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|series = [[ | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories | ||
|range = Main Range | |||
|number in range = 188a | |||
|number = 188a | |number = 188a | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[Safira Valtris]] | |enemy = [[Safira Valtris]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Prison ship (Breaking Bubbles)|Prison ship]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = LM Myles | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | |music = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | ||
|sound = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | |sound = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 July 2014 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories | ||
|production code = 6Z/AC | |production code = 6Z/AC | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-329-0 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-329-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-735-8 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = Masquerade (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = Of Chaos Time The (audio story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology, ''[[Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories]]'', which comprised the one hundred and eighty-eighth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[LM Myles]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The Doctor and Peri find themselves in the palatial gardens of the deposed Empress [[Safira Valtris]] where nothing is ever quite what it seems. | [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find themselves in the palatial gardens of the deposed [[Empress]] [[Safira Valtris]] where nothing is ever quite what it seems. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | In a [[garden]] on a [[spaceship]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] meet [[Safira Valtris]], who invites them to [[tea]] and explains that she has been imprisoned after her cousin the [[Emperor (Breaking Bubbles)|Emperor]], whom she herself deposed, supplanted her following ten years of rule. She is being transported from one [[prison]] to another as [[execution|executing]] her is unthinkable on account of the Emperor wanting to avoid setting a precedent for members of the imperial family being killed. The ship's systems are frozen thanks to her [[sabotage]] and [[Laris|Officers Laris]] and [[Tondra]] come down to the garden, assuming that the Doctor and Peri are stowaways until Valtris claims that they are from [[Imperial Intelligence]]. | ||
After Valtris uses a [[short-range teleport]] to disappear with Peri to a [[hologram|holographic]] replica of her [[library]], the Doctor convinces Laris to take him to the bridge so that he can get the [[computer]]s working again and perform an internal scan to locate his [[companion]]. He realises, upon supposedly arriving on the bridge, that Valtris has tricked them with a hologram and that they have not actually managed to leave the massive prison cell, but he manages to get to the real one where Laris detects a spaceship coming to rescue Valtris. Laris sends a call for [[military]] assistance and tracks Valtris, who is holding Peri hostage and knocks Tondra out when she arrives to get revenge for the [[bomb]]ing of her home [[planet]] in Valtris's [[war]]. | |||
[[Akros|General Akros]]'s ship docks and Valtris heads to the [[airlock]] with Peri, only to find that the Doctor has used holograms to trick her. Learning that the [[Imperial Flotilla]] is approaching and that there will likely be significant loss of life, Peri manages to persuade Valtris to abandon her plan and avoid the inevitable [[death]]s. Valtris sends Akros away and surrenders to Laris, who imprisons Tondra to await [[trial]] for attempted [[murder]] and is offered help against becoming the [[scapegoat]] for the day's events in return for Valtris's freedom. The Doctor and Peri head back to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] whilst Laris thinks about the offer. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Tondra]] - [[Allison McKenzie]] | * [[Tondra]] - [[Allison McKenzie]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Peri once visited [[garden]]s at a [[chateau]] in [[France]]. | |||
* The Doctor and Peri drink [[tea]] with Safira. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Peri has been collecting [[plant]]s during her adventures. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', etc.) | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:11, 29 March 2024
Breaking Bubbles was the first story in the audio anthology, Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories, which comprised the one hundred and eighty-eighth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by LM Myles and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and Peri find themselves in the palatial gardens of the deposed Empress Safira Valtris where nothing is ever quite what it seems.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
In a garden on a spaceship, the Doctor and Peri meet Safira Valtris, who invites them to tea and explains that she has been imprisoned after her cousin the Emperor, whom she herself deposed, supplanted her following ten years of rule. She is being transported from one prison to another as executing her is unthinkable on account of the Emperor wanting to avoid setting a precedent for members of the imperial family being killed. The ship's systems are frozen thanks to her sabotage and Officers Laris and Tondra come down to the garden, assuming that the Doctor and Peri are stowaways until Valtris claims that they are from Imperial Intelligence.
After Valtris uses a short-range teleport to disappear with Peri to a holographic replica of her library, the Doctor convinces Laris to take him to the bridge so that he can get the computers working again and perform an internal scan to locate his companion. He realises, upon supposedly arriving on the bridge, that Valtris has tricked them with a hologram and that they have not actually managed to leave the massive prison cell, but he manages to get to the real one where Laris detects a spaceship coming to rescue Valtris. Laris sends a call for military assistance and tracks Valtris, who is holding Peri hostage and knocks Tondra out when she arrives to get revenge for the bombing of her home planet in Valtris's war.
General Akros's ship docks and Valtris heads to the airlock with Peri, only to find that the Doctor has used holograms to trick her. Learning that the Imperial Flotilla is approaching and that there will likely be significant loss of life, Peri manages to persuade Valtris to abandon her plan and avoid the inevitable deaths. Valtris sends Akros away and surrenders to Laris, who imprisons Tondra to await trial for attempted murder and is offered help against becoming the scapegoat for the day's events in return for Valtris's freedom. The Doctor and Peri head back to the TARDIS whilst Laris thinks about the offer.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
- Safira Valtris - Jemma Churchill
- Laris / General Akros - Andy Secombe
- Tondra - Allison McKenzie
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Peri has been collecting plants during her adventures. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks, etc.)
