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|setting = [[The Old Rogue]], [[London]] | |setting = [[The Old Rogue]], [[London]] | ||
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|read by = [[Louise Jameson]] | |read by = [[Louise Jameson]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
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'''''The Old Rogue''''' was a [[2011 (releases)|2011]] [[Big Finish Productions]] audio short story read by [[Louise Jameson]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] alongside [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]]. | '''''The Old Rogue''''' was a [[2011 (releases)|2011]] [[Big Finish Productions]] audio short story read by [[Louise Jameson]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] alongside [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 22 October 2024
The Old Rogue was a 2011 Big Finish Productions audio short story read by Louise Jameson. It featured the Fourth Doctor alongside Romana II and K9 Mark II.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Romana and the Doctor pay a visit to Arkinen, Destroyer of Galaxies, who is working in a café in Catford.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Old Rogue serves full English breakfasts.
- The Doctor notes the TARDIS needs a new coat of paint.
- Romana watches The Jeremy Kyle Show at the Old Rogue.
- Arkinen destroyed all sentient life in the Helix nebula "for kicks".
- The Doctor has K9 act as his dentist, noting that "K9 is rather good with, well, canines".
- K9 is sent out of the café and several youths start kicking a football at him and spraying him with paint. K9 shoots the ball, setting it on fire. He stuns several of the youths and a policeman and knocks a police van over, setting it on fire.
- The original café owner, Sid, had his consciousness transferred into Arkinen's body and vice versa.
- Arkinen is an Anarken.
- The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon imprisoned Arkinen on Earth in the hope that he would be rehabilitated.
- Arkinen created an understanding device to destroy planets.
- Ten years before the Fourth Doctor's arrival, the version of the Doctor who visited the Old Rogue was a "cricketer" with a "group of sulky teenagers." Ten years before that, the relevant version of the Doctor was "a tall chap in velvet" accompanied by "a dizzy dolly bird".
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor refers to meeting Torquemada, who "stretched [his] mind" and body. (PROSE: Managra)
- As they leave the café, the Doctor mentions wanting to visit Paris. (TV: City of Death)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Short Trips - Volume IV page at bigfinish.com
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