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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image | |image = The Last Day at Work (audio story).jpg | ||
|range | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
|series in range = Series 8 (ST) | |series in range = Series 8 (ST) | ||
|series number in range = 8 | |series number in range = 8 | ||
|number in series = X | |number in series = X | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 8.X | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|setting | |featuring = [[Policeman (An Unearthly Child)|Bernard]] | ||
|writer | |setting = [[London]], [[1968]] | ||
|director | |writer = Harry Draper | ||
|read by | |director = [[Alfie Shaw]] | ||
|music | |read by = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|sound | |music = [[Richard Fox]] | ||
|cover | |sound = Richard Fox | ||
|publisher | |cover = [[Mark Plastow]] | ||
|release date | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|format | |release date = 29 December 2018 | ||
|production code = BFMSTDLPAUL03 | |format = MP3 Download | ||
|isbn | |production code = BFMSTDLPAUL03 | ||
|prev | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-708-3 | ||
|next | |prev = The Devil's Footprints (audio story) | ||
|series2 | |next = The Revisionists (audio story) | ||
|prev2 | |series2 = ''[[The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity]]'' | ||
|next2 | |prev2 = Landbound (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudclip | |next2 = The Best-Laid Plans (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudclip = soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-last-day-at-work-excerpt | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|producer = [[Alfie Shaw]] | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a special free release in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio range from [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the winning entry in ''[[The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a special free release in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio range from [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the winning entry in ''[[The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity]]''. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | [[Oliver's Inn]], [[Barnes Common]], 1968. In the company of family and friends, [[Constable]] [[Bernard Whittam]] is celebrating his last day before [[retirement]]. But after thirty years on the force, Bernard is still haunted by a wheezing, groaning noise in his head. That night, Bernard wants to talk in private to one person - [[Emma Clarke]]. Before they can confess their | ||
feelings for each other, the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] wander into the [[inn]]. As Jamie attempts to order drinks, Bernard loses his nerve. The Doctor, ever perceptive, gets to know Bernard by the bar. Over the course of their conversation, Bernard confides in the Doctor about the noise in his head. When Jamie reveals that he's been talking to Bernard's parents, somehow young and alive after all this time, the Doctor suddenly seems almost afraid. He invites Bernard to the "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]". | |||
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor gradually reveals, as kindly as he can, that Bernard is not real. He is the creation of the TARDIS's [[chameleon circuit]], which originally disguised the ship as a police box when the Doctor came to Earth with his granddaughter in 1963. However, the circuit did not simply engineer a suitable shell for the TARDIS, but fabricated an entire policeman as part of its disguise - Bernard Whittham. Ever since the Doctor left Earth, Bernard, a part of the TARDIS, has slowly been affecting the real world, replacing it with the lie of his own life. His family and friends - even Emma - are, like him, not real. | |||
Emma has followed them to the TARDIS. The Doctor allows her to come inside, as she and Bernard | |||
need to decide what to do. Lamenting the future that they will never share, but embracing their last day together, Bernard and Emma kiss and choose to stop the lie. Hand in hand, they walk away from the TARDIS, as the Doctor switches them off. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Margery Whittam]] | * [[Margery Whittam]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Narrator - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Cover Art - [[Mark Plastow]] | |||
* Producer, Script Editor & Director - [[Alfie Shaw]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs | |||
* Music & Sound Design - [[Richard Fox]] @ FoxYason Studios | |||
* Writer - [[Harry Draper]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The inn serves [[Bloody Mary]]s and has [[water]] on tap. | * The inn serves [[Bloody Mary]]s and has [[water]] on tap. | ||
* Emma assumes the TARDIS is a [[caravan]]. | * Emma assumes the TARDIS is a [[caravan]]. | ||
* The Doctor and Jamie are mistaken for [[actor|amateur dramatics society]]. | |||
* In the pockets of the Doctor there are a [[handkerchief]], a [[monocle]] and a brown leather [[notebook]]. | |||
* The Doctor says he could take Jamie to the [[Palace Theatre]] to watch a show. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[27 November (production)|27 November]] [[2018 (production)|2018]] at [[the Soundhouse]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor offers [[jelly babies]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'' et al.) | ||
* Whittam is a constable created by the [[chameleon circuit]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] when it camouflaged as a blue police box. The Second Doctor recalls his landing in [[Totter's Lane]] in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | |||
* Jamie McCrimmon misses [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'') | |||
* The deeds of [[Yuri Gagarin]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: '' [[1963: The Space Race (audio story)|The Space Race]]'' et al.) are among the false memories of Whittam. | |||
* Jamie remembers [[Culloden Moor]] and his fellow [[Highlander]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1968]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1968]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:11, 3 November 2024
The Last Day at Work was a special free release in the Short Trips audio range from Big Finish Productions. It was the winning entry in The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Constable Bernard Whittam is in for a special evening. Finally retiring from a lifetime in the police force, he's celebrating with friends, family and the woman he loves. It's all perfect. Apart from the noise in his head, the wheezing, groaning noise that has haunted his entire life. That and the unusual gatecrashers.
