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* The Doctor notes the invention of [[spaghetti bolognese]] as one of [[human]]ity's strengths. | * The Doctor notes the invention of [[spaghetti bolognese]] as one of [[human]]ity's strengths. | ||
* The Doctor and Rose were recorded by Tycho discussing Jackie in front of a [[billboard]] featuring a film actress "who thinks she's better than she is." The Doctor notes that she will attempt to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] when the [[Slybot]]s invade in [[2026|twenty years time]]. Concerning her [[teeth]], Jackie comments that it would be like "voting for a [[mincer]]." | * The Doctor and Rose were recorded by Tycho discussing Jackie in front of a [[billboard]] featuring a film actress "who thinks she's better than she is." The Doctor notes that she will attempt to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] when the [[Slybot]]s invade in [[2026|twenty years time]]. Concerning her [[teeth]], Jackie comments that it would be like "voting for a [[mincer]]." | ||
* Jackie mentions [[Uranus]] and [[Betelgeuse]] as planets the Doctor might visit. | |||
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* Discovering Jackie's Glubby Glubs, Rose recalls [[Pete Tyler|her late father]]'s get rich schemes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') | * Discovering Jackie's Glubby Glubs, Rose recalls [[Pete Tyler|her late father]]'s get rich schemes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* Finding himself short sighted as a result of the Glubby Glubs drain, the Doctor suggests that he may need [[glasses]]. His [[Tenth Doctor|next incarnation]] would wear "[[brainy specs]]" but only to look more clever. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'' et al.) His [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]] would also find his sight altered after an adventure, although [[Blindness|much more drastically]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]''- ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'') | * Finding himself short sighted as a result of the Glubby Glubs drain, the Doctor suggests that he may need [[glasses]]. His [[Tenth Doctor|next incarnation]] would wear "[[brainy specs]]" but only to look more clever. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'' et al.) His [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]] would also find his sight altered after an adventure, although [[Blindness|much more drastically]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]''- ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'') | ||
* Jackie is disgusted at the phrase "little people". [[Adelaide Brooke]] will do the same when the [[Tenth Doctor]] uses this choice of words. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') | |||
* This will not be the last time that Jackie and others believe an alien invasion is a benevolent phenomenon, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') nor that the Doctor will deal with a slow burning invasion of alien objects passed off as knick knacks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | * This will not be the last time that Jackie and others believe an alien invasion is a benevolent phenomenon, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') nor that the Doctor will deal with a slow burning invasion of alien objects passed off as knick knacks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | ||
* The Doctor likes his tea with two sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | * The Doctor likes his tea with two sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | ||
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* Jackie's friend [[Arianna]] is among those who are shown discrediting her by Tycho. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | * Jackie's friend [[Arianna]] is among those who are shown discrediting her by Tycho. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | ||
* Referring to Jackie as his [[Trojan Horse]], the Doctor notes that he met the original. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') | * Referring to Jackie as his [[Trojan Horse]], the Doctor notes that he met the original. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') | ||
* The Glubby Glubs slowly drain the life out of the TARDIS. The Boneless would also display the ability to leech powers from the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | |||
* The Doctor begins to quote his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by saying, 'this old body is wearing a bit [thin]' but cuts himself off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | * The Doctor begins to quote his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by saying, 'this old body is wearing a bit [thin]' but cuts himself off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
Revision as of 01:25, 29 September 2017
Retail Therapy was the fourth and final story of The Ninth Doctor Chronicles.
Publisher's summary
Jackie Tyler is a success. Every home should have a Glubby Glub, and Jackie is star saleswoman on the Powell Estate. At last, she’s found her calling and it’s only a matter of time before she can give Rose the life she deserves. But the Doctor isn’t impressed. Jackie Tyler isn’t just filling peoples’ houses with useless clutter. He believes she’s launching an alien invasion...
Plot
to be added
Cast
- Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
- Narrator - Nicholas Briggs
Uncredited cast
- Ninth Doctor - Nicholas Briggs (BFX: The Ninth Doctor Chronicles)
References
- Rose and the Doctor are returning to the Powell Estate from the Moons of Fordice.
