Foreshadowing (audio story)
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Foreshadowing was the eighth story of the fifth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It was read by India Fisher.
Publisher's summary
A young lieutenant is sent to interrogate two strangers who were apprehended whilst intruding at a secure RAF base. The man seems strangely familiar, could pass for Lord Byron, and says he’s an alien; meanwhile his female friend is apparently from 1930. As the lieutenant tries to find out what they’re doing on his base, something connects them with a strange incident earlier in the day: stories of a giant insect…
Characters
References
- Time Roaches live in the time vortex and can be caught using a time trap.
- Mike Yates quotes from Alice in Wonderland.
- Charley looks 18 or 19 years old.
- The Doctor's appearance is compared to Lord Byron.
- The Doctor serves tea.
- The TARDIS can be placed in temporal stasis, putting it partly-materialised out of the vortex.
Notes
- This story was available for download only.
Continuity
- The Doctor calls Lieutenant Mike Yates by his future rank of Captain. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice, TV: Terror of the Autons)
- The Doctor says he has just dropped off William Shakespeare in Warwickshire in the 16th century. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
- The Time Roach doesn't like Charley, though she and the Doctor don't talk about why it doesn't. (AUDIO: Neverland)
- Mike is informed by his group captain that the base will be visited by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and UNIT to investigate a missing plane. (AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones)
- Group captain has heard good things about the Brigadier from "Chunky" Gilmore. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
External links
- Official Foreshadowing page at bigfinish.com
