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* The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian lifeform on [[Varos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
* The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian lifeform on [[Varos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
* The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the [[Giant rat|Giant Rat]] of the [[River Fleet]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the [[Giant rat|Giant Rat]] of the [[River Fleet]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the [[First Doctor]] the "real Francophile" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the [[Mire Beast|mire beasts]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and [[Morok]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'') that he had to face. The [[Third Doctor]], he claims, was inclined to be "more interested in axle grease and looking in the [[mirror]]" than in reading great literature. Of his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]], he says that "he preferred [[cricket]] and [[lemonade|fizzy lemonade]] to reading". The Doctor then expresses relief that he has finally found a persona temperamentally suited to reading [[Proust]].
* The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the [[First Doctor]] the "real Francophile" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the [[Mire Beast|mire beasts]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and [[Morok]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'') that he had to face. The [[Third Doctor]], he claims, was inclined to be "more interested in axle grease and looking in the [[mirror]]" than in reading great literature. Of his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]], he says that "he preferred [[cricket]] and [[lemonade|fizzy lemonade]] to reading." The Doctor then expresses relief that he has finally found a persona temperamentally suited to reading [[Proust]].
* Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to [[H. G. Wells]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
* Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to [[H. G. Wells]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
* The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a [[Black Orchid (book)|Boy's Own adventure]] about [[George Cranleigh|an aristocrat]] who yomped through the [[Brazil]]ian rainforests, depriving the natives of their [[Black orchid (flower)|orchids]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
* The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a [[Black Orchid (book)|Boy's Own adventure]] about [[George Cranleigh|an aristocrat]] who yomped through the [[Brazil]]ian rainforests, depriving the natives of their [[Black orchid (flower)|orchids]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')

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Year of the Pig was the ninetieth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. Released in December 2006 it was the fourth monthly-series audio story to feature the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown. This story features several previous Doctor Who and other related actors (and some who went on to appear in Doctor Who) including; Adjoa Andoh, Michael Keating and Maureen O'Brien.

Publisher's summary

Ostend, 1913. War is coming. A war in which millions will die. And the guest in suite 139 of the Hotel Palace Thermae knows it. Which is odd, considering he has trotters, a snout and a lovely curly tail.

Toby the Sapient Pig is a swine on the run. Two peculiar strangers have been hunting him across Europe. The first, Miss Alice Bultitude, is an Englishwoman and collector of obscure theatrical ephemera. The second, Inspector Alphonse Chardalot, is a celebrated member of the detective police - the man who brought the trunk murderess of St Germain to justice.

This was supposed to be a reading week for the Doctor and Peri. Now they must do battle with a villain who wants to wipe every last human from the face of the earth - once he's had just another dish of truffles. And maybe a valedictory glass of fizzy lemonade.

Plot

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Cast

References

Locations

  • The Doctor once visited Brussels at some point after 1913 to buy an engagement ring, though he is quick to point out that it was "for business, not pleasure."

Notes

Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 377.

Continuity

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