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|image            = A Death in the Family (audio story).jpg
|range            = Main Range
|number in range  = 140
|series            = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number            = 140
|doctor            = Seventh Doctor
|companions        = [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|featuring        = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]
|enemy            = [[Nobody No-One]]
|setting          = {{il|[[London]], [[23 April]] [[2026]], [[24 June]] to [[August]] [[2027]], [[January]] to [[25 May]] [[2028]]|[[Pelachan]], billions of years BC}}
|writer            = Steven Hall (writer)
|director          = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|music            = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|sound            = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
|epcount          = 4
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date      = 13 October 2010
|format            = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code  = [[List of production codes#Based off TV story production codes|7W/N]]
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-84435-499-3 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-687-0 (digital)
|prev              = Project Destiny (audio story){{!}}Project: Destiny
|next              = Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-a-death-in-the-family-trailer
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and fortieth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]], [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]], [[Ian Reddington]] as [[Nobody No-One]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]].


|image = [[File:A-Death-in-the-Family-cover.png|250px]]
It was the final ''chronological'' story for Evelyn, with this story taking place many years after she stopped travelling with the Doctor. This is the third Big Finish audio story to feature a companion death, the first was [[K9 Mark I]] in ''[[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]]'', with the second being [[C'rizz]] in ''[[Absolution (BFM audio story)|Absolution]]''. However, Evelyn continues to travel with the [[Sixth Doctor]] with several events mentioned in this story featuring in stories released after this one, until Stables passed away in [[2014 (people)|2014]] and her character was retired.
|cd name = A Death In The Family
|series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas | Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
|number = 140
|doctor = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|companions = [[Ace]]
|enemy = [[Nobody No-One]]
|writer = [[Steven Hall]]
|director = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer = [[Richard Fox]],[[Lauren Yason]]
|publisher = [[Big Finish]]
|release date = [[October]] [[2010]]
|format = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
|production code = 7W/N
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-499-3
|previous story = [[Project Destiny]]
|next story = [[Lurker's at Sunlight's Edge]]
}}{{audio stub}}


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
"The future folds into the past. The homeless hero has fallen. Now begins the time of three tales: The Tale of the Herald. The Tale of the Hidden Woman. The Tale of the Final Speaker. When the last tale is told, all the lights shall fail. The world will end."
"The future folds into the past. The homeless hero has fallen. Now begins the time of three tales: The Tale of the Herald. The Tale of the Hidden Woman. The Tale of the Final Speaker. When the last tale is told, all the lights shall fail. The world will end."


21st century London: Nobody No One, the extra-dimensional Word Lord, is again running amok. Only this time, he's unbeatable – and a terrible tragedy is about to unfold.
21st century London: [[Nobody No-One|Nobody No One]], the extra-dimensional Word Lord, is again running amok. Only this time, he's unbeatable — and a terrible tragedy is about to unfold.


It is written.
It is written.


==Cast==
== Plot ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy ]]
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
*[[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]]
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]]
* [[Nobody No-One]] - [[Ian Reddington]]
* [[Nobody No-One]] - [[Ian Reddington]]
* Corporal/Novice - [[John Dorney]]
* [[Corporal (A Death in the Family)|Corporal]] / [[Novice (A Death in the Family)|Novice]] / [[Henry Noone]] - [[John Dorney]]
*Ayl-San/Faber/Nurse - [[Alison Thea-Skot ]]
* [[Ayl-San]] / [[Faber]] / [[Nurse (A Death in the Family)|Nurse]] - [[Alison Thea-Skot]]
*Captain Stillwell/Applin/Tour Guide - [[Andrew Dickens ]]
* Captain [[Stillwell]] / [[Applin]] / [[Tour guide (A Death in The Family)|Tour Guide]] - [[Andrew Dickens]]
*Ann-the-Van/Story Speaker/Webster - [[Harriet Kershaw]]
* [[Ann-the-Van]] / [[Story Speaker]] / [[Webster (A Death in the Family)|Webster]] - [[Harriet Kershaw]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Pelachan calendar]] is used.
 
