Urban Myths was the following one-part story comprising part of the ninety-fifth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Sutton and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

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

Urban Myths (A One-Part Story)

In an expensive restaurant somewhere on Earth, three gourmets plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of the Doctor.

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
Director - Barnaby Edwards
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Andy Hardwick
Producer - Sharon Gosling
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins
Writer - Paul Sutton

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Harom is the Coordinator of the Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA).
Harom notes that goulash, which originated on Earth, is popular throughout Mutter's Spiral.
According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either W.G. Grace or W.C. Fields for a duck, whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as Babe Ruth.
The Doctor asks Harom to put in a good word for him with the High Council of the Time Lords.
The out-of-order walk-in fridge at the back of the restaurant's kitchen is actually the renegade Time Lady's TARDIS.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Urban Myths is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story Exotron.
This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast.
The main setting of the Earth part of this story is given only indirectly as a place that used to be ruled by the Hapsburgs. The available DWU evidence (see the novel Managra and the short stories Gold and Black Ooze and The Sorrows of Vienna) places Hapsburg court, their palaces and their crown jewels in Vienna, which is well known in DWU to be in Austria (e.g., in the audio The Silver Turk). This is the justification for the current setting of this story. It should be noted, however, that it might change if DWU evidence is found that goulash was invented in some other country ruled by the Hapsburgs (in real-world, goulash originated from Hungary, which used to be part of Austro-Hungarian Empire).
This audio drama was recorded on 8 February 2007 at the Moat Studios.
This story is set between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor asks Coordinator Harom to put in a good word for him with the High Council when he returns to his home planet Gallifrey. (TV: Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors)

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

Official Urban Myths page at bigfinish.com
Urban Myths at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Urban Myths at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the following one-part story comprising part of the ninety-fifth release in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-'''Urban Myths''' (A One-Part Story)
+''Urban Myths'' (A One-Part Story)
-In an expensive restaurant somewhere on Earth, three gourmets plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of the Doctor.
+In an expensive [[restaurant]] somewhere on Earth, [[Time Lord|three gourmets]] plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]].
 == Plot ==
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 * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
 * [[Harom]] - [[Steven Wickham]]
-* [[Edge]] - [[Douglas Hodge]]
+* [[Edge (Urban Myths)|Edge]] - [[Douglas Hodge]]
 * [[Kettoo]] - [[Nicola Lloyd]]
 * [[Palgrave]] - [[Barry McCarthy]]
 * [[Trooper]] - [[Clare Calbraith]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
-* [[Harom]] is the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA)]]. [[Edge]] and [[Kettoo]] are his two of subordinates.
-* Harom notes that goulash, which originated on [[Earth]], is popular throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]].
+* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
-* In Edge's exaggerated version of the Doctor and Peri's actions on Poytee, the Doctor is a bloodthirsty renegade who keeps a cache of weapons in the TARDIS and destroys the entire surface of the planet by activating the chain of subsurface atomic reactors in revenge for one of the inhabitants firing a weapon at Peri. She is depicted as being equally bloodthirsty, delighting in the Doctor's merciless killing of Palgrave and the extent of the damage that Level 3 of her weapon can do to a humanoid body. After ensuring that all life on the planet would be eradicated, the Doctor proclaims, "The last one back to the TARDIS wipes the blood out of my shirt!"
+* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
-* In Kettoo's version of the Doctor and Peri's actions on Poytee, the Doctor vents the cooling systems of all of the atomic reactors into the seas, causing the coolant to react with the hydrogen molecules and create an enormous gas cloud which suffocated every living creature on Poytee. When Palgrave objects, Peri incapacitates him and the Doctor completes the venting process. The Doctor and Peri, though nowhere near as bloodthirsty as in Edge's story, are both utterly convinced that eradicating the population of Poytee is the lesser of two evils if they want to ensure that the virus does not spread beyond the confines of the planet.
+* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
-* According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either [[W.G. Grace]] or [[W.C. Fields]] for a duck whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as [[Babe Ruth]].
+* Music - [[Andy Hardwick]]
-* In actuality, it was Poytee's Scientific Corps which developed the plan to vent selective subsurface atomic generators. The Corps planned to control the spread of the resultant radioactive clouds with a climate modulator and disperse them into the upper atmosphere. When examining a patient, the Doctor was accidentally infected with the Tul-Oz virus. Peri convinced the Corps to delay their plan while the Doctor developed a antidote to the virus from his own blood sample. He released the antidote into the atmosphere. There it was activated and dispersed across the surface of the planet using the climate modulator, curing the entire population.
+* Producer - [[Sharon Gosling]]
+* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
+* Sound Design - [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
+* Writer - [[Paul Sutton]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
+* Harom is the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA)]].
+* Harom notes that [[goulash]], which originated on [[Earth]], is popular throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]].
+* According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either [[W.G. Grace]] or [[W.C. Fields]] for a duck, whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as [[Babe Ruth]].
 * The Doctor asks Harom to put in a good word for him with the [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord]]s.
-* The proprietor of the Austrian restaurant is an old friend of the Doctor's and a fellow [[renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]]. He has run it since the time of the Habsburgs. To use the restaurant, the Doctor promised her that Peri would work as a waitress until the end of the week. He did not inform Peri of this until the CIA agents had left.
+* The out-of-order walk-in fridge at the back of the restaurant's kitchen is actually the renegade Time Lady's [[TARDIS]].
-* The out-of-order walk-in fridge at the back of the restaurant's kitchen is the renegade Time Lords' [[TARDIS]].
 == Notes ==
-* ''Urban Myths'' is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story [[BFA]]: ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]''.
+* ''Urban Myths'' is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]''.
 * This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast.
-* [[Steven Wickham]] (Harom) is better known for his recurring roles as [[Joseph (android)|Joseph the Porter]] in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|''Bernice Summerfield'' audio series]] and [[Valyes]] in the [[Gallifrey (audio series)|''Gallifrey'' audio series]].
+* The main setting of the Earth part of this story is given only indirectly as a place that used to be ruled by the [[Hapsburg]]s. The available [[DWU]] evidence (see the novel ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'' and the short stories ''[[Gold and Black Ooze (short story)|Gold and Black Ooze]]'' and ''[[The Sorrows of Vienna (short story)|The Sorrows of Vienna]]'') places Hapsburg court, their palaces and their crown jewels in [[Vienna]], which is well known in DWU to be in [[Austria]] (e.g., in the audio ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]''). This is the justification for the current setting of this story. It should be noted, however, that it might change if DWU evidence is found that [[goulash]] was invented in some other country ruled by the Hapsburgs (in real-world, goulash originated from [[Hungary]], which used to be part of Austro-Hungarian Empire).
-* [[Douglas Hodge]] (Edge) would later play Radu in [[BFA]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]''.
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 February (production)|8 February]] [[2007 (production)|2007]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
-* [[Barry McCarthy]] (Palgrave) would later play John Dobrin in [[BFA]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'', Creek in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'', Bulek in [[BFA]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'' / ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'' and Vincent Linfoot in [[BFA]]: ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]''.
+* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 February]] [[2007]].
 == Continuity ==
-''to be added''
+* The Doctor asks Coordinator Harom to put in a good word for him with the [[High Council]] when he returns to his home planet [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
-== Timeline ==
-* This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]''
-* This story occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure (novel)|The Ultimate Treasure]]''
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