Swipe Right (audio story)

There are strange rumours about the planet Crell. People have been vanishing. The mysterious Matchmaker is keen to get the populace paired up via his special dating app… but rejecting too many suitors can have fatal consequences.

It's precisely the sort of thing the Doctor would want to investigate. But unfortunately it's also precisely the sort of thing River Song would want to investigate too. The Doctor and River are on a collision course - but this time it might not be a match made in heaven.

Plot

The Doctor arrives at Barclay and Natalie's restaurant on Crell and is seated with Beth when he pretends to be meeting someone given that, like all other restaurants on Crell, they only serve couples. He pretends to be Julien, her date, and learns from her that the disappearances on the planet are due to the Matchmaker. She begrudgingly takes a napkin with his telephone number on when she leaves and, after the Doctor heads to the TARDIS to investigate the Matchmaker, River arrives and briefly speaks with the real Julien. River too is looking into the Matchmaker and assumes that Julien is being hyperbolic when he tells her that he will die if the date does not work out. Once she leaves, Barclay and Natalie report that the date was a failure despite Julien begging them not to and robots go after him and Beth.

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Cast

Worldbuilding

Paul is 37, works in finance and has a photograph in which he is posing next to a sedated marsh tiger.
Graham is 46.
Matt is 35 and works in education. He exercises.
Natalie likes her steak well done. Barclay disapproves.
Natalie is a restaurant manager.
The Doctor mentions that Herman Melville once stowed away with him.
The Doctor has seen the original stage production of Fiddler on the Roof.
According to River, champagne which does not come from the Champagne region of the Crab Nebula is just sparkling wine.
Michael is 41.

Notes

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Continuity

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External links

Official Swipe Right page at bigfinish.com