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series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Dramas]] |
|range            = Main Range
number= 77 |
|number in range  = 77
doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
companions= [[Charley Pollard]] <br> [[C'rizz]]|  
|number           = 77  
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|doctor           = Eighth Doctor
year= [[London]], [[Earth]] [[1851]]|
|companions       = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]
writer= [[Gary Hopkins]] |
|enemy             = [[Christian Griswold]], [[Jacob Crackles]]
director= [[Gary Russell]] |
|setting          = [[London]], [[1851]]
producer= |
|writer           = Gary Hopkins
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
|director         = [[Gary Russell]]
release date= [[December]] [[2005]] |
|music            = [[David Darlington]]
format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
|sound            = [[David Darlington]]
production code= [[List of production codes|8Y]] |
|cover            = [[Lee Binding]]
isbn= ISBN 1-84435-162-9 |
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
previous story= [[Singularity (audio story)|Singularity]] |
|release date      = 13 December 2005
next story= [[Pier Pressure]]}}{{audio stub}}
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code   = [[List of production codes|8Y]]
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-162-6 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-983-4 (digital)
|prev              = Singularity (audio story)
|next              = Pier Pressure (audio story)
|made prev        = Scaredy Cat (audio story)
|made next         = LIVE 34 (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-other-lives-trailer
|producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]|epcount=4
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventy-seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Gary Hopkins]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[India Fisher]] as [[Charlotte Pollard]] and [[Conrad Westmaas]] as [[C'rizz]].


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
London, 1851.
[[London]], [[1851]].


Scene of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations.
Scene of the [[The Great Exhibition|Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations]].


Scene also of a plot to unseat the government, dethrone the monarch and start a republic.
Scene also of a plot to unseat the government, dethrone the [[Victoria|monarch]] and start a republic.


If the Duke of Wellington himself is to be believed...
If the [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]] himself is to be believed...


While the Doctor and Charley are drawn into the murky world of nineteenth-century politics, C'rizz struggles to maintain his dignity against growing odds.
While the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] are drawn into the murky world of [[19th century|nineteenth-century]] politics, C'rizz struggles to maintain his dignity against growing odds.


What begins as an attempt to prevent murder quickly becomes a desperate race to avert revolution. Separated from the TARDIS, the travellers are left to wonder if they'll get their own lives back or be forever entangled with the lives of others.
What begins as an attempt to prevent murder quickly becomes a desperate race to avert revolution. Separated from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the travellers are left to wonder if they'll get their own lives back or be forever entangled with the lives of others.


And who is Mrs Georgina Marlowe? What need does she feel the Doctor can satisfy?
And who is Mrs Georgina Marlowe? What need does she feel the Doctor can satisfy?


==Cast ==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
==== Part one ====
*[[Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
''to be added''
*[[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
*[[The Duke of Wellington]] - [[Ron Moody]]
*[[Mr.. Fazackerly]] - [[Michael Hobbs]]
*[[Jacob Crackles]] - [[Mike Holloway]]
*[[Maxi]] - [[Peter Howe]]
*[[Georgina Marlow]] - [[Francesca Hunt]]
*[[Rufus Dimplesqueeze]] - [[Maitland Chandler]]


==References==
==== Part two ====
''To Be Added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
==== Part three ====
''To Be Added''
''to be added''


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
==== Part four ====
*Other Lives occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Scaredy Cat]]''
''to be added''
*Other Lives occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[Time Works]]''


==External links==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]/[[Edward Marlow]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]/[[Madeline de Roche|Madame de Roche]] - [[India Fisher]]
* [[C'rizz]] / [[Christian de Roche|Monsieur de Roche]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[Christian Griswold]] - [[Gary Bakewell]]
* The [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]] - [[Ron Moody]]
* [[Fazackerly|Mr. Fazackerly]] - [[Michael Hobbs]]
* [[Jacob Crackles]] - [[Mike Holoway]]
* [[Maxi]] - [[Peter Howe]]
* [[Georgina Marlow]] - [[Francesca Hunt]]
* [[Rufus Dimplesqueeze]] - [[Maitland Chandler]]


* [http://www.bigfinish.com/77-Doctor-Who-Other-Lives Big Finish '''Other Lives''' page]
== Crew ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_bf77.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Other Lives''']
 
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio plays]]
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
[[Category:Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
[[Category:2005 audio plays]]
* Music & Sound Design - [[David Darlington]]
[[Category:stories set in 1851]]
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Writer - [[Gary Hopkins]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor adjusts the [[isomorphic controls]] of the TARDIS to allow C'rizz to open the doors.
* The Doctor mentions the [[Montgolfier brothers]].
 
