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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          = 9.2
|number          = 9.2
|audio anthology  = ''[[New Recruit (audio anthology)|New Recruit]]''
|audio anthology  = New Recruit (audio anthology)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|range            = The Diary of River Song (audio series)
|series in range  =  New Recruit (audio anthology)
|series in range  =  New Recruit (audio anthology)
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|enemy            = [[The Presidium]]
|enemy            = [[The Presidium]]
|setting          = [[Sahara Desert|Fetter Bailey]], [[1970s]]
|setting          = [[Sahara Desert|Fetter Bailey]], [[1970s]]
|writer          = [[James Kettle]]
|writer          = James Kettle
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|music            = Howard Carter
|music            = Howard Carter
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date    = 27 October 2021
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER09
|production code  = BFPDWRIVER09
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* [[UNIT soldier (Terror of the Suburbs)|UNIT soldier]] - Dale Superville
* [[UNIT soldier (Terror of the Suburbs)|UNIT soldier]] - Dale Superville


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Liz knew Lucy at [[Cambridge]].
* Liz knew Lucy at [[Cambridge]].
* As [[Mels Zucker]], River was the [[wicket keeper]] for the [[Leadworth]] under-9s [[cricket]] team.
* As [[Mels Zucker]], River was the [[wicket keeper]] for the [[Leadworth]] under-9s [[cricket]] team.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[James Kettle]], the writer of the story, wanted to truly capture [[River Song|River]]'s language patterns as well as those used by the characters from the [[Jon Pertwee|Pertwee]] era of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. For this, he watched ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'' and ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' for River Song, and for [[Liz Shaw]] and the other characters, he watched ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''. ([[BFX]]: ''Terror of the Suburbs'')
* [[James Kettle]], the writer of the story, wanted to truly capture [[River Song|River]]'s language patterns as well as those used by the characters from the [[Jon Pertwee|Pertwee]] era of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. For this, he watched ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'' and ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' for River Song, and for [[Liz Shaw]] and the other characters, he watched ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''. ([[BFX]]: ''Terror of the Suburbs'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
 
* River states that she's been to worse dinner parties. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[I Went to a Marvellous Party (audio story)|I Went to a Marvellous Party]], [[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'') She will later attend another dinner with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], which will be just as dangerous. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
* When River escapes the collective dream, she says "who'd want to spend their after life in a computer?" ([[TV]]: [[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|''Forest of the Dead'']])
*River states that she's been to worse dinner parties. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[I Went to a Marvellous Party (audio story)|I Went to a Marvellous Party]], [[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'') She will later attend another dinner with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], which will be just as dangerous. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 20:48, 30 January 2024

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Terror of the Suburbs was the second story of The Diary of River Song audio anthology New Recruit. It was written by James Kettle and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and Daisy Ashford as Liz Shaw.

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Liz has moved house. It seems she’s found a suburban utopia - until River Song arrives.

There is more to Fetter Bailey than manicured lawns and endless soirees. Dangerous creatures prowl the hedgerows, and something lurks in the freezers...

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