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|name  = {{StoryTitle}}
|image            =  
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|series          = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|range            = Main Range
|anthology       = [[100 (audio anthology)|100]]
|number in range  = 100a
|series          = ''[[Main Range]]''
|audio anthology = 100 (audio anthology)
|number          = 100a
|number          = 100a
|doctor          = Sixth Doctor
|doctor          = Sixth Doctor
|companions      = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]  
|companions      = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]  
|enemy            =  
|enemy            =  
|setting          = [[Rome]], the [[Roman Empire|Roman Republic]], [[BC|101 BC]] and [[BC|100 BC]]
|setting          = The [[Rome|Roman Republic]], [[January]] and [[October]] [[BC#2nd century B.C.|101 BC]]  
|writer          = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|writer          = Jacqueline Rayner
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|producer        = [[Sharon Gosling]]
|music            = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|music            = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|post production  = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|sound            = [[David Darlington]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[September (releases)|September]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date    = 26 September 2007
|format          = 1 X 25 min.
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st 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   = Son of the Dragon (audio story)
|prev             = Son of the Dragon (audio story)
|next       = My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)
|next             = My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)
}}
|made prev        = The Vanity Box (audio story)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[2007 (releases)|2007]] [[Big Finish Productions]] full-cast audio short story featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]] and Dr. [[Evelyn Smythe]]. It was part of ''[[100 (audio anthology)|100]]'', the one hundredth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio release]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]].
|made next        = My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology, ''[[100 (audio anthology)|100]]'', which comprised the hundredth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor and Evelyn arrive in [[Rome]], 101 BC, approximately, October. They meet a young [[lady]] of nineteen, Aurelia. She mentions her husband — [[Julius Caesar]]. Evelyn is excited, but her excitement soon turns to confusion. Surely you can't heal a wound in time with just a bit of sticking plaster?
The Doctor and Evelyn arrive in [[Rome]], 101 BC, approximately, October. They meet a [[Aurelia (100 BC)|young lady]] of nineteen, Aurelia. She mentions her husband — [[Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder|Julius Caesar]]. Evelyn is excited, but her excitement soon turns to confusion. Surely you can't heal a wound in time with just a bit of sticking plaster?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Midwife (100 BC)|Midwife]] - [[Susan Brown]]
* [[Midwife (100 BC)|Midwife]] - [[Susan Brown]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor plays "[[Greensleeves]]".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The Doctor claims that [[Nero]] was the Roman Emperor sixty years after the events of this story. In actuality, he reigned from 54 to 68 AD, which is approximately a hundred sixty years later.
* The Doctor claims that [[Nero]] was the [[Caesar|Roman Emperor]] 60 years after the events of this story. In actuality, he reigned from 54 to 68 AD, which is approximately 160 years later.
* 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>
* This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Evelyn and the TARDIS.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Evelyn refers to their encounters with [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in [[1856]] and [[1791]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)|My Own Private Wolfgang]]'')
* Evelyn refers to their encounters with [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in [[1856]] and [[1791]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)|My Own Private Wolfgang]]'')
* Many years later, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and Evelyn would reminisce about meeting Caesar's parents. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'')
* Many years later in both their respective timelines, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and Evelyn would reminisce about meeting Caesar's parents. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'')


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100 BC was the first story in the audio anthology, 100, which comprised the hundredth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe.

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

The Doctor and Evelyn arrive in Rome, 101 BC, approximately, October. They meet a young lady of nineteen, Aurelia. She mentions her husband — Julius Caesar. Evelyn is excited, but her excitement soon turns to confusion. Surely you can't heal a wound in time with just a bit of sticking plaster?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor claims that Nero was the Roman Emperor 60 years after the events of this story. In actuality, he reigned from 54 to 68 AD, which is approximately 160 years later.
  • This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.[1]
  • This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Evelyn and the TARDIS.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 'Backstage' tab of the official 100 page at bigfinish.com. (Archived on the Wayback Machine)