Year of the Pig (audio story)

Year of the Pig
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Alphonse Chardalot
Main setting:	Ostend and Brussels, 1913
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matthew Sweet
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Gary Russell, Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music:	Andy Hardwick
Sound:	Gareth Jenkins
Cover by:	Stuart Manning
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	90
Release date:	18 December 2006
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	6Y/A
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-175-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-268-1 (digital)
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Year of the Pig was the ninetieth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Matthew Sweet and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

This story features a full cast of Doctor Who alumni, 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

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
• Nurse Albertine - Adjoa Andoh
• Toby the Sapient Pig - Paul Brooke
• Inspector Chardalot - Michael Keating
• Miss Alice Bultitude - Maureen O'Brien

Crew

• Cover Art - Stuart Manning
• Director - Gary Russell
• Music - Andy Hardwick
• Producers - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins
• Writer - Matthew Sweet

References

Locations

• The Doctor once visited Brussels to buy an engagement ring.

Art

• Peri and Albertine sight a statue of a little boy peeing.

Notes

Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 377.

• This story was previewed in DWM 377 with an illustration by Martin Geraghty.
• This audio drama was recorded on 27 and 28 March 2006 at the Moat Studios.
• If this story was part of the subscription with Big Finish, it included Return of the Daleks free with this story.
• Maureen O'Brien is best known for playing the First Doctor's companion Vicki Pallister.
• Adjoa Andoh appeared as Sister Jatt in New Earth and Martha Jones' mother Francine in several episodes during Series 3 and 4 of the relaunched series of Doctor Who.
• Michael Keating previously appeared as Goudry in The Sun Makers.
• This story is set between Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks.
• This story was originally released on CD and download. It is now available as a download only.

Continuity

• The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian life form on Varos in the late 23rd century. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
• The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the Giant Rat of the River Fleet". (TV: 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) and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the mire beasts (TV: The Chase) and Moroks (TV: The Space Museum) that he had to face.
• Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to H. G. Wells. (TV: Timelash)
• The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a Boy's Own adventure about an aristocrat who yomped through the Brazilian rain forests, depriving the natives of their orchids." (TV: Black Orchid)
• The Doctor mentions that he has met the "odd anthropomorphic slug". (TV: The Twin Dilemma)
• The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones would visit 1913 in TV: Human Nature / The Family of Blood.

External links

• Official Year of the Pig page at bigfinish.com
• Year of the Pig at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Year of the Pig at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide