The Mummy Speaks! (audio story)
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The Mummy Speaks! was the first story in the audio anthology Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard.
Publisher's summary
The Carnaval de Paris, 1841. Amid the sideshow tents, the Doctor and Charley discover something truly novel: an Ancient Egyptian mummy that speaks - despite being dead for more than 4,000 years!
But what the mummy has to say translates into terror for the TARDIS twosome... and proclaims doom for the entire world.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charlotte Pollard - India Fisher
- Khaset - Cyril Nri
- Cagliostro / Gorilla - John Banks
- Le Roi / Baron / Carriage Driver / Barker - Mark Elstob
Worldbuilding
- Charley is looking forward to having her portrait done by Toulouse Lautrec in Paris.
- The Doctor mentions his everlasting matches.
- Napoleon's body was brought back to Paris in December, 1840. He led his forces into Cairo in 1801.
- The Doctor explains not all the ancient languages are recorded in the TARDIS databank for translation.
- Cleopatra's time was 1000 years after Khaset.
Notes
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Continuity
- Charley reminds the Doctor they flew over France on the back of a Vortisaur named Ramsay. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
- The Doctor recalls travelling with Mary Shelley. (AUDIO: Mary's Story, et al.)
- The Doctor promises he will not return Charley to the R101. (AUDIO: Neverland)
External links
- Official The Mummy Speaks! page at bigfinish.com
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