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|number | |number in range = 191 | ||
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|setting | |companions = [[Ace]], [[Hex]], [[Sally Morgan|Sally]] | ||
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| | |setting = [[Liverpool]], [[2020s]] and [[2040s]] | ||
|music | |writer = Matt Fitton | ||
|sound | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|publisher | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|isbn | |epcount = 4 | ||
|prev | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|next | |release date = 12 September 2014 | ||
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|production code = 7W/WC | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-332-0 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-738-9 (digital) | |||
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|next = The Widow's Assassin (audio story) | |||
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'''''Signs and Wonders''''' was the one hundred and ninety-first story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]], released on [[12 September (releases)|12 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]].<ref>https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1834200285293522956</ref> It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]], [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex|Hector Thomas/Hex]] and [[Amy Pemberton]] as [[Sally Morgan]]. | |||
It concluded the story arc surrounding Hex Schofield's amnesia, and both he and Sally depart in this story. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The end of the world is nigh. | The end of the world is nigh. That's what everybody is seeing in their nightmares. That's why they are congregating in [[Liverpool]] for the party to end all parties, hosted by [[Rufus Stone]], a celebrity turned doomsday prophet. He claims he's the only one who can save them when the day of judgement comes. Because he's on the side of the angels. | ||
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex|Hector]] arrive to find the city in the grip of apocalypse fever. There are lights in the sky, [[earthquake]]s and power cuts. The Doctor is determined to investigate, while Ace is more concerned about finding a way of restoring | [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex|Hector]] arrive to find the city in the grip of apocalypse fever. There are lights in the sky, [[earthquake]]s and power cuts. The Doctor is determined to investigate, while Ace is more concerned about finding a way of restoring Hector's lost memories. | ||
Meanwhile, in the river [[Mersey]], hideous, slug-like creatures are stirring... | Meanwhile, in the [[river]] [[Mersey]], [[Hirudine|hideous, slug-like creatures]] are stirring... | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
=== Part | === Part one === | ||
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=== Part | === Part two === | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
=== Part | === Part three === | ||
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=== Part | === Part four === | ||
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* [[Hex|Hector Thomas]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | * [[Hex|Hector Thomas]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | ||
* [[Sally Morgan]] - [[Amy Pemberton]] | * [[Sally Morgan]] - [[Amy Pemberton]] | ||
* [[Janet Green]] - [[Jessica Martin]] | * [[Ginny Greenteeth|Janet Green]] - [[Jessica Martin]] | ||
* [[Rufus Stone]]/[[To'Koth]] - [[Warren Brown]] | * [[Rufus Stone]] / [[To'Koth]] - [[Warren Brown]] | ||
* [[Praska]] - [[Jemma Churchill]] | * [[Praska]] - [[Jemma Churchill]] | ||
* [[Gormley|Captain Gormley]] - [[Rory Keenan]] | * [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Gormley]] - [[Rory Keenan]] | ||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]] | |||
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Jonathan Morris]] | |||
* Writer - [[Matt Fitton]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * Sally is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. | ||
* Hex's grandmother [[Hilda Schofield]] died a month earlier. | |||
* Hilda lived at [[53 Gerard Street]]. | |||
* Praska is the Empress of the [[Third Holy Aquillian Empire]] and the daughter of [[Veska the Magnificent]]. | |||
* The [[Aquillian]]s resemble seven foot [[eagle]]s in golden armour. | |||
* The Aquillians are aware of the [[Time Lord]]s. | |||
* The [[British Army]] has been privatised. Certain units perform private security work. | |||
* Sally is with [[C19]]. | |||
* [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Patrick Gormley]] refers to [[UNIT]]. | |||
* UNIT has Ace's [[DNA]] on file. | |||
* [[To'Koth]] is the Aquillians' [[god]]. | |||
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]] taught Sally how to fly a [[helicopter]]. | |||
* The Doctor and Ace visit Hex and Sally in the [[2040s]]. | |||
* The potency of the Doctor's [[psychic spore]] allows Praska to telepathically communicate with him. | |||
[[File:Signs and Wonders.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]]. | * This story was recorded on [[13 January (production)|13]] & [[14 January (production)|14 January]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The title of this story is structured the same way as the stories in the previous trilogy ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'', ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' and ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') which involved the [[Elder God]]s. | |||
