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|image            = An Earthly Child cover.jpg
|range            = Bonus Releases
|number in range  = VIII
|series            = ''[[Bonus Releases]]''
|number            = VIII
|doctor            = Eighth Doctor
|companions        = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
|featuring        = [[Alex Campbell]]
|enemy            = [[Guldreasi]]
|setting          = [[London]] and [[Bristol]], [[Summer]] [[2187]]
|writer            = Marc Platt
|director          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|music            = [[David Darlington]]
|sound            = [[David Darlington]]
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|epcount          = 1
|release date      = 8 December 2009
|format            = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code  = BFPDWCDSUB07
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-84435-470-2
|prev              = Return of the Krotons (audio story)
|next              = The Four Doctors (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-an-earthly-child-trailer
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''An Earthly Child''''' was the seventh ''[[Doctor Who]]'' bonus story released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marc Platt]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Carole Ann Ford]] as [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]].


|image = [[File:An_Earthly_Child_cover.png|250px]] Cover Artist - [[Alex Mallinson]]
It introduced the great-grandson of the Doctor, [[Alex Campbell]]. It was set on Earth still struggling with the aftermath of the Dalek occupation that the [[First Doctor]] had helped put an end to in the television story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. This is the beginning of the arc about adventures of Susan and Alex with the Eighth Doctor, which continues in ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'' (with ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'' serving as a prequel of sorts), ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'' and ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''.
|cd name = An Earthly Child
|series = [[Doctor Who]] - [[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas#Special Releases|Specially Released Audio Dramas]]
|number = 7 (spine number VIII)
|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|companions = [[Susan Foreman]]
|enemy = [[Guldreasi]]
|year = [[Earth]], [[England]], Late 2190s
|writer = [[Marc Platt]]
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|producer = [[David Darlington]]
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|release date = [[December]] [[2009]]
|format = 1 CD - 1 Episode
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-470-2
|previous story = [[Return of the Krotons]]
}}


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
Thirty years on from the Daleks' invasion of Earth, the scars still haven't healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years, a world of crop shortages and civil unrest. A world where the brightest and best of its young people are drawn to the xenophobic Earth United group.
Thirty years on from the [[Dalek]]s' [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|invasion of Earth]], the scars still haven't healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years, a world of crop shortages and civil unrest. A world where the brightest and best of its young people are drawn to the xenophobic Earth United group.


A world sliding into a new Dark Age, believes [[Susan Campbell]], widow of one of the heroes of the Occupation. A world in need of alien intervention. A world in need of hope.<br />But as Susan takes drastic action to secure the planet's future, she's oblivious to the fact that her student son, [[Alex Campbell|Alex]], ensnared by [[Earth United]], is in need of alien intervention too. Or so Alex's [[Eighth Doctor|great-grandfather]] thinks.
A world sliding into a new Dark Age, believes [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]], widow of one of the heroes of the Occupation. A world in need of alien intervention. A world in need of hope.


==Cast==
But as Susan takes drastic action to secure the planet's future, she's oblivious to the fact that her student son, [[Alex Campbell|Alex]], ensnared by [[Earth United]], is in need of alien intervention too. Or so Alex's [[Eighth Doctor|great-grandfather]] thinks.
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
*[[Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford|Carol Ann Ford]]
*[[Alex Campbell]] - [[Jake McGann]]
*Holly Barrett - [[Sheryl Gannaway]]
*Marion Fleming/Hope - [[Leslie Ash]]
*Faisal Jensen/Reporter - [[Matt Addis]]
*Duncan - [[Ian Hallard]]
*President of the Earth Council/Policeman/Air Control/Helicopter Pilot/Reporter - [[Ian Brooker]]


==References==
== Plot ==
*[[Slyther]]s'' ''are now the stuff of fairytales to the youth of Earth.
''to be added''
*The Lunar base was cut off by the [[Daleks]] during the invasion.
==Notes==
*This was a special release given away to Big Finish subscribers who had ''[[Plague of the Daleks]]'' as part of their subscription.
*This release was made available to non-subscribers in [[December]] [[2010]].


