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|audiobook name = Klein's Story | |audiobook name = Klein's Story | ||
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] | |series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] | ||
|doctor = [[Seventh Doctor]] (Frame story)<br>[[Johann Schmidt]] ([[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]) (Flashbacks) | |doctor = [[Seventh Doctor]] (Frame story)<br />[[Johann Schmidt]] ([[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]) (Flashbacks) | ||
|companions = [[Elizabeth Klein]] | |companions = [[Elizabeth Klein]] | ||
|setting = Inside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] (Frame story)<br>[[Nazi]] [[Germany]], [[Earth]], [[1962]]-[[1965]] ([[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]) (Flashbacks)<br> | |setting = Inside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] (Frame story)<br />[[Nazi]] [[Germany]], [[Earth]], [[1962]]-[[1965]] ([[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]]) (Flashbacks)<br /> | ||
|writer = [[John Ainsworth]] & [[Lee Mansfield]] | |writer = [[John Ainsworth]] & [[Lee Mansfield]] | ||
|director = [[John Ainsworth]] | |director = [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
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Elizabeth Klein is an anomaly, a renegade from an alternate future in which the Nazis won World War II. In an attempt to get to know his latest companion, the Doctor invites Klein to tell him how exactly she came to be in possession of his TARDIS and of the events that led to her trip into the past to Colditz Castle. | Elizabeth Klein is an anomaly, a renegade from an alternate future in which the Nazis won World War II. In an attempt to get to know his latest companion, the Doctor invites Klein to tell him how exactly she came to be in possession of his TARDIS and of the events that led to her trip into the past to Colditz Castle. | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | * [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ||
*[[Elizabeth Klein]] - [[Tracey Childs]] | * [[Elizabeth Klein]] - [[Tracey Childs]] | ||
*[[Johann Schmidt]] - [[Paul McGann]] | * [[Johann Schmidt]] - [[Paul McGann]] | ||
*Faber - [[Rupert Wickham]] | * Faber - [[Rupert Wickham]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | === [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] === | ||
*In Klein's timeline, [[Adolf Hitler]] died in 1961 at the age of either 71 or 72. | * In Klein's timeline, [[Adolf Hitler]] died in 1961 at the age of either 71 or 72. | ||
===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]=== | === [[:Category:Technology|Technology]] === | ||
*Klein has been studying a Drahvinan power drive. | * Klein has been studying a Drahvinan power drive. | ||
===[[:Category:Television series|Television series]]=== | === [[:Category:Television series|Television series]] === | ||
*The Doctor mentions the [[science fiction]] series ''[[Professor X]]''. | * The Doctor mentions the [[science fiction]] series ''[[Professor X]]''. | ||
==Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*[[Paul McGann]] stars as an alternative version of the [[Eighth Doctor]] from Klein's timeline in this story. | * [[Paul McGann]] stars as an alternative version of the [[Eighth Doctor]] from Klein's timeline in this story. | ||
*Unlike previous Big Finish releases of three part/one part story combinations, ''Klein's Story'' precedes ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' in this release. | * Unlike previous Big Finish releases of three part/one part story combinations, ''Klein's Story'' precedes ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' in this release. | ||
*The Doctor's reference to ''[[Professor X]]'' is a reference to an episode of [[Steven Moffatt]]'s children's television programme ''[[Wikipedia:Press Gang|Press Gang]]'', which revolved around one character's relationship with a creaky old television show that he watched as a boy; the show, ''Professor X'', was very clearly patterned on ''Doctor Who''. Coincidentally, ''Professor X'' himself was played in this episode by [[Michael Jayston]], who had already appeared in ''Doctor Who'' as the character of the [[the Valeyard|Valeyard]]. Moffatt has joked in interviews that after the end of his series ''[[Wikipedia:Coupling (UK TV series)|Coupling]]'', the main character, Steve Taylor, is a scriptwriter who now works on a modern revival of ''Professor X''. | * The Doctor's reference to ''[[Professor X]]'' is a reference to an episode of [[Steven Moffatt]]'s children's television programme ''[[Wikipedia:Press Gang|Press Gang]]'', which revolved around one character's relationship with a creaky old television show that he watched as a boy; the show, ''Professor X'', was very clearly patterned on ''Doctor Who''. Coincidentally, ''Professor X'' himself was played in this episode by [[Michael Jayston]], who had already appeared in ''Doctor Who'' as the character of the [[the Valeyard|Valeyard]]. Moffatt has joked in interviews that after the end of his series ''[[Wikipedia:Coupling (UK TV series)|Coupling]]'', the main character, Steve Taylor, is a scriptwriter who now works on a modern revival of ''Professor X''. | ||
