Calamity Jenny (audio story)
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Calamity Jenny was the third story in the audio anthology Still Running, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney, and featured Georgia Tennant as Jenny and Sean Biggerstaff as Noah.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When Noah and Jenny mosey on into the Old West, it's surely a coincidence that Jenny looks exactly like the town's most notorious outlaw. But as they'll discover, anyone who crosses 'Calamity Jenny' suffers an unlucky fate – and it's usually fatal.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jenny - Georgia Tennant
- Noah - Sean Biggerstaff
- Narrator / Train Driver - Michael Brandon
- Marion "Momma" Stokes - Jana Carpenter
- Sherriff Sparrow / Virgil - James Goode
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jenny is in possession of a crystal that drains the wearer and those around them of their good luck. The "unlucky charm" ends up in the possession of an eye witness who is desperately trying to give it away after feeling its effects. This new owner states that the owner of such charm tends to end up dead.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Similar to how the Torchwood audio series had remixes for their theme tunes to represent their settings, such as the Victorian theme and the 1950s theme, Joe Kraemer was given the chance to recreate the Jenny theme in the style of that of a Western film.
- According to the behind the scenes, the title "Calamity Jenny" existed long before the storyline.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- At first glance, it appears that Jenny has a doppelgänger with whom she gets confused. This happened to the First Doctor and the Abbot of Amboise, (TV: The Massacre) the Second Doctor and Ramón Salamander, (TV: The Enemy of the World) the Sixth Doctor and Maxil, (TV: Arc of Infinity) and others. Unlike the aforementioned examples, Calamity and Jenny end up as the same person, one of whom is three months older than the other.
- Similar to the events of The Broken Clock, which sees Dick Zodiac telling the tale of one of Missy's misadventure, which may or may not be factually accurate, this adventure is told second-hand by the investigator and eye witness to the outcome of these events.
- Jenny is travelling through space-time via the vortex manipulator, once owned by Dorium Maldovar, given to her by Sogo at the end of her adventure on New Damson. (AUDIO: Altered Status)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Calamity Jenny page at bigfinish.com
