Punchline (audio story)
Punchline was the second audio in Season 3 of BBV Productions' Audio Adventures in Time & Space anthology series, as well as the tenth and final release of the The Time Travellers subseries (notwithstanding the later release of a novelisation of the first entry in the series).
It starred Sylvester McCoy as the Dominie, an analogue of the Seventh Doctor, but was the only episode not to feature his Ace-esque companion Alice as previously played by Sophie Aldred. For this reason, the plural Time Travellers branding was abandoned, with the cover merely bearing the name of The Dominie.
In addition to its placement in the Time Travellers series, the play was also of interest as the first contribution by Rob Shearman (writing under the pseudonym of "Jeremy Leadbetter") to the Doctor Who universe. Shearman would go on to write multiple mainline Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions as well as the pivotal Series 1 episode of televised Who, Dalek.
Publisher's summary
A perfect house...
A perfect son...
A perfect wife...
Wife?
When your life is a 70s sit-com and every episode ends happily, why on Earth would you want to change?
In Suburbton, no one can hear you scream...
Plot
to be written
Cast
- The Dominie / Dominic - Sylvester McCoy
- June - Susan Travers
- Sir - Barry J. Gordon
- Kevin - Neil Bull
Crew
References
to be written
Notes
- This story was one of multiple The Time Travellers stories to receive a new alternative cover on the renewed BBV Productions website in 2021.
- The exact nature of June Perkins and the illusory world are never clarified. However, its rules, and its eventual dissolving into a white void, may suggest that the story should come across as a serial-numbers-filed-off sequel to The Mind Robber, set in the Land of Fiction. This would imply that June is the current Master of the Land.
Continuity
to be written
External links
- Official Punchline page at bbvproductions.co.uk
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