Assassin in the Limelight (audio story): Difference between revisions

This story features the return of two previous characters — Robert Knox played by Leslie Phillips from Medicinal Purposes and the Indo from Pier Pressure.

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

Ford's Theatre, Washington. Friday, 14th April, 1865. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The place, the date and the event which made history. Or did it? Someone has been tampering with time, muddying the waters of history for his own purposes. Time itself is out of joint and the chief culprit is the enigmatic Doctor Knox. Somehow the Doctor and Evelyn must put history back on track before the future dissolves into chaos. But Knox, it turns out, may be the least of their worries...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part Four[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Colin Baker
Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
Dr Robert Knox - Leslie Phillips
Clara Harris / Knox's TARDIS - Lysette Anthony
John Parker - Eric Loren
Lizzie Williams - Madeleine Potter
Henry Clay Ford - Alan Marriott
John Wilkes Booth - Paul Dubois
Thomas Eckert - Mikey O'Connor

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Grant Kempster
Director - Barnaby Edwards
Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music and Sound Design - Martin Johnson
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Writer - Robert Ross

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Knox poses as the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. The Doctor realises this congruity immediately since, as he tells Evelyn, Wilde was "still in short trousers" in 1865.
Knox's body is rotting, but he is using a concoction of lavender and bergamot to cover up the stench, but his breath smells badly.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Knox has a TARDIS with voice control which allows him to control the ship's functions, like take-offs and for mundane things like turning the scanner on. Like the Doctor's TARDIS, it has a fast return switch.
Knox's TARDIS speaks with a calm female voice.
Type 70 TARDISes can quickly scan their systems to determine if there is a fault.
Knox's TARDIS's chameleon circuit turns into a cabinet and then a thorny bush.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Evelyn recalls some notable events from 1865:
- Leopold II was crowned King of the Belgians.
- The Matterhorn was first climbed.
- on 30 December, Rudyard Kipling was born.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original cover art
Illustration from DWM 395 by Anthony Dry

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This is the final appearance of Evelyn Smythe in the main range until the audio story A Death in the Family in October 2010.
Given that the majority of the events of the audio story The Haunting of Thomas Brewster take place in November 1867, this is the second consecutive audio drama based predominantly in the 1860s.
This audio drama was recorded on 7 and 8 February 2008 at the Moat Studios.
This story was previewed in DWM 395 with an illustration from Anthony Dry.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Evelyn previously encountered Knox in Edinburgh in December 1828 in AUDIO: Medicinal Purposes ^[+]Loading...["Medicinal Purposes (audio story)"], and the Indo in Brighton in 1936 in AUDIO: Pier Pressure ^[+]Loading...["Pier Pressure (audio story)"].
On this occasion, the Doctor ensures that Lincoln is assassinated in accordance with recorded history. During his fifth incarnation, he had prevented Lincoln from being prematurely assassinated by Aaron Eddowes in Richmond, Virginia on 9 April 1865, as depicted in PROSE: Blood and Hope ^[+]Loading...["Blood and Hope (novel)"]. Conversely, in AUDIO: Minuet in Hell ^[+]Loading...["Minuet in Hell (audio story)"], the Eighth Doctor would tell his companion Charley Pollard that he once attempted to convince Lincoln not to go to the theatre.
The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War in October 1854. He previously related this to Jamie McCrimmon during his second incarnation in TV: The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"], describing the Charge as a "magnificent folly".
Knox has been impersonating the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. Having previously met Wilde, the Doctor was later able to procure tickets for Henry Gordon Jago, Professor George Litefoot, Leela and Ellie Higson to attend the premiere of his play A Woman of No Importance in the Haymarket Theatre in London in the 1890s. At the time, the Doctor, still in his sixth incarnation, was operating under the pseudonym "Professor Claudius Dark." This took place in AUDIO: Beautiful Things ^[+]Loading...["Beautiful Things (audio story)"].

