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|series         = '''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]]'''
|range            = Main Range
|number         = 191
|number in range  = 191
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Hex|Hector / Hex]], [[Sally Morgan|Sally]]       
|number           = 191
|enemy           = [[Ginny Greenteeth]]  
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|setting         = [[Liverpool]], the [[2020s]] and the [[2040s]]
|companions       = [[Ace]], [[Hex]], [[Sally Morgan|Sally]]       
|writer          = [[Matt Fitton]]
|enemy             = [[Ginny Greenteeth]]  
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|setting           = [[Liverpool]], [[2020s]] and [[2040s]]
|music           = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|writer           = Matt Fitton
|sound           = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|director         = [[Ken Bentley]]
|cover = [[Tom Webster]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|music             = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|release date   = [[12 September (releases)|12 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|sound             = [[Jamie Robertson]]
|format         = 4 Parts, 2 CDs
|cover             = [[Tom Webster]]
|production code = 7W/WC
|epcount          = 4
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-332-0
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|prev = Mask of Tragedy (audio story)
|release date     = 12 September 2014
|next = The Widow's Assassin (audio story)
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code   = 7W/WC
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-332-0 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-738-9 (digital)
|prev             = Mask of Tragedy (audio story)
|next             = The Widow's Assassin (audio story)
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}}{{Audio stub}}'''''Signs and Wonders''''' was the one hundred and ninety-first story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]].
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'''''Signs and Wonders''''' was the one hundred and ninety-first story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]], released on [[12 September (releases)|12 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]].<ref>https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1834200285293522956</ref> It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]], [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex|Hector Thomas/Hex]] and [[Amy Pemberton]] as [[Sally Morgan]].
 