== Notes ==
[[File:Other Lives textless.png|thumb|right|Textless cover printed in [[DWM 364]].]]
* To date, this is the only [[pure historical]] story in performed ''Doctor Who'' to feature the Eighth Doctor.
* This is the first of two audio dramas released in the [[Main Range]] to feature the [[Duke of Wellington]] as a character. The other is ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'' in January 2012, in which the Duke was played by [[Granville Saxton]].
* [[Paul McGann]], [[India Fisher]] and [[Conrad Westmaas]] all play dual roles in this story.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[29 April (production)|29]] and [[30 April (production)|30 April]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* A textless version of the cover was printed in [[DWM 364]].
 
== Continuity ==
* The [[Second Doctor]] previously met the Duke of Wellington in [[September]] [[1805]] and [[May]] and [[June]] [[1815]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') Later in his personal timeline, the Doctor visited the Duke in [[1816]] and they went on a trip to [[Brighton]], where they met the Prince Regent. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'') As was the case with his second incarnation, the [[Sixth Doctor]] was present at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]]. The same was true of [[Davros]] and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] once attempted to take his companions [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to the Great Exhibition as "a treat" in the wake of [[Adric]]'s death but the TARDIS instead [[materialise]]d on the tarmac at [[Heathrow Airport]] in [[1982]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')
* The Doctor once again observes that "sleep is for tortoises." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Charley previously visited the [[Crystal Palace]] as a child in the [[1910s]] or [[1920s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')
* C'rizz is forced to perform in Jacob Crackles' freakshow in the same manner as [[Captain]] [[Kybo]] in [[Jonathan Jaggers]]' [[circus]] in [[1884]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judoon in Chains (audio story)|Judoon in Chains]]'') and the alien creatures in [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]]'s freakshow in [[Buzzard Creek]], [[Arizona]] in [[1905]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Freakshow (audio story)|Freakshow]]'')
* During his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]], the Doctor would later return to the Great Exhibition in the company of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] and encounter the [[Hypothetical Gentleman]]. On that occasion, he mentioned that he had to be careful not to run into himself. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]'')
* The Doctor and his companions agree to meet at [[Oslers Crystal Fountain]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] previously dealt with an incident involving the fountain. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Claws of the Klathi! (comic story)|Claws of the Klathi!]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|releases/v/other-lives-243|Other Lives}}
{{dwrefguide|who_bf77.htm|Other Lives}}
{{tetrap|8/otherlives.html|Other Lives}}
 
{{BFA monthly}}
{{TitleSort}}
 
[[Category:Stories set in 1851]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Audio stories that use the David Arnold theme]]
[[Category:Charlotte Pollard audio stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor Main Range audio stories]]
[[Category:2005 Main Range audio stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Camden]]

Latest revision as of 23:13, 17 November 2024

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Other Lives was the seventy-seventh story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Gary Hopkins and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Conrad Westmaas as C'rizz.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

London, 1851.

Scene of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations.

Scene also of a plot to unseat the government, dethrone the monarch and start a republic.

If the Duke of Wellington himself is to be believed...

While the Doctor and Charley are drawn into the murky world of nineteenth-century politics, C'rizz struggles to maintain his dignity against growing odds.

What begins as an attempt to prevent murder quickly becomes a desperate race to avert revolution. Separated from the TARDIS, the travellers are left to wonder if they'll get their own lives back or be forever entangled with the lives of others.

And who is Mrs Georgina Marlowe? What need does she feel the Doctor can satisfy?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover printed in DWM 364.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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