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Waiting for Gadot (audio story)|Waiting for Gadot]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The | * Ace refers to the fact that Hector has visited the [[far future]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Revenge of the Swarm (audio story)|Revenge of the Swarm]]'') and [[Greece|Ancient Greece]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]'') | ||
* The Doctor, Ace and Hector return to [[Liverpool]] two years after their previous visit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'') | |||
* Hector refers to the fact that the bottle containing Hex's memories was destroyed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'') | |||
* When Hector introduces himself, Janet refers to the [[Troy|Trojan]] [[Hector|warrior of the same name]]. During his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], the Doctor briefly met Hector of Troy. The TARDIS' arrival outside Troy in c. [[BC#2nd millennium B.C.|1200 BC]] distracted Hector during his battle with [[Achilles]], who was able to kill him as a result. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') | |||
* Hector hopes that the Doctor does not play the [[spoon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]'', ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'') | |||
* Ace once again refers to Sally as "Sergeant Barbie". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'') | |||
* Sally refers to the fact that she previously served in the [[King's New Delta Squadron]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'') | |||
* UNIT has a profile of Ace's involvement in incidents in [[1963]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]''), [[1997]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') and [[2025]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'') | |||
* Ace tells Captain Gormley that she goes way back with [[Ian Gilmore|Chunky]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]] and [[Winifred Bambera|Winifred]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | |||
* Hector refers to the fact that he and his mother [[Cassandra Schofield]] were both born in [[Royal Bolton Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'') | |||
* After Hex's memories return, he refers to Sally as "Sal". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'', ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | |||
* Hex recalls his death and playing [[chess]] in [[the Board]] with [[Fenric]] and [[Weyland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | |||
* The Doctor refers to the [[Elder God]]s [[Gods of Ragnarok|Ragnarok]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') Fenric ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') and Weyland. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | |||
* Ace refers to her first meeting with Hex at [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]] on [[12 October]] [[2021]] and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'') and Hex's admiration for [[Florence Nightingale]], whom he met in [[Scutari]] in October and [[November]] [[1854]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'') | |||
* To'Koth refers to [[Moloch (Protect and Survive)|Moloch]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') and the [[Mi'en Kalarash]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[House of Blue Fire (audio story)|House of Blue Fire]]'') | |||
* Ace refers to [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Word Lord]] [[Nobody No-One]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'', ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]''). | |||
* Ace's glimpse of her future has her wearing a high collar, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'', ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'', ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') riding a motorbike in [[Paris]] in the [[19th century]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and being surrounded by "[[Lobri|three giant fleas]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'') | |||
* The Doctor sees an incident in his future involving him hearing ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' in a [[theatre]] of some description. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | |||
* Ace reminds the Doctor that he once told her that there were places where the rivers dream, places where there is danger and places where there is injustice. She then tells him that they have "work to do". ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/signs-and-wonders-863|Signs and Wonders}} | |||
{{BFA monthly}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
<references />{{BFA monthly}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 14 September 2024
Signs and Wonders was the one hundred and ninety-first story in Big Finish's monthly range, released on 12 September 2014.[1] It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Philip Olivier as Hector Thomas/Hex and Amy Pemberton as Sally Morgan.
It concluded the story arc surrounding Hex Schofield's amnesia, and both he and Sally depart in this story.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The end of the world is nigh. That's what everybody is seeing in their nightmares. That's why they are congregating in Liverpool for the party to end all parties, hosted by Rufus Stone, a celebrity turned doomsday prophet. He claims he's the only one who can save them when the day of judgement comes. Because he's on the side of the angels.
The Doctor, Ace and Hector arrive to find the city in the grip of apocalypse fever. There are lights in the sky, earthquakes and power cuts. The Doctor is determined to investigate, while Ace is more concerned about finding a way of restoring Hector's lost memories.
Meanwhile, in the river Mersey, hideous, slug-like creatures are stirring...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Hector Thomas - Philip Olivier
- Sally Morgan - Amy Pemberton
- Janet Green - Jessica Martin
- Rufus Stone / To'Koth - Warren Brown
- Praska - Jemma Churchill
- Captain Gormley - Rory Keenan
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Jonathan Morris
- Writer - Matt Fitton
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sally is a Catholic.
- Hex's grandmother Hilda Schofield died a month earlier.
- Hilda lived at 53 Gerard Street.
- Praska is the Empress of the Third Holy Aquillian Empire and the daughter of Veska the Magnificent.
- The Aquillians resemble seven foot eagles in golden armour.
- The Aquillians are aware of the Time Lords.
- The British Army has been privatised. Certain units perform private security work.
- Sally is with C19.
- Captain Patrick Gormley refers to UNIT.
- UNIT has Ace's DNA on file.
- To'Koth is the Aquillians' god.
- Lysandra Aristedes taught Sally how to fly a helicopter.
- The Doctor and Ace visit Hex and Sally in the 2040s.
- The potency of the Doctor's psychic spore allows Praska to telepathically communicate with him.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded on 13 & 14 January 2014 at The Moat Studios.
- The title of this story is structured the same way as the stories in the previous trilogy (AUDIO: Protect and Survive, Black and White and Gods and Monsters) which involved the Elder Gods.
- Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story Waiting for Gadot.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace refers to the fact that Hector has visited the far future (AUDIO: Revenge of the Swarm) and Ancient Greece. (AUDIO: Mask of Tragedy)
- The Doctor, Ace and Hector return to Liverpool two years after their previous visit. (AUDIO: Afterlife)
- Hector refers to the fact that the bottle containing Hex's memories was destroyed. (AUDIO: Afterlife)
- When Hector introduces himself, Janet refers to the Trojan warrior of the same name. During his first incarnation, the Doctor briefly met Hector of Troy. The TARDIS' arrival outside Troy in c. 1200 BC distracted Hector during his battle with Achilles, who was able to kill him as a result. (TV: The Myth Makers)
- Hector hopes that the Doctor does not play the spoons. (TV: Time and the Rani, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy; AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!, Colditz)
- Ace once again refers to Sally as "Sergeant Barbie". (AUDIO: Black and White)
- Sally refers to the fact that she previously served in the King's New Delta Squadron. (AUDIO: Black and White)
- UNIT has a profile of Ace's involvement in incidents in 1963 (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks; AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games), 1997 (TV: Battlefield) and 2025. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny)
- Ace tells Captain Gormley that she goes way back with Chunky, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks; AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games) Alistair and Winifred. (TV: Battlefield)
- Hector refers to the fact that he and his mother Cassandra Schofield were both born in Royal Bolton Hospital. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny)
- After Hex's memories return, he refers to Sally as "Sal". (AUDIO: Black and White, Gods and Monsters)
- Hex recalls his death and playing chess in the Board with Fenric and Weyland. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters)
- The Doctor refers to the Elder Gods Ragnarok, (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) Fenric (TV: The Curse of Fenric; AUDIO: Gods and Monsters) and Weyland. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters)
- Ace refers to her first meeting with Hex at St Gart's Bankside Hospital on 12 October 2021 and the Cybermen (AUDIO: The Harvest) and Hex's admiration for Florence Nightingale, whom he met in Scutari in October and November 1854. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari)
- To'Koth refers to Moloch (AUDIO: Protect and Survive) and the Mi'en Kalarash. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire)
- Ace refers to Bliss (AUDIO: Enemy of the Daleks) and the Word Lord Nobody No-One (AUDIO: The Word Lord, A Death in the Family).
- Ace's glimpse of her future has her wearing a high collar, (AUDIO: Dominion, The Lights of Skaro, Intervention Earth) riding a motorbike in Paris in the 19th century (PROSE: Set Piece) and being surrounded by "three giant fleas". (COMIC: Ground Zero)
- The Doctor sees an incident in his future involving him hearing Madame Butterfly in a theatre of some description. (TV: Doctor Who)
- Ace reminds the Doctor that he once told her that there were places where the rivers dream, places where there is danger and places where there is injustice. She then tells him that they have "work to do". (TV: Survival)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Signs and Wonders page at bigfinish.com
