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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|range = Donna Noble: Kidnapped! | |range = Donna Noble: Kidnapped! | ||
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|number = 1.3 | |number = 1.3 | ||
|main character = [[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] | |main character = [[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] | ||
|enemy = [[Parval]] | |||
|enemy = | |setting = [[Albion]], [[Middle Ages]] | ||
|setting = | |||
|writer = [[James Goss]] | |writer = [[James Goss]] | ||
|director = [[ | |director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|sound = [[Howard Carter]] | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|music = [[Howard Carter]] | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |release date = [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-072-5 | |||
|audio anthology = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]'' | |audio anthology = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]'' | ||
|series = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]'' | |series = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]'' | ||
|prev = Spinvasion (audio story) | |prev = Spinvasion (audio story) | ||
|next = The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story) | |next = The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third audio story in the anthology ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third audio story in the anthology ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Trying to get home, [[Donna Noble|Donna]] and [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] end up in the right place at the wrong time – the [[Middle Ages]]! | Trying to get [[Chiswick|home]], [[Donna Noble|Donna]] and [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] end up in the right place at the wrong time – the [[Middle Ages]]! | ||
A [[monastery]] is under siege from the [[Burning Knights]], and the great Sorcerer Parval calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned [[Merlin]] herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble! | A [[monastery]] is under siege from the [[Burning Knights]], and the great Sorcerer [[Parval]] calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned [[Merlin]] herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
' | * [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]] | ||
* [[Natalie Morrison|Natalie]] - [[Niky Wardley]] | |||
* [[Parval]] - [[David Schofield]] | |||
* [[Vivien (The Sorcerer of Albion)|Vivien]] - [[Lydia West]] | |||
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Garrison]] - [[Sebastian Armesto]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* When shown an image of her husband by the TARDIS, Natalie asks for [[Zac Efron]] or Will Miller instead, but the TARDIS refuses. | |||
* Natalie describes [[Derren Brown]] as the greatest sorcerer who ever lived. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story is set between ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be | * Donna and Natalie are taken to the Middle Ages by Parval, who summoned the time mage Merlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
* Donna uses the phrase "wizard". A parallel version of her would also use it ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''), as would the Meta-Crisis Doctor on realising he is part human. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | |||
* Natalie thinks the monks might be ninjas. The Doctor has previously encountered monks trained in martial arts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | |||
* Parval says Merlin has many bodies to contain all the stories about him, and asks why one shouldn't be a woman. The Doctor would later have female incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' et al., [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | |||
* Parval believes Nat can read ancient Babylonian as a gift from Merlin. Donna reveals the TARDIS translates languages. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al.) | |||
* Emergency programme 12 reverses the polarity of its particles. This was a technique commonly used by the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' et al.) | |||
* Donna describes herself as a temp from Chiswick. She would do so again in [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''. | |||
* Donna describes the Doctor as her mate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | |||
* Natalie finds a manual for the Doctor's TARDIS which he dropped in a antique clothes store during the [[Third Crusade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Donna Noble: Kidnapped! audio stories]] | [[Category:Donna Noble: Kidnapped! audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Great Britain]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:15, 19 June 2024
The Sorcerer of Albion was the third audio story in the anthology Donna Noble: Kidnapped!.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Trying to get home, Donna and Nat end up in the right place at the wrong time – the Middle Ages!
A monastery is under siege from the Burning Knights, and the great Sorcerer Parval calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned Merlin herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble!
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Natalie - Niky Wardley
- Parval - David Schofield
- Vivien - Lydia West
- Garrison - Sebastian Armesto
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- When shown an image of her husband by the TARDIS, Natalie asks for Zac Efron or Will Miller instead, but the TARDIS refuses.
- Natalie describes Derren Brown as the greatest sorcerer who ever lived.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is set between Forest of the Dead and Midnight.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Donna and Natalie are taken to the Middle Ages by Parval, who summoned the time mage Merlin. (TV: Battlefield)
- Donna uses the phrase "wizard". A parallel version of her would also use it (TV: Turn Left), as would the Meta-Crisis Doctor on realising he is part human. (TV: Journey's End)
- Natalie thinks the monks might be ninjas. The Doctor has previously encountered monks trained in martial arts. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
- Parval says Merlin has many bodies to contain all the stories about him, and asks why one shouldn't be a woman. The Doctor would later have female incarnations. (TV: Twice Upon a Time et al., PROSE: Rose)
- Parval believes Nat can read ancient Babylonian as a gift from Merlin. Donna reveals the TARDIS translates languages. (TV: The End of the World et al.)
- Emergency programme 12 reverses the polarity of its particles. This was a technique commonly used by the Doctor. (TV: The Dæmons et al.)
- Donna describes herself as a temp from Chiswick. She would do so again in TV: Journey's End.
- Donna describes the Doctor as her mate. (TV: Partners in Crime)
- Natalie finds a manual for the Doctor's TARDIS which he dropped in a antique clothes store during the Third Crusade. (TV: The Crusade)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Sorcerer of Albion page at bigfinish.com