==Continuity==
== Cast ==
*[[Earth]] is still in ruin after the events of the [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth|''Dalek Invasion of Earth'']]''.''
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
*Susan remembers her last encounter with the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] in [[The Five Doctors|''The Five Doctors'']].
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[Alex Campbell]] - [[Sonny McGann|Jake McGann]]
* [[Holly Barrett]] - [[Sheryl Gannaway]]
* [[Marion Fleming]]/[[Hope (An Earthly Child)|Hope]] - [[Leslie Ash]]
* [[Faisal Jensen]]/[[Reporter (An Earthly Child)|Reporter]] - [[Matt Addis]]
* [[Duncan (An Earthly Child)|Duncan]] - [[Ian Hallard]]
* [[President of the Earth Council]]/Policeman/Air Control/Helicopter Pilot/Reporter - [[Ian Brooker]]


==Timeline==
== Worldbuilding ==
*An Earthly Child occurs after: [[BFA]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool]]''
* [[Slyther]]s are now the stuff of fairy tales to the youth of Earth.
*An Earthly Child occurs before: [[BFA]]: ''[[Situation Vacant]]''
* The [[Moonbase (An Earthly Child)|Moonbase]] was cut off by the [[Dalek]]s during the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|invasion]].
* [[Earth]] is ruled by an [[Earth Council]] led by a [[President of the Earth Council|President]].
* The [[Guldreasi]] use a [[conceptual generator]].
* After the invasion, there were public burnings of [[Dalek technology]].
* Susan and the Doctor fly on board the presidential [[helicopter]].
* Susan indicates that it is 30 years since the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|Dalek occupation of Earth]] began, and a journalist says it's 20 years since it ended.


==External links==
== Notes ==
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/Doctor-Who-An-Earthly-Child Big Finish '''An Earthly Child''' page]
* This was a special release given away to Big Finish subscribers who had the audio story ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]'' as part of their subscription.
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio plays]]
* This release was made available to non-subscribers in December 2010.
[[Category:Big Finish special releases]]
* The title of this story is wordplay based off ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', the first ''Doctor Who'' story and the first to feature Susan Foreman.
[[Category:2009 audio plays]]
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]].
* Despite being released as a "bonus" episode, this was actually essential to the overarching plot of the Eighth Doctor audio series. This is in contrast to the other two "bonus releases" from this Doctor's run, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Living Legend (audio story)|Living Legend]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'', which were entirely standalone stories.
 
== Continuity ==
* [[Earth]] is still in ruins some twenty years after the end of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|decade long Dalek occupation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan remembers her last encounter with the Doctor in the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]] and comments that he was in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] at the time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* Susan's husband, [[David Campbell]], died several years earlier. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he and Susan met [[Genghis Khan]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
* The Doctor is surprised at Alex's existence, asking Susan how she got around [[Pythia's curse|Gallifreyan infertility]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Gallifrey - Notes on the Planet's Background (short story)|Gallifrey - Notes on the Planet's Background]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor expresses a familiarity with [[conceptual generator]] technology, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'') saying that he's been in spaces made of imagination before. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Loups-Garoux (audio story)|Loups-Garoux]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor explains to his great-grandson that he is from [[Gallifrey]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Kasterborous]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* Susan has two [[heart]]s as a [[Gallifreyan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
 
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An Earthly Child was the seventh Doctor Who bonus story released by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Campbell.

It introduced the great-grandson of the Doctor, Alex Campbell. It was set on Earth still struggling with the aftermath of the Dalek occupation that the First Doctor had helped put an end to in the television story The Dalek Invasion of Earth. This is the beginning of the arc about adventures of Susan and Alex with the Eighth Doctor, which continues in Relative Dimensions (with Quinnis serving as a prequel of sorts), Lucie Miller and To the Death.

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

Thirty years on from the Daleks' invasion of Earth, the scars still haven't healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years, a world of crop shortages and civil unrest. A world where the brightest and best of its young people are drawn to the xenophobic Earth United group.

A world sliding into a new Dark Age, believes Susan Campbell, widow of one of the heroes of the Occupation. A world in need of alien intervention. A world in need of hope.

But as Susan takes drastic action to secure the planet's future, she's oblivious to the fact that her student son, Alex, ensnared by Earth United, is in need of alien intervention too. Or so Alex's great-grandfather thinks.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was a special release given away to Big Finish subscribers who had the audio story Plague of the Daleks as part of their subscription.
  • This release was made available to non-subscribers in December 2010.
  • The title of this story is wordplay based off An Unearthly Child, the first Doctor Who story and the first to feature Susan Foreman.
  • This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
  • Despite being released as a "bonus" episode, this was actually essential to the overarching plot of the Eighth Doctor audio series. This is in contrast to the other two "bonus releases" from this Doctor's run, AUDIO: Living Legend and AUDIO: The Four Doctors, which were entirely standalone stories.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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