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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 [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]]. This audio was released in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2001 (releases)|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 in the main range, the second being [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]''. Both stories feature Mel. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-seventh [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]]. This audio was released in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2001 (releases)|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 in the main range, the second being [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]''. Both stories feature Mel. | ||
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When the evil [[Skelloid]]s launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the [[Generios system]], its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. | When the evil [[Skelloid]]s launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the [[Generios system]], its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. | ||
So it's lucky that the Doctor, that famous traveller in time and space, is in the area, and that he, along with his pretty young assistant, [[Sally-Anne Stubbins|Sally-Anne]], manages to defeat the deadly creatures and save the day. | So it's lucky that the Doctor, that famous traveller in [[time]] and space, is in the area, and that he, along with his pretty young [[companion|assistant]], [[Sally-Anne Stubbins|Sally-Anne]], manages to defeat the deadly creatures and save the day. | ||
But now it looks as though the Doctor's luck has run out. | But now it looks as though the Doctor's luck has run out. | ||
Who is the [[Sixth Doctor|mysterious, curly-haired stranger]], intent on causing trouble? What role does the feisty redhead [[Melanie Bush|Melanie]] play in his scheme? And what have they to do with the sinister alien cylinder approaching Generios? | Who is the [[Sixth Doctor|mysterious, curly-haired stranger]], intent on causing trouble? What role does the feisty redhead [[Melanie Bush|Melanie]] play in his scheme? And what have they to do with the sinister alien [[The Cylinder|cylinder]] approaching Generios? | ||
One thing is certain: for the Doctor and Sally-Anne, there's deadly danger ahead... | One thing is certain: for the Doctor and Sally-Anne, there's deadly danger ahead... | ||
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=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
* 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. | * 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]], about seven | * Mel lived in a large house in [[Pease Pottage]], about seven [[mile]]s from town. | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
* [[ | * The [[Spraxis Jelloids|Spraxis]] [[Jelloid]]s are large, single-celled organisms who can live in excess of fifty million years. | ||
* The [[Sinister Sponges]] worship the [[Loofah of Life]]. | * The [[Sinister Sponges]] worship the [[Loofah of Life]]. | ||
* A Spaag | * A [[Spaag]] from [[Vishtek 3]] ate Sally-Anne's Aunty Sue. | ||
* The [[Quark]]s are mentioned by Banto. | * The [[Quark]]s are mentioned by Banto. | ||
=== Planets === | === Planets === | ||
* Banto Zane is from the planet [[Osphogus]], which was terraformed five thousand years | * [[Banto Zane]] is from the planet [[Osphogus]], which was terraformed five thousand years before the time of the story. | ||
* The Jelloid is expecting a home entertainment system from the planet [[Bendalos]]. The depot for said entertainment system is on [[Sirrinus Traxia]]. | * The Jelloid is expecting a [[home entertainment system]] from the planet [[Bendalos]]. The depot for said entertainment system is on [[Sirrinus Traxia]]. | ||
* [[Abydos]] is located in the [[Rim Worlds]]; nothing much is out there. | * [[Abydos]] is located in the [[Rim Worlds]]; nothing much is out there. | ||
[[File:Dwm312_theonedoctor.jpg|thumb|Illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]] from DWM 312.]] | [[File:Dwm312_theonedoctor.jpg|thumb|Illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]] from DWM 312.]] | ||
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== 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" | * 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". This alludes to a popular means of defeating misguided or evil [[computer]]s in ''[[Star Trek]]'' but also references [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | ||
* The names that the Cylinder calls the Doctor hail from specific stories: [[Johann Schmidt]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'', ''[[Klein's Story]]'', ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]''), Doktor von Wer ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''), 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 names that the Cylinder calls the Doctor hail from specific stories: [[Johann Schmidt]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'', ''[[Klein's Story]]'', ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]''), Doktor von Wer ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''), 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]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') | * The Doctor claims that he has very good eyesight in the dark due to drinking so much [[carrot juice]]. (Mel would have forced him to drin it.) ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
* Mel mentions the fact that she has "the memory of an [[elephant]]" is a running gag between herself and the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') | * Mel mentions the fact that she has "the memory of an [[elephant]]" is a running gag between herself and the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') | ||
* The Sixth Doctor's comment that his hair stands on end in the presence of another self is | * The Sixth Doctor's comment that his hair stands on end in the presence of another self is later mentioned in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'', when he arrives in a pocket dimension at the same time as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
