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|enemy = [[Alex Marlowe]], [[Krynoid]]s | |enemy = [[Alex Marlowe]], [[Krynoid]]s | ||
|setting = [[England]], [[21st century]] | |setting = [[England]], [[21st century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | |director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards | |producer = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|epcount = 2 | |epcount = 2 | ||
|release date = | |release date = 21 - 28 March 2009 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|production code = BFPDWCDMG018 | |production code = BFPDWCDMG018 | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor is still recovering from the six hundred years he spent on [[Orbis]] | * The Doctor is still recovering from the six hundred years he spent on [[Orbis]] during [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Orbis (audio story)}} | ||
* The World Ecology Bureau has files on the [[Harrison Chase]] incident and the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]]'s involvement in that incident | * The World Ecology Bureau has files on the [[Harrison Chase]] incident and the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]]'s involvement in that incident, which occured during [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') | ||
* The space-time telegraph was first referred to in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and was briefly seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''. | * The space-time telegraph was first referred to in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and was briefly seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''. | ||
* The [[Eurozone]] is mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') | * The [[Eurozone]] is mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 29 July 2023
Hothouse was the second story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.
It was a sequel to the 1976 Doctor Who television story The Seeds of Doom and the first appearance of the Krynoids since 2002's The Green Man.
Publisher's summary
Somewhere in the south of England stands the Hothouse. Five vast, state-of-the-art biodomes, all steel and glass. Inside, rock star turned environmental activist Alex Marlowe has a plan to save the world from climate change. By any means necessary...
There's something growing inside the Hothouse. Something that could turn back humanity's tide. A voracious alien vegetable called the Krynoid. The Doctor's going to have to stop it. Stop Marlow. Stop Marlow's fanatical acolyte, Lucie Miller...
Save the world. By any means necessary.
Plot
Part One
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Part Two
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Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
- Alex Marlowe - Nigel Planer
- Hazel Bright - Lysette Anthony
- Christina Ondrak - Adna Sablyich
- Stefan Radek - Stuart Crossman
- Newsreader - Barnaby Edwards
Crew
- Cover Art - Simon Holub
- Director - Barnaby Edwards
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Martin Johnson
- Producers - Barnaby Edwards and David Richardson
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
- Writer - Jonathan Morris
References
- Britain's water reservoir levels are below 5%. Water is restricted to hospitals only.
- Hazel was present during a flood in Dhaka.
Governments
- The Eurozone has closed its borders.
Organisations
- Hazel Bright is part of the World Ecology Bureau.
- Hazel contacted UNIT to use the space-time telegraph to contact the Doctor.
- Alex Marlowe runs the League of Nature, an extremist ecology group.
Species
- Krynoids are affected by high pitched noises.
Notes
- Krynoids have previously featured on audio in two BBV Productions audio dramas: The Root of All Evil and The Green Man. However, this is their first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama.
- This audio drama was recorded on 13 September 2008 at the Moat Studios.
- The story was initially released as a download on the Big Finish website on 21 and 28 March 2009.
Continuity
- The Doctor is still recovering from the six hundred years he spent on Orbis during AUDIO: Orbis [+]Loading...["Orbis (audio story)"]
- The World Ecology Bureau has files on the Harrison Chase incident and the Doctor's involvement in that incident, which occured during TV: The Seeds of Doom)
- The space-time telegraph was first referred to in TV: Revenge of the Cybermen and was briefly seen in TV: Terror of the Zygons.
- The Eurozone is mentioned. (PROSE: Trading Futures, AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
- By 2060, the Amazon ecosystem had collapsed and the rainforests had turned to desert. (AUDIO: Loups-Garoux)
External links
- Official Hothouse page at bigfinish.com
- Hothouse at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Hothouse at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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