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Publisher's summary
Thirty years on from the Daleks' invasion of Earth, the scars still haven't healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years, a world of crop shortages and civil unrest. A world where the brightest and best of its young people are drawn to the xenophobic Earth United group.
A world sliding into a new Dark Age, believes Susan Campbell, widow of one of the heroes of the Occupation. A world in need of alien intervention. A world in need of hope.
But as Susan takes drastic action to secure the planet's future, she's oblivious to the fact that her student son, Alex, ensnared by Earth United, is in need of alien intervention too. Or so Alex's great-grandfather thinks.
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Susan Campbell - Carol Ann Ford
- Alex Campbell - Jake McGann
- Holly Barrett - Sheryl Gannaway
- Marion Fleming/Hope - Leslie Ash
- Faisal Jensen/Reporter - Matt Addis
- Duncan - Ian Hallard
- President of the Earth Council/Policeman/Air Control/Helicopter Pilot/Reporter - Ian Brooker
References
- Slythers are now the stuff of fairytales to the youth of Earth.
Notes
- This was a special release given away to Big Finish subscribers who had Plague of the Daleks as part of their subscription.
- This release will be available to non-subscribers in December of 2010.
- The fact this will be released to non-subscribers might be an indication that it is somehow connected to Relative Dimensions due out in late 2010, which also features Susan Foreman and Alex Campbell.
Continuity
- Earth is still in ruin after the events of the Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- Susan remembers her last encounter with the Doctor in The Five Doctors, which may confirm that, since Sarah Jane doesn't mention it, but it is in her memories, that the Timelords DID NOT erase the memories of the people involved in The Five Doctors.
Timeline
- An Earthly Child occurs after: BFA: Death in Blackpool
- An Earthly Child occurs before: BFA: Situation Vacant