Publisher's summary
"The future folds into the past. The homeless hero has fallen. Now begins the time of three tales: The Tale of the Herald. The Tale of the Hidden Woman. The Tale of the Final Speaker. When the last tale is told, all the lights shall fail. The world will end."
21st century London: Nobody No One, the extra-dimensional Word Lord, is again running amok. Only this time, he's unbeatable – and a terrible tragedy is about to unfold.
It is written.
Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Hex - Philip Olivier
- Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- Nobody No One - Ian Reddington
- Corporal/Novice/Henry Noone - John Dorney
- Ayl-San/Faber/Nurse - Alison Thea-Skot
- Captain Stillwell/Applin/Tour Guide - Andrew Dickens
- Ann-the-Van/Story Speaker/Webster - Harriet Kershaw
References
The Doctor
- The Doctor has something like a calendar of when his friends will die.
Individuals
- The Doctor dies, killed by Nobody No One.
- Evelyn dies of a heart attack, capturing Nobody No One as she does though.
- Henry Noone writes a story of what he thinks Ace would be like in 10 years, if they married, and through a complicated process through time, creates Dr Dorothy Noone, a being capable of cobating the Word Lord; Nobody No One.
Locations
- The Doctor and Ace search the remains of the Forge's building for alien technology with Captain Stillwell of UNIT.
- Ace meets up with Henry Noone on a couple of occasions in The White Rabbit pub.
TARDIS
- The Doctor's TARDIS is still white.
- Ace can't fly the TARDIS.
Time travel
- Evelyn Rossiter was transported from Világ to the planet via a temporal device.
- The people of Pelachan are descendants of a time ship that crashed on their planet.
Notes
- This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast.
- This release includes isolated music as an extra track.
Continuity
- Nobody No One previously appeared in BFA: Forty-Five.
- Evelyn mentions meeting Caesar's parents (BFA: 100), Charles Darwin (BFA: Bloodtide), 'leaping from steam trains in the wild west' (CC: A Town Called Fortune) and 'bouncing about Axos with that poor boy Brewster'. (BFA: The Feast of Axos)
- Evelyn met the Seventh Doctor in BFA: Thicker Than Water.
Timeline
- A Death in the Family occurs after: BFA: Project Destiny
- A Death in the Family occurs before: BFA: Lurker's at Sunlight's Edge
External links
- Official A Death in the Family page at bigfinish.com
- A Death in the Family at the Doctor Who Reference Guide