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|image = Blue Boxes (audio story).jpg | |image = Blue Boxes (audio story).jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | |series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | ||
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|doctor = Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | |companions = [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | ||
|featuring = [[John Benton|Benton]] | |||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = | |setting = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Erin Horáková | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|read by = [[Mark Reynolds]] | |read by = [[Mark Reynolds]] | ||
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|cover = [[Mark Plastow]] | |cover = [[Mark Plastow]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 4 November 2020 | ||
|format = MP3 Download | |format = MP3 Download | ||
|production code = BFMSTDL71 | |production code = BFMSTDL71 | ||
|isbn = 978-1-78703-736-6 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-736-6 | ||
|prev = The Meaning of Red (audio story) | |prev = The Meaning of Red (audio story) | ||
|next = The Shattered Hourglass (audio story) | |next = The Shattered Hourglass (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-short-trips-blue-boxes-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-short-trips-blue-boxes-trailer | ||
|epcount = 1}} | |epcount = 1 | ||
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'''''Blue Boxes''''' was the eleventh story of the [[Series 10 (ST)|tenth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. | '''''Blue Boxes''''' was the eleventh story of the [[Series 10 (ST)|tenth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. | ||
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Death stalks the phone lines. | Death stalks the phone lines. | ||
[[UNIT]] | [[UNIT]]'s been inundated with prank calls. Bored, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] agrees to help [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] investigate. Quickly immersed in the world of phone line hackers, it is revealed that they're being killed, one-by-one. With the death toll rising, the Doctor will have to use all his cunning and wits to defeat a foe he can't even talk to. | ||
He'll also have to use a blue box. Just not the one you're expecting. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Kenneth Whitby]], also known as the Twilight Trickster, is cracking the [[telephone]] lines at a [[phonebox]] in [[Chichester]] when he hears a sound and drops dead with a look of fear on his face. | ||
[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] has managed to get [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] to help investigate a series of prank calls to [[UNIT]] from public [[phonebox]]es and they contact [[Emily Chung]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] to learn about [[phreak]]s. They put together a blue box and find the phreaks' party line and learn from them about Whitby's [[death]], after which they check his [[autopsy]]. | |||
At [[Waterloo station]], [[Siobhan Reilly]] answers a payphone and hears a buzz. She feels sick and the line goes dead. | |||
Liz looks into mysterious occurrences involving phones and hears about Siobhan, whom she visits in [[hospital]]. Siobhan produces a cry like a sound Liz had heard on the party line and she tells the Doctor. The Doctor modifies the blue box and connects it to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]; the TARDIS makes the noise, leaving Liz unconscious and Emily in need of a visit to the [[sick bay]]. | |||
The Doctor believes that they are dealing with an [[Antiphon]], something commonly used on [[spacecraft]]. In this instance, it seems to be a [[distress call]] which has targeted [[UNIT HQ]] after detecting the TARDIS and is likely located near the construction of the new wing at the [[National Gallery]]. They find that the Antiphon belongs to a [[probe]] sent out by [[alien]]s wiped out by a [[virus]] and the Doctor shuts it down. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Liz Shaw]] | * [[Liz Shaw]] | ||
* [[John Benton]] | |||
* [[Emily Chung]] | |||
* [[Siobhan Reilly]] | |||
* [[Kenneth Whitby]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor reminds Liz of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | |||
* Liz had never been close to her doctoral supervisor at the [[University of Cambridge]]. | |||
* Phone crackers are known as [[phreak]]s. | |||
* Chung mentions phreaks [[Joybubbles]], who is [[blindness|blind]], and [[Crunch (Blue Boxes)|Crunch]]. | |||
* In some [[century|centuries]] on [[Draconia]], slight tonal imbalance can mean a grave insult to a [[Draconian]]s' brood circle. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Blue Boxes (audio story) textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover]] | |||
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* The Doctor mentions the [[Mars Probe 7]] affair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | * The Doctor mentions the [[Mars Probe 7]] affair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Block Transfer Computation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', etc.) and [[Draconia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | * The Doctor mentions [[Block Transfer Computation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', etc.) and [[Draconia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
* The | * The Antiphon is activated by the building of a new wing at the National Gallery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* The Doctor comments "My aunt Flavia, who actually is | * The Doctor comments "My aunt [[Flavia]], who actually is hundreds of years old." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 3 April 2024
Blue Boxes was the eleventh story of the tenth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It featured the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Death stalks the phone lines.
UNIT's been inundated with prank calls. Bored, the Doctor agrees to help Liz investigate. Quickly immersed in the world of phone line hackers, it is revealed that they're being killed, one-by-one. With the death toll rising, the Doctor will have to use all his cunning and wits to defeat a foe he can't even talk to.
He'll also have to use a blue box. Just not the one you're expecting.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Kenneth Whitby, also known as the Twilight Trickster, is cracking the telephone lines at a phonebox in Chichester when he hears a sound and drops dead with a look of fear on his face.
Liz has managed to get the Doctor to help investigate a series of prank calls to UNIT from public phoneboxes and they contact Emily Chung at the University of Cambridge to learn about phreaks. They put together a blue box and find the phreaks' party line and learn from them about Whitby's death, after which they check his autopsy.
At Waterloo station, Siobhan Reilly answers a payphone and hears a buzz. She feels sick and the line goes dead.
Liz looks into mysterious occurrences involving phones and hears about Siobhan, whom she visits in hospital. Siobhan produces a cry like a sound Liz had heard on the party line and she tells the Doctor. The Doctor modifies the blue box and connects it to the TARDIS; the TARDIS makes the noise, leaving Liz unconscious and Emily in need of a visit to the sick bay.
The Doctor believes that they are dealing with an Antiphon, something commonly used on spacecraft. In this instance, it seems to be a distress call which has targeted UNIT HQ after detecting the TARDIS and is likely located near the construction of the new wing at the National Gallery. They find that the Antiphon belongs to a probe sent out by aliens wiped out by a virus and the Doctor shuts it down.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor reminds Liz of Sherlock Holmes.
- Liz had never been close to her doctoral supervisor at the University of Cambridge.
- Phone crackers are known as phreaks.
- Chung mentions phreaks Joybubbles, who is blind, and Crunch.
- In some centuries on Draconia, slight tonal imbalance can mean a grave insult to a Draconians' brood circle.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions the Mars Probe 7 affair. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)
- The Doctor mentions Block Transfer Computation (TV: Logopolis, etc.) and Draconia. (TV: Frontier in Space)
- The Antiphon is activated by the building of a new wing at the National Gallery. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
- The Doctor comments "My aunt Flavia, who actually is hundreds of years old." (TV: The Five Doctors)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Blue Boxes page at bigfinish.com
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