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|series = [[ | |range = Main Range | ||
|anthology | |number in range = 100b | ||
|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | |||
|audio anthology = 100 (audio anthology) | |||
|number = 100b | |number = 100b | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Evelyn Smythe]] | |companions = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | ||
|enemy = | |featuring = [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] | ||
|setting = [[ | |enemy = Mozart clones | ||
|writer = | |setting = {{il|[[Alternate timeline]], [[1856]]|[[Vienna]], [[1791]]}} | ||
|writer = Robert Shearman | |||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[Sharon Gosling]] | |||
|music = [[Andy Hardwick]] | |music = [[Andy Hardwick]] | ||
|sound = [[ | |sound = [[David Darlington]] | ||
|publisher = | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 26 September 2007 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = 7C/MC | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/MC]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-286-9 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-286-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-392-3 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = 100 BC (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = Bedtime Story (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology, ''[[100 (audio anthology)|100]]'', which comprised the hundredth release in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Robert Shearman]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]]. | ||
It had a notably innovative structure for a | It had a notably innovative structure for a pseudo-historical story. The story began with a difference between how the audience and the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew viewed historical events. It ended with the Doctor unwittingly changing history into a shape the audience recognises. In the beginning, the Doctor and Evelyn accept an exceptionally long-lived Mozart (with a career in decline) as being the norm for their time stream, but they change history so that Mozart died a young man in [[1791]]. Furthermore, there are actually three timelines in the story; the original timeline, which differed from ours in that Mozart actually finished his famous unfinished requiem, leading through a chain of events to the creation and poor treatment of Mozart clones much further into the future, the aforementioned “long-lived Mozart” timeline, created by one of said clones from the initial timeline in an attempt to prevent his own creation, and the final timeline, created by the Doctor, which is one the listener would be familiar with, where Mozart’s iconic unfinished requiem was actually unfinished. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. Born in [[1756]], a veritable wonderkind | [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. Born in [[1756]], a veritable wonderkind — playing music for the crowned heads of [[Europe]] as an infant, composing by the time he was five years old. But it's tempting to wonder whether his amazing longevity has overshadowed his creative genius — would Mozart's music be better respected, maybe, if he'd died as a young man? Would he be a legend of music, rather than of scientific curiosity, if he'd never lived to compose the film score for the remake of ''[[The Italian Job]]''? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]/Young Mozart/Butler/Mask/Old Mask - [[John Sessions]] | * [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]/Young Mozart/Butler/Mask/Old Mask - [[John Sessions]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Mozart's | * Mozart's compositions "[[The Magic Flute]]" and "[[Requiem in D minor (Mozart)|Requiem]]" are mentioned. "[[Piano Concerto in C Major]]" is also mentioned. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to be | * The audio story ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'' would later give a different account of how Mozart's ''Requiem'' came to be unfinished. | ||
* The audio abruptly ends with the [[Sixth Doctor]] saying, "Well, nobody likes an abrupt end...”, an in-joking reference to both Mozart's famous unfinished requiem and the infamous ending of [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''. | |||
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''.<ref>'Backstage' tab of [https://web.archive.org/web/20210421195421/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-100-266 the official ''100'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]. (Archived on the Wayback Machine)</ref> | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
{{BFA monthly}} | == Footnotes == | ||
<references />{{BFA monthly}} | |||
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[[Category:Stories set in Vienna]] | [[Category:Stories set in Vienna]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1791]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1791]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1856]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1856]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in alternate timelines]] | |||
[[Category:Audio stories with unique variations of the Doctor Who theme]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 22 August 2024
My Own Private Wolfgang was the second story in the audio anthology, 100, which comprised the hundredth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Robert Shearman and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe.
It had a notably innovative structure for a pseudo-historical story. The story began with a difference between how the audience and the TARDIS crew viewed historical events. It ended with the Doctor unwittingly changing history into a shape the audience recognises. In the beginning, the Doctor and Evelyn accept an exceptionally long-lived Mozart (with a career in decline) as being the norm for their time stream, but they change history so that Mozart died a young man in 1791. Furthermore, there are actually three timelines in the story; the original timeline, which differed from ours in that Mozart actually finished his famous unfinished requiem, leading through a chain of events to the creation and poor treatment of Mozart clones much further into the future, the aforementioned “long-lived Mozart” timeline, created by one of said clones from the initial timeline in an attempt to prevent his own creation, and the final timeline, created by the Doctor, which is one the listener would be familiar with, where Mozart’s iconic unfinished requiem was actually unfinished.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Born in 1756, a veritable wonderkind — playing music for the crowned heads of Europe as an infant, composing by the time he was five years old. But it's tempting to wonder whether his amazing longevity has overshadowed his creative genius — would Mozart's music be better respected, maybe, if he'd died as a young man? Would he be a legend of music, rather than of scientific curiosity, if he'd never lived to compose the film score for the remake of The Italian Job?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Dr Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- Mozart/Young Mozart/Butler/Mask/Old Mask - John Sessions
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mozart's compositions "The Magic Flute" and "Requiem" are mentioned. "Piano Concerto in C Major" is also mentioned.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The audio story A Requiem for the Doctor would later give a different account of how Mozart's Requiem came to be unfinished.
- The audio abruptly ends with the Sixth Doctor saying, "Well, nobody likes an abrupt end...”, an in-joking reference to both Mozart's famous unfinished requiem and the infamous ending of TV: Revelation of the Daleks.
- This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 'Backstage' tab of the official 100 page at bigfinish.com. (Archived on the Wayback Machine)
