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|series number in range = 1 | |series number in range = 1 | ||
|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Stranded 1 | ||
|number = 1.2 | |number = 1.2 | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Liv Chenka|Liv]], [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]], [[Tania Bell|Tania]] | |companions = [[Liv Chenka|Liv]], [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]], [[Tania Bell|Tania]] | ||
|featuring =[[Aisha Akhtar|Aisha]], [[Zakia Akhtar|Zakia]] | |featuring = [[Aisha Akhtar|Aisha]], [[Zakia Akhtar|Zakia]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[2020]] | |setting = [[London]], [[2020]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Dorney | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | |music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | ||
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|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 17 June 2020 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWCDMG048 | |production code = BFPDWCDMG048 | ||
|isbn = 978-1-83868-165-4 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-165-4 | ||
|series = ''[[Stranded (audio series)|Stranded]]'' | |series = ''[[Stranded (audio series)|Stranded]]'' | ||
|prev = Lost Property (audio story) | |prev = Lost Property (audio story) | ||
|next = Must-See TV (audio story) | |next = Must-See TV (audio story) | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount = 1}} | |||
''''' | '''''Wild Animals''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Stranded 1]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]], [[Hattie Morahan]] as [[Helen Sinclair]] and [[Rebecca Root]] as [[Tania Bell]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Liv Chenka|Liv]] is working at [[Sanjit (Wild Animals)|Sanjit]]'s [[convenience store]] when [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]] arrives to put a card offering private [[history]] tuition in the window. They discuss [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], who has been moping around and seems to have given up on [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], and [[Tania Bell|Tania]], who Helen notes has been very friendly with Liv. | |||
Liv and Helen have dinner with [[Aisha Akhtar|Aisha]] and [[Zakia Akhtar|Zakia]], but Liv leaves to follow the Doctor and asks about the TARDIS. He says that he has not quite given up yet, which Liv supports, and she returns home where Tania offers her and Helen [[smart phone]]s. Liv declines and goes to work whilst Helen reintroduces the Doctor to cooking as something to get his situation off of his mind. Helen leaves for the shop to get some missing ingredients. | |||
[[Robber (Wild Animals)|A man]] brandishing a [[gun]] enters the shop whilst Liv is out back and attempts to rob Sanjit. When Liv sees him, she tries to get the gun and both she and Sanjit are shot. Helen and Zakia find them both and Helen chases after the man, calling the Doctor to go to Liv. Liv and Sanjit, who has fallen unconscious, are taken to the hospital in an [[ambulance]]. | |||
At Liv's bedside, the Doctor reminds Helen of the dangers of even normal life and Zakia tells them that Sanjit has died. The two visit [[Treadwell|DCI Treadwell]], whom the Doctor unwittingly insults by saying that his job was child's play and that he himself was a [[genius]]. Helen gives a description of the man. | |||
Helen wakes up to find that the Doctor had been awake all night, hacking into the [[police]]'s systems, and tells her to join him in joining the police at [[Holloway Road]]. Before leaving, Helen asks Tania to visit Liv in the hospital in their stead. She does so, informing Liv that Sanjit had died and asking if Liv was in a relationship with the Doctor or Helen. | |||
Having intruded on the police's [[investigation]]s, the Doctor and Helen meet DCI Treadwell again and ask about their progress, which he refuses to give. Tania texts Helen, telling her that Liv has woken up, but the Doctor chooses to instead investigate on his own. Liv tells Helen what happened in the shop and about the Doctor, who they are at least glad is no longer "mooching around Regent's Park". The Doctor messages Helen, saying that he was doing just that. | |||
Helen meets the Doctor, who believes that the criminal likely lives nearby and has learnt of a number of [[mugging]]s in the area. He has dressed himself up to look rich in the hopes of being the latest victim in order to catch [[Mugger (Wild Animals)|the mugger]]. As Helen leaves, she is attacked by a man and saved by the Doctor, who used [[chilli powder]] before [[handcuffs|handcuffing]] him and putting him under [[citizen's arrest]]. | |||
In hospital, Tania returns to Liv with [[grape]]s and asks her out for [[dinner]] on a date. Liv accepts and is unbothered when Tania tells her that she is [[transgender]]. | |||
