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|series          = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]''
|series          = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]''
|epcount          = 1
|epcount          = 1
|number          = 8.3
|number          = 8.3
|audio anthology  = ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Eight]]''
|audio anthology  = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|series in range  = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight
|series in range  = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight
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|main character  = [[River Song]]
|main character  = [[River Song]]
|featuring        = [[K9 Mark III]]
|featuring        = [[K9 Mark III]]
|enemy            = [[Balthazar Drix]]  
|enemy            = [[Balthazar Drix]], [[Balthazar Drix's K9|K9 copies]]
K9 Copies
|setting          = [[SS Pollyanna]]
|setting          = [[SS Pollyanna]]
|writer          = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|writer          = Alfie Shaw
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]
|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]
|release date    = [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date    = 27 January 2021
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER08
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER08
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[River Song|River]] finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her ‘forever home’.
[[River Song|River]] finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her 'forever home'.


But which of River’s keepers can she trust? Is robot cat [[FE-LINE]] all she seems? And is [[K9]] still a girl’s best friend?
But which of River's keepers can she trust? Is robot cat [[Maria Webber|FE-]] all she seems? And is [[K9]] still a girl's best friend?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[K9 Mark III|K9]] / [[Simmons (A Forever Home)|Simmons]] - [[John Leeson]]
* [[K9 Mark III|K9]] / [[Simmons (A Forever Home)|Simmons]] - [[John Leeson]]
*[[Maria Webber|FE-LINE]] / [[Maria Webber|Maria]] / [[Patricia (A Forever Home)|Patricia]] - [[Tracy Wiles]]
* [[Maria Webber|FE-]] / [[Maria Webber|Maria]] / [[Patricia (A Forever Home)|Patricia]] - [[Tracy Wiles]]
* [[Balthazar Drix]] - [[Clive Hayward]]
* [[Balthazar Drix]] - [[Clive Hayward]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
 
=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
 
* Much like a [[TARDIS]], [[Time Lord]] [[time crate]]s can travel through time and space and are equipped with [[chameleon circuit]]s.
* Much like a TARDIS Time Lord time crates can travel through time and space and are equipped with chameleon circuits.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story marked [[K9 Mark III]]'s first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This story marked [[K9 Mark III]]'s first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama.
* This story leads directly into the plot [[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'', with K9's delivery to [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]'s [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]] in [[South Croydon]].
* This story leads directly into the plot [[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'', with K9's delivery to [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]'s [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]] in [[South Croydon]].
*While listing off versions of [[the Master]], River mentions Missy, "one of the the goateed wonders" and "the sugar rush in purple". The latter seemingly referring to [[Sacha Dhawan]]'s incarnation ([[TV]]: [[Spyfall (TV story)|''Spyfall'']]).
**This marks the first direct reference to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] era of the series in a Big Finish production, other than vague allusions to a female incarnation of the Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: [[I Am The Master (audio story)|''I Am The Master'']], [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'').


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
 
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] sent K9 Mark III to Sarah Jane in a [[Time Lord]] [[time crate]] because he couldn't afford to send him in the post. At the end of the story River alters the time crate's [[chameleon circuit]] to make it look like a regular packing crate before sending K9 onto Croydon. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] sent K9 Mark III to Sarah Jane in a Time Lord time crate because he could afford to send him in the post. At the end of the story River alters the time crate's chameleon circuit to make it look like a regular packing crate before sending K9 onto Croydon ([[TV]]: [[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|''A Girl's Best Friend'']]).
* River bemoans the fact the the Doctor never tells anyone about her, later the Doctor would tell [[Clara Oswald]] about River, but in a way that lead Clara to think she was a man. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* River bemoans the fact the the Doctor never tells anyone about her, later the Doctor would tell [[Clara Oswald]] about River, but in a way that lead Clara to think she was a man ([[TV]]: [[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|''The Name of the Doctor'']]).
* River has previously met several incarnations of the real Master. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]'', ''[[Animal Instinct (audio story)|Animal Instinct]]'', ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]'', ''[[Concealed Weapon (audio story)|Concealed Weapon]], [[Rivers of Light (audio story)|Rivers of Light]])''
* River has previously met several incarnations of the real Master ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|''The Bekdel Test'']], [[Animal Instinct (audio story)|''Animal Instinct'']], [[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|''The Lifeboat and the Deathboat'']], [[Concealed Weapon (audio story)|''Concealed Weapon'']]).


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Latest revision as of 18:57, 16 July 2024

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A Forever Home was the third story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Eight. It was written by Alfie Shaw and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and John Leeson as K9.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

River finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her 'forever home'.

But which of River's keepers can she trust? Is robot cat FE- all she seems? And is K9 still a girl's best friend?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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