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|series | |series = ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri]]'' | ||
|range | |range = The Sixth Doctor and Peri | ||
|series in range = The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One | |series in range = The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One | ||
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|anthology | |anthology = ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 1 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Oliver Erpingham]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[African rainforest]], [[16 February]], [[1896]] | ||
|writer | |writer = [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] | ||
|director | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|music | |music = [[Andy Hardwick]] | ||
|sound | |sound = [[Andy Hardwick]] | ||
|producer | |producer = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|publisher | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date | |release date = [[13 August (releases)|13 August]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
|format | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDW6DBOX001 | |production code = BFPDW6DBOX001 | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-088-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-089-3 (digital) | ||
|next | |next = Like (audio story) | ||
|series2 | |series2 = ''[[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|prev2 | |prev2 = The Brink of Death (audio story) | ||
|next2 | |next2 = Like (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1}}{{audio stub}} | |epcount = 1 | ||
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'''''The Headless Ones''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]''. It was written by [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. | '''''The Headless Ones''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]''. It was written by [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | As [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] flies past hundreds of wrecked [[spacecraft]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] hear a deafening signal. The Doctor tries to trace the source, but it fights for control of the TARDIS and the central column begins to crack, the first sign of the TARDIS being ripped apart. He shuts the ship down and they find themselves in a rainforest; before they can reactivate the ship, they will have to deactivate the nearby signal which they can detect with a tracking device. They smell smoke. | ||
On [[16 February]] [[1896]], [[Amanda Latimer]] writes in her journal about how she arrived in [[Port-Gentil]] from [[Portsmouth]] as part of an expedition to the centre of [[Africa|the continent]], funded by [[Oliver Erpingham]]. | |||
The Doctor and Peri arrive at the camp and find a caged [[lion]] and a [[newspaper]] article covering an attempted [[assassination]] of [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]]. They are caught and taken to Erpingham, to whom they pretend to be in search of a lost people; as a result, they are sent to speak with [[Amanda Latimer]], the leader of the expedition. | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* [[Amanda Latimer]] - [[Deirdre Mullins]] | * [[Amanda Latimer]] - [[Deirdre Mullins]] | ||
* [[Oliver | * [[Oliver Erpingham|Lord Oliver Erpingham]] - [[Hugh Skinner]] | ||
* [[Siyanda]] - [[Vivienne Acheampong]] | * [[Siyanda]] - [[Vivienne Acheampong]] | ||
* [[Kaylin]] - [[Javone Prince]] | * [[Kaylin]] - [[Javone Prince]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* The expedition set out from [[Portsmouth]] and landed at [[Port-Gentil]] on the [[West Africa]]n coast. | |||
* Peri spots [[orchid]]s and [[parrot plant]]s. She determines that they are in, if not [[Kew Gardens]], the [[African rainforest]]. | |||
* Amanda belongs to [[St Hilda's College]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor has to use a [[crank handle]] to open the TARDIS doors. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | |||
* The Doctor and Peri read an article in the newspaper from February 1895 reporting on an attempt on [[Queen Victoria]]'s life and that the perpetrators are still on the run from the law. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]'') | * The Doctor and Peri read an article in the newspaper from February 1895 reporting on an attempt on [[Queen Victoria]]'s life and that the perpetrators are still on the run from the law. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]'') | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 25 June 2022
The Headless Ones was the first story in the audio anthology The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One. It was written by James Parsons and Andrew Stirling-Brown and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.
Publisher's summary
When a distress call from an unknown source threatens to rip the TARDIS from the vortex, the Doctor and Peri arrive in nineteenth-century Africa hoping to find the cause of the disturbance. Instead, they meet a British expedition searching for a long lost tribe: the B'lemyae... better known to the locals as the Headless Ones.
Plot
As the TARDIS flies past hundreds of wrecked spacecraft, the Doctor and Peri hear a deafening signal. The Doctor tries to trace the source, but it fights for control of the TARDIS and the central column begins to crack, the first sign of the TARDIS being ripped apart. He shuts the ship down and they find themselves in a rainforest; before they can reactivate the ship, they will have to deactivate the nearby signal which they can detect with a tracking device. They smell smoke.
On 16 February 1896, Amanda Latimer writes in her journal about how she arrived in Port-Gentil from Portsmouth as part of an expedition to the centre of the continent, funded by Oliver Erpingham.
The Doctor and Peri arrive at the camp and find a caged lion and a newspaper article covering an attempted assassination of Queen Victoria. They are caught and taken to Erpingham, to whom they pretend to be in search of a lost people; as a result, they are sent to speak with Amanda Latimer, the leader of the expedition.
to be completed
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
- Amanda Latimer - Deirdre Mullins
- Lord Oliver Erpingham - Hugh Skinner
- Siyanda - Vivienne Acheampong
- Kaylin - Javone Prince
References
- The expedition set out from Portsmouth and landed at Port-Gentil on the West African coast.
- Peri spots orchids and parrot plants. She determines that they are in, if not Kew Gardens, the African rainforest.
- Amanda belongs to St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor has to use a crank handle to open the TARDIS doors. (TV: Death to the Daleks)
- The Doctor and Peri read an article in the newspaper from February 1895 reporting on an attempt on Queen Victoria's life and that the perpetrators are still on the run from the law. (AUDIO: The Trial of George Litefoot)
External links
- Official The Headless Ones page at bigfinish.com
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