*The reference also functions as a good-natured poke at the lower quality of earlier ''Doctor Who'' episodes, since he says that he thought the show was better in the [[1960s]] until he went back and actually watched the episodes. The title ''Vault of the Cyborgs'' is a reference to [[DW]]: ''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. Lost for many years, all four episodes of ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' were recovered and rushed onto video in the early 1990s, at which point its reputation as a classic underwent radical, albeit temporary, reappraisal. | * The reference also functions as a good-natured poke at the lower quality of earlier ''Doctor Who'' episodes, since he says that he thought the show was better in the [[1960s]] until he went back and actually watched the episodes. The title ''Vault of the Cyborgs'' is a reference to [[DW]]: ''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. Lost for many years, all four episodes of ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' were recovered and rushed onto video in the early 1990s, at which point its reputation as a classic underwent radical, albeit temporary, reappraisal. | ||
*Along with [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', this is one of three Big Finish audio dramas in which both [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Paul McGann]] appear. | * Along with [[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', this is one of three Big Finish audio dramas in which both [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Paul McGann]] appear. | ||
*The name [[Johann Schmidt]] is a possible reference to the alter ego of the ''Captain America'' villain, the Red Skull. | * The name [[Johann Schmidt]] is a possible reference to the alter ego of the ''Captain America'' villain, the Red Skull. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
*The TARDIS' design in this story is the same as what is seen in the [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]]'', since Klein mentions that the Doctor has "redecorated" the ship since she last saw it (when the Doctor was travelling with Ace). | * The TARDIS' design in this story is the same as what is seen in the [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]]'', since Klein mentions that the Doctor has "redecorated" the ship since she last saw it (when the Doctor was travelling with Ace). | ||
*The scene from [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' in which the Second Doctor voices his displeasure with the new design of the TARDIS is echoed in a similar remark from Klein. | * The scene from [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' in which the Second Doctor voices his displeasure with the new design of the TARDIS is echoed in a similar remark from Klein. | ||
*The TARDIS' "[[leopard]] skin" desktop theme is mentioned, first referenced in [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]''. | * The TARDIS' "[[leopard]] skin" desktop theme is mentioned, first referenced in [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]''. | ||
*In the alternate timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] regenerated for the same reason as in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]].'' | * In the alternate timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] regenerated for the same reason as in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]].'' | ||
*Notably, "Johann Schmidt" is a German variation of the Doctor's more common alias "[[Aliases of the Doctor#John Smith|John Smith]]". The Seventh Doctor had previously referred to himself as "Johann Schmidt" while impersonating a Nazi [[Reichsinspektor]] in [[May]] [[1951]] in another alternative timeline ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') whereas, in the proper timeline, the [[Eighth Doctor]] used the name while posing as a German spy aboard the British airship [[R101]] in [[October]] [[1930]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''). | * Notably, "Johann Schmidt" is a German variation of the Doctor's more common alias "[[Aliases of the Doctor#John Smith|John Smith]]". The Seventh Doctor had previously referred to himself as "Johann Schmidt" while impersonating a Nazi [[Reichsinspektor]] in [[May]] [[1951]] in another alternative timeline ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') whereas, in the proper timeline, the [[Eighth Doctor]] used the name while posing as a German spy aboard the British airship [[R101]] in [[October]] [[1930]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''). | ||
*Klein claims that she was unaware of the proper name of the TARDIS until she learned it from the Seventh Doctor in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]]. However, she referred to it as such in [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'' before the Doctor ever used the name. | * Klein claims that she was unaware of the proper name of the TARDIS until she learned it from the Seventh Doctor in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]]. However, she referred to it as such in [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'' before the Doctor ever used the name. | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{Template:Dwrefguide|who_bf131.htm|Klein's Story}} | * {{Template:Dwrefguide|who_bf131.htm|Klein's Story}} | ||
*{{bigfinish|131-Doctor-Who-Survival-of-the-Fittest|Survival of the Fittest / Klein's Story}} | * {{bigfinish|131-Doctor-Who-Survival-of-the-Fittest|Survival of the Fittest / Klein's Story}} | ||
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[[Category:Seventh Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:Seventh Doctor audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]] | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 4 November 2011
Publisher's summary
Elizabeth Klein is an anomaly, a renegade from an alternate future in which the Nazis won World War II. In an attempt to get to know his latest companion, the Doctor invites Klein to tell him how exactly she came to be in possession of his TARDIS and of the events that led to her trip into the past to Colditz Castle.
Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
- Johann Schmidt - Paul McGann
- Faber - Rupert Wickham
References
Individuals
- In Klein's timeline, Adolf Hitler died in 1961 at the age of either 71 or 72.
Technology
- Klein has been studying a Drahvinan power drive.
Television series
- The Doctor mentions the science fiction series Professor X.
Notes
- Paul McGann stars as an alternative version of the Eighth Doctor from Klein's timeline in this story.
- Unlike previous Big Finish releases of three part/one part story combinations, Klein's Story precedes Survival of the Fittest in this release.
- The Doctor's reference to Professor X is a reference to an episode of Steven Moffatt's children's television programme Press Gang, which revolved around one character's relationship with a creaky old television show that he watched as a boy; the show, Professor X, was very clearly patterned on Doctor Who. Coincidentally, Professor X himself was played in this episode by Michael Jayston, who had already appeared in Doctor Who as the character of the Valeyard. Moffatt has joked in interviews that after the end of his series Coupling, the main character, Steve Taylor, is a scriptwriter who now works on a modern revival of Professor X.
- The reference also functions as a good-natured poke at the lower quality of earlier Doctor Who episodes, since he says that he thought the show was better in the 1960s until he went back and actually watched the episodes. The title Vault of the Cyborgs is a reference to DW: Tomb of the Cybermen. Lost for many years, all four episodes of The Tomb of the Cybermen were recovered and rushed onto video in the early 1990s, at which point its reputation as a classic underwent radical, albeit temporary, reappraisal.
- Along with BFA: Zagreus and BFA: The Four Doctors, this is one of three Big Finish audio dramas in which both Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann appear.
- The name Johann Schmidt is a possible reference to the alter ego of the Captain America villain, the Red Skull.
Continuity
- The TARDIS' design in this story is the same as what is seen in the DW: Doctor Who (1996), since Klein mentions that the Doctor has "redecorated" the ship since she last saw it (when the Doctor was travelling with Ace).
- The scene from DW: The Three Doctors in which the Second Doctor voices his displeasure with the new design of the TARDIS is echoed in a similar remark from Klein.
- The TARDIS' "leopard skin" desktop theme is mentioned, first referenced in DW: Time Crash.
- In the alternate timeline, the Seventh Doctor regenerated for the same reason as in DW: Doctor Who (1996).
- Notably, "Johann Schmidt" is a German variation of the Doctor's more common alias "John Smith". The Seventh Doctor had previously referred to himself as "Johann Schmidt" while impersonating a Nazi Reichsinspektor in May 1951 in another alternative timeline (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus) whereas, in the proper timeline, the Eighth Doctor used the name while posing as a German spy aboard the British airship R101 in October 1930 (BFA: Storm Warning).
- Klein claims that she was unaware of the proper name of the TARDIS until she learned it from the Seventh Doctor in Colditz Castle in October 1944. However, she referred to it as such in BFA: Colditz before the Doctor ever used the name.
External links
- Klein's Story at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Official Survival of the Fittest / Klein's Story page at bigfinish.com
