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|featuring = [[K9 Mark III]] | |featuring = [[K9 Mark III]] | ||
|enemy = [[Balthazar Drix]] | |enemy = [[Balthazar Drix]] | ||
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|writer = [[Alfie Shaw]] | |writer = [[Alfie Shaw]] | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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* Much like a TARDIS Time Lord time crates can travel through time and space and are equipped with chameleon circuits. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The [[Fourth Doctor]] sent K9 Mark III to Sarah Jane in a Time Lord time crate because he could afford to send him in the post. At the end of the story River alters the time crate's chameleon circuit to make it look like a regular packing crate before sending K9 onto Croydon ([[TV]]: [[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|''A Girl's Best Friend'']]). | |||
* River bemoans the fact the the Doctor never tells anyone about her, later the Doctor would tell [[Clara Oswald]] about River, but in a way that lead Clara to think she was a man ([[TV]]: [[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|''The Name of the Doctor'']]). | |||
* River has previously met several incarnations of the real Master ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|''The Bekdel Test'']], [[Animal Instinct (audio story)|''Animal Instinct'']], [[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|''The Lifeboat and the Deathboat'']], [[Concealed Weapon (audio story)|''Concealed Weapon'']]). | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 03:18, 25 February 2021
A Forever Home was the third story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Eight. It was written by Alfie Shaw and featured Alex Kingston as River Song and John Leeson as K9.
Publisher's summary
River finds herself caged and feeling under the weather. Luckily, her new owners are on hand to take care of her in her ‘forever home’.
But which of River’s keepers can she trust? Is robot cat FE-LINE all she seems? And is K9 still a girl’s best friend?
Plot
to be added
Cast
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- K9 / Simmons - John Leeson
- FE-LINE / Maria / Patricia - Tracy Wiles
- Balthazar Drix - Clive Hayward
References
Technology
- Much like a TARDIS Time Lord time crates can travel through time and space and are equipped with chameleon circuits.
Notes
- This story marked K9 Mark III's first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama.
- This story leads directly into the plot TV: A Girl's Best Friend, with K9's delivery to Sarah Jane's Aunt Lavinia in South Croydon.
- While listing off versions of the Master, River mentions Missy, "one of the the goateed wonders" and "the sugar rush in purple". The latter seemingly referring to Sacha Dhawan's incarnation (TV: Spyfall).
- This marks the first direct reference to the Thirteenth Doctor era of the series in a Big Finish production, other than vague allusions to a female incarnation of the Doctor (AUDIO: I Am The Master, AUDIO: The Lumiat, AUDIO: Masterful).
Continuity
- The Fourth Doctor sent K9 Mark III to Sarah Jane in a Time Lord time crate because he could afford to send him in the post. At the end of the story River alters the time crate's chameleon circuit to make it look like a regular packing crate before sending K9 onto Croydon (TV: A Girl's Best Friend).
- River bemoans the fact the the Doctor never tells anyone about her, later the Doctor would tell Clara Oswald about River, but in a way that lead Clara to think she was a man (TV: The Name of the Doctor).
- River has previously met several incarnations of the real Master (AUDIO: The Bekdel Test, Animal Instinct, The Lifeboat and the Deathboat, Concealed Weapon).
External links
- Official A Forever Home page at bigfinish.com
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