- The Doctor is unsure of where the TARDIS laundry room is, and believes it may be sulking.
- The Doctor says Jackie looks 7 years, 6 months younger with 3% less body fat.
- The Doctor says dogs pity humans and their inferior hearing.
- Criticizing his wardrobe, Jackie asks if the Doctor is like David Beckham, and throws his T-shirts away after wearing them once. She also wonders how Einstein would react to the Doctor "without a stitch on".
- Jackie says the Doctor is "no Clint Eastwood".
- The Doctor has a room full of snow globes on the TARDIS.
- Jackie brings a bottle of shandy to the TARDIS as a peace offering to the Doctor.
- The Doctor tells Jackie that he once made lemonade with Archimedes.
- The Doctor offers a bacon sandwich and ketchup to Rose at a cafe, claiming that worlds have been invaded because of the lack of bacon on other planets. When Rose ponders how bacon can be worth fighting for, the Doctor tells her to ask a pig.
- The Doctor would say that ketchup is his favourite sauce, but then he would not "look brown sauce in the eye again."
- The Doctor drinks a cup of tea down in one gulp, swallows two sugars, and gargles.
- Jackie's uncle Tony told her to "never punch a gift horse in the throat."
- The Doctor notes the invention of spaghetti bolognese as one of humanity's strengths.
- The Doctor and Rose were recorded by Tycho discussing Jackie in front of a billboard featuring a film actress "who thinks she's better than she is." The Doctor notes that she will attempt to become Prime Minister when the Slybots invade in twenty years time. Concerning her teeth, Jackie comments that it would be like "voting for a mincer."
- Jackie mentions Uranus and Betelgeuse as planets the Doctor might visit.
Story notes
- This story features the first appearance of Jackie Tyler's friend Arianna, first mentioned in the 2005 premiere Rose. As with the rest of the cast bar Jackie herself, her voice is provided by narrator Nicholas Briggs.
Continuity
- Rose suggests to the Doctor that they spend the next Christmas at her home, to which he answers "over my dead body". They do end up spending Christmas at the Powell Estate. The Doctor spends most of that time in a coma, having just regenerated into his tenth incarnation. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
- Discovering Jackie's Glubby Glubs, Rose recalls her late father's get rich schemes. (TV: Father's Day, Rise of the Cybermen)
- Finding himself short sighted as a result of the Glubby Glubs drain, the Doctor suggests that he may need glasses. His next incarnation would wear "brainy specs" but only to look more clever. (TV: Tooth and Claw, Time Crash et al.) His twelfth incarnation would also find his sight altered after an adventure, although much more drastically. (TV: Oxygen- The Pyramid at the End of the World)
- Jackie is disgusted at the phrase "little people". Adelaide Brooke will do the same when the Tenth Doctor uses this choice of words. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
- This will not be the last time that Jackie and others believe an alien invasion is a benevolent phenomenon, (TV: Army of Ghosts) nor that the Doctor will deal with a slow burning invasion of alien objects passed off as knick knacks. (TV: The Power of Three)
- The Doctor likes his tea with two sugars. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
- The Doctor feels that Jackie can be as intimidating as the Daleks. (TV: Dalek)
- Jackie recalls her uncle Tony, evidently the namesake of the son she will conceive with the parallel Pete Tyler. (TV: Journey's End)
- Jackie suspects that Trisha Delaney has talked to Tycho Fairbank about her behind her back. (TV: Boom Town)
- Jackie's friend Arianna is among those who are shown discrediting her by Tycho. (TV: Rose)
- Referring to Jackie as his Trojan Horse, the Doctor notes that he met the original. (TV: The Myth Makers)
- The Glubby Glubs slowly drain the life out of the TARDIS. The Boneless would also display the ability to leech powers from the TARDIS. (TV: Flatline)
- The Doctor begins to quote his first incarnation by saying, 'this old body is wearing a bit [thin]' but cuts himself off. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
External links
- Official Retail Therapy page at bigfinish.com
