Freakshow (audio story)

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Freakshow was an audio drama in Big Finish Productions' The Companion Chronicles series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of Doctor Who Magazine Issue 419, but was later released as part of the Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS arrives in Arizona 1905, where travelling showman Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer is offering the residents of Buzzard Creek the elixir of life. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in Turlough he has found a brand new exhibit...

Plot

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Cast

References

  • Turlough believes that the Doctor does not trust him and is still testing him due to his previous involvement with the Black Guardian. He is annoyed that the Doctor entered his room without knocking and comments that he would not dare to do the same to Tegan.
  • After the TARDIS materialises in Buzzard Creek, Arizona in 1905, the Doctor gives Turlough a stetson. Turlough regards stetsons as silly and comments that they are only worn by actors in "those ridiculous cowboy films." However, he is soon grateful that the hat offers him shade from the sun.
  • Buzzard Creek has a general store, a meat market, a bank, a hotel, a milliners, a barber shop, a large white church, a saloon, a windmill and a blacksmith shop run by Jed Harper.
  • The aliens in the Freakshow consist of:
    • "Aqua Boy" — no given name/race. A blue skinned water-breather
    • "The Mimic" — no given name/race. A shapeshifter
    • "The Wild Man of Borneo" — Berman Labazeen, an eight-foot Krolock with black, matted fur
    • "The Porcupine" — Splayne, no given race
    • "The Butterfly" — no given name.
  • Winklemeyer also has two Sythaks, which are giant snakes native to the swamps of Palliox, a planet near Trion. Winklemeyer claims that he caught them in the jungles of India.
  • Winklemeyer tells the people of Buzzard Creek that he possesses the Elixir of Life.
  • Winklemeyer is a Vermaal.
  • Tegan refers to Winklemeyer as "Willy Wonka."
  • Smart implants were outlawed eighth centuries earlier by the Hexen-Brock Treaty. The Doctor saved Jallican Brock from assassination by a Tamaranian death squad at the signing of the treaty.
  • The Doctor compares Tegan and Turlough to bickering siblings.
  • Turlough records a deposition for the Galactic Authorities.

Notes

  • The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by Nicholas Briggs giving a brief history of the company's audio releases.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 24 April 2009.

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