The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (audio story)

It’s time for the trip of a lifetime! Come along on one of Thadeus Nook's Time Tours. See history as it really was. Get to witness wars and assassinations! See barbarian warlords right up close!

The Doctor and Leela encounter a most enterprising young gentleman – using time travel for his own financial gain. The Doctor is horrified at the irresponsibility – but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Because Thadeus Nook is about to learn that history is often best left in the past.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Tom Baker
Leela - Louise Jameson
Thadeus Nook - Brendan Murphy
Karlos / Guard / Reveller - Tim Bentinck
Flaia / Stallholder - Georgina Hellier
Lem / Lieutenant Muller - Arthur Hughes
Krillian / Cop / Halder - Christopher Naylor
Jess / Young Woman - Laura Riseborough
Grannus Drek - Kieran Bew

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Ryan Aplin
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Writer - Andrew Smith

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor reads H. G. Wells's The Time Machine to Leela.

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thadeus offers to buy Jess a slap-up takeaway Kronkburger and later the Doctor and Leela also have a kronkburger.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thadeus Nook takes his tour to see the Normandy landings, although they leave before the battle commences.
Thadeus Nook takes Leela and his tour to see the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Working titles for the story included Thadeus Nook's Time Tours and The Time Tours of Thadeus Nook. Eventually, Tribulations was settled on because the word has serious connotations while also sounding quite flippant by virtue of being more old-fashioned. (BFX: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook)
Andrew Smith envisioned the character of Thadeus Nook first before the story ideas. (BFX: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook)
The story partially was influenced by the TV Comic story, The Amateur, in which the Doctor encounters another amateur human time traveller. (BFX: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook)
Smith also drew some inspiration from The Romans and The Gunfighters, two stories which balance a lighter comedic tone with a darker tone, one of which transitions to the other as the story progresses. When writing Tribulations, Smith chose the scene of the Kennedy assassination as the moment which the hitherto lighthearted story begins to take on a more serious tone. (BFX: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook)
This story was recorded on 19 and 21 September 2016 at Audio Sorcery.
The story's cover art names many years and planets from across Doctor Who as potential destinations of Thadeus Nook's Time Tours, including Utopia, Woman Wept, and Midnight.
A relatively unaltered picture of Peter from The Beast Below ^[+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] is used on the cover art to represent a member of the Cult of Drek.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor arrives shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Ninth Doctor would later be there for the assassination itself (TV: Rose) Another Renegade Time Lord, the Designer Berenyi altered the timeline to ensure the assassination. (PROSE: Untitled)
The Doctor remembers two of his friends having their memories wiped and sent back to their original times. (TV: The War Games)

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Alternate cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook page at bigfinish.com