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'''''The Night Witches''''' was the first story of the fourth season of ''[[The Early Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Roland Moore]] and is also the first [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish Doctor Who audio story]] that he has written. It features the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]], both of whom were voiced by [[Frazer Hines]], [[Ben Jackson]] voiced by [[Elliot Chapman]] and [[Polly Wright]] voiced by [[Anneke Wills]]. | '''''The Night Witches''''' was the first story of the fourth season of ''[[The Early Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Roland Moore]] and is also the first [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish Doctor Who audio story]] that he has written. It features the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]], both of whom were voiced by [[Frazer Hines]], [[Ben Jackson]] voiced by [[Elliot Chapman]] and [[Polly Wright]] voiced by [[Anneke Wills]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
When [[the TARDIS]] materialises north of [[Stalingrad]] in [[1942]], [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] are captured by the Night Witches, an all-female unit of flyers tasked with disrupting the German forces nearing [[Moscow]]. | When [[the TARDIS]] materialises north of [[Stalingrad]] in [[1942]], [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] are captured by the [[Night Witches]], an all-female unit of flyers tasked with disrupting the [[Germany|German]] [[Wehrmacht|forces]] nearing [[Moscow]]. | ||
They suspect that the travellers are spies - part of the Germans’ Operation Barbarossa. Despite their pleas they are locked up while it is decided what to do with them. | They suspect that the travellers are [[Spy|spies]] - part of the Germans’ [[Operation Barbarossa]]. Despite their pleas they are locked up while it is decided what to do with them. | ||
Polly, however, is receiving strange looks from the pilots and clearly unnerving them. When the TARDIS crew discover why this is, it becomes clear that they’re about to get far more involved in the [[World War II|war]] than they could possibly have imagined. | Polly, however, is receiving strange looks from the pilots and clearly unnerving them. When the TARDIS crew discover why this is, it becomes clear that they’re about to get far more involved in the [[World War II|war]] than they could possibly have imagined. | ||
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*[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]/[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Frazer Hines]] | *[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]/[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Frazer Hines]] | ||
*[[Ben Jackson|Ben]] - [[Elliot Chapman]] | *[[Ben Jackson|Ben]] - [[Elliot Chapman]] | ||
*[[Tatiana Kregki]] - [[Anjella Mackintosh]] | *[[Tatiana Kregki]] - [[Anjella Mackintosh]], [[Anneke Wills]] | ||
*[[Nadia Vasney]] - [[Wanda Opalinska]] | *[[Nadia Vasney]] - [[Wanda Opalinska]] | ||
*[[Lilya Grankin]] - [[Kristina Buikaite]] | *[[Lilya Grankin]] - [[Kristina Buikaite]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*This story was recorded at [[the Moat Studios]]. | *This story was recorded at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
*Anneke Wills was originally going to be the main voice of Tatiana before she expressed doubts about her ability to put on a convincing Russian accent. ([[BFX]]: ''The Night Witches'') She does voice Tatiana when the character is impersonating Polly. | |||
*This is the second story in ''[[The Early Adventures]]'' to place the Second Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly in [[World War II]] during [[1942]]. The first is ''[[The Forsaken (audio story)|The Forsaken]]'', which is a pseudo-historical story set in the war's [[Asia]]n [[Far East Campaign|theatre]]. The same team also travelled to occupied [[France]] in [[1944]] in ''[[Resistance (audio story)|Resistance]]'', part of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * The Doctor is teaching his companions how to fly the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Yes Men (audio story)|The Yes Men]]'') | ||
* Ben compares the winter weather to the [[South Pole]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
* The Doctor recalls a previous trip to Russia. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'') | |||
* The Doctor compares the standoff in the TARDIS to a gunfight in the Wild West. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') | |||
* Polly recalls how she worked for [[Professor]] [[Brett (The War Machines)|Brett]] and [[WOTAN]], and how she met Ben in the [[Inferno (club)|Inferno]] [[nightclub]], when she first met [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Dodo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
