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|number = 5 | |number = 5 | ||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Adric]], [[ | |companions = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|featuring = [[Harry Houdini]], [[Eleventh Doctor]] | |featuring = [[Harry Houdini|Houdini]], [[Eleventh Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = {{Ainley|c}} | |enemy = {{Ainley|c}} | ||
|setting = [[England]], | |setting = [[England]], late [[1920s]] | ||
|writer = [[Steve Lyons]] | |writer = [[Steve Lyons]] | ||
|director = [[John Ainsworth]] | |director = [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
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|prev = Babblesphere (audio story) | |prev = Babblesphere (audio story) | ||
|next = Trouble in Paradise (audio story) | |next = Trouble in Paradise (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
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'''''Smoke and Mirrors''''' was the fifth release of the ''[[Destiny of the Doctor]]'' audio series, produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] for [[AudioGO]]. | '''''Smoke and Mirrors''''' was the fifth release of the ''[[Destiny of the Doctor]]'' audio series, produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] for [[AudioGO]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] answers a [[psionic]] distress call being sent from [[England]] in the [[1920s]]. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: [[Harry Houdini]]. To [[Adric]] and [[Nyssa]] the name means very little, but to the Doctor's companion [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] he is a legend. [[Escape artist]] extraordinaire, Houdini's reputation will last for decades. | [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] answers a [[psionic]] [[distress call]] being sent from [[England]] in the [[1920s]]. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: [[Harry Houdini]]. To [[Adric]] and [[Nyssa]] the name means very little, but to the Doctor's companion [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] he is a legend. [[Escape artist]] extraordinaire, Houdini's reputation will last for decades. | ||
But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground's [[fortune teller]], who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. | But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground's [[fortune teller]], who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Instead of travelling to [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] follows a [[psionic beam]] to an [[England|English]] [[funfair]] in the late [[1920s]] and introduces [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] to [[Harry Houdini]], who wants his help to debunk the inexplicable abilities of a [[medium]]. The Doctor has his [[companion]]s stand guard whilst he and Houdini inspect the medium's booth and find her [[crystal ball]], which is actually an [[Ovid Sphere]] capable of reflecting [[thought]]s and [[memory|memories]]. He uses the sphere and is told by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] that he has to return it to the Ovids. | |||
The three companions accidentally wander into the [[menagerie]] and are confronted with a [[tiger]] which Adric runs from in the hope of buying time for Nyssa and Tegan to escape, but they are chased by a [[leopard]]. Adric is saved by [[hypnosis|hypnotised]] fairground workers and taken by them to a [[theatre]]. Meanwhile, Nyssa also has an odd encounter, with a man wearing the face of her lost father: The Master. He takes hypnotic control of her, and forces her to abduct Tegan and bring her to the theatre as well. | |||
The Doctor tries to make telepathic contact with the sphere, and is successful, though it hurts him. As he is about to make progress, he is interrupted by the image and voice of a [[Eleventh Doctor|young man wearing a bow tie]]. He tells the Fifth Doctor that he will soon be tempted to destroy the sphere, but he must not. Instead, he must return it to its rightful owners, the Ovids. At the same time, he is interrupted by Tegan's scream, which the sphere has also picked up; he realises that they are in danger, and he has failed to help them. | The Doctor tries to make telepathic contact with the sphere, and is successful, though it hurts him. As he is about to make progress, he is interrupted by the image and voice of a [[Eleventh Doctor|young man wearing a bow tie]]. He tells the Fifth Doctor that he will soon be tempted to destroy the sphere, but he must not. Instead, he must return it to its rightful owners, the Ovids. At the same time, he is interrupted by Tegan's scream, which the sphere has also picked up; he realises that they are in danger, and he has failed to help them. | ||