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As the [[Draconian]]s and the [[Mim]] reinforce their [[blockade]]s, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Maggie Matsumoto|Maggie]] prepare to head to the [[Braxiatel Collection]] in ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' with [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]], whom they find has placed himself in a [[null field]] in a [[casket]] so that his presence aboard the ship goes unnoticed. [[Autumn Wit Chanticleer]], the [[navigator]], informs them that, for [[tax]] reasons, the ship legally belongs to the five [[cat]]s on board. Two days after setting off, Benny manages to wake Braxiatel up and accuses him of hiding from her and Maggie, allowing him to return to his [[sleep]] but warning him that [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and everybody else on the Collection will not be happy to see him. | As the [[Draconian]]s and the [[Mim]] reinforce their [[blockade]]s, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Maggie Matsumoto|Maggie]] prepare to head to the [[Braxiatel Collection]] in ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' with [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]], whom they find has placed himself in a [[null field]] in a [[casket]] so that his presence aboard the ship goes unnoticed. [[Autumn Wit Chanticleer]], the [[navigator]], informs them that, for [[tax]] reasons, the ship legally belongs to the five [[cat]]s on board. Two days after setting off, Benny manages to wake Braxiatel up and accuses him of hiding from her and Maggie, allowing him to return to his [[sleep]] but warning him that [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and everybody else on the Collection will not be happy to see him. | ||
A week after taking off, Benny and Maggie find a room belonging to an [[United States of America|American]] [[astronaut]]. The Mim detect the ship and fire at it, so Chanticleer reduces the ship to a state of non-existence with a [[de Selby-Matango Filter]], protecting it and everybody on board. Braxiatel is attacked by non-physical entities which he confesses he went into the casket to avoid and Chanticleer has the cats, which turn into primal [[savage]]s in non-existence, fight them off. They return to existence closer to the Collection and, now aware of Braxiatel's presence, Chanticleer makes him pay his fare, [[apology|apologise]] for how he has been treating Maggie and clean the cats' [[litter tray]]s. The astronaut, [[Anthony Rogers|Captain Anthony Rogers]], appears and explains that he is the [[anchorite]], a living part of the filter who keeps the ship from being lost. | A week after taking off, Benny and Maggie find a room belonging to an [[United States of America|American]] [[astronaut]]. The Mim detect the ship and fire at it, so Chanticleer reduces the ship to a state of non-existence with a [[de Selby-Matango Filter]], protecting it and everybody on board. Braxiatel is attacked by non-physical entities which he confesses he went into the casket to avoid and Chanticleer has the cats, which turn into primal [[savage]]s in non-existence, fight them off. They return to existence closer to the Collection and, now aware of Braxiatel's presence, Chanticleer makes him pay his fare, [[apology|apologise]] for how he has been treating Maggie and clean the cats' [[litter tray]]s. | ||
The astronaut, [[Anthony Rogers|Captain Anthony Rogers]], appears and explains that he is the [[anchorite]], a living part of the filter who keeps the ship from being lost in non-existence, before refusing to cooperate any longer. He insists that they attack the Draconians and holds Maggie [[hostage]], setting ''Gravity's Rainbow'' to ram the flagship and ensure that he dies in a blaze of [[glory]] instead of slowly dying as a result of returning to existence after several [[century|centuries]]. | |||
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* [[Yuri Gagarin]] is believed to be the first human in [[space]]. | * [[Yuri Gagarin]] is believed to be the first human in [[space]]. | ||
* [[2607|2607 AD]] is year 818 in [[Earth]]'s [[Standard Modern Calendar]]. | * [[2607|2607 AD]] is year 818 in [[Earth]]'s [[Standard Modern Calendar]]. | ||
* Rogers says that Braxiatel looks like a [[eunuch]]. | |||
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Revision as of 10:00, 28 March 2023
The Tub Full of Cats was the thirty-fifth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the first story of the eighth season.
Publisher's summary
Negotiations have failed and the Braxiatel Collection now sits within a warzone.
Bernice and Maggie are racing back to the Collection with something that may just help bring an end to all the fighting - or at least protect their home.
That something is a man, Maggie's father and the would-be killer of Bernice's own husband. His name: Irving Braxiatel.
But the Collection is on the far side of the Mim blockade, and there's no possible way they can get through.
They'll just have to do something impossible...
Plot
As the Draconians and the Mim reinforce their blockades, Benny and Maggie prepare to head to the Braxiatel Collection in Gravity's Rainbow with Braxiatel, whom they find has placed himself in a null field in a casket so that his presence aboard the ship goes unnoticed. Autumn Wit Chanticleer, the navigator, informs them that, for tax reasons, the ship legally belongs to the five cats on board. Two days after setting off, Benny manages to wake Braxiatel up and accuses him of hiding from her and Maggie, allowing him to return to his sleep but warning him that Jason and everybody else on the Collection will not be happy to see him.
A week after taking off, Benny and Maggie find a room belonging to an American astronaut. The Mim detect the ship and fire at it, so Chanticleer reduces the ship to a state of non-existence with a de Selby-Matango Filter, protecting it and everybody on board. Braxiatel is attacked by non-physical entities which he confesses he went into the casket to avoid and Chanticleer has the cats, which turn into primal savages in non-existence, fight them off. They return to existence closer to the Collection and, now aware of Braxiatel's presence, Chanticleer makes him pay his fare, apologise for how he has been treating Maggie and clean the cats' litter trays.
The astronaut, Captain Anthony Rogers, appears and explains that he is the anchorite, a living part of the filter who keeps the ship from being lost in non-existence, before refusing to cooperate any longer. He insists that they attack the Draconians and holds Maggie hostage, setting Gravity's Rainbow to ram the flagship and ensure that he dies in a blaze of glory instead of slowly dying as a result of returning to existence after several centuries.
to be completed
Cast
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
- Maggie - Sophie Louise Dann
- Rogers - Nigel Pegram
- Chanticleer - Diane Fletcher
References
- Bev Tarrant has spoken about the crisis on the news, asking both blockades to end.
- Scampi, Lady Marmalade and Kali Ma are three of the cats.
- Benny asks Braxiatel if he has read Murder on the Orient Express.
- Yuri Gagarin is believed to be the first human in space.
- 2607 AD is year 818 in Earth's Standard Modern Calendar.
- Rogers says that Braxiatel looks like a eunuch.
Notes
- This audio drama was recorded on 3 November 2006.
- When Rogers asks Braxiatel if he is English, he responds with "You might very well think that." This is the catchphrase of Francis Urquhart, who was portrayed by Miles Richardson's father, Ian Richardson, in House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut. His wife, Elizabeth, was played by Diane Fletcher.
Continuity
- Braxiatel mentions spending the last 1000 or more years living as a stone not under one as Maggie says. (AUDIO: The Empire State)
- Benny mentions what Brax did on Cantus. (AUDIO: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus)
External links
- Official The Tub Full of Cats page at bigfinish.com
- The Tub Full of Cats at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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