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|image             = A Thousand Tiny Wings cover.jpg
|image = AThousandTinyWings.png |
|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
|name = A Thousand Tiny Wings
|number           = 130
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|range            = Main Range
|number = 130
|number in range  = 130
|doctor = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|companions = [[Elizabeth Klein]]
|companions       = [[Elizabeth Klein|Klein]]
|year = [[Kenya|British Kenya]], [[Africa]], [[1953]]
|enemy            = [[Cheylis]]
|writer = [[Andy Lane]]
|setting          = [[Kenya|British Kenya]], [[1953]]
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|writer           = Andy Lane
|producer = [[Richard Fox]] and [[Lauren Yason]]
|director         = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
|release date = [[January]] [[2010]]
|music            = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|format = 2 CDs
|sound            = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
|production code = 7Z/E
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-433-7
|epcount          = 4
|prev = Plague of the Daleks (audio story)
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|next = Survival of the Fittest (audio story)
|release date     = 21 January 2010
}}
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
'''''A Thousand Tiny Wings''''' was a [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It was released in [[January]] [[2010]].
|production code   = [[List of production codes#Based off TV story production codes|7Z/E]]
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-433-7 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-677-1 (digital)
|prev             = Plague of the Daleks (audio story)
|next             = Klein's Story (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-a-thousand-tiny-wings-trailer
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and thirtieth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Andy Lane]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Tracey Childs]] as [[Elizabeth Klein]].
 
Released in [[January (releases)|January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], it featured the return of Childs as Klein, a character whom she had previously played in ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'' in 2001. This story began a series of three audio releases featuring Elizabeth Klein travelling with the Seventh Doctor.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
1950s Kenya. The Mau Mau uprising. A disparate group of women lie low in a remote house in the jungle, waiting for a resolution or for rescue. Among these British imperialists is Elizabeth Klein, a refugee from a timeline that no longer exists… thanks to the Doctor.
[[1950s]] [[Kenya]]. The [[Mau Mau Uprising]]. A disparate group of women lie low in a remote house in the jungle, waiting for a resolution or for rescue. Among these British imperialists is [[Elizabeth Klein]], a refugee from a timeline that no longer exists... thanks to the Doctor.
 
Reunited, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and Klein are forced to set aside their differences by terrifying circumstances. People are dying in this remote place. One by one. And there's something out there, in the jungle, accompanied only by the flutter of a thousand tiny wings...


Reunited, the Doctor and Klein are forced to set aside their differences by terrifying circumstances. People are dying in this remote place. One by one. And there's something out there, in the jungle, accompanied only by the flutter of a thousand tiny wings…
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Elizabeth Klein]] - [[Tracey Childs]]
* [[Elizabeth Klein]] - [[Tracey Childs]]
* Mrs [[Sylvia O'Donnell]] - [[Ann Bell]]
* Mrs [[Sylvia O'Donnell]] - [[Ann Bell]]
* Mrs [[Denise Waterford]] - [[Abigail McKern]]
* Mrs [[Denise Waterford]] - [[Abigail McKern]]
* Miss [[Lucy Watts]] - [[Joannah Tincey]]
* Miss [[Lucy Watts (A Thousand Tiny Wings)|Lucy Watts]] - [[Joannah Tincey]]
* [[Joshua Sembeke]] - [[Chukwudi Iwuji]]
* [[Joshua Sembeke]] - [[Chukwudi Iwuji]]
* Abraham - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* [[Abraham (A Thousand Tiny Wings)|Abraham]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Culture ===
* American composer [[Scott Joplin]] is heard.


== References ==
=== Individuals ===
* More than two weeks after the beginning of the [[Wikipedia:Mau Mau Uprising|Mau Uprising]], there is still very little coverage of the conflict on the [[BBC|BBC World Service]]. Instead, they are playing the music of the American composer [[Scott Joplin]].
* Sylvia O'Donnell expresses the view that [[Great Britain]] had no business entering the [[World War II|Second World War]].
* Mrs Sylvia O'Donnell, who met her husband Heinrich in [[Munich]] in [[1933]], expresses the view that [[Great Britain]] had no business entering the [[Second World War]]. She blames the Mau Mau Uprising on the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]], whom she regards as "a senile old man."
* Klein inquires as to the whereabouts of "[[Ace|Miss McShane]]".
* The Doctor is wearing his linen suit and is wistful about travelling alone.
* The Doctor mentions having met [[De Flores|Hans de Flores]].
* Klein is fervent that the Doctor destroyed her world and that her [[timeline]] is the proper one.
* Klein refers to the [[Allies]]' victory in the Second World War as "farcical." In [[1945]], she escaped to [[South America]] as did many other [[Nazi|National Socialist]]s including [[De Flores|Han De Flores]]. Klein claims that, in her timeline, De Flores was "always the [[Adolf Hitler|Führer]]'s favourite." Klein hopes that he will succeed Hitler as the Führer when the Fourth Reich is established.
* Klein mentions the German rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]].
* Klein mentions the German rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]].
* Mrs O'Donnell tells Klein that her husband Heinrich was a Waffen-SS officer who was stationed near Colditz Castle during the Second World War. They were acquainted with the Mitford sisters in the [[1930s]].
* Mrs O'Donnell's husband Heinrich was a Waffen-SS officer who was stationed near [[Colditz Castle]].
* Klein, whose first doctorate was in physics, re-qualified as a medical doctor during her time in South America from one of the many German doctors who escaped to that continent.
* Mrs O'Donnell mentions the architectural achievements of [[Albert Speer]] in [[Berlin]] during the 1930s.
* Klein tells the Doctor that when the Mau Mau Uprising occurred in her timeline, the ''Luftwaffe'' was sent in immediately, carpet-bombing the tribal areas and wiping out most of the native population. Within three years, a virulent plague had broken out in Kenya which killed many German soldiers. In [[1957]], Hitler placed Klein in command of a team of medical doctors and scientists who attempted to discover the cause of the plague.
* The Doctor once got into an argument with [[Frank L. Baum]] about flying monkeys.
* The Doctor refers to the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]' universal translation abilities. However, it cannot translate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto Esperanto].
 
