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|image = | |image = DRS0403 Whodunnit.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | |series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | ||
|number = 4.3 | |number = 4.3 | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = The Diary of River Song: Series Four | ||
|range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | |range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | ||
|series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Four | |series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Four | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|main character = [[River Song]] | |main character = [[River Song]] | ||
|featuring =[[Franz Kafka]] | |featuring = [[Franz Kafka]] | ||
|enemy = [[Discordia]] | |enemy = [[Discordia]] | ||
|setting =[[Vienna]] | |setting = [[Vienna]] and [[107 Baker Street]], [[1920s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Matt Fitton | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 4 September 2018 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = | |production code =BFPDWRIVER04 | ||
|isbn = | |isbn =ISBN 978-1-78703-503-4 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-504-1 (digital) | ||
|prev = Kings of Infinite Space (audio story) | |prev = Kings of Infinite Space (audio story) | ||
|next = Someone I Once Knew (audio story) | |next = Someone I Once Knew (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
{{you may|Whodunnit? (comic story)|n1=the Eleventh Doctor comic story}} | {{you may|Whodunnit? (comic story)|n1=the Eleventh Doctor comic story}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the audio anthology, ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]: [[The Diary of River Song: Series Four|Series Four]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the audio anthology, ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]: [[The Diary of River Song: Series Four|Series Four]]''. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Cissy]] / [[Thelma Sketch]] - [[Shvorne Marks]] | * [[Cissy]] / [[Thelma Sketch]] - [[Shvorne Marks]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Mr [[Max Brod|Brod]] visits [[Franz Kafka]] as he was dying. He is hesitating whether to fulfil Kafka's will and burn all his writing. [[Dora Diamant|Dora]] is on her way to Kafka's deathbed. | * Mr [[Max Brod|Brod]] visits [[Franz Kafka]] as he was dying. He is hesitating whether to fulfil Kafka's will and burn all his writing. [[Dora Diamant|Dora]] is on her way to Kafka's deathbed. | ||
* Kafka used [[St Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]] as a model for the virtual construct. | * Kafka used [[St Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]] as a model for the virtual construct. | ||
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* River steals the TARDIS from the [[107 Baker Street|Doctor's Baker Street apartment]]. | * River steals the TARDIS from the [[107 Baker Street|Doctor's Baker Street apartment]]. | ||
* Dante based his performance as a detective on a character by [[Agatha Christie]]. | * Dante based his performance as a detective on a character by [[Agatha Christie]]. | ||
* River mentions [[River Song's trial|her trial]] following her alleged [[murder]] of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Several of the characters were inspired by famous fictional detectives: [[Thelma Sketch]] with her dog by {{w|Velma Dinkley}} and [[Scooby Doo]]; Lord [[Simon Whist]] by {{w|Lord Peter Wimsey}}; the persona assumed by [[Dante (Time in a Bottle)|Dante]] is largely based on [[Hercule Poirot]] (he even admits basing it on a character of [[Agatha Christie]] in the story itself). <ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Four]]''</ref> | * Several of the characters were inspired by famous fictional detectives: [[Thelma Sketch]] with her dog by {{w|Velma Dinkley}} and [[Scooby-Doo]]; Lord [[Simon Whist]] by {{w|Lord Peter Wimsey}}; the persona assumed by [[Dante (Time in a Bottle)|Dante]] is largely based on [[Hercule Poirot]] (he even admits basing it on a character of [[Agatha Christie]] in the story itself).<ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Four]]''</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* River goes by the name Melody Malone for much of this adventure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (novel)|The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery]], [[AUDIO]]: [[The Sonomancer (audio story)|The Sonomancer]] | * River goes by the name Melody Malone for much of this adventure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (novel)|The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sonomancer (audio story)|The Sonomancer]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-diary-of-river-song-series-04-1742|The Diary of River Song: Series Four}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:The Diary of River Song: Series Four audio stories]] | [[Category:The Diary of River Song: Series Four audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Vienna]] | [[Category:Stories set in Vienna]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1920s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1920s]] | ||
