naomi]] in [[the TARDIS]], the instruments of which identify the tiger as [[radiation|radioactive]]. [[Charles Jamrach]], the tiger's owner, is pointed to the TARDIS by Tom and demands the tiger's return so that he can gift it to [[Queen Victoria]], something the Doctor refuses to do until he has checked it over in a [[stasis field]]. Jamrach shows the three travellers his [[menagerie]] aboard a [[ship]] in a [[warehouse]] in the [[East End]] and explains that the tiger's escape was inexplicable and at the same time that his [[wombat]]s burrowed out. Inside the tiger's cage are scorch marks left by an [[energy weapon]]. | ||
Rossetti, a wombat enthusiast, visits Jamrach and is fascinated by the Doctor and Naomi, who speak with him whilst Harry investigates the wombat cage. He is rendered unconscious by Alexa after hearing high-pitched voices in the walls and learns upon returning to consciousness that the wombats have returned, meaning that Rossetti is able to take one which he names Top. Alexa distracts the Doctor, but he realises this and finds that the new Top has stunned Naomi and is being painted by Rossetti whilst other wombats dig up their [[Wombat Queen]]'s [[casket]] from the garden. However, the body inside is not that of their Queen and Top declares that [[London]] will be obliterated as a result. | Rossetti, a wombat enthusiast, visits Jamrach and is fascinated by the Doctor and Naomi, who speak with him whilst Harry investigates the wombat cage. He is rendered unconscious by Alexa after hearing high-pitched voices in the walls and learns upon returning to consciousness that the wombats have returned, meaning that Rossetti is able to take one which he names [[Top the Wombat]]. Alexa distracts the Doctor, but he realises this and finds that the new Top has stunned Naomi and is being painted by Rossetti whilst other wombats dig up their [[Wombat Queen]]'s [[casket]] from the garden. However, the body inside is not that of their Queen and Top declares that [[London]] will be obliterated as a result. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
''to be | Top and the wombats go to capture [[Queen Victoria]] and the Doctor, Naomi and Rossetti take a [[cab]] to save Harry and Jamrach, whom the wombats have kidnapped and taken to Jamrach's to find a [[bomb]] hidden there. Naomi saves them and the Doctor fetches the tiger, Gertie, whom he and Harry discover is the bomb that the wombats intend to use to destroy the city. Harry also finds the living Wombat Queen inside of Gertie after the Doctor, Naomi and Rossetti go to stop Top and takes her to them. She explains how she and her companions landed on [[Earth]] to conquer it, but they instead studied the wombats that they found there, unsure as to whether or not they were the same species, before being captured and sent to Jamrach's menagerie. | ||
The Wombat Queen and her companions were purchased by Rossetti and came to appreciate [[art]] and pleasure, causing them to abandon thoughts of [[war]]. They killed a would-be [[assassin]] who brought the bomb and intended to return home with stories of battle and left his body on the [[table]] where Rossetti found it and mistook it for hers. She then returned to Jamrach's menagerie where she was swallowed by Gertie whilst looking for the bomb and entered a [[trance]]. Now awoken, she cancels the [[colonisation]] programme and, asked to show [[mercy]] by Naomi, spares Top from [[declawing]] by [[exile|exiling]] him to Earth instead. The Doctor, Harry and Naomi assure him that there is no place better. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Charles Jamrach]] / [[Wombat Commodore]] - [[Michael Fenton-Stevens]] | * [[Charles Jamrach]] / [[Wombat Commodore]] - [[Michael Fenton-Stevens]] | ||
* [[Top the Wombat]] - [[Glen McCready]] | * [[Top the Wombat]] - [[Glen McCready]] | ||
=== Uncredited cast === | |||
* [[Pub landlord (The Caged Assassin)|Pub Landlord]] / [[Pie man (The Caged Assassin)|Pie Man]] / [[Lad (The Caged Assassin)|Lad]] - [[Glen McCready]] ([[BFX]]: ''The Caged Assassin'') | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* | * The wombat assassin choked to [[death]] on a [[Cox's Orange Pippin]]. | ||
* [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Dante]] buried an [[armadillo]] and [[Jesse the Owl]]. | * [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Dante]] buried an [[armadillo]] and [[Jesse the Owl]]. | ||
* A [[kangaroo]] died by [[matricide]]. | * A [[kangaroo]] died by [[matricide]]. | ||
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* Naomi mentions ''[[The Italian Job]]''. | * Naomi mentions ''[[The Italian Job]]''. | ||
* Harry is reminded of [[Portsmouth Naval College]]. | * Harry is reminded of [[Portsmouth Naval College]]. | ||
* [[Billy (The Caged Assassin)|Billy]] works for [[Charles Jamrach| | * [[Billy (The Caged Assassin)|Billy]] works for [[Charles Jamrach|Jamrach]]. | ||
* [[Charles Jamrach's father|Jamrach's father]] lived in [[Hamburg]] and was head of the [[River Police]]. | * [[Charles Jamrach's father|Jamrach's father]] lived in [[Hamburg]] and was head of the [[River Police]]. | ||
