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|range          = Short Trips (series)
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|doctor          = First Doctor
|doctor          = First Doctor
|companions      = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|companions      = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|enemy          =  
|enemy          = [[Sinensis]]
|setting        =  
|setting        = [[Planet (A Small Semblance of Home)|Unnamed planet]]
|writer          = [[Paul Phipps]]
|writer          = Paul Phipps
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|read by        = [[Carole Ann Ford]]
|read by        = [[Carole Ann Ford]]
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|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date    = 27 September 2018
|format          =  
|format          = MP3 download
|production code = BFMSTDL44
|production code = BFMSTDL44
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-001-5
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-001-5
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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the [[Series 8 (ST)|eighth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.  
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|producer = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the [[Series 8 (ST)|eighth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
It’s become his obsession. Through the hottest of deserts and the coldest of snows, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew have searched for the one remaining piece of [[First Doctor|the Doctor’s]] most important experiment. But now [[Barbara Wright|Barbara’s]] exhausted. Why hasn’t the Doctor learned his lesson? What’s so important that his scientific curiosity outweighs the safety of the crew once again? And will his latest arrogant trespass be the last he ever makes?
It's become his obsession. Through the hottest of deserts and the coldest of snows, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew have searched for the one remaining piece of [[First Doctor|the Doctor]]'s most important experiment. But now [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]'s exhausted. Why hasn't the Doctor learned his lesson? What's so important that his scientific curiosity outweighs the safety of the crew once again? And will his latest arrogant trespass be the last he ever makes?


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Nylok]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Barbara has been trying to keep track of time while travelling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. She believes it is [[Sunday]].
* Barbara often met her friends in [[Shoreditch Park]] for [[picnic]]s.
* Barbara would have [[tea]] with her mother every Sunday.
* On the planet, the Doctor believes they are a "couple thousand years" in the future from [[20th century|Ian's time]], the ancestors of the tribe arrived "millennia ago," and that the tribe has been protecting the plant for centuries.
* ''Camellia sinensis'' is the [[Latin]] name for tea.
* After thousands of years of [[evolution]], the tea plant is a cross between a bush and a tree.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was recorded on [[11 October (production)|11 October]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This story is available as a download only.
* According to writer [[Paul Phipps]], the story takes place during ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'', in the fade to black transition, just before the Doctor apologises to Barbara.<ref>https://twitter.com/misterphipps/status/1781958431743561786</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Ian and Barbara mention how the Doctor's obsessive quest for knowledge previously got them into trouble on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* Barbara tries to make [[coffee]] with the [[food machine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor will later encounter another colony of humans devolved into a tribe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 23:54, 21 October 2024

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A Small Semblance of Home was the ninth story of the eighth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

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

It's become his obsession. Through the hottest of deserts and the coldest of snows, the TARDIS crew have searched for the one remaining piece of the Doctor's most important experiment. But now Barbara's exhausted. Why hasn't the Doctor learned his lesson? What's so important that his scientific curiosity outweighs the safety of the crew once again? And will his latest arrogant trespass be the last he ever makes?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Barbara has been trying to keep track of time while travelling in the TARDIS. She believes it is Sunday.
  • Barbara often met her friends in Shoreditch Park for picnics.
  • Barbara would have tea with her mother every Sunday.
  • On the planet, the Doctor believes they are a "couple thousand years" in the future from Ian's time, the ancestors of the tribe arrived "millennia ago," and that the tribe has been protecting the plant for centuries.
  • Camellia sinensis is the Latin name for tea.
  • After thousands of years of evolution, the tea plant is a cross between a bush and a tree.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]