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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image = The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story).jpg | |image = The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story).jpg | ||
|range = Fourth Doctor Adventures | |range = The Fourth Doctor Adventures | ||
|series in range = Series 8 (4DA) | |series in range = Series 8 (4DA) | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|number = 8.3 | |number = 8.3 | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[ | |companions = [[Anya Kingdom|Ann]] | ||
|featuring = [[Ada Lovelace]] | |featuring = [[Ada Lovelace]] | ||
|enemy = [[Finlar contagion]], [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus force]] | |enemy = [[Finlar contagion]], [[anti-virus (The Enchantress of Numbers)|anti-virus force]] | ||
|setting = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]] | |setting = [[Newstead Abbey]], [[1852]] | ||
|writer = [[Simon Barnard]] | |writer = [[Simon Barnard]] & [[Paul Morris]] | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | |music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | ||
|sound = Jamie Robertson | |sound = Jamie Robertson | ||
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|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-294-1 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-294-1 | ||
|anthology = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 8: Volume 1]]'' | |anthology = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 8: Volume 1]]'' | ||
|series = ''[[ | |series = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|prev = Planet of the Drashigs (audio story) | |prev = Planet of the Drashigs (audio story) | ||
|next = The False Guardian (audio story) | |next = The False Guardian (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = | |soundcloudtrailer = | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Series 8 (4DA)|eighth series]] of | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Series 8 (4DA)|eighth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Jane Slavin]] as [[Anya Kingdom|Ann Kelso]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[The TARDIS]] lands in the grounds of [[Newstead Abbey]], [[Nottinghamshire]], in [[1850]]. Mistaken for a [[medic]] and his [[maid]], [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[ | [[The TARDIS]] lands in the grounds of [[Newstead Abbey]], [[Nottinghamshire]], in [[1850]]. Mistaken for a [[medic]] and his [[maid]], [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Anya Kingdom|Ann]] are brought to meet [[Ada Lovelace]] - the mother of computing and daughter of [[Lord Byron]] - who has recently fallen ill. | ||
But the travellers are not here by chance. Something odd is happening on [[Earth]], and they’ve determined that this place is the centre of it. | But the travellers are not here by chance. Something odd is happening on [[Earth]], and they’ve determined that this place is the centre of it. | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | * [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | ||
* [[Ann Kelso]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | * [[Anya Kingdom|Ann Kelso]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | ||
* [[Ada Lovelace]] - [[Finty Williams]] | * [[Ada Lovelace]] - [[Finty Williams]] | ||
* [[Wildman|Colonel Wildman]] - [[Andrew Havill]] | * [[Wildman|Colonel Wildman]] - [[Andrew Havill]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-enchantress-of-numbers-1645}} | {{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-the-enchantress-of-numbers-1645}} | ||
{{BF 4DA}} | {{BF 4DA}} | ||
Revision as of 05:23, 19 July 2022
The Enchantress of Numbers was the third story in the eighth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Jane Slavin as Ann Kelso.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS lands in the grounds of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 1850. Mistaken for a medic and his maid, the Doctor and Ann are brought to meet Ada Lovelace - the mother of computing and daughter of Lord Byron - who has recently fallen ill.
But the travellers are not here by chance. Something odd is happening on Earth, and they’ve determined that this place is the centre of it.
Strange figures are walking the land. Strange figures wearing bird-like masks. What do they want with Ada? And how will it change the future of humanity?
Plot
Part one
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Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Ann Kelso - Jane Slavin
- Ada Lovelace - Finty Williams
- Colonel Wildman - Andrew Havill
- Hettie / Lady Cleverley - Eve Webster
- Mr Hobhouse - Barnaby Edwards
- Edvard Scheutz / Lord Byron / Harry - Glen McCready
References
- Among elements "stolen" from history by the anti-virus are Charles Wheatstone, Wheatstones' residence at 168 Bleak Lane, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and Albemarle Street, off Piccadilly, and the whole of Bloomsbury.
- Edvard Scheutz is Charles Babbage's biggest rival. Since Babbage's retirement, Scheutz has been working on his calculation engine, which he feels is an improvement upon Babbage's analytical engine.
- Scheutz has been acquiring Lovelace's private notebooks, stolen and sold to him by Hettie. The Doctor identifies recent pages' apparent "doodles" as Block Transfer Computations.
- The anti-virus software, manifesting as plague doctors, were sent as a temporal expeditionary force from the year 7073, during the time of the Block Transfer Wars.
- The Industrial Revolution took place recently, while the Computer Age is still "decades" away.
Notes
- Many of the minor characters are named for characters in Lord Byron's poetry. (BFX: The Enchantress of Numbers)
Continuity
- The Doctor would met Ada again at an earlier point in her timeline in his thirteenth incarnation, but Ada's memories of that encounter were wiped. (TV: Spyfall)
External links
- Official The Enchantress of Numbers page at bigfinish.com
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