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* Flip recalls that she first met the Doctor in the [[London Underground]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') | * Flip recalls that she first met the Doctor in the [[London Underground]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Flip that he spent time as a [[rat]] catcher in [[Hamelin]] in [[1284]], where he met the [[Pied Piper]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Challenge of the Piper (comic story)|Challenge of the Piper]]'') | * The Doctor tells Flip that he spent time as a [[rat]] catcher in [[Hamelin]] in [[1284]], where he met the [[Pied Piper]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Challenge of the Piper (comic story)|Challenge of the Piper]]'') | ||
* Flip refers to [[Guy Fawkes]] and the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of [[1605]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]''; [[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]'') | |||
* The Doctor refers to the [[Garazone Bazaar]]. During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] would visit the bazaar in the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'') | * The Doctor refers to the [[Garazone Bazaar]]. During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] would visit the bazaar in the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'') | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 22 March 2014
Antidote to Oblivion was the one hundred and eighty-second story in Big Finish's monthly range.
Publisher's summary
Future Britain is bankrupt, its corporate owners facing financial ruin. Fortunately, the Universal Monetary Fund, and its slimy representative Sil, are willing to give its President a multi-billion credit bail-out... but terms and conditions apply, and Sil's proposed austerity measures go far beyond mere benefit cuts.
Responding to a distress call, the Doctor and his companion Flip land in a London whose pacified population has been driven largely underground. But the horrors down there in the dark are as nothing to the horrors that await them at ConCorp HQ, where a young biochemist in Sil's employ is working on a permanent solution to the nation's terminal unprofitability.
Because in the final account, Sil plans to make a killing...
Plot
Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
- Sil - Nabil Shaban
- Cordelia - Dawn Murphy
- Pan/Lord Mav - David Dobson
- Cerise - Mary-Ann Cafferkey
- President Boscoe/Voda/Knight Marshal - Scott Joseph
- Kristal/Mistress Na/Velena - Mandy Weston
References
- The Doctor cannot remember much about the 24th century.
- Democracy ended in the United Kingdom in 2268.
Notes
Continuity
- The Doctor tells Flip that there is more than one Atlantis. (TV: The Underwater Menace, The Dæmons, The Time Monster)
- Flip recalls that she first met the Doctor in the London Underground. (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)
- The Doctor tells Flip that he spent time as a rat catcher in Hamelin in 1284, where he met the Pied Piper. (COMIC: Challenge of the Piper)
- Flip refers to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. (PROSE: The Plotters; GAME: The Gunpowder Plot)
- The Doctor refers to the Garazone Bazaar. During his eighth incarnation, he and Charley Pollard would visit the bazaar in the 26th century. (AUDIO: Sword of Orion)
External links
- Official Antidote to Oblivion page at bigfinish.com