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| | |range = Main Range | ||
| | |number in range = 113b | ||
|series=[[ | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number= 113b | |number = 113b | ||
|doctor= Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Nyssa]], [[Thomas Brewster]] | |companions = [[Nyssa]], [[Thomas Brewster|Brewster]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy = | ||
|setting= [[London]], [[2008]] | |setting = [[London]], [[2008]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director= [[Barnaby Edwards | |director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
| | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |music = [[Simon Robinson]] | ||
| | |sound = Simon Robinson | ||
|format= | |epcount = 1 | ||
|production code= 6C/M | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-322-4 | |audio anthology = Time Reef (audio story) | ||
|prev= Time Reef (audio story) | |release date = September 2008 | ||
|next= Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story) | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 2 stories | ||
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|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-322-4 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-660-3 (digital) | |||
|prev = Time Reef (audio story) | |||
|next = Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the following one-part story comprising part of the one hundred and thirteenth release in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Sixth Doctor|Fifth Doctor]], [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]] and [[John Pickard]] as [[Thomas Brewster]]. | |||
Brewster returned in the 2011 story ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'' alongside the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Who wouldn't want a perfect world? [[Thomas Brewster]] for one. | Who wouldn't want a perfect world? [[Thomas Brewster]] for one. | ||
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* [[Thomas Brewster]] - [[John Pickard]] | * [[Thomas Brewster]] - [[John Pickard]] | ||
* [[Phil (A Perfect World)|Phil]] - [[Nicholas Farrell]] | * [[Phil (A Perfect World)|Phil]] - [[Nicholas Farrell]] | ||
* [[Taz]] / Connie's mother - [[Beth Chalmers]] | * [[Taz]] / [[Connie Winter's mother|Connie's mother]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | ||
* [[Trev]] - [[Sean Connolly]] | * [[Trev]] - [[Sean Connolly]] | ||
* [[Connie Winter|Connie]] - [[Rebecca Callard]] | * [[Connie Winter|Connie]] - [[Rebecca Callard]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
* Connie describes the inhabitants of the alternative timeline as Pod people, referring to the [[1956]] [[science fiction]] film ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', and later compares them to characters from a [[Richard Curtis]] film. | * Connie describes the inhabitants of the alternative timeline as [[Pod people]], referring to the [[1956]] [[science fiction]] film ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', and later compares them to characters from a [[Richard Curtis]] film. | ||
* Connie says that the [[Jubilee line]] was like ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]''. | * Connie says that the [[Jubilee line]] was like ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]''. | ||
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=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Taz is Connie's unemployed flatmate, whom Connie describes as being built like a "brick privy." In the [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], she refers to herself by her full name of Tasmin and works as a management consultant, having spent three years at university. | * Taz is Connie's unemployed flatmate, whom Connie describes as being built like a "brick privy." In the [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], she refers to herself by her full name of Tasmin and works as a management consultant, having spent three years at university. | ||
* When she first meets the Doctor, Connie assumes that he is going to a fancy dress party dressed as [[Bertie Wooster]], referring to the "idle rich" English gentleman from [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s ''Jeeves'' novels. | |||
* When she first meets the Doctor, Connie assumes that he is going to a fancy dress party dressed as Bertie Wooster, referring to the "idle rich" English gentleman from [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s ''Jeeves'' novels | |||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
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* The Health Minister resigned due to the spread of hospital-based infections. In the alternative timeline, he announces that such infections had been completely eradicated in Britain. | * The Health Minister resigned due to the spread of hospital-based infections. In the alternative timeline, he announces that such infections had been completely eradicated in Britain. | ||
* In the alternative timeline, a peace treaty has been signed in [[Palestine]], inflation has fallen and [[Pakistan]] has avoided widespread flooding. | * In the alternative timeline, a peace treaty has been signed in [[Palestine]], inflation has fallen and [[Pakistan]] has avoided widespread flooding. | ||
=== Sports === | === Sports === | ||
