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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the second ''Companion Chronicles'' release to feature multiple companions from different eras (the first being [[CC]]: ''[[The Three Companions]]''). | * This is the second ''Companion Chronicles'' release to feature multiple companions from different eras (the first being [[CC]]: ''[[The Three Companions]]''). This is not an omnibus of stories with linking material, but rather Jo, Romana, Steven and Zoe are worked into the narrative by way of archival recordings. | ||
* As Big Finish does not have the rights to the TV movie characters [[Grace Holloway]] and [[Chang Lee]], [[Daphne Ashbrook]] and [[Yee Jee Tso]] are able to participate in the ''Companion Chronicles'' by playing new characters. This isn't the first time companion actors have been brought in to perform characters other than their originals for the line. | * As Big Finish does not have the rights to the TV movie characters [[Grace Holloway]] and [[Chang Lee]], [[Daphne Ashbrook]] and [[Yee Jee Tso]] are able to participate in the ''Companion Chronicles'' by playing new characters. This isn't the first time companion actors have been brought in to perform characters other than their originals for the line. (A reference to the TV nonetheless is made when Matheson talks about UNIT covering up strange events that occurred at the turn of the millennium.) | ||
* This audio drama features a cast of six actors, more than any other ''Companion Chronicle'' release to date. | * This audio drama features a cast of six actors, more than any other ''Companion Chronicle'' release to date. | ||
* Many Companion Chronicles are in the form of one actor reading a story, but the format of this story allows it to be presented as a regular audio drama. | |||
* Along with [[CC]]: ''[[Mother Russia]]'', this is one of only two Big Finish audio dramas to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] as a character. | * Along with [[CC]]: ''[[Mother Russia]]'', this is one of only two Big Finish audio dramas to feature [[Dodo Chaplet]] as a character. | ||
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*Captain Matheson tells Warrant Office Sato about the Terravore incursion in the [[London Underground]] in [[2010]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') | *Captain Matheson tells Warrant Office Sato about the Terravore incursion in the [[London Underground]] in [[2010]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') | ||
*References are made to UNIT's involvement with an incident involving a [[Skarasen|sea monster]] appearing in the [[River Thames]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'') and the disturbances at the millennium ([[DW]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' (1996)]], [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'', [[BFIW]]: ''[[The Panda Invasion]]''). | *References are made to UNIT's involvement with an incident involving a [[Skarasen|sea monster]] appearing in the [[River Thames]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'') and the disturbances at the millennium ([[DW]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' (1996)]], [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'', [[BFIW]]: ''[[The Panda Invasion]]''). | ||
*The events involving Romana take place in 2001, around the time Matheson first began working with her UNIT division. This marks the first time the Time Lady has been chronicled interacting with UNIT. | |||
*The events involving Jo are said to take place "70-odd" years after the death of Tommy Watkins in the Second Boer War, which ran from 1899 to 1902, placing the Doctor with UNIT in the early 1970s, consistent with the [[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' version of the [[UNIT dating controversy]] and real-life broadcasts. | |||
*Jo mentions the [[Axons]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''). | |||
*Matheson's stated aim of the Vault is very similar to the mandate of [[Torchwood One]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]''). | |||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
*''Tales from the Vault'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'' | *''Tales from the Vault'' occurs about a year after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'' for Matheson and Sato (2011-2012). | ||
*The Romana segment takes place after [[DW]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'' (Romana's first visit to Earth). | |||
*The Jo Grant segment takes place after [[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||