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|image = The Elysian Blade (audio story).jpg | |image = The Elysian Blade (audio story).jpg | ||
|range = Audio Originals | |||
|number in range = 5 | |||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | ||
|enemy = [[Algos]] and [[Avriel]] | |||
|enemy = | |setting = [[Elysian Fields (hospital)|Elysian Fields]], [[Planet (The Elysian Blade)|unnamed planet]] | ||
|setting = | |writer = David Bishop | ||
|writer = | |||
|director = | |director = | ||
|read by = [[Frazer Hines]] | |read by = [[Frazer Hines]] | ||
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|sound = | |sound = | ||
|publisher = BBC Worldwide | |publisher = BBC Worldwide | ||
|release date = | |release date = 7 February 2019 | ||
|format = | |number = 5 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = ISBN 9781787533332 | |isbn = ISBN 9781787533332 | ||
|series = [[ | |series = ''[[Audio Originals]]'' | ||
|prev = Fortunes of War (audio story) | |prev = Fortunes of War (audio story) | ||
|next = The Winged Coven (audio story) | |next = The Winged Coven (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an audiobook in the ''[[Audio Originals]]'' series from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Second Doctor]]. It was read by [[Frazer Hines]], in first person, as [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] | * [[Victoria Waterfield]] | ||
* [[Mia (The Elysian Blade)|Mia]] | |||
* [[Algos]] | * [[Algos]] | ||
* [[Avriel]] | * [[Avriel]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor plays his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. | * The Doctor plays his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. | ||
* Jamie once saw a flock of [[starling]]s over a [[loch]]. | * Jamie once saw a flock of [[starling]]s over a [[loch]]. | ||
* Victoria recalls the first time [[Edward Waterfield|her father]] took her to the [[sea]]side. | |||
* Jamie once saw an abandoned [[village]] in the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]], which was deserted after many had died from sickness. | |||
* Back in [[Scotland]], Jamie was often bitten by [[midge]]s. | * Back in [[Scotland]], Jamie was often bitten by [[midge]]s. | ||
* Jamie had a cousin named [[Angus (The Elysian Blade)|Angus]] | * Jamie had a cousin named [[Angus (The Elysian Blade)|Angus]]. | ||
* Jamie remarks that the robots resemble [[Cybermat]]s. | |||
* The Doctor tells Jamie and Victoria about [[radar]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story is told in first person from Jamie's perspective. | ||
* [[David Bishop]] has stated that the story is a metaphor for [[Brexit]]: "lies and the false promise of a better future... power-hungry charlatans who will say and do anything for their own gain."<ref>[https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2019/05/doctor-who-and-brexit-monstrosity.html Vicious Imagery: Doctor Who and the Brexit Monstrosity]</ref> | |||
* The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Tales of Time and Space]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Jamie hallucinates that he is back in the [[Battle of Culloden]] and sees [[Colin McLaren|the Laird]] being shot, as occurred shortly before the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''. | ||
* Victoria hallucinates [[Edward Waterfield|her father]], before he died in [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. She tells the Doctor that she stopped being able to see him when she closes his eyes, as he had told her to do in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{penguin|1117185/doctor-who--the-elysian-blade/9781787533332.html}} | * {{penguin|1117185/doctor-who--the-elysian-blade/9781787533332.html}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 7 April 2024
The Elysian Blade was an audiobook in the Audio Originals series from BBC Audio featuring the Second Doctor. It was read by Frazer Hines, in first person, as Jamie.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fleeing from the rising tide on a distant planet, the Doctor and his friends are attacked by a swarm of what appear to be tiny insects. Wracked by hallucinations, Jamie is transported back to his home in the Highlands, whilst Victoria sees her late father.
The travellers meet the survivors of Elysian Fields, a travelling hospital that offers patients a choice between the Blade of Longing and the Angel of Forgetting. When next the spaceship lands, the TARDIS crew are offered the chance of a lifetime.
For Victoria, the promise of meeting her father again proves too alluring to resist. But what terrible price must she pay, along with anyone else who makes a pact with Elysian Fields?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor plays his recorder.
- Jamie once saw a flock of starlings over a loch.
- Victoria recalls the first time her father took her to the seaside.
- Jamie once saw an abandoned village in the Highlands, which was deserted after many had died from sickness.
- Back in Scotland, Jamie was often bitten by midges.
- Jamie had a cousin named Angus.
- Jamie remarks that the robots resemble Cybermats.
- The Doctor tells Jamie and Victoria about radar.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is told in first person from Jamie's perspective.
- David Bishop has stated that the story is a metaphor for Brexit: "lies and the false promise of a better future... power-hungry charlatans who will say and do anything for their own gain."[1]
- The story was reissued in the audio anthology Tales of Time and Space.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jamie hallucinates that he is back in the Battle of Culloden and sees the Laird being shot, as occurred shortly before the events of TV: The Highlanders.
- Victoria hallucinates her father, before he died in TV: The Evil of the Daleks. She tells the Doctor that she stopped being able to see him when she closes his eyes, as he had told her to do in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Elysian Blade page at Penguin Books
