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|image= Memory Lane cover.jpg  
|image           = Memory Lane cover.jpg
|range          = Main Range
|range          = Main Range
|number in range = 88
|number in range = 88
|series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number= 88  
|number         = 88
|doctor= Eighth Doctor
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
|companions= [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]  
|companions     = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]
|enemy= [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]]
|enemy           = [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]], [[Lest]]
|setting= [[Lucentra]]
|setting         = [[Lucentra]], [[23rd century]]
|writer= [[Eddie Robson]]
|writer         = Eddie Robson
|director= [[Gary Russell]]  
|director       = [[Gary Russell]]
|music=[[David Darlington]]
|producer        = Gary Russell, [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
|post production= [[David Darlington]]
|music           = [[David Darlington]]
|cover=[[Lee Binding]]
|sound          = [[David Darlington]]
|publisher= Big Finish Productions  
|cover           = [[Lee Binding]]
|release date= [[October (releases)|October]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs  
|release date   = October 2006
|production code= [[List of production codes|8Y/C]]  
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|isbn= ISBN 1-84435-179-3
|production code = [[List of production codes|8Y/C]]
|prev= The Gathering (audio story)  
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-179-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-243-8 (digital)
|next= No Man's Land (audio story)
|prev           = The Gathering (audio story)
|next           = No Man's Land (audio story)
|made prev      = Time Works (audio story)
|made next      = The Kingmaker (audio story)
|epcount = 4
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}}{{audio stub}}
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After they've apologised, the Doctor and his friends soon discover matters of far greater concern than the fact that their time machine is blocking Mrs Braudy's view of a thrilling century break. The street which Tom happily cycles up and down appears to have no beginning or end, and every single house on it is identical.
After they've apologised, the Doctor and his friends soon discover matters of far greater concern than the fact that their time machine is blocking Mrs Braudy's view of a thrilling century break. The street which Tom happily cycles up and down appears to have no beginning or end, and every single house on it is identical.


Is this the future of suburbia, or something even more sinister? Why doesn't Tom look as young as he behaves? And which house the TARDIS is in?
Is this the future of suburbia, or something even more sinister? Why doesn't Tom look as young as he behaves? And can anybody remember which house the TARDIS is in?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[Braudy|Mrs Braudy]] - [[Nina Baden-Sempter]]
* [[Braudy|Mrs Braudy]] - [[Nina Baden-Semper|Nina Baden-Sempter]]
* [[Kim Kronotska]] - [[Sara Carver]]
* [[Kim Kronotska]] - [[Sara Carver]]
* [[Mawvik]] - [[Finlay Glen]]
* [[Mawvik]] - [[Finlay Glen]]
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* [[Lest]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
* [[Lest]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
* [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]] - [[Neville Watchurst]]
* [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]] - [[Neville Watchurst]]
* Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] - [[Anneke Wills]]
* [[Louisa Pollard|Lady Louisa Pollard]] - [[Anneke Wills]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
* Music and Sound Designer - [[David Darlington]]
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Writer - [[Eddie Robson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor claims he can recall 14 times in which a [[war]] started because someone refused a cup of [[tea]].
* The Doctor claims he can recall 14 times in which a [[war]] started because someone refused a cup of [[tea]].
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* Charley's uncle Jacques was a lieutenant stationed in [[Ypres]] during the [[World War I|First World War]].
* Charley's uncle Jacques was a lieutenant stationed in [[Ypres]] during the [[World War I|First World War]].
* The Doctor implies that he knew [[Attila the Hun]].
* The Doctor implies that he knew [[Attila the Hun]].
* [[Kim Kronotska]] was on the ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' mission to [[Phobos]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
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* Tom and Charley play with [[Lego]].
* Tom and Charley play with [[Lego]].
* The [[ice cream van]] plays the "[[Greensleeves]]" jingle.
* The [[ice cream van]] plays the "[[Greensleeves]]" jingle.
* Tom and the Doctor order [[Mr Whippey]]s with [[99 Flake]]s
* Tom and the Doctor order [[Mr Whippy]]s with [[99 Flake]]s
* The Doctor buys Charley and C'rizz a [[Solero]] each.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
Memory Lane cover.jpg|Original cover art
Memory Lane comic preview.jpg|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 375]]
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Memory Lane comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 375]].]]
* This was the last regular use of the second variation of [[David Arnold|David Arnold's]] theme arrangement, which was introduced in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]''. It would later be implemented again for ''[[Doom Coalition 2]]''.
* This was the last regular use of the second variation of [[David Arnold|David Arnold's]] theme arrangement, which was introduced in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]''. It would later be implemented again for ''[[Doom Coalition 2]]''.
* An illustrated preview for this story featured in the previews section of [[DWM 375]] illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* An illustrated preview for this story featured in the previews section of [[DWM 375]] illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[18 November (production)|18 November]] 2005 at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[18 November (production)|18 November]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The second and third editions of ''[[AHistory]]'' place this story in circa [[2237]], as it's been 227 years since the astronauts left Earth and they seem to be from the early 21st century.
* The second, third and fourth editions of ''[[AHistory]]'' place this story in circa [[2237]], as it's been 227 years since the astronauts left Earth and they seem to be from the early 21st century.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Charley mentions her family's cook [[Edith Thompson]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'') and her tendency to befriend [[gypsy|gypsies]] in her youth, to her mother's chagrin ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'').
* Charley mentions her family's cook [[Edith Thompson]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'') and her tendency to befriend [[gypsy|gypsies]] in her youth, to her mother's chagrin. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'')
* C'rizz remarks, "What is it with prisons and the TARDIS lately?" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Something Inside (audio story)|Something Inside]]'')
* C'rizz remarks, "What is it with the TARDIS and prisons recently?" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Something Inside (audio story)|Something Inside]]'')
* Charley refers to the fact that she has encountered illusory versions of her mother on two previous occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')
* Charley refers to the fact that she has encountered illusory versions of her mother on two previous occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/memory-lane-254|Memory Lane}}
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Latest revision as of 23:13, 17 November 2024

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Memory Lane was the eighty-eighth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Eddie Robson and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Conrad Westmaas as C'rizz.

It was writer Robson's first published audio story. He had prior to this written several short stories for Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield series and Short Trips series of anthologies. He continued on to write several more audio stories for Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield.

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No summer can ever quite be as glorious as the ones you remember from when you were young, when a sunny afternoon seemed to last forever and all there was to do was ride your bike, eat ice-lollies and play with Lego. Tom Braudy is enjoying just such an afternoon when the TARDIS lands in his Nan's living room and interrupts her in the middle of the snooker.

After they've apologised, the Doctor and his friends soon discover matters of far greater concern than the fact that their time machine is blocking Mrs Braudy's view of a thrilling century break. The street which Tom happily cycles up and down appears to have no beginning or end, and every single house on it is identical.

Is this the future of suburbia, or something even more sinister? Why doesn't Tom look as young as he behaves? And can anybody remember which house the TARDIS is in?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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  • The Doctor claims he can recall 14 times in which a war started because someone refused a cup of tea.

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  • Marmadons are foul creatures which live in deep space.
  • The Lucentrans are a technologically advanced race who have no concept of visual memory.

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