It concluded the story arc surrounding Hex Schofield's amnesia, and both he and Sally depart in this story.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Sally Morgan]] - [[Amy Pemberton]]
* [[Sally Morgan]] - [[Amy Pemberton]]
* [[Ginny Greenteeth|Janet Green]] - [[Jessica Martin]]
* [[Ginny Greenteeth|Janet Green]] - [[Jessica Martin]]
* [[Rufus Stone]]/[[To'Koth]] - [[Warren Brown]]
* [[Rufus Stone]] / [[To'Koth]] - [[Warren Brown]]
* [[Praska]] - [[Jemma Churchill]]
* [[Praska]] - [[Jemma Churchill]]
* [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Gormley]] - [[Rory Keenan]]
* [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Gormley]] - [[Rory Keenan]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]]
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jonathan Morris]]
* Writer - [[Matt Fitton]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sally is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].
* Sally is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].
* Hex's grandmother [[Hilda Schofield]] died a month earlier.
* Hex's grandmother [[Hilda Schofield]] died a month earlier.
* Hilda lived at [[53 Gerard Street]].
* Praska is the Empress of the [[Third Holy Aquillian Empire]] and the daughter of [[Veska the Magnificent]].
* Praska is the Empress of the [[Third Holy Aquillian Empire]] and the daughter of [[Veska the Magnificent]].
* The [[Aquillian]]s resemble seven foot [[eagle]]s in golden armour.
* The [[Aquillian]]s resemble seven foot [[eagle]]s in golden armour.
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* The [[British Army]] has been privatised. Certain units perform private security work.
* The [[British Army]] has been privatised. Certain units perform private security work.
* Sally is with [[C19]].
* Sally is with [[C19]].
* [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Patrick Gormley]] refers to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]].
* [[Patrick Gormley|Captain Patrick Gormley]] refers to [[UNIT]].
* UNIT has Ace's [[DNA]] on file.
* UNIT has Ace's [[DNA]] on file.
* [[To'Koth]] is the Aquillians' [[god]].
* [[To'Koth]] is the Aquillians' [[god]].
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]] taught Sally how to fly a [[helicopter]].
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]] taught Sally how to fly a [[helicopter]].
* Sally's grandfather has died.
* The Doctor and Ace visit Hex and Sally in the [[2040s]].
* Ace tells the Doctor that she loves him.
* Ace never wants to have children.
* The Doctor and Ace visit Hex and Sally in the [[2040s]], 15 years after he left the TARDIS. He and Sally eventually settled down and had a daughter named Cassie. Sally is pregnant with another child. However, they never married. By this time, Hex is balding, has greying hair and has put on weight.
* The potency of the Doctor's [[psychic spore]] allows Praska to telepathically communicate with him.
* The potency of the Doctor's [[psychic spore]] allows Praska to telepathically communicate with him.
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[[File:Signs and Wonders.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This story was recorded on [[13 January (production)|13]] & [[14 January (production)|14 January]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* The title of this story is structured the same way as the stories in the previous trilogy ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'', ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' and ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') which involved the [[Elder God]]s.
* The title of this story is structured the same way as the stories in the previous trilogy ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'', ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' and ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') which involved the [[Elder God]]s.
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Waiting for Gadot (audio story)|Waiting for Gadot]]''.
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Waiting for Gadot (audio story)|Waiting for Gadot]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Ace refers to the fact that Hector has visited the [[far future]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Revenge of the Swarm (audio story)|Revenge of the Swarm]]'') and [[Greece|Ancient Greece]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]'').
* Ace refers to the fact that Hector has visited the [[far future]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Revenge of the Swarm (audio story)|Revenge of the Swarm]]'') and [[Greece|Ancient Greece]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]'')
* The Doctor, Ace and Hector return to [[Liverpool]] two years after their previous visit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'')
* The Doctor, Ace and Hector return to [[Liverpool]] two years after their previous visit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'')
* Hector refers to the fact that the bottle containing Hex's memories was destroyed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'')
* Hector refers to the fact that the bottle containing Hex's memories was destroyed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]'')
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* Ace once again refers to Sally as "Sergeant Barbie". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* Ace once again refers to Sally as "Sergeant Barbie". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* Sally refers to the fact that she previously served in the [[King's New Delta Squadron]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* Sally refers to the fact that she previously served in the [[King's New Delta Squadron]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
* UNIT has a profile of Ace's involvement in incidents in [[1963]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]''), [[1997]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') and [[2025]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'').
* UNIT has a profile of Ace's involvement in incidents in [[1963]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]''), [[1997]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') and [[2025]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
* Ace tells Captain Gormley that she goes way back with [[Ian Gilmore|Chunky]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]] and [[Winifred Bambera|Winifred]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Ace tells Captain Gormley that she goes way back with [[Ian Gilmore|Chunky]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]] and [[Winifred Bambera|Winifred]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Hector refers to the fact that he and his mother [[Cassandra Schofield]] were both born in [[Royal Bolton Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
* Hector refers to the fact that he and his mother [[Cassandra Schofield]] were both born in [[Royal Bolton Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
* After Hex's memories return, he refers to Sally as "Sal". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'', ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* After Hex's memories return, he refers to Sally as "Sal". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'', ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* Hex recalls his death and playing [[chess]] in [[the Board]] with [[Fenric]] and [[Weyland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* Hex recalls his death and playing [[chess]] in [[the Board]] with [[Fenric]] and [[Weyland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the [[Elder God]]s [[Gods of Ragnarok|Ragnarok]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') Fenric ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') and Weyland ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'').
* The Doctor refers to the [[Elder God]]s [[Gods of Ragnarok|Ragnarok]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') Fenric ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') and Weyland. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* Ace refers to her first meeting with Hex at [[St Gart's Brookside Hospital]] on [[12 October]] [[2021]] and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'') and Hex's admiration for [[Florence Nightingale]], whom he met in [[Scutari]] in October and [[November]] [[1854]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'').
* Ace refers to her first meeting with Hex at [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]] on [[12 October]] [[2021]] and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'') and Hex's admiration for [[Florence Nightingale]], whom he met in [[Scutari]] in October and [[November]] [[1854]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'')
* To'Koth refers to [[Moloch (Protect and Survive)|Moloch]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') and the [[Mi'en Kalarash]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[House of Blue Fire (audio story)|House of Blue Fire]]'').
* To'Koth refers to [[Moloch (Protect and Survive)|Moloch]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') and the [[Mi'en Kalarash]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[House of Blue Fire (audio story)|House of Blue Fire]]'')
* Ace refers to [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Word Lord]] [[Nobody No-One]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'', ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'').
* Ace refers to [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Word Lord]] [[Nobody No-One]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'', ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'').
* Ace's glimpse of her future has her wearing a high collar, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'', ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'', ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') riding a motorbike in [[Paris]] in the [[19th century]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and being surrounded by "[[Lobri|three giant fleas]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'')
* Ace's glimpse of her future has her wearing a high collar, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'', ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'', ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') riding a motorbike in [[Paris]] in the [[19th century]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and being surrounded by "[[Lobri|three giant fleas]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'')
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/signs-and-wonders-863|Signs and Wonders}}
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== Footnotes ==
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Signs and Wonders was the one hundred and ninety-first story in Big Finish's monthly range, released on 12 September 2014.[1] It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Philip Olivier as Hector Thomas/Hex and Amy Pemberton as Sally Morgan.

It concluded the story arc surrounding Hex Schofield's amnesia, and both he and Sally depart in this story.

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The end of the world is nigh. That's what everybody is seeing in their nightmares. That's why they are congregating in Liverpool for the party to end all parties, hosted by Rufus Stone, a celebrity turned doomsday prophet. He claims he's the only one who can save them when the day of judgement comes. Because he's on the side of the angels.

The Doctor, Ace and Hector arrive to find the city in the grip of apocalypse fever. There are lights in the sky, earthquakes and power cuts. The Doctor is determined to investigate, while Ace is more concerned about finding a way of restoring Hector's lost memories.

Meanwhile, in the river Mersey, hideous, slug-like creatures are stirring...

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