At the police station, DCI Treadwell tells the Doctor and Helen that the mugger was not the culprit and that the gunman had been arrested three [[hour]]s earlier, confessing to the crime after the gun was found in his flat. The Doctor and Helen leave and the Doctor tells her that he goes to Regent's Park to see the caged [[animal]]s at the [[zoo]], feeling kinship with them. She says that things will get better if he continues to try. | |||
The Doctor and Helen visit Liv, who has to pretend to need [[crutch]]es so as not to raise suspicion of her advanced [[immune system]]. She mentions that an [[aviary]] at the zoo has been broken into and the [[bird]]s set free, a [[mystery]] that the Doctor says he has no interest in. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Helen Sinclair]] - [[Hattie Morahan]] | * [[Helen Sinclair]] - [[Hattie Morahan]] | ||
* [[Tania Bell]] - [[Rebecca Root]] | * [[Tania Bell]] - [[Rebecca Root]] | ||
* [[Sanjit (Wild Animals)|Sanjit]] - [[Raj Ghatak]] | |||
* [[Treadwell]] - [[Robert Portal]] | |||
* [[Zakia Akhtar]] - [[Avita Jay]] | |||
* [[Aisha Akhtar]] - [[Amina Zia]] | * [[Aisha Akhtar]] - [[Amina Zia]] | ||
== | === Uncredited === | ||
''to be | * [[Mugger (Wild Animals)|Mugger]] - [[Raj Ghatak]] (BFX: ''Wild Animals'') | ||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Sanjit's shop has a [[post office]] unlike one nearer [[107 Baker Street]]. | |||
* Baker Street is near the university [[hospital]]s. | |||
* Tania has seen the Doctor "moping around" [[Regent's Park]]. | |||
* Helen makes a [[vegetable bolognese]] and offers [[salt]], [[pepper]], [[parmesan]] and [[water]]. | |||
* Tania shows Helen a video game involving [[pig]]s. | |||
* Tania supplies Liv and Helen with [[smart phone]]s. They can tell the [[time]], take [[photograph]]s and play games. | |||
* Helen mentions the [[hobby]] of [[stamp collecting]]. | |||
* Helen gets [[tomato]]es, [[onion]], [[garlic]] and [[chilli powder]] from the cupboard to make [[ratatouille]] and heads out to get [[courgette]]s and fresh [[herb]]s. | |||
* The Doctor mentions [[the Master]] and [[the Eleven]]. | |||
* DCI Treadwell is the [[SIO]] of the shooting case. | |||
* The Doctor corrects Helen when she says that "DCI" and "SIO" are [[acronym]]s, saying that they are [[initialism]]s. | |||
* [[Coffee]] is a [[stimulant]]. | |||
* The police go to [[Holloway Road]]. | |||
* DCI Treadwell sarcastically says that he forgot to bring his [[thesaurus]]. | |||
* DCI Treadwell that living on Baker Street does not make the Doctor [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | |||
* The Doctor puts a man in [[citizen's arrest]]. | |||
* Liv loves [[grape]]s. | |||
* The Doctor says that he at least expected [[party popper]]s after catching the man he believed to be Liv's attacker. | |||
* With [[crutch]]es, Helen says that Liv looks "a little [[Salvador Dalí]]". | |||
* Liv has to do [[physiotherapy]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature any science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Liv and Helen in 2020. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Helen mentions how Liv had a bad experience with a phone some time ago. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Absent Friends (audio story)}}) | |||
* Liv mentions that the last time she got shot, she just [[regeneration energy|shrugged it off]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Day of the Master (audio story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor mentions when he was working for [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}, etc.) | |||
* Liv says that it has been a while since her last date. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Life in the Day (audio story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stranded 1 audio stories]] | [[Category:Stranded 1 audio stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:44, 5 April 2024
Wild Animals was the second story in the audio anthology Stranded 1, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair and Rebecca Root as Tania Bell.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
After weeks of London living, some of the TARDIS crew are finding it easier to adjust than others.
Liv has found a new friend, but Helen is worried about the Doctor.
And when a tragic crime takes place, the Time Lord must learn the limits of his powers.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Liv is working at Sanjit's convenience store when Helen arrives to put a card offering private history tuition in the window. They discuss the Doctor, who has been moping around and seems to have given up on the TARDIS, and Tania, who Helen notes has been very friendly with Liv.
Liv and Helen have dinner with Aisha and Zakia, but Liv leaves to follow the Doctor and asks about the TARDIS. He says that he has not quite given up yet, which Liv supports, and she returns home where Tania offers her and Helen smart phones. Liv declines and goes to work whilst Helen reintroduces the Doctor to cooking as something to get his situation off of his mind. Helen leaves for the shop to get some missing ingredients.
