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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and fifteenth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and fifteenth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Guy Adams]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Antonio Ferrando]] / [[Control Unit]] - [[Owen Aaronovitch]] | * [[Antonio Ferrando]] / [[Control Unit]] - [[Owen Aaronovitch]] | ||
* [[Luis (Fiesta of the Damned)|Luis]] / [[Phillipe (Fiesta of the Damned)|Phillipe]] - [[Tom Alexander]] | * [[Luis (Fiesta of the Damned)|Luis]] / [[Phillipe (Fiesta of the Damned)|Phillipe]] - [[Tom Alexander]] | ||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]] | |||
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Fool Circle Productions]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
* Writer - [[Guy Adams]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[8 February (production)|8]] and [[9 February (production)|9 February]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | * This story was recorded on [[8 February (production)|8]] and [[9 February (production)|9 February]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == |
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Fiesta of the Damned was the two hundred and fifteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Guy Adams and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and Sophie Aldred as Ace.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In search of "a taste of the real Spain", the TARDIS transports the Doctor, Ace and rejoined crewmember Mel not to sizzling Fuerteventura, or the golden sands of the Costa Brava – but to 1938, amid the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
Having fallen in with a rag-tag column of Republican soldiers, the time and space travellers seek shelter from Franco's bombers in the walled town of Farissa – only to discover themselves besieged by dead men returned to life...
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- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Mel - Bonnie Langford
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Juan Romero - Enzo Squillino Jnr
- George Newman - Christopher Hatherall
- Antonio Ferrando / Control Unit - Owen Aaronovitch
- Luis / Phillipe - Tom Alexander
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Fool Circle Productions
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
- Writer - Guy Adams
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- George Newman is a reporter for The Times.
- Farissa is near Valencia.
- Mayor Antonio Ferrando's son served in the war and was killed in Galicia.
- The Battle of the Ebro River has recently ended with a decisive Nationalist victory over the Republicans.
- The Doctor describes pacifism as "a noble ideal".
- Juan was a farmer before the war.
- George fought on the Italian Front during World War I in 1917.
- The Time Lords supposedly destroyed all God Seeds in the universe.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded on 8 and 9 February 2016 at the Moat Studios.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Seventh Doctor previously visited Spain during the Civil War and saved Gustavo Riviera's life. (AUDIO: The Rapture)
- Mel refers to Ricosta. (AUDIO: A Life of Crime)
- Ace once again refers to Mel as "Donut". (TV: Dragonfire; AUDIO: A Life of Crime)
- The Doctor uses K9's dog whistle to control the lynx. (TV: The Ribos Operation, et. al)
- Ace still carries a ladder. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
- The Doctor tells Ace and George that the Time Lords wiped out most of the Great Vampires. (TV: State of Decay)
- Mel and Ace discuss the Doctor's propensity to play the spoons. (TV: Time and the Rani, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy; AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!, Colditz)
- During his eighth incarnation, the Doctor and his companions Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor likewise became caught up in the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and 1937. (PROSE: History 101)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Fiesta of the Damned page at bigfinish.com