* In the "perfect" version of [[2008]], [[cricket]]er [[Graeme Swann]] was "100 [[not out]]" — which proved to the [[Fifth Doctor]] that something was "off" with the world. | * In the "perfect" version of [[2008]], [[cricket]]er [[Graeme Swann]] was "100 [[not out]]" — which proved to the [[Fifth Doctor]] that something was "off" with the world. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Brewster tells Connie that he used to work as a [[mudlark]] near [[London Bridge]] and that he has visited the [[2008]] of an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]. | * Brewster tells Connie that he used to work as a [[mudlark]] near [[London Bridge]] and that he has visited the [[2008]] of an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]. This all took place in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)}}. | ||
* Brewster refers to the Time Reef | * Brewster refers to the Time Reef, where the TARDIS crew were in the previous story, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Time Reef (audio story)}}. | ||
* Brewster leaves [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] | * Brewster leaves [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] at 107 Baker Street. Brewster had stolen the TARDIS in [[1866]] at the end of [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)}}. He would later be reunited with the Doctor in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] in [[2010]], in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)}}. | ||
* It is later revealed in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)}} that, prior to 2010, Connie was killed in a hit-and-run. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/time-reef-279|A Perfect World}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|who_bf113.htm#aperfectworld|A Perfect World}} | |||
* {{tetrap|5/aperfectworld.html|A Perfect World}} | * {{tetrap|5/aperfectworld.html|A Perfect World}} | ||
{{BFA monthly}} | {{BFA monthly}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 28 August 2024
A Perfect World was the following one-part story comprising part of the one hundred and thirteenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and John Pickard as Thomas Brewster.
Brewster returned in the 2011 story The Crimes of Thomas Brewster alongside the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Who wouldn't want a perfect world? Thomas Brewster for one.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Thomas Brewster - John Pickard
- Phil - Nicholas Farrell
- Taz / Connie's mother - Beth Chalmers
- Trev - Sean Connolly
- Connie - Rebecca Callard
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Connie describes the inhabitants of the alternative timeline as Pod people, referring to the 1956 science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and later compares them to characters from a Richard Curtis film.
- Connie says that the Jubilee line was like Dawn of the Dead.
Conflicts[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Connie mentions the Iraq War, referring to it as "a war which shouldn't have happened."
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Brewster is amazed by how clean the air is in 2008 when compared to 1867.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Taz is Connie's unemployed flatmate, whom Connie describes as being built like a "brick privy." In the alternative timeline, she refers to herself by her full name of Tasmin and works as a management consultant, having spent three years at university.
- When she first meets the Doctor, Connie assumes that he is going to a fancy dress party dressed as Bertie Wooster, referring to the "idle rich" English gentleman from P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves novels.
Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor left strict instructions to his solicitor that his house, 107 Baker Street, was not to be sold or let, and it has thus lain undisturbed since 1867. The inside of the house is covered in cobwebs and much of the furniture has rotted due to woodworm.
Music[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Connie had tickets to a Kaiser Chiefs concert in 2004, but accidentally went to the wrong Newcastle.
Politics[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Health Minister resigned due to the spread of hospital-based infections. In the alternative timeline, he announces that such infections had been completely eradicated in Britain.
- In the alternative timeline, a peace treaty has been signed in Palestine, inflation has fallen and Pakistan has avoided widespread flooding.
Sports[[edit] | [edit source]]
- In the "perfect" version of 2008, cricketer Graeme Swann was "100 not out" — which proved to the Fifth Doctor that something was "off" with the world.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This audio story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Brewster tells Connie that he used to work as a mudlark near London Bridge and that he has visited the 2008 of an alternative timeline. This all took place in AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"].
- Brewster refers to the Time Reef, where the TARDIS crew were in the previous story, AUDIO: Time Reef [+]Loading...["Time Reef (audio story)"].
- Brewster leaves the TARDIS at 107 Baker Street. Brewster had stolen the TARDIS in 1866 at the end of AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"]. He would later be reunited with the Doctor in his sixth incarnation in 2010, in AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"].
- It is later revealed in AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"] that, prior to 2010, Connie was killed in a hit-and-run.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official A Perfect World page at bigfinish.com
- A Perfect World at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for A Perfect World at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