A man brandishing a gun enters the shop whilst Liv is out back and attempts to rob Sanjit. When Liv sees him, she tries to get the gun and both she and Sanjit are shot. Helen and Zakia find them both and Helen chases after the man, calling the Doctor to go to Liv. Liv and Sanjit, who has fallen unconscious, are taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
At Liv's bedside, the Doctor reminds Helen of the dangers of even normal life and Zakia tells them that Sanjit has died. The two visit DCI Treadwell, whom the Doctor unwittingly insults by saying that his job was child's play and that he himself was a genius. Helen gives a description of the man.
Helen wakes up to find that the Doctor had been awake all night, hacking into the police's systems, and tells her to join him in joining the police at Holloway Road. Before leaving, Helen asks Tania to visit Liv in the hospital in their stead. She does so, informing Liv that Sanjit had died and asking if Liv was in a relationship with the Doctor or Helen.
Having intruded on the police's investigations, the Doctor and Helen meet DCI Treadwell again and ask about their progress, which he refuses to give. Tania texts Helen, telling her that Liv has woken up, but the Doctor chooses to instead investigate on his own. Liv tells Helen what happened in the shop and about the Doctor, who they are at least glad is no longer "mooching around Regent's Park". The Doctor messages Helen, saying that he was doing just that.
Helen meets the Doctor, who believes that the criminal likely lives nearby and has learnt of a number of muggings in the area. He has dressed himself up to look rich in the hopes of being the latest victim in order to catch the mugger. As Helen leaves, she is attacked by a man and saved by the Doctor, who used chilli powder before handcuffing him and putting him under citizen's arrest.
In hospital, Tania returns to Liv with grapes and asks her out for dinner on a date. Liv accepts and is unbothered when Tania tells her that she is transgender.
At the police station, DCI Treadwell tells the Doctor and Helen that the mugger was not the culprit and that the gunman had been arrested three hours earlier, confessing to the crime after the gun was found in his flat. The Doctor and Helen leave and the Doctor tells her that he goes to Regent's Park to see the caged animals at the zoo, feeling kinship with them. She says that things will get better if he continues to try.
The Doctor and Helen visit Liv, who has to pretend to need crutches so as not to raise suspicion of her advanced immune system. She mentions that an aviary at the zoo has been broken into and the birds set free, a mystery that the Doctor says he has no interest in.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
- Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
- Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
- Sanjit - Raj Ghatak
- Treadwell - Robert Portal
- Zakia Akhtar - Avita Jay
- Aisha Akhtar - Amina Zia
Uncredited[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mugger - Raj Ghatak (BFX: Wild Animals)
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sanjit's shop has a post office unlike one nearer 107 Baker Street.
- Baker Street is near the university hospitals.
- Tania has seen the Doctor "moping around" Regent's Park.
- Helen makes a vegetable bolognese and offers salt, pepper, parmesan and water.
- Tania shows Helen a video game involving pigs.
- Tania supplies Liv and Helen with smart phones. They can tell the time, take photographs and play games.
- Helen mentions the hobby of stamp collecting.
- Helen gets tomatoes, onion, garlic and chilli powder from the cupboard to make ratatouille and heads out to get courgettes and fresh herbs.
- The Doctor mentions the Master and the Eleven.
- DCI Treadwell is the SIO of the shooting case.
- The Doctor corrects Helen when she says that "DCI" and "SIO" are acronyms, saying that they are initialisms.
- Coffee is a stimulant.
- The police go to Holloway Road.
- DCI Treadwell sarcastically says that he forgot to bring his thesaurus.
- DCI Treadwell that living on Baker Street does not make the Doctor Sherlock Holmes.
- The Doctor puts a man in citizen's arrest.
- Liv loves grapes.
- The Doctor says that he at least expected party poppers after catching the man he believed to be Liv's attacker.
- With crutches, Helen says that Liv looks "a little Salvador Dalí".
- Liv has to do physiotherapy.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is unusual in that it does not feature any science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Liv and Helen in 2020.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Helen mentions how Liv had a bad experience with a phone some time ago. (AUDIO: Absent Friends [+]Loading...["Absent Friends (audio story)"])
- Liv mentions that the last time she got shot, she just shrugged it off. (AUDIO: Day of the Master [+]Loading...["Day of the Master (audio story)"])
- The Doctor mentions when he was working for UNIT. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"], etc.)
- Liv says that it has been a while since her last date. (AUDIO: A Life in the Day [+]Loading...["A Life in the Day (audio story)"])
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Wild Animals page at bigfinish.com
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