It's going to be a night to remember...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Oliver's Inn, Barnes Common, 1968. In the company of family and friends, Constable Bernard Whittam is celebrating his last day before retirement. But after thirty years on the force, Bernard is still haunted by a wheezing, groaning noise in his head. That night, Bernard wants to talk in private to one person - Emma Clarke. Before they can confess their feelings for each other, the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon wander into the inn. As Jamie attempts to order drinks, Bernard loses his nerve. The Doctor, ever perceptive, gets to know Bernard by the bar. Over the course of their conversation, Bernard confides in the Doctor about the noise in his head. When Jamie reveals that he's been talking to Bernard's parents, somehow young and alive after all this time, the Doctor suddenly seems almost afraid. He invites Bernard to the "police box".
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor gradually reveals, as kindly as he can, that Bernard is not real. He is the creation of the TARDIS's chameleon circuit, which originally disguised the ship as a police box when the Doctor came to Earth with his granddaughter in 1963. However, the circuit did not simply engineer a suitable shell for the TARDIS, but fabricated an entire policeman as part of its disguise - Bernard Whittham. Ever since the Doctor left Earth, Bernard, a part of the TARDIS, has slowly been affecting the real world, replacing it with the lie of his own life. His family and friends - even Emma - are, like him, not real.
Emma has followed them to the TARDIS. The Doctor allows her to come inside, as she and Bernard need to decide what to do. Lamenting the future that they will never share, but embracing their last day together, Bernard and Emma kiss and choose to stop the lie. Hand in hand, they walk away from the TARDIS, as the Doctor switches them off.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Narrator - Nicholas Briggs
- Cover Art - Mark Plastow
- Producer, Script Editor & Director - Alfie Shaw
- Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music & Sound Design - Richard Fox @ FoxYason Studios
- Writer - Harry Draper
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The inn serves Bloody Marys and has water on tap.
- Emma assumes the TARDIS is a caravan.
- The Doctor and Jamie are mistaken for amateur dramatics society.
- In the pockets of the Doctor there are a handkerchief, a monocle and a brown leather notebook.
- The Doctor says he could take Jamie to the Palace Theatre to watch a show.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded on 27 November 2018 at the Soundhouse.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor offers jelly babies. (TV: The Dominators et al.)
- Whittam is a constable created by the chameleon circuit of the Doctor's TARDIS when it camouflaged as a blue police box. The Second Doctor recalls his landing in Totter's Lane in 1963. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
- Jamie McCrimmon misses Victoria. (TV: Fury from the Deep)
- The deeds of Yuri Gagarin (TV: The Seeds of Death, AUDIO: The Space Race et al.) are among the false memories of Whittam.
- Jamie remembers Culloden Moor and his fellow Highlanders. (TV: The Highlanders)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Last Day at Work page at bigfinish.com
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