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}}'''''Home Truths''''' was a [[2008]] audio play released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured [[Jean Marsh]] relating a | }}'''''Home Truths''''' was a [[2008]] audio play released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured [[Jean Marsh]] relating two stories: one told as a matter of historical reflection, featuring [[Sara Kingdom]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[first Doctor|the Doctor]]; and the other occurring a thousand years later, featuring a policeman named Robert and an Old Woman. | ||
It was the first piece of performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to feature Sara Kingdom since the character's death in "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Destruction of Time (12)|The Destruction of Time]]" in [[January]] [[1966]]. It began a trilogy later continued in the | It was the first piece of performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to feature Sara Kingdom since the character's death in "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Destruction of Time (12)|The Destruction of Time]]" in [[January]] [[1966]]. It began a trilogy later continued in the ''[[The Drowned World]]'' and ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System]]''. | ||
==Publisher's summary== | ==Publisher's summary== | ||
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==[[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | ==[[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | ||
* Home Truths likely occurs between [[DW]]: "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Feast of Steven (7)|The Feast of Steven]]" and "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#Volcano (8)|Volcano]]" | * Home Truths likely occurs between [[DW]]: "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#The Feast of Steven (7)|The Feast of Steven]]" and "[[The Daleks' Master Plan#Volcano (8)|Volcano]]" | ||
* Home Truths occurs | * Home Truths occurs before [[CC]]: [[The Drowned World]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:42, 1 December 2010
Home Truths was a 2008 audio play released by Big Finish Productions. It featured Jean Marsh relating two stories: one told as a matter of historical reflection, featuring Sara Kingdom, Steven Taylor and the Doctor; and the other occurring a thousand years later, featuring a policeman named Robert and an Old Woman.
It was the first piece of performed Doctor Who to feature Sara Kingdom since the character's death in "The Destruction of Time" in January 1966. It began a trilogy later continued in the The Drowned World and The Guardian of the Solar System.
Publisher's summary
There’s a house across the waters at Ely where an old woman tells a strange story.
About a kind of night constable called Sara Kingdom. And her friends, the Doctor and Steven. About a journey they made to a young couple’s home, and the nightmarish things that were found there. About the follies of youth and selfishness. And the terrible things even the most well-meaning of us can inflict on each other.
Hear the old woman's story. Then decide her fate.
Cast
- Sara Kingdom/The Old Woman - Jean Marsh
- Robert - Niall MacGregor
References
- The Old Woman mentions that Sara had been to Hollywood and was considered for a role in a movie. (DW: "The Feast of Steven") However, by Robert's time, Hollywood was unknown.
- Robert says that war is unknown in his era, no conflict having been fought for generations. He says that although he has sworn an oath to defend his society in time of war, he would need a good reason to enthusiastically participate in one. A possible inference that can be drawn from his conversation with the Old Woman is that there has been no war since Sara Kingdom's day.
Notes
- Dialogue within the story calls into question how trustworthy the narrator actually is. Thus, it is difficult to know just how accurately the Doctor, Sara and Steven are portrayed.
- This story has some commonality with DWM: "Funhouse", in that the key antagonist is an intelligent house.
- This is an unusual Companion Chronicle in that the returning actor from Doctor Who portrays the nominal villain of the piece.
Continuity
- Sara mentions the events of ST: "The Little Drummer Boy" and CC: The Guardian of the Solar System.
Timeline
- Home Truths likely occurs between DW: "The Feast of Steven" and "Volcano"
- Home Truths occurs before CC: The Drowned World.
