Criss-Cross (audio story)
Criss-Cross was the two hundred and fourth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It featured the Sixth Doctor and properly introduced companion Constance Clarke, who had previously appeared in The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure due to its earlier than previously scheduled release. This was meant to be Constance's audio debut.
Publisher's summary
Bletchley Park. Britain's most secret weapon in the Second World War.
Inside draughty huts, the earliest computers clatter day and night, decoding enemy transmissions and revealing intelligence crucial to the country's defence. Leading WREN Mrs Constance Clarke directs her charges to provide vital assistance to the boffins stationed in the Manor House. But a recent arrival among the code-breakers, the mysterious Dr Smith, has attracted the attention of MI5's spycatchers...
Over in mainland Europe, Nazi agents are briefed, covert operations planned, and a German submarine embarks on a very secret mission.
As encrypted radio waves criss-cross the planet, unearthly forces stir. And when certain ciphers are cracked, something will emerge to threaten all humanity, regardless of allegiance...
Until now...
Plot
Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
- Robbie Flint/Cyril - Paul Thornley
- Major Harris/German Lieutenant - Alistair Petrie
- Dr Schwartzmann/Rider - Hugh Fraser
- Sylvia Wimpole/Waveform/Effy - Charlotte Salt
- Captain Unger/Dutch/British Captain/Chuadri - Robbie Stevens
References
- The Doctor wears less colourful clothing while at Bletchley Park to appear less conspicuous.
- The Doctor mockingly refers to Flint as Lord Haw Haw and the Chuadri as Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- The Doctor says he never carries weapons.
- Constance was on duty in Spring 1941 the night Alan Turing cracked the code at Bletchley Park. The Doctor thinks he is a genius.
- The Doctor compares the ingenuity of Bletchley Park to Logopolis.
- The Doctor paraphrases the phrase "the medium is the message" by theorist Marshall McLuhan.
Notes
- This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
- Subscriptions that included this story also included the audio short story The Warren Legacy.
Continuity
- Major Harris thinks that Winston Churchill would love to get hold of a machine like the TARDIS. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
External links
- Official Criss-Cross page at bigfinish.com
