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{{Infobox CD|
|image          = Memory Lane cover.jpg
cd name= Memory Lane |
|range          = Main Range
image= Memory_Lane_cover.jpg |
|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 Pollard]] <br /> [[C'rizz]] |
|companions     = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]
enemy= |
|enemy           = [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]], [[Lest]]
year= |
|setting        = [[Lucentra]], [[23rd century]]
writer= [[Eddie Robson]] |
|writer          = Eddie Robson
director= [[Gary Russell]] |
|director       = [[Gary Russell]]
producer= |
|producer       = Gary Russell, [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
|music          = [[David Darlington]]
release date= [[October]] [[2006]] |
|sound          = [[David Darlington]]
format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
|cover          = [[Lee Binding]]
production code= [[List of production codes|8Y/C]] |
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
isbn= ISBN 1-84435-179-3 |
|release date    = October 2006
previous story= [[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]] |
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
next story= [[No Man's Land]]}}{{audio stub}}
|production code = [[List of production codes|8Y/C]]
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-179-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-243-8 (digital)
|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
}}{{audio stub}}
{{you may|Memory Lane|n1=the song}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighty-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|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)|''Bernice Summerfield'' series]] and [[Short Trips (series)#Big Finish Production|Short Trips series of anthologies]]. He continued on to write several more audio stories for ''Doctor Who'' and Bernice Summerfield.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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.
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 Doctor's TARDIS|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.
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?
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 ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[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]]
* [[Tom Braudy]] - [[Neil Reidman]]
* [[Tom Braudy]] - [[Neil Reidman]]
* [[Lest]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
* [[Lest]] - [[Charlie Ross]]
* [[Argot]] - [[Neville Watchurst]]
* [[Argot (Memory Lane)|Argot]] - [[Neville Watchurst]]
* Lady [[Louisa Pollard]] - [[Anneke Wills]]
* [[Louisa Pollard|Lady Louisa Pollard]] - [[Anneke Wills]]
 
== Crew ==


== References ==
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* [[Marmadon]]s are foul creatures that live in deep space.
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
* The [[Lucentran]]s are a technologically advanced race who have no concept of visual memory.
* Music and Sound Designer - [[David Darlington]]
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Writer - [[Eddie Robson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor claims he can recall 14 times in which a [[war]] started because someone refused a cup of [[tea]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* Charley's father is [[Richard Pollard]].
* Charley's father is [[Richard Pollard]].
* 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]].
* [[Kim Kronotska]] was on the ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' mission to [[Phobos]].
=== Species ===
* [[Marmadon]]s are foul creatures which live in deep space.
* The [[Lucentran]]s are a technologically advanced race who have no concept of visual memory.
=== Real world ===
* Tom and Charley play with [[Lego]].
* The [[ice cream van]] plays the "[[Greensleeves]]" jingle.
* 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 ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[18 November]] [[2005]].
* 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]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[18 November (production)|18 November]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* 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 ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'') and her propensity to befriend gypsies in her youth, much to her mother's chagrin ([[BFA]]: ''[[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?" ([[BFA]]: ''[[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]]'')


[[File:Memory Lane comic preview.png|thumb|right|Comic preview from ''Doctor Who Magazine'' issue 375. Illustration by Martin Geraghty.]]
== External links ==
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== [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
{{BFA monthly}}
* ''Memory Lane'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Something Inside]]''
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* ''Memory Lane'' occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Salva Mea]]''


== External links ==
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[[Category:Charlotte Pollard audio stories]]
* {{Dwrefguide|who_bf88.htm|Memory Lane}}
[[Category:Stories set in the 23rd century]]
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor Main Range audio stories]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:2006 Main Range audio stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]]
[[Category:2006 audio stories]]

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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.

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

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]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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