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

Official Assassin in the Limelight page at bigfinish.com
Assassin in the Limelight at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Assassin in the Limelight at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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-companions= [[Evelyn Smythe]] |
+|companions      = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]
-enemy= [[Robert Knox]], The [[Indo]]|
+|enemy           = [[Robert Knox]], [[Indo]]
-year= [[Washington, D.C.]], [[1865]]|
+|setting         = [[Washington DC]], [[14 April]] [[1865]]
-writer= [[Robert Ross]] |
+|writer          = Robert Ross (writer)
-director= [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]] |
+|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
-post production=[[Martin Johnson]] |
+|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
-cover=[[Grant Kempster]]|
+|music           = [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]]
-publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
+|sound           = Martin Johnson
-release date= [[May]] [[2008]] |
+|cover           = [[Grant Kempster]]
-format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
+|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
-production code= [[List of production codes|7C/MD]] |
+|release date    = May 2008
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-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and eighth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. This story features the return of two previous characters [[Robert Knox]] played by [[Leslie Phillips]] from ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'' and the [[Indo]] from ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]''.
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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Robert Ross (writer)|Robert Ross]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]] and [[Leslie Phillips]] as [[Robert Knox]].
+This story features the return of two previous characters — [[Robert Knox]] played by [[Leslie Phillips]] from ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'' and the [[Indo]] from ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]''.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-'''''Ford's Theatre, Washington. Friday, 14th April, 1865. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.'''''
+''Ford's Theatre, [[Washington DC|Washington]]. Friday, [[14 April|14th April]], [[1865]]. The assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]].''
-The place, the date and the event which made history. Or did it? Someone has been tampering with time, muddying the waters of history for his own purposes. Time itself is out of joint and the chief culprit is the enigmatic Doctor Knox.
-Somehow the Doctor and Evelyn must put history back on track before the future dissolves into chaos. But Knox, it turns out, may be the least of their worries...
+The place, the date and the event which made history. Or did it? Someone has been tampering with time, muddying the waters of history for his own purposes. Time itself is out of joint and the chief culprit is the enigmatic [[Robert Knox|Doctor Knox]].
+Somehow [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] must put history back on track before the future dissolves into chaos. But Knox, it turns out, may be the least of their worries...
+== Plot ==
+=== Part One ===
+''to be added''
+=== Part Two ===
+''to be added''
+=== Part Three ===
+''to be added''
-==Plot==
+=== Part Four ===
 ''to be added''
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 * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
 * [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]]
-* Dr. [[Robert Knox]] - [[Leslie Phillips]]
+* Dr [[Robert Knox]] - [[Leslie Phillips]]
-* [[Clara Harris]] / Knox's [[TARDIS]] - [[Lysette Anthony]]
+* [[Clara Harris]] / [[Robert Knox's TARDIS|Knox's TARDIS]] - [[Lysette Anthony]]
 * [[John Parker]] - [[Eric Loren]]
-* [[Lizzie Williams]] - [[Madeline Potter]]
+* [[Lizzie Williams]] - [[Madeleine Potter]]
 * [[Henry Clay Ford]] - [[Alan Marriott]]
 * [[John Wilkes Booth]] - [[Paul Dubois]]
 * [[Thomas Eckert]] - [[Mikey O'Connor]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
-===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
-* The Doctor calls [[Robert Knox]] a [[Time Meddler]].
+* Cover Art - [[Grant Kempster]]
+* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
+* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
+* Music and Sound Design - [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]]
+* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
+* Writer - [[Robert Ross (writer)|Robert Ross]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
+=== Individuals ===
 * Knox poses as the Irish author and playwright [[Oscar Wilde]]. The Doctor realises this congruity immediately since, as he tells Evelyn, Wilde was "still in short trousers" in [[1865]].
+* Knox's body is rotting, but he is using a concoction of [[lavender]] and [[bergamot]] to cover up the stench, but his [[breath]] [[halitosis|smells badly]].
-===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]===
+=== TARDIS ===
+* Knox has a [[TARDIS]] with voice control which allows him to control the ship's functions, like take-offs and for mundane things like turning the scanner on. Like [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], it has a [[fast return switch]].
+* [[Robert Knox's TARDIS|Knox's TARDIS]] speaks with a calm female voice.
+* [[Type 70]] TARDISes can quickly scan their systems to determine if there is a fault.
+* Knox's TARDIS's [[chameleon circuit]] turns into a cabinet and then a thorny bush.
-===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDISes]]===
+=== History ===
-* Knox has a [[TARDIS]] with voice control.
+* Evelyn recalls some notable events from 1865:
+** [[Leopold II]] was [[Coronation|crowned]] [[King]] of the [[Belgium|Belgians]].
+** The [[Matterhorn]] was first climbed.
+** on [[30 December]], [[Rudyard Kipling]] was born.
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
+Assassin in the Limelight cover.jpg|Original cover art
+Assassin In The Limelight Preview Comic.JPG|Illustration from [[DWM 395]] by [[Anthony Dry]]
+</gallery>
 == Notes ==
-* This would be the final appearance of Evelyn Smythe in the main range until [[BFA]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'' in [[October]] [[2010]].
+* This is the final appearance of Evelyn Smythe in the main range until the audio story ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'' in October 2010.
-* Given that the majority of the events of [[BFA]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'' take place in [[November]] [[1867]], this is the second consecutive audio drama based predominantly in the [[1860s]].
+* Given that the majority of the events of the audio story ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'' take place in November 1867, this is the second consecutive audio drama based predominantly in the 1860s.
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[7 February|7]] and [[8 February]] [[2008]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[7 February (production)|7]] and [[8 February (production)|8 February]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
+* This story was previewed in [[DWM 395]] with an illustration from [[Anthony Dry]].
 == Continuity ==
-* The Doctor and Evelyn previously encountered Knox in [[Edinburgh]] in [[December]] [[1827]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'') and the Indo in [[Brighton]] in [[1936]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]'').
+* The Doctor and Evelyn previously encountered Knox in [[Edinburgh]] in [[December]] [[1828]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Medicinal Purposes (audio story)}}, and the [[Indo]] in [[Brighton]] in [[1936]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Pier Pressure (audio story)}}.
-* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade during the [[Crimean War]] in [[October]] [[1854]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
+* On this occasion, the Doctor ensures that Lincoln is assassinated in accordance with recorded history. During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], he had prevented Lincoln from being prematurely assassinated by [[Aaron Eddowes]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] on [[9 April]] [[1865]], as depicted in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}. Conversely, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Minuet in Hell (audio story)}}, the [[Eighth Doctor]] would tell his companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] that he once attempted to convince Lincoln not to go to the theatre.
+* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] during the [[Crimean War]] in [[October]] [[1854]]. He previously related this to [[Jamie McCrimmon]] during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}, describing the Charge as a "magnificent folly".
+* Knox has been [[impersonation|impersonating]] the [[Ireland|Irish]] author and playwright [[Oscar Wilde]]. Having previously met Wilde, the Doctor was later able to procure tickets for [[Henry Gordon Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]], [[Leela]] and [[Ellie Higson]] to attend the premiere of his play ''A Woman of No Importance'' in the [[Haymarket Theatre]] in [[London]] in the [[1890s]]. At the time, the Doctor, still in his sixth incarnation, was operating under the pseudonym "Professor Claudius Dark." This took place in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Beautiful Things (audio story)}}.
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