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|main character = [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]], [[Strax]] | |main character = [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]], [[Strax]] | ||
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|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Agnes Bligh]] | ||
|setting = [[Cornish]] coastline, [[1890]] | |setting = [[Cornish]] coastline, [[1890]] | ||
|writer = Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey | |writer = Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey | ||
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* [[Strax]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | * [[Strax]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
* [[Maggie (Jellyfish!)|Maggie]] - [[Helen Phillips]] | * [[Maggie (Jellyfish!)|Maggie]] - [[Helen Phillips]] | ||
* [[Mrs Bligh]] - [[Kate O’Sullivan]] | * [[Agnes Bligh|Mrs Bligh]] - [[Kate O’Sullivan]] | ||
* [[David (Jellyfish!)|David]] - [[Alex Stedman]] | * [[David (Jellyfish!)|David]] - [[Alex Stedman]] | ||
* [[Mr Bligh]] - [[Wayne Forester]] | * [[Mr Bligh]] - [[Wayne Forester]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* As a fan of ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' and {{w|Daphne du Maurier}}, co-[[writer]] [[Neve McIntosh]] described this [[script]] as "mash[ing] together" {{wi|The Adventure of the Lion's Mane|The Lion's Mane}} and {{wi|Jamaica Inn (novel)|Jamaica Inn}}, with [[science-fiction]] elements, like | * As a fan of ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' and {{w|Daphne du Maurier}}, co-[[writer]] [[Neve McIntosh]] described this [[script]] as "mash[ing] together" {{wi|The Adventure of the Lion's Mane|The Lion's Mane}} and {{wi|Jamaica Inn (novel)|Jamaica Inn}}, with [[science-fiction]] elements, like [[robot]]s, layered on top.<ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''Jellyfish!''</ref> | ||
** [[Dan Starkey]] calls it a "heady mixture". He says his contribution was mainly advising McIntosh on working with the [[audio]] medium. [[Script editor]] [[Matt Fitton]] was also, of course, involved.<ref name="BFX" /> | ** [[Dan Starkey]] calls it a "heady mixture". He says his contribution was mainly advising McIntosh on working with the [[audio]] medium. [[Script editor]] [[Matt Fitton]] was also, of course, involved.<ref name="BFX" /> | ||
Revision as of 08:09, 15 December 2024
Jellyfish! was the first story in the audio anthology No Place Like Home, produced by Big Finish Productions.
It was notably written by Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey, who play Madame Vastra and Strax, and also featured Catrin Stewart in her role as Jenny Flint. This story picks up where Doppelgängers [+]Loading...["Doppelgängers (audio story)"] left off, with Vastra having been poisoned by "Doppel-Jenny".
This was Neve McIntosh's first-ever DWU writing credit.
Publisher's summary
The Gang head to the coast for Madame Vastra to convalesce. But their holiday proves far from restful. This Cornish village is home to suspicious locals, strange storms and wreckers. Most dangerous of all, something lurks in the seas – something with a mysterious hold over Vastra...
Plot
to be added
Cast
- Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- Strax - Dan Starkey
- Maggie - Helen Phillips
- Mrs Bligh - Kate O’Sullivan
- David - Alex Stedman
- Mr Bligh - Wayne Forester
Uncredited cast
Crew
- Writers - Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Producer - David Richardson
- Sound Design - Benji Clifford
- Music - Joe Kraemer
- Script Editor - Matt Fitton
- Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs, Jason Haigh-Ellery
Worldbuilding
- Strax is briefly mistaken for a dog, and later dons tartan swimming trunks, which he views as armour against the sea.
- He is unable to swim, due to his high density as a Sontaran, and simply sinks to the bottom.
- Strax confuses Earth jellyfish with "Rutan scum".
Notes
- As a fan of Sherlock Holmes and Daphne du Maurier, co-writer Neve McIntosh described this script as "mash[ing] together" The Lion's Mane and Jamaica Inn, with science-fiction elements, like robots, layered on top.[1]
- Dan Starkey calls it a "heady mixture". He says his contribution was mainly advising McIntosh on working with the audio medium. Script editor Matt Fitton was also, of course, involved.[1]
Continuity
- Vastra's recovery from the theosonite poisoning is central to this story. She was poisoned by Doppel-Jenny in AUDIO: Doppelgängers [+]Loading...["Doppelgängers (audio story)"].
- Jenny accepts being called "Mrs Flint-Vastra", and later calls Vastra her wife. She recently called into question the validity of their wedding in AUDIO: Doppelgängers [+]Loading...["Doppelgängers (audio story)"], having been replaced during the ceremony by a Zygon imposter in AUDIO: Till Death Us Do Part [+]Loading...["Till Death Us Do Part (audio story)"], but nonetheless considers them married, as established since TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"].
- Strax notes that the Rutans are the sworn enemy of the Sontarans. They were first mentioned in TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"], and first appeared in TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"].
External links
- Official Jellyfish! page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes
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