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cd name= Invaders from Mars | | cd name= Invaders from Mars | | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Invaders_from_Mars_cover.jpg|250px]] Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]]| | ||
series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]| | series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]| | ||
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next story= [[The Chimes of Midnight]]}} | next story= [[The Chimes of Midnight]]}} | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Hallowe'en [[1938]]. | Hallowe'en [[1938]]. | ||
A month after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of [[New York state|New York State]], Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least, according to soon-to-be infamous [[Orson Welles]] they did. But what if some of the panicked listeners to the legendary ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' broadcast weren’t just imagining things? | A month after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of [[New York state|New York State]], Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least, according to soon-to-be infamous [[Orson Welles]] they did. But what if some of the panicked listeners to the legendary ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' broadcast weren’t just imagining things? | ||
Attempting to deliver [[Charley Pollard|Charley]] to her rendezvous in [[Singapore]] [[1930]], the [[ | Attempting to deliver [[Charley Pollard|Charley]] to her rendezvous in [[Singapore]] [[1930]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] overshoots a little, arriving in Manhattan just in time to find a dead private detective. Indulging his gumshoe fantasies, the Doctor is soon embroiled in the hunt for a missing Russian scientist whilst Charley finds herself at the mercy of a very dubious Fifth Columnist. | ||
With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake, the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew are forced into an alliance with a sultry dame called [[Glory Bee]], Orson Welles himself and a mobster with half a nose known as 'The Phantom'. | With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake, the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew are forced into an alliance with a sultry dame called [[Glory Bee]], Orson Welles himself and a mobster with half a nose known as 'The Phantom'. | ||
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And slowly and surely, something is drawing plans against them. Just not very good ones... | And slowly and surely, something is drawing plans against them. Just not very good ones... | ||
==Cast == | == Cast == | ||
*[[Eighth Doctor |The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] | ||
*[[Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]] | * [[Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]] | ||
*[[Orson Welles]] - [[David Benson]] | * [[Orson Welles]] - [[David Benson]] | ||
*[[Glory Bee]] - [[Jessica Hynes|Jessica Stevenson]] | * [[Glory Bee]] - [[Jessica Hynes|Jessica Stevenson]] | ||
*[[Cosmo Devine]] - [[John Arthur]] | * [[Cosmo Devine]] - [[John Arthur]] | ||
*[[Don Chaney]] - [[Simon Pegg]] | * [[Don Chaney]] - [[Simon Pegg]] | ||
*[[John Houseman]] - [[Jonathan Rigby]] | * [[John Houseman]] - [[Jonathan Rigby]] | ||
*Mouse / Winkler - [[Ian Hallard]] | * Mouse / Winkler - [[Ian Hallard]] | ||
*Ellis - [[Mark Benton]] | * Ellis - [[Mark Benton]] | ||
*Bix Biro - [[Paul Putner]] | * Bix Biro - [[Paul Putner]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' is mentioned and referenced, several times. | * ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' is mentioned and referenced, several times. | ||
* Orson Welles doesn't know who [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] is. | * Orson Welles doesn't know who [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] is. | ||
* Reggins are the invaders. | * Reggins are the invaders. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* Simon Pegg would later play [[the Editor]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', and narrate the first series of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. | * Simon Pegg would later play [[the Editor]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', and narrate the first series of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. | ||
* Jessica Hynes (''née'' Stevenson) would later play [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'', and her great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]''. | * Jessica Hynes (''née'' Stevenson) would later play [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'', and her great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]''. | ||
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* The headline on the ''Invaders from Mars'' cover is from a real newspaper reporting the ''War of the Worlds'' panic. The imitation poster on the CD booklet was drawn by Mark Gatiss. | * The headline on the ''Invaders from Mars'' cover is from a real newspaper reporting the ''War of the Worlds'' panic. The imitation poster on the CD booklet was drawn by Mark Gatiss. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] previously met ''The War of the Worlds' ''author [[H. G. Wells]] in [[Scotland]] during the summer of [[1885]] and subsequently took him on a trip to the planet [[Karfel]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'') Many years later in his personal timeline, the [[Tenth Doctor]] would meet Wells once again in [[1889]]. He intimated that they would have a third encounter later in Wells' personal timeline which occurred earlier in his own. ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Time Machination]]'') | * The [[Sixth Doctor]] previously met ''The War of the Worlds' ''author [[H. G. Wells]] in [[Scotland]] during the summer of [[1885]] and subsequently took him on a trip to the planet [[Karfel]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'') Many years later in his personal timeline, the [[Tenth Doctor]] would meet Wells once again in [[1889]]. He intimated that they would have a third encounter later in Wells' personal timeline which occurred earlier in his own. ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Time Machination]]'') | ||
