Broadway Belongs to Me! (audio story)

Broadway Belongs to Me!
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mel
Main setting:	New York City, February 1930s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matthew Sweet
Director:	Helen Goldwyn
Producer:	Jacqueline Rayner
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	3.1
Part of:	Purity Unleashed
Release date:	23 May 2023
Format:	1 CD Download 1st of 3 stories
Production code:	BFPDWDR0603
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-888-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-889-9 (digital)
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Broadway Belongs to Me! was the first story in the audio anthology Purity Unleashed, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matthew Sweet and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor and Mel begin their search for Hebe in 1930s New York, where history is taking a dark turn all of its own. On Broadway, they discover a genuine aberration of the timestreams: Behold America! - a hot shoe show set in a future Fascist United States. Starring Melanie Bush. Opening tonight...

Plot

Part one

Looking for temporal distortion in the hopes of finding Hebe, the Doctor and Mel run several discreet tests in New York City and overhear comedian Karel Lombard espousing Nazi propaganda in advance of the American Bund's rally at Madison Square Garden. They learn of and view Behold America!, a nationalist musical comedy at the Rivoli Theater which stars a double of Mel. The Doctor feels a temporal twinge and, going to leave, he and Mel encounter another Doctor, explaining the Doctor's headache.

The other Doctor warns the Doctor and Mel to leave the theatre and return in an hour to collect his coat and tip the cloakroom lady. After doing so, they travel back in time and Mel joins the show by approaching Julian Arnstein in Times Square, rehearsing for five weeks with psionic relays in her shoes to assist in her dancing. Frances Drouet suspects that Julian has lied about his past, so the Doctor and Mel look around with what Mel christens an anachronometer and discover that Lydia Putti is an alien with two mouths. When Mel goes on stage, Lydia pushes her into a stage flat and is hit by a weight.

Part two

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Mel - Bonnie Langford
• Frances Drouet - Rosalie Craig
• Lydia Putti - Sophie-Louise Dann
• Julian Arnstein - Graham Vick
• Karel Lombard / Chorus Boy / Stage Door Man - Nicholas Pegg
• Billy / Bystander / Customer / Tannoy - Sam Stafford
• Ticket Lady - Helen Goldwyn

Uncredited cast

• Arthur Lee - Martin O'Neill

References

• The Doctor and Mel read the New York Daily News.
• The Doctor drinks coffee.
• The President of the United States is FDR.
• Oyster milk stew is the special.
• The NFL championship game was won by the Giants.
• Carole Lombard is a Hollywood actress.
• The American Bund organise a racist rally at Madison Square Garden.
• Marlene came to the United States from Germany.
• Mel practises her dancing in Bryant Park.
• Julian has never heard of hot dogs.
• Kiss Me, You Fool is a perfume sold on Seventh Avenue.

Notes

• Broadway Belongs to Me! was recorded at the Soundhouse in 2022.
• The Madison Square Gardens rally places the bulk of this story in February 1939.

Continuity

• Hebe has disappeared. (AUDIO: Chronomancer)
• Mel mentions being on the Hyperion III. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids)

External links

• Official Broadway Belongs to Me! page at bigfinish.com