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor has something like a [[calendar]] of when his friends will die.
* Nobody No-one wears a [[scarf]] in his new incarnation. He claims that it is a homage to the Doctor's [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]].


==References==
=== Individuals ===
''to be added''
* Henry Louis Noone was born in [[St Stephen's Hospital]] in [[London]] on [[10 February]] [[2000]]. A body scan indicated that he would most likely die at the age of 82.
* Henry Noone creates Dr [[Dorothy Noone]], a being capable of combating the Word Lord Nobody No-One.
 
=== Locations ===
* The Doctor and Ace search the remains of the Forge's building for alien technology with Captain Stillwell of [[UNIT]].
* Ace meets up with Henry Noone on several occasions in the [[White Rabbit (London)|White Rabbit]] pub in London during [[2027]].
* By 2027, the [[United Kingdom]] has a [[king]].
* [[WOTAN 1]] is a UNIT base located beneath the [[BT Tower]].
 
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor finds in [[the Forge]] a [[Gallifreyan sarcophagus]], a [[Makek compensator]], a [[Carpatian worry-wheel]], a [[Mobius chip]], a remote [[neutron polariser]], a [[TG tablet]] and a [[Vaspan space-time stamp]].
 
=== Time travel ===
* Evelyn Rossiter was transported from [[Világ]] to the planet [[Pelachan]] via a temporal device.
* The people of Pelachan are descendants of the crew of a human time ship called the [[UNS Pelican|UNS ''Pelican'']].
 
=== Earth ===
* [[Bee]]s were being reintroduced to the [[UK]] in [[June]] [[2027]]. According to Ace, the bee problem would be resolved by [[2040]], by which time Earth would also have "[[Giant panda|new pandas]]."
 
== Notes ==
* This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast and isolated music as bonus tracks.
* The cover of this story first released to the Big Finish website featured Nobody No-One in the space where Hex is placed in the actual cover. This, along with the lack of Hex on the cover to the following story, ''[[Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (audio story)|Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge]]'', was used to imply he would leave the TARDIS in ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]''.
* Clips from numerous previous audio dramas are heard in Part One, including ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'', ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'', ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', ''[[The One Doctor (audio story)|The One Doctor]]'', ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'', ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'', ''[[The Magic Mousetrap (audio story)|The Magic Mousetrap]]'', ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Pyralis Effect (audio story)|The Pyralis Effect]]'' and ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]''.
* Evelyn's reference to spending time "in a spacesuit bouncing about Axos with that poor boy Brewster" foreshadows both the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s former companion [[Thomas Brewster]] rejoining the TARDIS crew as a companion of the [[Sixth Doctor]] in ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'' and the events of ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]''.
* This story marks the first appearance of Evelyn Smythe in the main range since ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]'' in May 2008. [[Maggie Stables]] reprised the role again in ''[[A Town Called Fortune (audio story)|A Town Called Fortune]]'' and three stories featuring [[Thomas Brewster]] prior to her death.
* A reading of the story ''[[Lepidoptery for Beginners (short story)|Lepidoptery for Beginners]]'' by [[Duncan Wisbey]] was released as a bonus to this story for subscribers. It had first appeared in written form in the anthology ''[[Short Trips: Defining Patterns]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[28 April (production)|28]] and [[29 April (production)|29 April]] [[2010 (production)|2010]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story is set after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101024000913/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 24-10-2010]</ref>
 
