The Bonfires of the Vanities (audio story)

The Bonfires of the Vanities
Main character(s):	Polly, Ben
Featuring:	First Doctor
Main enemy:	Bonfire Boys
Main setting:	Lewes, 1950s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Una McCormack
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Producer:	Ian Atkins
Music:	Robert Harvey
Sound:	Robert Harvey
Read by:	Anneke Wills, Elliot Chapman
Release details
Release number:	11.3
Part of:	The First Doctor: Volume Two
Release date:	15 June 2017
The Companion Chronicles
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The Bonfires of the Vanities was the third story in The First Doctor: Volume Two.

Publisher's summary

When the Doctor, Polly, and Ben arrive in Lewes in the late 1950s, they’re just in time to celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Night. But there’s no fun on the streets tonight – the town is in the grip of fear. There are imps on the loose in Lewes, the Bonfire Boys are on the march, and nobody is safe from the fire.

Plot

Part One

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Part Two

to be added

Cast

• Polly - Anneke Wills
• Ben Jackson - Elliot Chapman

References

to be added

Notes

• The narration is shared between both Polly and Ben. This is therefore the first Companion Chronicle to be told, albeit partially, from Ben's perspective, and the first instance in which the companion relating the events of the story was not played by their original actor.

Continuity

• The timeline becomes distorted as the Doctor prompts his companions out of the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Fields of Terror, Across the Darkened City) The Time Lords attempt to fix the distortion, caused by the Daleks from the Time War as they invade the First Doctor's timeline, (AUDIO: Volume Two trailer) but this plan apparently fails as the Doctor, Ben and Polly continue to travel together rather than immediately going to the South Pole. (AUDIO: The Plague of Dreams)
• The Doctor mentions Anne Chaplet when talking about religious persecution. (TV: The Massacre)

External links

• Official The Bonfires of the Vanities page at bigfinish.com