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|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Hebe Harrison|Hebe]] | |companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Hebe Harrison|Hebe]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Havash Khavûl]] | ||
|featuring = [[Elise Kaplan|Elise]], [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] | |featuring = [[Patricia McBride|Patricia]], [[Elise Kaplan|Elise]], [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] | ||
|setting = [[Sheffield]], [[2527]] | |setting = [[Sheffield]], [[2527]] | ||
|writer = [[Robert Valentine]] | |writer = [[Robert Valentine]] | ||
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|production code = BFPDWDR0604 | |production code = BFPDWDR0604 | ||
|epcount = 2 | |epcount = 2 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-890-5 (physical) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-890-5 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-891-2 (digital) | ||
|series = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|prev = The Corruptions (audio story) | |prev = The Corruptions (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Exaltation (audio story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Purity Unbound (audio anthology)|Purity Unbound]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Robert Valentine]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]], [[Ruth Madeley]] as [[Hebe Harrison]], [[Cherylee Houston]] as [[Elise Kaplan]], [[Toby Hadoke]] as [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] and [[Imogen Stubbs]] as [[Patricia McBride|Purity]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Purity Unbound (audio anthology)|Purity Unbound]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Robert Valentine]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]], [[Ruth Madeley]] as [[Hebe Harrison]], [[Cherylee Houston]] as [[Elise Kaplan]], [[Toby Hadoke]] as [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] and [[Imogen Stubbs]] as [[Patricia McBride|Purity]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | === Part one === | ||
Finding themselves in the [[bubble]]-like [[Atrium 10-70]] in [[2527]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Elise Kaplan|Elise]] surrender themselves to the [[Purifier]] [[robot]]s and are taken to a holding area in solidified foam whilst the hidden [[Hebe Harrison|Hebe]] looks on. Hebe saves [[Nil (The Wrong Side of History)|Nil]] from the Purifiers when he is exposed to unfiltered air from the outside world and together they rescue Mel and Elise from an [[incinerator field]] before going with them to find Purity. | |||
[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], for which he cannot find [[the Doctor's TARDIS key|his key]], is imprisoned in a [[temporal stasis void]] by [[Patricia McBride|Purity]], who has become a [[computer]] tower holding the timelines in place. The Doctor finds Patricia inside of the tower and is given back his key when he agrees to hook her up to the TARDIS's [[psycho-telemetric circuits]] to help her maintain control of reality, but Purity uses this to search for an iteration of reality which she deems perfect and unwittingly frees [[Havash Khavûl|Khavûl]], [[Silkreth]] and their soldiers. | |||
=== Part two === | |||
The Doctor escapes by threatening Silkreth's life with a stick of [[rock (confectionery)|rock]] and Khavûl commands Purity to bend to his will to reshape time, but he finds that the Doctor has taken the [[chronoplasmic generator link]]. The Doctor runs into Mel, who was separated from Hebe and Elise by a door after a wounded Nil sacrificed himself, and tricks Khavûl into putting the link back and summoning the [[Chronomancer]]s. Patricia is freed from [[Tannus Vallon|Vallon]]'s [[Tannus Vallon's Time-Suit|time-suit]] and the Chronomancers sentence Khavûl and his soldiers to non-existence, Silkreth having apparently been killed by the Purifiers. | |||
History begins to unravel and the Doctor tells Mel, Hebe and Elise to get into the TARDIS whilst he comforts the dying Patricia, holding her hand per her request and listening to her [[apology]] before she dies. He pilots the TARDIS to [[Sheffield]] in Hebe's time and is followed by the vengeful Silkreth, whose [[Silkreth's Time-Suit|Time-Suit]] [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] short-circuits with information he gained from a [[letter]] sent by [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]. The Doctor reads the letter, in which Evelyn explains that she found a letter written by Patricia in a [[priest hole]] telling her how to save his life. | |||
The Doctor and Mel return to the TARDIS with Hebe, who realises how dangerous travelling with them is but wants to help them keep putting things right. The TARDIS leaves with the three travellers aboard once more. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Melanie Bush]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] | * [[Melanie Bush]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] | ||
* [[Hebe Harrison]] - [[Ruth Madeley]] | * [[Hebe Harrison]] - [[Ruth Madeley]] | ||
* [[Patricia McBride|Purity / Patricia McBride]] / [[Purifier]]s - [[Imogen Stubbs]] | |||
* [[Elise Kaplan]] - [[Cherylee Houston]] | * [[Elise Kaplan]] - [[Cherylee Houston]] | ||
* [[Havash Khavûl]] - [[Matthew Brenher]] | * [[Havash Khavûl]] - [[Matthew Brenher]] | ||
* [[Silkreth]] / [[Silkreth's Time-Suit]] - [[Victoria Jeffrey]] | * [[Silkreth]] / [[Silkreth's Time-Suit]] - [[Victoria Jeffrey]] | ||
