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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|range = The Companion Chronicles | |||
|series in range = The First Doctor: Volume Two | |||
|series number in range = 11 | |||
|number in series = 1 | |||
|series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | |series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = The First Doctor: Volume Two | ||
|number = 11.1 | |number = 11.1 | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|companions = [[ | |companions = [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Lagrange]] | ||
|setting = [[Vendée]], [[18th century]] | |setting = [[Vendée]], [[18th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Pritchard | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|producer = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]] | |||
|music = [[Robert Harvey]] | |music = [[Robert Harvey]] | ||
|sound = [[Robert Harvey]] | |sound = [[Robert Harvey]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |epcount = 2 | ||
|format = | |release date = 15 June 2017 | ||
|production code = | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories | ||
|isbn = | |production code = BFPDWCC110 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-006-0 (physical);<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-007-7 (digital) | |||
|prev = The Edge (CC audio story) | |prev = The Edge (CC audio story) | ||
|next = Across the Darkened City (audio story) | |next = Across the Darkened City (audio story) | ||
|series2 = ''The First Doctor'' | |||
|prev2 = The Locked Room (audio story) | |||
|next2 = Across the Darkened City (audio story) | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[The First Doctor: Volume Two]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== The Column from Hell (1) === | === The Column from Hell (1) === | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
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* [[Lagrange]] - [[Robert Hands]] | * [[Lagrange]] - [[Robert Hands]] | ||
== | == Characters == | ||
* During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in [[Vendée]]. | * [[First Doctor]] | ||
* [[Vicki Pallister]] | |||
* [[Steven Taylor]] | |||
* [[Lagrange]] | |||
* [[Nicole (Fields of Terror)|Nicole]] | |||
* [[Hooded man (Fields of Terror)|Hooded man]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in the [[Vendée]]. | |||
* The Doctor considers [[Paris]] to be "one of the most civilised of cities". | * The Doctor considers [[Paris]] to be "one of the most civilised of cities". | ||
* The Doctor recalls the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[13th century]]. | * The Doctor recalls the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[13th century]]. | ||
* The Doctor quotes from ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]''. | * The Doctor quotes from ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' and Dante's Inferno. | ||
* The Hooded Man in this story is described as wearing the conical hood of a penitent monk, the Doctor says that hood would have a different meaning in the future. Likely referring to the white supremacist terrorist group "Ku Klux Klan." | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
' | * This story was told from Vicki's perspective. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The Doctor and Steven would later return to France in [[August]] [[1572]], where they witnessed the [[St Bartholomew's Day massacre]] in Paris. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'') | * The Doctor and Steven would later return to France in [[August]] [[1572]], where they witnessed the [[St Bartholomew's Day massacre]] in Paris. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'') | ||
* Steven tells Lagrange that he has personal experience of warfare. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'') | * Steven tells Lagrange that he has personal experience of warfare. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'') | ||
* Vicki compares the Infernal | * Vicki compares the Infernal Column to the Daleks and the [[Mechonoid|Mechanoids]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:First Doctor | |||
[[Category:The First Doctor: Volume Two audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in France]] | [[Category:Stories set in France]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 18th century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 18th century]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:56, 28 June 2024
Fields of Terror was the first story in The First Doctor: Volume Two.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The TARDIS has brought the Doctor back to Revolutionary France, a place that's always fascinated him. But this time he, along with Steven and Vicki, are drawn into a devastated land, caught between the soldiers who are burning all before them and a monstrous shape that follows in their wake.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Column from Hell (1)[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
The Darkened Road (2)[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- During the French Revolution, the fighting was at its worst in the Vendée.
- The Doctor considers Paris to be "one of the most civilised of cities".
- The Doctor recalls the Massacre at Béziers during the 13th century.
- The Doctor quotes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Dante's Inferno.
- The Hooded Man in this story is described as wearing the conical hood of a penitent monk, the Doctor says that hood would have a different meaning in the future. Likely referring to the white supremacist terrorist group "Ku Klux Klan."
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was told from Vicki's perspective.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor tells Vicki that he had previously visited Paris during the French Revolution, towards the end of the Reign of Terror in July 1794. (TV: The Reign of Terror) Revolutionary France had earlier been the site of the Doctor and Susan Foreman's first visit to Earth. (PROSE: Just War)
- The timeline becomes distorted as Vicki inspects the shrine. (AUDIO: Across the Darkened City, The Bonfires of the Vanities) The Time Lords fix the distortion, caused by the Daleks from the Time War as they invade the First Doctor's timeline. (AUDIO: Volume Two trailer)
- The Doctor notes that he has met Maximilien Robespierre. (TV: The Reign of Terror)
- Vicki refers to her medical skills. (TV: The Web Planet)
- The Doctor and Steven would later return to France in August 1572, where they witnessed the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris. (TV: The Massacre)
- Steven tells Lagrange that he has personal experience of warfare. (TV: The Chase; AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men)
- Vicki compares the Infernal Column to the Daleks and the Mechanoids. (TV: The Chase)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Fields of Terror page at bigfinish.com
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