Matryoshka (audio story)
Matryoshka was the third story of the thirteenth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Aurora Fearnley and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross.
Publisher's summary
When a strange force drags the TARDIS to Earth, it's clear that the Doctor, Harry and Naomi are up against an incredibly powerful being. And when they encounter Lord Pearson, inventor of games and toys, searching for his vanished daughter... it becomes clear exactly who that being might be. Hide and seek is one of the simplest games devised by man... but in the hands of The Toymaker... it may also become the deadliest.
Plot
Part one
Too busy to play hide and seek with his daughter, Etta, board game manufacturer Lord Pearson gives her a ouija board to occupy herself with and she hears a voice which agrees to play with her. The TARDIS arrives nearby a year later, brought by an unknown force, and the Doctor, Harry and Naomi join spiritualist Madame Bisset in visiting the Pearsons' house to find out what happened to Etta, who vanished whilst playing hide and seek with the voice. Whilst Harry is sceptical of mediums, the Doctor knows that a small percentage have genuine abilities and is not willing to immediately assume that Madame Bisset is a con artist.
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Part two
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Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Naomi Cross - Eleanor Crooks
- Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
- Madame Bisset / The Toymaker - Annette Badland
- Etta Pearson - Venice Van Someren
- Lord Charles Pearson - Robbie Stevens
Crew
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Worldbuilding
- Lord Pearson told Etta that they would play hide and seek.
- Lord Pearson received a ouija board from France.
- Approximately 0.713% of mediums are signal translators capable of picking up alien signals, according to the Doctor.
- Naomi does not know what Wi-Fi is.
- Pearsons manufacture games.
Notes
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Continuity
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External links
- Official Matryoshka page at bigfinish.com
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