* The reason for Welles' ignorance of Shakespeare is revealed in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]''. | * The reason for Welles' ignorance of Shakespeare is revealed in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* In [[BFA]]: ''[[Neverland]]'', it is revealed why there are forty-nine states in the USA (instead of forty-eight in 1938) and how the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], which was actually founded in 1947, can exist in 1938. | * In [[BFA]]: ''[[Neverland]]'', it is revealed why there are forty-nine states in the USA (instead of forty-eight in 1938) and how the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], which was actually founded in 1947, can exist in 1938. | ||
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*''Invaders from Mars'' occurs after: [[ST]]: ''[[Second Chances]]'' | * ''Invaders from Mars'' occurs after: [[ST]]: ''[[Second Chances]]'' | ||
*''Invaders from Mars'' occurs before: [[BFA]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'' | * ''Invaders from Mars'' occurs before: [[BFA]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* {{Bigfinish|28-Doctor-Who-Invaders-from-Mars|Invaders from Mars}} | * {{Bigfinish|28-Doctor-Who-Invaders-from-Mars|Invaders from Mars}} | ||
*{{dwrefguide|who_bf28.htm|Invaders from Mars}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_bf28.htm|Invaders from Mars}} | ||
* [http://www.tetrap.com/drwho/disccon/8/invaders.html The Discontinuity Guide '''Invaders from Mars''' page] | * [http://www.tetrap.com/drwho/disccon/8/invaders.html The Discontinuity Guide '''Invaders from Mars''' page] | ||
{{BFA monthly}} | {{BFA monthly}} | ||
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[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:Eighth Doctor audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]] | ||
Revision as of 12:20, 4 November 2011
Publisher's summary
Hallowe'en 1938.
A month after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York State, Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least, according to soon-to-be infamous Orson Welles they did. But what if some of the panicked listeners to the legendary The War of the Worlds broadcast weren’t just imagining things?
Attempting to deliver Charley to her rendezvous in Singapore 1930, the Eighth Doctor overshoots a little, arriving in Manhattan just in time to find a dead private detective. Indulging his gumshoe fantasies, the Doctor is soon embroiled in the hunt for a missing Russian scientist whilst Charley finds herself at the mercy of a very dubious Fifth Columnist.
With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake, the TARDIS crew are forced into an alliance with a sultry dame called Glory Bee, Orson Welles himself and a mobster with half a nose known as 'The Phantom'.
And slowly and surely, something is drawing plans against them. Just not very good ones...
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- Orson Welles - David Benson
- Glory Bee - Jessica Stevenson
- Cosmo Devine - John Arthur
- Don Chaney - Simon Pegg
- John Houseman - Jonathan Rigby
- Mouse / Winkler - Ian Hallard
- Ellis - Mark Benton
- Bix Biro - Paul Putner
References
- The War of the Worlds is mentioned and referenced, several times.
- Orson Welles doesn't know who Shakespeare is.
- Reggins are the invaders.
Notes
- Simon Pegg would later play the Editor in DW: The Long Game, and narrate the first series of Doctor Who Confidential.
- Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson) would later play Joan Redfern in DW: Human Nature/The Family of Blood, and her great-granddaughter Verity Newman in DW: The End of Time, Part Two.
- The first episode was specially released as a bonus on the original CD of The Ratings War.
- The title references the 1953 movie Invaders from Mars.
- One of Houseman's lines - "George, what are you doing with those keys?"- is aimed at George Coulouris, who appeared in Welles' broadcast as well as Citizen Kane and later starred as Arbitan in DW: The Keys of Marinus.
- The headline on the Invaders from Mars cover is from a real newspaper reporting the War of the Worlds panic. The imitation poster on the CD booklet was drawn by Mark Gatiss.
Continuity
- The Sixth Doctor previously met The War of the Worlds' author H. G. Wells in Scotland during the summer of 1885 and subsequently took him on a trip to the planet Karfel. (DW: Timelash) Many years later in his personal timeline, the Tenth Doctor would meet Wells once again in 1889. He intimated that they would have a third encounter later in Wells' personal timeline which occurred earlier in his own. (IDW: The Time Machination)
- The reason for Welles' ignorance of Shakespeare is revealed in BFA: The Time of the Daleks.
- In BFA: Neverland, it is revealed why there are forty-nine states in the USA (instead of forty-eight in 1938) and how the CIA, which was actually founded in 1947, can exist in 1938.
Timeline
- Invaders from Mars occurs after: ST: Second Chances
- Invaders from Mars occurs before: BFA: The Chimes of Midnight
External links
- Official Invaders from Mars page at bigfinish.com
- Invaders from Mars at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide Invaders from Mars page