== Cover gallery ==
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A Death in the family dummy cover.jpg|Dummy cover
A Death in the Family.jpg|Textless cover
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==Notes==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor, Ace and Hex previously encountered Nobody No-One in [[Antarctica]] in [[2045]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'') In a manner similar to a [[Time Lord]], he has [[regeneration|regenerated]] since his previous encounter with the present Doctor. He claims to have battled the Doctor numerous times in the Doctor's personal future.
* The Doctor mentions that meeting his past or future selves is something which he is "[[Laws of Time|very much not supposed to do]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
* Hex refers to his encounters with the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'') and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'')
* Nobody No-One refers to the Doctor as "Lazarus", the codename given to him by the [[The Forge|Forge]] during his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'')
* Ace doesn't know how long she's been travelling with the Doctor. She used to keep careful track of her personal chronology. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]'')
* The older Doctor implies that something bad will happen to Ace in the future. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'')
* The future Seventh Doctor tells Hex that "burning into existence" is considerably more painful than fading out of existence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
* Evelyn relates the events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' to Hex in which she and the [[Sixth Doctor]] met his late mother, [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassie Schofield]].
* Evelyn mentions to Hex that the Doctor once told her that he does not always win. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'')
* Ace reminds the future Seventh Doctor that he once destroyed a [[Skaro|planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* On [[24 May]] [[2027]], it is reported that the British government is conducting further [[Mars]] research. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* When the Seventh Doctor arrives on Pelachan, Evelyn is initially disappointed to see him as she had been hoping that it would be [[Sixth Doctor|"her" Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)|The Marian Conspiracy]]'')
* Evelyn mentions meeting [[Julius Caesar]]'s parents [[Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder]] and [[Aurelia (100 BC)|Aurelia]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[100 BC (audio story)|100 BC]]'') and [[Charles Darwin]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]'') "leaping from steam trains in the Wild West" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Town Called Fortune (audio story)|A Town Called Fortune]]'') and spending time "in a spacesuit bouncing about [[Axos]] with that poor boy [[Thomas Brewster|Brewster]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]'')
* Evelyn previously met the Seventh Doctor in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thicker Than Water (audio story)|Thicker Than Water]]''. Prior to that brief encounter, she saw him, Ace and Hex from afar in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)|The 100 Days of the Doctor]]''.
* The voices of past Doctors being heard, as well as the Doctor dying and being brought back to life by a companion, will happen again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* In [[2027]], [[UNIT]] was using [[WOTAN]] Base 1 to monitor all of the world's computers for information. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] is still white. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'')
* Ace contemplates contacting [[Claire Spencer]] for support while stranded in [[2027]], but dismisses this upon realising that Claire would be younger and of a lower rank than when they last met and she didn't know Ace when she met her at the [[South Pole]] in [[2045]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'')


==Continuity==
== Footnotes ==
*Nobody No One previously appeared in [[BFA]]: [[Forty-Five]]
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==Timeline==
== External links ==
* A Death in the Family occurs after: [[BFA]]:[[Project Destiny]]
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* A Death in the Family occurs before: [[BFA]]:[[ Lurker's at Sunlight's Edge]]
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A Death in the Family was the one hundred and fortieth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Steven Hall and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Philip Olivier as Hex, Ian Reddington as Nobody No-One and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe.

It was the final chronological story for Evelyn, with this story taking place many years after she stopped travelling with the Doctor. This is the third Big Finish audio story to feature a companion death, the first was K9 Mark I in Imperiatrix, with the second being C'rizz in Absolution. However, Evelyn continues to travel with the Sixth Doctor with several events mentioned in this story featuring in stories released after this one, until Stables passed away in 2014 and her character was retired.

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

"The future folds into the past. The homeless hero has fallen. Now begins the time of three tales: The Tale of the Herald. The Tale of the Hidden Woman. The Tale of the Final Speaker. When the last tale is told, all the lights shall fail. The world will end."

21st century London: Nobody No One, the extra-dimensional Word Lord, is again running amok. Only this time, he's unbeatable — and a terrible tragedy is about to unfold.

It is written.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has something like a calendar of when his friends will die.
  • Nobody No-one wears a scarf in his new incarnation. He claims that it is a homage to the Doctor's fourth incarnation.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor and Ace search the remains of the Forge's building for alien technology with Captain Stillwell of UNIT.
  • Ace meets up with Henry Noone on several occasions in the White Rabbit pub in London during 2027.
  • By 2027, the United Kingdom has a king.
  • WOTAN 1 is a UNIT base located beneath the BT Tower.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Evelyn Rossiter was transported from Világ to the planet Pelachan via a temporal device.
  • The people of Pelachan are descendants of the crew of a human time ship called the UNS Pelican.

Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bees were being reintroduced to the UK in June 2027. According to Ace, the bee problem would be resolved by 2040, by which time Earth would also have "new pandas."

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Dummy cover

    Dummy cover

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 24-10-2010

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

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