* [[Llama]]s spit. | * [[Llama]]s spit. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
' | * The Doctor recalls the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[exile]] to [[Earth]], which began in [[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 27 September 2024
The Caged Assassin was the fourth story of the thirteenth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matthew Sweet and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
It's very unusual to find a tiger in the TARDIS. But it's even more unusual to find one heavily dosed in radiation. But this is far from the most unusual occurrence the Doctor, Naomi and Harry are going to encounter today. Because they are about to meet Charles Jamrach, supplier of exotic animals to the rich and royal, who is unaware that his famous menagerie conceals a deadly terror. A strange creature out for blood...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
After burying Top the Wombat, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Alexa Wilding head to Shadwell where the Doctor is complaining that a pie he purchased tastes of cat. The Doctor saves street urchin Tom Peck from the grip of a tiger which he takes back to Harry and Naomi in the TARDIS, the instruments of which identify the tiger as radioactive. Charles Jamrach, the tiger's owner, is pointed to the TARDIS by Tom and demands the tiger's return so that he can gift it to Queen Victoria, something the Doctor refuses to do until he has checked it over in a stasis field. Jamrach shows the three travellers his menagerie aboard a ship in a warehouse in the East End and explains that the tiger's escape was inexplicable and at the same time that his wombats burrowed out. Inside the tiger's cage are scorch marks left by an energy weapon.
Rossetti, a wombat enthusiast, visits Jamrach and is fascinated by the Doctor and Naomi, who speak with him whilst Harry investigates the wombat cage. He is rendered unconscious by Alexa after hearing high-pitched voices in the walls and learns upon returning to consciousness that the wombats have returned, meaning that Rossetti is able to take one which he names Top the Wombat. Alexa distracts the Doctor, but he realises this and finds that the new Top has stunned Naomi and is being painted by Rossetti whilst other wombats dig up their Wombat Queen's casket from the garden. However, the body inside is not that of their Queen and Top declares that London will be obliterated as a result.
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
Top and the wombats go to capture Queen Victoria and the Doctor, Naomi and Rossetti take a cab to save Harry and Jamrach, whom the wombats have kidnapped and taken to Jamrach's to find a bomb hidden there. Naomi saves them and the Doctor fetches the tiger, Gertie, whom he and Harry discover is the bomb that the wombats intend to use to destroy the city. Harry also finds the living Wombat Queen inside of Gertie after the Doctor, Naomi and Rossetti go to stop Top and takes her to them. She explains how she and her companions landed on Earth to conquer it, but they instead studied the wombats that they found there, unsure as to whether or not they were the same species, before being captured and sent to Jamrach's menagerie.
The Wombat Queen and her companions were purchased by Rossetti and came to appreciate art and pleasure, causing them to abandon thoughts of war. They killed a would-be assassin who brought the bomb and intended to return home with stories of battle and left his body on the table where Rossetti found it and mistook it for hers. She then returned to Jamrach's menagerie where she was swallowed by Gertie whilst looking for the bomb and entered a trance. Now awoken, she cancels the colonisation programme and, asked to show mercy by Naomi, spares Top from declawing by exiling him to Earth instead. The Doctor, Harry and Naomi assure him that there is no place better.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Naomi Cross - Eleanor Crooks
- Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Mark Gatiss
- Alexa Wilding / Wombat Queen / Tom - Isabella Inchbald
- Charles Jamrach / Wombat Commodore - Michael Fenton-Stevens
- Top the Wombat - Glen McCready
Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Pub Landlord / Pie Man / Lad - Glen McCready (BFX: The Caged Assassin)
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The wombat assassin choked to death on a Cox's Orange Pippin.
- Dante buried an armadillo and Jesse the Owl.
- A kangaroo died by matricide.
- The Doctor complains that his pie tastes of cat.
- The Doctor mentions George Eliot.
- The Doctor mentions Burke's Peerage.
- Naomi mentions The Italian Job.
- Harry is reminded of Portsmouth Naval College.
- Billy works for Jamrach.
- Jamrach's father lived in Hamburg and was head of the River Police.
- Llamas spit.
- Rossetti uses chlorodyne to help him sleep.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor recalls the Third Doctor's exile to Earth, which began in TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Caged Assassin page at bigfinish.com
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