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{{Infobox | |image = Threes a Crowd cover.jpg | ||
| | |range = Main Range | ||
| | |number in range = 69 | ||
|series=[[ | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number= 69 | |number= 69 | ||
|doctor= | |doctor= Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Peri Brown]] | |companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]] | ||
|enemy=[[ | |enemy = [[Khellian]], [[Makra'Thon]] | ||
| | |setting= [[Phoenix (colony)|Phoenix]], ''[[Medusa (space station)|Medusa]]'', [[2885]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Colin Brake | ||
|director= [[Gary Russell]] | |director= [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|producer= | |producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | ||
| | |sound = [[David Darlington]] | ||
| | |music = [[David Darlington]] | ||
|format= | |cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |||
|release date= May 2005 | |||
|format= 2 CDs<br/>Download | |||
|production code= [[List of production codes|6Q/G]] | |production code= [[List of production codes|6Q/G]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 1-84435-144- | |isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-144-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-776-2 (digital) | ||
| | |prev= Catch-1782 (audio story) | ||
|next story= | |next= Unregenerate! (audio story) | ||
|made prev = Unregenerate! (audio story) | |||
|made next = The Council of Nicaea (audio story) | |||
|epcount = 4 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-ninth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Colin Brake]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]]. | ||
It sits almost exactly in the middle of the run of stories featuring the former [[Pharaoh]] Erimem. Released in May 2005, it was the first audio written by Brake, who had authored several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novels. It featured 1960s television regular [[Deborah Watling]] in a [[Auntie (Three's a Crowd)|new role]]. | |||
''Crowd'' explores the [[George Orwell|Orwellian]] theme of individuality and conformity. Indeed it can be viewed as a pastiche of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', in the same way that ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' is an homage to ''[[Frankenstein]]'' and ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' evokes ''[[King Kong]]''. | |||
A major subplot is of Erimem recovering from the unpleasant experiences of ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]''. Indeed, the opening [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] interior scenes share some common beats with [[Tegan]]'s opening scenes in both ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' and ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' as she struggled to deal with [[Mara]] encounters in the previous stories. Erimem's disquiet, however, isn't just mentioned in the opening episode and then forgotten; rather it's a comparatively more complex part of ''Crowd''{{'}}s narrative. It also reaches all the way back to ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'', and at last addresses the way in which Peri effectively forced Erimem into the TARDIS and onto an apparently unenthused Doctor. | |||
As the title suggests, the story is in some ways about whether the Doctor and Erimem really want to travel together and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]'s struggle to stabilise them all into a coherent, three-person "TARDIS team". However, the title has a double meaning. It also refers to the people whom the Doctor and his friends meet. Made acutely agoraphobic by the rules of their society, it's intensely difficult for even two of them to physically meet. For them, three is very definitely a crowd. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
On an almost lifeless [[planet]] in a remote [[star system]], [[Earth]] [[Colony]] [[Phoenix (colony)|Phoenix]] is struggling to survive. The colonists, utterly dependent on [[transmat]] technology and unable to leave the security of their [[Habitat Dome]]s, have developed severe [[agoraphobia]]... not to mention an inability to deal with visitors... | |||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] crew arrives on an apparently abandoned [[space station]] in orbit above the planet and soon discover that they and the remaining colonists are in the gravest danger. | |||
To survive, the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Erimem]] must uncover the colony's darkest secrets before it is too late. | |||
Something inhuman is stalking the colony... | Something inhuman is stalking the colony... | ||
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...and it's hungry! | ...and it's hungry! | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Cast == | == Cast == | ||
*[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | * [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]] | ||
*[[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
*[[Erimem]] - [[Caroline Morris]] | * [[Erimem]] - [[Caroline Morris]] | ||
*[[Auntie (Three's a Crowd)|Auntie]] - [[Deborah Watling]] | * [[Auntie (Three's a Crowd)|Auntie]] - [[Deborah Watling]] | ||
* | * [[Makra'Thon|General Makra'Thon]] - [[Richard Gauntlett]] | ||
*Butler - [[Charles Pemberton]] | * [[Butler (Three's a Crowd)|Butler]] - [[Charles Pemberton]] | ||
*[[Bellip]] - [[Lucy Beresford]] | * [[Bellip]] - [[Lucy Beresford]] | ||
*[[Vidler]] - [[Richard Unwin]] | * [[Vidler]] - [[Richard Unwin]] | ||
*[[Laroq]] - [[Daniel Hogarth]] | * [[Laroq]] - [[Daniel Hogarth]] | ||
*[[Khellian Queen]] - [[Sara Carver]] | * [[Khellian Queen]] - [[Sara Carver]] | ||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art - [[Stuart Manning]] | |||
* Director - [[Gary Russell]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[David Darlington]] | |||
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Writer - [[Colin Brake]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
*[[ | * Peri wants to take Erimem on a [[roller coaster]] ride. | ||
* Phoenix was founded in [[2835]]. | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This audio drama was recorded on [[26 January (production)|26 January]] and [[3 March (production)|3 March]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The sound effects used for the teleport are those previously used in ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]''. | |||
* Behind the scenes footage of the production of this story was featured in episode 1x12 of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]].'' | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The TARDIS's pool is still frozen over. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'') | ||
* '' | * Since ''[[The Axis of Insanity (audio story)|The Axis of Insanity]]'', [[Erimem]] has received a [[TARDIS key]] and begun to wear it, as she says, "around her neck, as usual". It was a central plot point of ''Axis'' that she did not then have a TARDIS key. | ||
* Peri refers to [[Janine Foster|her mother]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'') | |||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/three-s-a-crowd-235|Three's a Crowd}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|who_bf69.htm|Three's a Crowd}} | |||
{{tetrap|5/threesacrowd.html|Three's a Crowd}} | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Erimem audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Fifth Doctor Main Range audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:2005 Main Range audio stories]] | |||