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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The White Room cover.jpg | |image = The White Room cover.jpg | ||
| | |range = Dark Eyes (audio series) | ||
|series in range = Dark Eyes 2 | |||
|series number in range = 2 | |||
|number in series = 2 | |||
|audio anthology = Dark Eyes 2 | |||
|number = 2 | |number = 2 | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Molly O'Sullivan]] | |companions = [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]] | ||
|enemy = [[Viyran]]s | |enemy = [[Viyran]]s, [[Herbert Goring]] | ||
|setting = [[London]],[[10 November|10]]-[[11 November]] [[1918]] | |setting = [[London]], [[10 November|10]]-[[11 November]] [[1918]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Alan Barnes | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|music = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | |music = [[Wilfredo Acosta]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Damien May]] | |cover = [[Damien May]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 12 February 2014 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = | |production code =BFPDWCDMG036 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-304-7 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-304-7 | ||
|series = [[Dark Eyes (audio series)|Dark Eyes]] | |series = ''[[Dark Eyes (audio series)|Dark Eyes]]'' | ||
|prev = The Traitor (audio story) | |prev = The Traitor (audio story) | ||
|next = Time's Horizon (audio story) | |next = Time's Horizon (audio story) | ||
}} | |producer = [[David Richardson]]|featuring = [[David Walker|David]]|epcount = 1 | ||
{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes 2]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Ruth Bradley]] as [[Molly O'Sullivan]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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But there are dangerous forces abroad. Where are the young deserters disappearing to? Who are the Huntsmen? And what is really going on at the [[Blackwell Convalescent Home]]? | But there are dangerous forces abroad. Where are the young deserters disappearing to? Who are the Huntsmen? And what is really going on at the [[Blackwell Convalescent Home]]? | ||
Perhaps the mysterious "[[Viyran|Surgeon General]]" has the answers. To find out, the Doctor must tackle an old and baffling enemy. | Perhaps the mysterious "[[Viyran|Surgeon General]]" has the answers. To find out, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] must tackle an old and baffling enemy. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] | ||
* [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]] | * [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]] | ||
* [[Herbert Goring|Dr Herbert Goring]]/[[Viyran|The Viyrans]] - [[Ian Brooker]] | * [[Herbert Goring|Dr Herbert Goring]]/[[Viyran|The Viyrans]] - [[Ian Brooker]] | ||
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* [[Sean Casey]] - [[Andrew Knott]] | * [[Sean Casey]] - [[Andrew Knott]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Molly states that it is nearly [[Armistice Day]]. | * Molly states that it is nearly [[Armistice Day]]. | ||
* The [[Blackwell Convalescent Home]] was built over a [[14th century]] plague well which was used to bury victims of the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]]. | * The [[Blackwell Convalescent Home]] was built over a [[14th century]] plague well which was used to bury victims of the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]]. | ||
=== Popular culture from the real world === | === Popular culture from the real world === | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor mentions [[Clement Freud]]. | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor shouts [[Mornington Crescent]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This | * This is the first ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'' story not to be written by [[Nicholas Briggs]]. | ||
* [[File:Centre Fold The White Room.jpg|thumb|CD Booklet interior illustration of the Doctor, the Viyrans, and one of their patients.]]This is the first story in [[Big Finish]]'s ongoing [[Eighth Doctor]] series ''not'' to feature the [[Dalek]]s since ''[[Prisoner of the Sun (audio story)|Prisoner of the Sun]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Dark Eyes 2 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in World War I]] | [[Category:Stories set in World War I]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1918]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1918]] | ||
[[Category:Viyran audio stories]] | [[Category:Viyran audio stories]] | ||
[[fr:The White Room (audio)]] | [[fr:The White Room (audio)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:04, 22 October 2024
The White Room was the second story in the audio anthology Dark Eyes 2, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Ruth Bradley as Molly O'Sullivan.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Molly O'Sullivan is still trying to help people, but now she is back in London, staying in Baker Street.
But there are dangerous forces abroad. Where are the young deserters disappearing to? Who are the Huntsmen? And what is really going on at the Blackwell Convalescent Home?
Perhaps the mysterious "Surgeon General" has the answers. To find out, the Doctor must tackle an old and baffling enemy.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Molly O'Sullivan - Ruth Bradley
- Dr Herbert Goring/The Viyrans - Ian Brooker
- David Walker - Joseph Radcliffe
- Tommy Dooley/Harrison/Future Viyran - Brian Shelley
- Master Zachrey - Adrian MacKinder
- Sean Casey - Andrew Knott
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Molly states that it is nearly Armistice Day.
- The Blackwell Convalescent Home was built over a 14th century plague well which was used to bury victims of the Black Death.
Popular culture from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions Clement Freud.
- The Doctor shouts Mornington Crescent.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the first Dark Eyes story not to be written by Nicholas Briggs.
- This is the first story in Big Finish's ongoing Eighth Doctor series not to feature the Daleks since Prisoner of the Sun.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- During his fifth incarnation, the Doctor acquired 107 Baker Street in November 1866. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster)
- Molly has regained her retro-genitor particles. (AUDIO: X and the Daleks)
- The Viyran refers to the explosion of the Amethyst Viral Containment Station in the far future and his people's mission to eradicate all the viruses which it released. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
- A Viyran that contracted the time virus KX Variant 243 was sent back in time to London in 1918. (AUDIO: The Viyran Solution)
- Molly refers to her service in France. (AUDIO: The Great War, X and the Daleks)
- David Walker lived in 107 Baker Street until the 1970s. In the interim, he married a woman named Isabelle and raised two sons, one of whom was named Nigel, in the house. (AUDIO: Eyes of the Master)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The White Room page at bigfinish.com
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