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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-seventh [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured the [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] and [[Melanie Bush]]. This audio was released in [[December]] [[2001]] and was considered Big Finish's "Christmas release", it has a notably comic slant to the story, it is the first of two Christmas releases, the second was [[ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-seventh [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured the [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] and [[Melanie Bush]]. This audio was released in [[December]] [[2001]] and was considered Big Finish's "Christmas release", it has a notably comic slant to the story, it is the first of two Christmas releases, the second was [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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=== [[:Category:Locations|Locations]] === | === [[:Category:Locations|Locations]] === | ||
* In [[June]] [[1975]], the [[Second Doctor]] based himself in [[Woking]] during the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] invasion. ([[ | * In [[June]] [[1975]], the [[Second Doctor]] based himself in [[Woking]] during the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'') The back bedroom had purple wall paper. | ||
* Mel lived in a large house in [[Pease Pottage]], around seven miles from town. | * Mel lived in a large house in [[Pease Pottage]], around seven miles from town. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the first of Big Finish Productions' "Christmas releases" stories. They are a bit more light-hearted than other releases. The following year's (2002) Christmas release was ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'' a story again parodying popular media-culture. In years following ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom'''s release, Big Finish offered [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#Subscriber-Only|subscriber only]] special releases, thought they tend to cover all genres rather than the lighter-toned style that this story and ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom'' use. | * This is the first of Big Finish Productions' "Christmas releases" stories. They are a bit more light-hearted than other releases. The following year's (2002) Christmas release was ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'' a story again parodying popular media-culture. In years following ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom'''s release, Big Finish offered [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#Subscriber-Only|subscriber only]] special releases, thought they tend to cover all genres rather than the lighter-toned style that this story and ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom'' use. | ||
* The third episode features the alternative Delaware version of the ''Doctor Who'' theme tune, a nod to the overseas print of [[ | * The third episode features the alternative Delaware version of the ''Doctor Who'' theme tune, a nod to the overseas print of [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[28 April|28]] and [[29 April]] [[2001]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[28 April|28]] and [[29 April]] [[2001]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Mentos asks the Doctor if he's going to use one of those ''"fox the computer conundrums...the last thing I said was false and all that",'' which was first mentioned in [[ | * Mentos asks the Doctor if he's going to use one of those ''"fox the computer conundrums...the last thing I said was false and all that",'' which was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | ||
* The names that the Cylinder calls the Doctor hail from specific stories: [[Johann Schmidt]] ([[ | * The names that the Cylinder calls the Doctor hail from specific stories: [[Johann Schmidt]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Klein's Story]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''), Ka Faraq Gatri ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') Theta Sigma ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') and Snail ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''). | ||
* The Doctor claims that he has very good eyesight in the dark due to drinking so much [[carrot juice]]. ([[ | * The Doctor claims that he has very good eyesight in the dark due to drinking so much [[carrot juice]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
* Mel mentions that the fact she seemingly has "the memory of an elephant" is a running gag between herself and the Doctor. ([[ | * Mel mentions that the fact she seemingly has "the memory of an elephant" is a running gag between herself and the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{bigfinish|27-Doctor-Who-The-One-Doctor|The One Doctor}} | * {{bigfinish|27-Doctor-Who-The-One-Doctor|The One Doctor}} |