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|companions        = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Oliver (Plight of the Pimpernel|Oliver]]
|companions        = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Oliver (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Oliver]]
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|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date      = [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|release date      = [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
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|production code  = BFPDWCD271
|production code  = BFPDWCD271
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-83868-016-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-017-6 (digital)
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-83868-016-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-017-6 (digital)
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|next              = The Grey Man of the Mountain (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and seventy first audio story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Chris Chapman]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and seventy first audio story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Chris Chapman]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].


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It's [[1793]] and the [[Reign of Terror]] is slicing through the elite of [[Paris]] - but not if the [[Scarlet Pimpernel]] has anything to do with it! With a very [[Great Britain|British]] pluck, and daring bravado, he rescues [[France|French]] aristocrats from [[Madame Guillotine]]'s embrace. But who hides beneath the Pimpernel’s mask? And isn’t the Scarlet Pimpernel just a fictional character?
It's [[1793]] and the [[Reign of Terror]] is slicing through the elite of [[Paris]] - but not if the [[Scarlet Pimpernel]] has anything to do with it! With a very [[Great Britain|British]] pluck, and daring bravado, he rescues [[France|French]] aristocrats from [[Madame Guillotine]]'s embrace. But who hides beneath the Pimpernel’s mask? And isn’t the Scarlet Pimpernel just a fictional character?


At [[Highmoor House]], in [[England]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] plays lady of the manor while [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] tends to the strange wounds of her ‘husband’, Sir [[Percy Blakeney]]. As Peri prepares to host a lavish ball in Sir Percy’s name, French agent Citizen [[Donat]], and a sinister alien force are uninvited guests, both intent on unmasking the Scarlet Pimpernel and putting an end to his heroic escapades, forever!
At [[Highmoor House]], in [[England]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] plays lady of the manor while [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] tends to the strange wounds of her ‘husband’, Sir [[Percy Blakeney]]. As Peri prepares to host a lavish ball in Sir Percy’s name, French agent Citizen [[Donat]], and [[Z22|a sinister alien force]] are uninvited guests, both intent on unmasking the Scarlet Pimpernel and putting an end to his heroic escapades, forever!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Babs (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Babs]] / [[Bernadette (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Bernadette]] / Lady Morton - [[Rebecca Crankshaw]]
* [[Babs (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Babs]] / [[Bernadette (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Bernadette]] / Lady Morton - [[Rebecca Crankshaw]]
* [[Donat]] / [[Devore]] / Lord Morton - [[Anthony Howell]]
* [[Donat]] / [[Devore]] / Lord Morton - [[Anthony Howell]]
* [[Oliver (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Oliver]] / [[Bisset]] / [[Andre (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Andre]] / [[Computer (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Computer]] - [[Joe Jameson]]
* [[Oliver (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Oliver]] / [[Bisset (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Bisset]] / [[Andre (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Andre]] / [[Computer (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Computer]] - [[Joe Jameson]]
* [[Percy Blakeney|Sir Percy]] / [[Terrance (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Terrance]] - [[Jamie Parker]]
* [[Percy Blakeney|Sir Percy]] / [[Terrance (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Terrance]] - [[Jamie Parker]]
* [[Nancy (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Nancy]] / [[Calisto|Lady Calisto]] / [[Tyrax|Hologram Tyrax]] - [[Becky Wright]]
* [[Nancy (Plight of the Pimpernel)|Nancy]] / [[Calisto|Lady Calisto]] / [[Tyrax|Hologram Tyrax]] - [[Becky Wright]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
 
