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A poison pen letter isn't literally written in poison
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|number = 188c | |number = 188c | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Maria Backhouse]] | ||
|setting = [[St Ursula's College]], [[England]], [[September]] [[1939]] | |setting = [[St Ursula's College]], [[England]], [[September]] [[1939]] | ||
|writer = [[Una McCormack]] | |writer = [[Una McCormack]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The year is [[1939]], and a case of poison pen letters at [[St Ursula's College]] threatens to change the course of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Fortunately thriller writer | The year is [[1939]], and a case of poison pen letters at [[St Ursula's College]] threatens to change the course of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Fortunately thriller [[writer]] [[Susan Perry|Miss Sarah Perry]] is on hand to investigate... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Following strange energy readings, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] takes [[Peri Brown|Peri]] to [[St Ursula's College]] in [[September]] [[1939]] where she is mistaken by [[Petherbridge|Dr Petherbridge]] for [[Susan Perry]], a thriller [[writer]] whom she is expecting. Dr Petherbridge tells Peri that anonymous poison pen [[letter]]s have been sent to [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[physicist]] [[Ruth Horwitz|Dr Horwitz]] and, to avoid involving the [[police]] and damaging the college's reputation, asks her to look into it, which the Doctor agrees that they will do. | |||
Peri vists Dr Horwtiz and looks at the letters, discovering that Dr Horwitz is a [[Jew]] who fled [[Europe]] and the letters threaten her on account of her Jewish identity. The Doctor, meanwhile, is warned to not wonder about and is left to his own devices when he wonders off to find the energy source and is discovered by Dr Joan Dalton who warns him that he must hide in order to not give a poor impression to undergraduate [[student]]s. | |||
Peri questions Dr [[Maria Backhouse|Backhouse]] who tells Peri to talk to Doctor Dalton, claiming her politics betray her. The Doctor and Peri meet up to discuss the situation and Peri reveals that Doctor Backhouse pointed her to Doctor Dalton. Just then the announcement for the declaration of war is heard over the college speakers, announcing the beginning of [[World War II]]. Later Peri and the Doctor discuss their suspects when suddenly Ruth bursts in exclaiming that someone tried to [[Murder|kill]] her while she was working. | Peri questions Dr [[Maria Backhouse|Backhouse]] who tells Peri to talk to Doctor Dalton, claiming her politics betray her. The Doctor and Peri meet up to discuss the situation and Peri reveals that Doctor Backhouse pointed her to Doctor Dalton. Just then the announcement for the declaration of war is heard over the college speakers, announcing the beginning of [[World War II]]. Later Peri and the Doctor discuss their suspects when suddenly Ruth bursts in exclaiming that someone tried to [[Murder|kill]] her while she was working. | ||
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* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* [[Maria Backhouse|Dr | * [[Maria Backhouse|Dr Maria Backhouse]] - [[Jemma Churchill]] | ||
* [[Joan Dalton|Dr | * [[Joan Dalton|Dr Joan Dalton]] - [[Allison McKenzie]] | ||
* [[Petherbridge|Dr | * [[Petherbridge|Dr Petherbridge]] - [[Janet Henfrey]] | ||
* [[Ruth Horwitz|Dr | * [[Ruth Horwitz|Dr Ruth Horwitz]] - [[Jessica Knappett]] | ||
* Policeman - [[Andy Secombe]] | * Policeman - [[Andy Secombe]] | ||
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* The Doctor wears a [[London]] drape suit while visiting [[St Ursula's College]]. | * The Doctor wears a [[London]] drape suit while visiting [[St Ursula's College]]. | ||
* Peri describes the Doctor's coat as resembling "an explosion in a paint factory." | * Peri describes the Doctor's coat as resembling "an explosion in a paint factory." | ||
* Peri likes [[coffee]]. | |||
* [[Ruth Horwitz|Dr. Ruth Horwitz]] is [[Judaism|Jewish]]. She has been receiving anti-Semitic poison pen letters for two to three months. | * [[Ruth Horwitz|Dr. Ruth Horwitz]] is [[Judaism|Jewish]]. She has been receiving anti-Semitic poison pen letters for two to three months. | ||
* [[Joan Dalton|Dr. Joan Dalton]] is a [[Communism|Communist]] while [[Maria Backhouse|Dr. Maria Backhouse]] is a [[Nazi]]. | * [[Joan Dalton|Dr. Joan Dalton]] is a [[Communism|Communist]] while [[Maria Backhouse|Dr. Maria Backhouse]] is a [[Nazi]]. | ||