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor refers to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s universal translation abilities. However, it cannot translate [[Esperanto]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Although the feather on the cover is yellow, the feathers in the story itself are repeatedly described as being blue.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 June (production)|25]] and [[26 June (production)|26 June]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* [[Chukwudi Iwuji]] (Joshua Sembeke) would later play [[Carl Peterson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (audio story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' / ''[[Day of the Moon (audio story)|Day of the Moon]]''.
* This audio drama was available on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] from [[23 May (releases)|23]]-[[24 May (releases)|24 May]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 June|25]] and [[26 June]] [[2009]].
* Although the feather on the cover is yellow, the feathers in the story itself are repeatedly described as being blue and in the interior booklet they are presented as yellow and green.
* This story was later revealed to have taken place in [[1953]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Architects of History (audio story)|The Architects of History]]''.
* This story takes place after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[21 January (releases)|21 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100127025738/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/news THE LATEST BIG FINISH NEWS - Archived on 27-01-2010]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Lucy refers to the Tchaikovsky's [[1812 Overture]], which documented the [[Russia]]ns' defence against [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s forces in [[1812]]. Both the [[First Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] met Napoléon in Russia at that time. ([[CC]]: ''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'', [[BFIW]]: ''[[The Panda Invasion (audio story)|The Panda Invasion]]'', [[BFIW]]: ''[[The Panda Invasion (audio story)|The Panda Invasion]]'')
* Lucy refers to the [[1812 Overture]] by the Russian composer [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], which commemorated the successful [[Russia]]n defence against [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s forces in [[1812]]. Both the [[First Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] met Napoléon in Russia at that time ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'', ''[[The Panda Invasion (audio story)|The Panda Invasion]]'') while the [[Eighth Doctor]] and his companions [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Trix MacMillan]] visited [[Moscow]] during the [[France|French]] invasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Emotional Chemistry (novel)|Emotional Chemistry]]'')
* Klein mentions the events of [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''.
* Klein mentions the events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''.
* The Doctor recalls meeting the Neo-Nazi [[De Flores|Hans De Flores]] in [[November]] [[1988]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
* The Doctor recalls meeting the Neo-Nazi [[De Flores|Hans de Flores]] in [[November]] [[1988]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
* Klein’s erasure from the timeline in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Architects of History (audio story)|The Architects of History]]'' altered the events of this story somewhat. The Klein from the proper timeline briefly mentioned that the Doctor had been in Kenya in 1953. No doubt the outcome of his visit stayed the same despite Klein’s absence.
* The Doctor tells Mrs O'Donnell that he has fond memories of driving vintage cars. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et. al)
* Klein's erasure from the timeline in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Architects of History (audio story)|The Architects of History]]'' altered the events of this story somewhat. The Klein from the proper timeline briefly mentioned that the Doctor had been in Kenya in 1953. No doubt the outcome of his visit stayed the same despite Klein's absence.


== Timeline ==
== Footnotes ==
* ''A Thousand Tiny Wings'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Kingdom of Silver (audio story)|Kingdom of Silver]]''
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* ''A Thousand Tiny Wings'' occurs immediately before [[BFA]]: ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]''


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A Thousand Tiny Wings was the one hundred and thirtieth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Andy Lane and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Tracey Childs as Elizabeth Klein.

Released in January 2010, it featured the return of Childs as Klein, a character whom she had previously played in Colditz in 2001. This story began a series of three audio releases featuring Elizabeth Klein travelling with the Seventh Doctor.

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

1950s Kenya. The Mau Mau Uprising. A disparate group of women lie low in a remote house in the jungle, waiting for a resolution or for rescue. Among these British imperialists is Elizabeth Klein, a refugee from a timeline that no longer exists... thanks to the Doctor.

Reunited, the Doctor and Klein are forced to set aside their differences by terrifying circumstances. People are dying in this remote place. One by one. And there's something out there, in the jungle, accompanied only by the flutter of a thousand tiny wings...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor refers to the TARDIS's universal translation abilities. However, it cannot translate Esperanto.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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