Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)

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Plight of the Pimpernel was the two hundred and seventy first audio story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Chris Chapman and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

It's 1793 and the Reign of Terror is slicing through the elite of Paris - but not if the Scarlet Pimpernel has anything to do with it! With a very British pluck, and daring bravado, he rescues French aristocrats from Madame Guillotine's embrace. But who hides beneath the Pimpernel’s mask? And isn’t the Scarlet Pimpernel just a fictional character?

At Highmoor House, in England, Peri plays lady of the manor while the Doctor tends to the strange wounds of her ‘husband’, Sir Percy Blakeney. As Peri prepares to host a lavish ball in Sir Percy’s name, French agent Citizen Donat, and a sinister alien force are uninvited guests, both intent on unmasking the Scarlet Pimpernel and putting an end to his heroic escapades, forever!

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  • The Doctor expresses that it's always been a fantasy of his to be the master of disguise.
  • The Doctor references much of the original text for Emmuska Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel and identifies the numerous Pimpernels as a League (as they are known in the sequel novel).

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  • This story was recorded on 11-12 August 2020 at the Soundhouse and remotely.
  • Working titles for the story included: The Multicoloured Pimpernel and The Scarlet Pimpernels.
  • The concept of a story featuring the Doctor as the Scarlet Pimpernel originally came from a suggestion by Colin Baker. (BFX: The Plight of the Pimpernel)
  • The ruined building on the cover, depicting Sir Percy's homeworld, resembles the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a remembrance of the 140,000 people killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
  • The cover depicts Peri with the longer curled hairstyle she had in The Mysterious Planet and Mindwarp, indicating that this story takes place during shortly before or around that period of her travels with the Sixth Doctor.

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