* Remote Sound Engineer - [[Shane O'Byrne]] @ [[The Soundhouse]]
* Music, Sound Design & Remote Recording Dialogue Assembly - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Cover Art - [[Tom Newsom]]
* Producer, Script Editor & Director - [[John Ainsworth]]
* Writer - [[Chris Chapman]]
* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor expresses that it's always been a fantasy of his to be the master of [[disguise]].
* The Doctor references much of the original text for Emmuska Orczy's ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' and identifies the numerous Pimpernels as a League (as they are known in the sequel novel).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Plight of the Pimpernel Alt.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]]
* This story was recorded on [[11 August (production)|11]]-[[12 August (production)|12 August]] [[2020 (production)|2020]] at [[the Soundhouse]] and remotely.
* This story was recorded on [[11 August (production)|11]]-[[12 August (production)|12 August]] [[2020 (production)|2020]] at [[the Soundhouse]] and remotely.
* Working titles for the story included: ''The Multicoloured Pimpernel'' and ''The Scarlet Pimpernels''.
* The concept of a story featuring the Doctor as the Scarlet Pimpernel originally came from a suggestion by [[Colin Baker]]. ([[BFX]]: ''The Plight of the Pimpernel'')
* The ruined building on the cover, depicting Sir Percy's homeworld, resembles the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a remembrance of the 140,000 people killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
* The cover depicts [[Peri Brown|Peri]] with the longer curled hairstyle she had in [[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|''The Mysterious Planet'']] and [[Mindwarp (TV story)|''Mindwarp'']], indicating that this story takes place during shortly before or around that period of her travels with the [[Sixth Doctor]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* According to [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], the Doctor's favourite period of history was the [[French Revolution]]. He previously visited the city of [[Paris]] in the company of his granddaughter, [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], and later, a version of Paris twisted by the [[the Pageant]], in the company of [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]];'' [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)|The Man in the Velvet Mask]]'')
* [[Maximilien Robespierre]] is mentioned, a figure who the Doctor met personally during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] during [[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]''.
* In England, the Doctor uses his longtime alias of "Dr John Smith". ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor and Peri previously masqueraded as English aristocrats in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]''.
* The [[Time Lord]]s -- and the Doctor, by extension -- were identified as a form of aristocracy on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)|The Man in the Velvet Mask]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'')
* The Doctor recounts playing backgammon with [[Kublai Khan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')
* Peri speculates that [[Robin Hood]] was probably real. The Doctor replies sort of. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'')
* Peri compares the [[Z22]] to [[Kamelion]] who she encountered in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', remembering how he could barely walk in his undisguised form.
* The Doctor claims to Peri that he's not one for [[dancing]], but apparently possesses enough skill to impress later companions, [[Constance Clarke|Constance]] and [[Flip Jackson|Flip]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Behemoth (audio story)|The Behemoth]]'')
* The Doctor recalls having been [[burial|buried]] alive several times in the past, a fate that would befall [[Seventh Doctor|his successor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]''.


* [[Maximilien Robespierre]] is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'')
== Cover gallery ==
* Peri speculates that [[Robin Hood]] was probably real. The Doctor replies sort of. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'')
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*Peri compares the Z22 to [[Kamelion]], remembering how he could barely walk. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
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*The Doctor recounts playing backgammon with [[Kublai Khan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')
Plight of the Pimpernel Alt.jpg|Alternate cover
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Plight of the Pimpernel was the two hundred and seventy first audio story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Chris Chapman and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

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

It's 1793 and the Reign of Terror is slicing through the elite of Paris - but not if the Scarlet Pimpernel has anything to do with it! With a very British pluck, and daring bravado, he rescues French aristocrats from Madame Guillotine's embrace. But who hides beneath the Pimpernel’s mask? And isn’t the Scarlet Pimpernel just a fictional character?

At Highmoor House, in England, Peri plays lady of the manor while the Doctor tends to the strange wounds of her ‘husband’, Sir Percy Blakeney. As Peri prepares to host a lavish ball in Sir Percy’s name, French agent Citizen Donat, and a sinister alien force are uninvited guests, both intent on unmasking the Scarlet Pimpernel and putting an end to his heroic escapades, forever!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor expresses that it's always been a fantasy of his to be the master of disguise.
  • The Doctor references much of the original text for Emmuska Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel and identifies the numerous Pimpernels as a League (as they are known in the sequel novel).

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was recorded on 11-12 August 2020 at the Soundhouse and remotely.
  • Working titles for the story included: The Multicoloured Pimpernel and The Scarlet Pimpernels.
  • The concept of a story featuring the Doctor as the Scarlet Pimpernel originally came from a suggestion by Colin Baker. (BFX: The Plight of the Pimpernel)
  • The ruined building on the cover, depicting Sir Percy's homeworld, resembles the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a remembrance of the 140,000 people killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
  • The cover depicts Peri with the longer curled hairstyle she had in The Mysterious Planet and Mindwarp, indicating that this story takes place during shortly before or around that period of her travels with the Sixth Doctor.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

  • Alternate cover

    Alternate cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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