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* Turlough is working through the personal troubles raised by working for the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[DW]]:'' [[Enlightenment]]'') | * Turlough is working through the personal troubles raised by working for the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[DW]]:'' [[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | ||
* The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Eutermesan]] companion [[C'rizz]] would later be forced to perform in the showman [[Jacob Crackles]]'s freakshow in [[London]] in [[1851]] in the same manner as the alien creatures in [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]]'s freakshow. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 21:39, 11 April 2012
Freakshow was an audio drama in Big Finish Productions' The Companion Chronicles series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of Doctor Who Magazine Issue 419, but was later released as part of the Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS arrives in Arizona 1905, where travelling showman Thaddeus P Winklemeyer is offering the residents of Buzzard Creek the elixir of life. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in Turlough he has found a brand new exhibit...
Plot
to be added
Cast
References
- Thaddeus is a Vermaal.
- The aliens in the Freakshow consist of:
- "Aqua Boy" - no given name/race. A water-breather.
- "The Mimic" - no given name/race. A shapechanger.
- "The Wild Man of Borneo" - Berman Labazeen, a Krolock.
- "The Porcupine" - Splayne, no given race.
- "The Butterfly" - no given name.
- Winklemeyer also has two Sythaks - snakes from Palliox, a planet near Trion.
- The events take place around the town of Buzzard Creek, somewhere in the western states of America, circa 1905.
- Turlough records a deposition for the Galactic Authorities.
- Smart implants were outlawed 8 centuries earlier by the Hexen-Brock treaty. The Doctor saved Jallican Brock from assassination by a Tamaranian death squad at the signing of the treaty.
Notes
- The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by Nicholas Briggs giving a brief history of the company's audio releases.
- This audio drama was recorded on 24 April 2009.
Continuity
- Turlough is working through the personal troubles raised by working for the Black Guardian. (DW: Enlightenment)
- The Eighth Doctor's Eutermesan companion C'rizz would later be forced to perform in the showman Jacob Crackles's freakshow in London in 1851 in the same manner as the alien creatures in Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer's freakshow. (BFA: Other Lives)
Timeline
- This story occurs after DW: Enlightenment
- This story occurs before BFA: Cobwebs
Releases
- The Mists of Time was available to readers of Doctor Who Magazine who went to the Big Finish website and entered a code to be found within the magazine. The digital download offer was only available from March to 26 May 2010.
- Big Finish subsequently reissued the story as part of The Companion Chronicles: The Specials, released August 2011.
External links
- Official Freakshow - The Companion Chronicles Specials page at bigfinish.com
- Freakshow at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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