The Raincloud Man (audio story)
The Raincloud Man was the one hundred and sixteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Eddie Robson and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Anna Hope as Patricia Menzies.
Publisher's summary
Having just defeated the Krotons, the Doctor is treating Charley to a hearty English breakfast, when an intriguing mystery suddenly presents itself. And to solve it, they must plunge back into the criminal underbelly of Manchester, where an old friend is up to her neck in alien trouble.
But what seemed like a mere mystery ends up being a life or death struggle at the centre of an interplanetary war in which the stakes are so high, the Doctor or Charley must gamble and lose their identity. And throughout, the lone figure of the Raincloud Man may hold the key to success or failure.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- D.I. Menzies - Anna Hope
- Brooks - Michael Fenton-Stevens
- Lish - Aiden J David
- Carmen - Octavia Walters
- Kelsa - Simon Sherlock
- Tabbalac Leader - Jeremy James
- The Bouncers - Steve Hansell
- The Cyrox - Andrew Dickens
Crew
- Cover Art - Grant Kempster
- Director - Nicholas Briggs
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Designer - Andy Hardwick
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
- Writer - Eddie Robson
Worldbuilding
Culture
- DI Menzies has grasped the fundamentals of time travel so readily because she has seen Back to the Future.
Notes
- The Tabbalac virus may be one of the viruses from the Amethyst Viral Containment Station created by the Viyrans during their war with their unknown enemy.
- This story was originally released on CD and download on 11 December 2008.[1]
- This audio drama was recorded on 26 and 27 June 2008 at the Moat Studios.[2]
- This story is set between TV: The Trial of a Time Lord [+]Loading...["The Trial of a Time Lord (TV story)"] and Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"], and after AUDIO: Return of the Krotons [+]Loading...["Return of the Krotons (audio story)"].[2]
- An illustrated preview for this story by Rob Davis appeared in DWM 403.
Continuity
- The Doctor and Charley refer to their recent encounter with the Krotons, in AUDIO: Return of the Krotons [+]Loading...["Return of the Krotons (audio story)"].
- Charley tells D.I. Menzies that she has met the Doctor out of order, given that she previously travelled with his eighth incarnation. This began in AUDIO: Storm Warning [+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"] and ended in AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)"]. Menzies would have the same experience herself two years later, when she met the Sixth Doctor earlier in his timeline in AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"].
- The Doctor politely refuses D.I. Menzies' request to travel with him, citing the growing mystery surrounding Charley's true identity, though he states that one day he may return and take her up on the offer. It was later revealed in AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"] that the Doctor had met Menzies prior to the events of AUDIO: The Condemned [+]Loading...["The Condemned (audio story)"] in his personal timeline in 2010 while in the company of Evelyn Smythe.
External links
- Official The Raincloud Man page at bigfinish.com
- The Raincloud Man at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Raincloud Man at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Footnotes
- ↑ LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 25-12-2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Backstage' tab of the official The Raincloud Man page at bigfinish.com.
