Urgent Calls (audio story)
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Publisher's summary
Urgent Calls (A One-Part Story)
Earth, 1974. An innocent phone call. Okay, it was a wrong number, but there can't be any harm in that. Can there?
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Lauren Hudson - Kate Brown
- DJ - David Dobson
- Connie Pickerill - Kerry Skinner
References
- The Doctor does not believe in fate.
- The virus, transmittable through telephone conversations, manifested as a six-inch long, metallic-looking worm or snake which wrapped itself around its host's spine.
- It is implied that the "army man" and doctor who visit Lauren in hospital are with UNIT. The Doctor asks Lauren if the latter was "tall with white hair and flamboyant clothes". However, this doctor was short and bald and wore ordinary clothes.
- Lauren signs the Official Secrets Act.
- The Doctor quotes Thomas Jefferson when he says, "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.".
- It is implied that the virus was bio-engineered by the Viyrans.
Notes
- Urgent Calls is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the discs are of the story I.D..
- This story is part of the "Virus Strain" arc.
Continuity
to be added
Timeline
- Urgent Calls occurs after: BFA: I.D.
- Urgent Calls occurs before: ST: There's Something About Mary
External links
- Official Urgent Calls page at bigfinish.com
- Urgent Calls at the Doctor Who Reference Guide