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|companions = [[Peri Brown]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown]] | ||
|enemy = [[Llangragen]] | |enemy = [[Llangragen]] | ||
|setting = [[12 Arcadia Gardens]] | |setting = [[12 Arcadia Gardens]]; [[Houseproud]] | ||
|writer = [[Nev Fountain]] | |writer = [[Nev Fountain]] | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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|prev = An Eye For Murder (audio story) | |prev = An Eye For Murder (audio story) | ||
|next = Revenge of the Swarm (audio story) | |next = Revenge of the Swarm (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology, ''[[Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories]]'', which comprised the one hundred and eighty-eighth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nev Fountain]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology, ''[[Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories]]'', which comprised the one hundred and eighty-eighth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nev Fountain]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Michael Jennings|Michael]] goes with his father, [[Geoffrey Jennings|Geoff]], to [[Houseproud]] where he unknowingly gets his father fired by lighting a [[candle]] and setting off the [[fire alarm]] whilst trying to help [[customer (The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time)|a customer]]. Geoff | [[Michael Jennings|Michael]] goes with his father, [[Geoffrey Jennings|Geoff]], to [[Houseproud]] where he unknowingly gets his father fired by lighting a [[candle]] and setting off the [[fire alarm]] whilst trying to help [[customer (The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time)|a customer]]. Geoff had an argument with Michael's mother, [[Olivia Jennings|Olivia]], during which Michael goes into the [[garden]] and counts the [[garden gnome]]s, finding that there is 130 rather than 129. Michael notices that his father resembles a gnome in his [[fishing]] clothes and decides to solve the mystery of the extra gnome, but he is taken to stay with his [[Peggy (The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time)|Auntie Peggy]] after the [[police]] visit to give Olivia unfortunate news. | ||
After a few days, Michael returns home and learns that his father [[drowning|drowned]] whilst fishing, which does not make sense to him. He sees [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] in the garden through his [[bedroom]] [[window]] at [[night]] and, assuming that they are investigating the extra gnome, he goes to Houseproud where the gnomes have been returned and purchases the gnome he does not recognise. He deduces that the gnome must be his father and attempts to interview it, but he is interrupted by the arrival of the Doctor and Peri, who claim to be [[social worker]]s when Olivia comes to the front door. The Doctor informs her that [[Llangragen]] of the [[Genoi]], who resembles a gnome, sent out an invitation to the house which led to Geoff being fired for stealing gnomes from work. | After a few days, Michael returns home and learns that his father [[drowning|drowned]] whilst fishing, which does not make sense to him. He sees [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] in the garden through his [[bedroom]] [[window]] at [[night]] and, assuming that they are investigating the extra gnome, he goes to Houseproud where the gnomes have been returned and purchases the gnome he does not recognise. He deduces that the gnome must be his father and attempts to interview it, but he is interrupted by the arrival of the Doctor and Peri, who claim to be [[social worker]]s when Olivia comes to the front door. The Doctor informs her that [[Llangragen]] of the [[Genoi]], who resembles a gnome, sent out an invitation to the house which led to Geoff being fired for stealing gnomes from work. | ||
Olivia slams the door on the Doctor and Peri and Michael continues his interview of the gnome he believes to be his father. The gnome talks to him and orders him to take him back to Houseproud, but Michael does not wish himself or his mother to be sad and traps him in a [[box]] so that he cannot leave, after which he paints a gnome to resemble this one and puts it in the [[shed]] window to lure the Doctor. He locks the Doctor in the shed as he believes him to be the chief gnome given that he does not change his [[clothes]] and demands that he returns his father to [[human]] form, | Olivia slams the door on the Doctor and Peri and Michael continues his interview of the gnome he believes to be his father. The gnome talks to him and orders him to take him back to Houseproud, but Michael does not wish himself or his mother to be sad and traps him in a [[box]] so that he cannot leave, after which he paints a gnome to resemble this one and puts it in the [[shed]] window to lure the Doctor. He locks the Doctor in the shed as he believes him to be the chief gnome given that he does not change his [[clothes]] and demands that he returns his father to [[human]] form, heading back inside to fetch the gnome from the box when he begins to suspect that he might indeed by Llangragen and not his father. | ||
Olivia lets the Doctor out of the shed and, after listening to his claims about the Genoi, says that Michael will not be so easily convinced to give up on the notion that Llangragen is his father. He, Peri and Olivia go to Houseproud where Llangragen awakens the [[13th Genoi Battalion]] and Michael, overcoming his feelings of overstimulation, sets off the fire alarm by lighting candles to destroy the Genoi and Llangragen's damper device. After having [[dinner]], the Doctor sits with Michael in the garden and tells him that his father is still alive in his memory. Michael closes his eyes to remember his father and the Doctor slips away, leaving in the TARDIS as Michael remembers his father telling him that he is special. | |||
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== Cast == | == Cast == |