* [[Nil (The Wrong Side of History)|Nil]] / [[Chronomancer]] - [[Jake Wardle]] | * [[Nil (The Wrong Side of History)|Nil]] / [[Chronomancer (The Wrong Side of History)|Chronomancer]] - [[Jake Wardle]] | ||
* [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] - [[Toby Hadoke]] | * [[Ron (The Mindless Ones)|Ron]] - [[Toby Hadoke]] | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Hebe is reminded of the [[Eden Project]]. | ||
* [[Nil's brother]] was scheduled to be "purified" due to a supposed [[heart defect]]. | |||
* Purity uses [[incinerator field]]s. | |||
* [[Tarek]] and [[Gamish]] serve Khavûl. | |||
* The Doctor pretends to hold Silkreth hostage with a stick of [[rock (confectionery)|rock]]. | |||
* The Doctor uses [[Venusian aikido]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Elise remembers Ron's death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Girl in a Bubble (audio story)|Girl in a Bubble]]'') | ||
* The Doctor took Patricia to [[2527]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronomancer (audio story)|Chronomancer]]'') | |||
* Elise ran Khavûl over in [[Sheffield]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronomancer (audio story)|Chronomancer]]'') | |||
* Hebe is from an alternative timeline, given the real Hebe's memories by the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Girl in a Bubble (audio story)|Girl in a Bubble]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 7 September 2024
The Wrong Side of History was the third and final story in the audio anthology Purity Unbound, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Robert Valentine and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush, Ruth Madeley as Hebe Harrison, Cherylee Houston as Elise Kaplan, Toby Hadoke as Ron and Imogen Stubbs as Purity.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Mel, Hebe and Elise find themselves inside a plastic bubble-city in a distant future of humanity where robotic 'Purifiers' police the sickly populace. Purity rules this antiseptic nightmare from her high tower, and with the Doctor as her unwilling new helper, she can finally make everything...perfect.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
Finding themselves in the bubble-like Atrium 10-70 in 2527, Mel and Elise surrender themselves to the Purifier robots and are taken to a holding area in solidified foam whilst the hidden Hebe looks on. Hebe saves Nil from the Purifiers when he is exposed to unfiltered air from the outside world and together they rescue Mel and Elise from an incinerator field before going with them to find Purity.
The Doctor and the TARDIS, for which he cannot find his key, is imprisoned in a temporal stasis void by Purity, who has become a computer tower holding the timelines in place. The Doctor finds Patricia inside of the tower and is given back his key when he agrees to hook her up to the TARDIS's psycho-telemetric circuits to help her maintain control of reality, but Purity uses this to search for an iteration of reality which she deems perfect and unwittingly frees Khavûl, Silkreth and their soldiers.
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor escapes by threatening Silkreth's life with a stick of rock and Khavûl commands Purity to bend to his will to reshape time, but he finds that the Doctor has taken the chronoplasmic generator link. The Doctor runs into Mel, who was separated from Hebe and Elise by a door after a wounded Nil sacrificed himself, and tricks Khavûl into putting the link back and summoning the Chronomancers. Patricia is freed from Vallon's time-suit and the Chronomancers sentence Khavûl and his soldiers to non-existence, Silkreth having apparently been killed by the Purifiers.
History begins to unravel and the Doctor tells Mel, Hebe and Elise to get into the TARDIS whilst he comforts the dying Patricia, holding her hand per her request and listening to her apology before she dies. He pilots the TARDIS to Sheffield in Hebe's time and is followed by the vengeful Silkreth, whose Time-Suit Ron short-circuits with information he gained from a letter sent by Evelyn. The Doctor reads the letter, in which Evelyn explains that she found a letter written by Patricia in a priest hole telling her how to save his life.
The Doctor and Mel return to the TARDIS with Hebe, who realises how dangerous travelling with them is but wants to help them keep putting things right. The TARDIS leaves with the three travellers aboard once more.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Hebe Harrison - Ruth Madeley
- Purity / Patricia McBride / Purifiers - Imogen Stubbs
- Elise Kaplan - Cherylee Houston
- Havash Khavûl - Matthew Brenher
- Silkreth / Silkreth's Time-Suit - Victoria Jeffrey
- Nil / Chronomancer - Jake Wardle
- Ron - Toby Hadoke
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Hebe is reminded of the Eden Project.
- Nil's brother was scheduled to be "purified" due to a supposed heart defect.
- Purity uses incinerator fields.
- Tarek and Gamish serve Khavûl.
- The Doctor pretends to hold Silkreth hostage with a stick of rock.
- The Doctor uses Venusian aikido.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Elise remembers Ron's death. (AUDIO: Girl in a Bubble)
- The Doctor took Patricia to 2527. (AUDIO: Chronomancer)
- Elise ran Khavûl over in Sheffield. (AUDIO: Chronomancer)
- Hebe is from an alternative timeline, given the real Hebe's memories by the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Girl in a Bubble)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Wrong Side of History page at bigfinish.com
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