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|image = | |image = The Cars That Ate London.jpg | ||
|range = The Paternoster Gang (audio series) | |range = The Paternoster Gang (audio series){{!}}The Paternoster Gang: Heritage | ||
|series in range = Heritage 1 | |series in range = Heritage 1 | ||
|series number in range = 1 | |series number in range = 1 | ||
|number in series = 1 | |number in series = 1 | ||
|series = ''[[The Paternoster Gang (audio series)|The Paternoster Gang]]'' | |series = ''[[The Paternoster Gang (audio series)|The Paternoster Gang]]'' | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Heritage 1 | ||
|number = 1.1 | |number = 1.1 | ||
|main character = [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]], [[Strax]] | |main character = [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]], [[Strax]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Cotton (The Cars That Ate London!)|Inspector Cotton]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[The Management]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[19th century]] | |setting = [[London]], late [[19th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Joe Kraemer]] | |music = [[Joe Kraemer]] | ||
|sound = Joe Kraemer | |sound = Joe Kraemer | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 5 June 2019 | ||
|format = 1 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 3 stories | ||
|production code = BFPPATER01 | |production code = BFPPATER01 | ||
|isbn = 978-1-78703-799-1 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-799-1 (physical); SBN 978-1-78703-800-4 (digital) | ||
|prev = Prelude Heritage (audio story) | |prev = Prelude Heritage (audio story) | ||
|next = A Photograph to Remember (audio story) | |next = A Photograph to Remember (audio story) | ||
}} | |fullvid = The Paternoster Gang The Cars that Ate London! (Full Audio Episode) Doctor Who | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Heritage 1]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Neve McIntosh]] as [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]], [[Catrin Stewart]] as [[Jenny Flint]] and [[Dan Starkey]] as [[Strax]]. | |epcount = 1 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Heritage 1]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Neve McIntosh]] as [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]], [[Catrin Stewart]] as [[Jenny Flint]] and [[Dan Starkey]] as [[Strax]] and introduced [[Finlay Robertson]] as [[Cotton (The Cars That Ate London!)|Inspector Cotton]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The advent of [[Car|electric carriages]] on [[London]]'s streets causes a stir – until they start careening out of control. Elsewhere, [[factory]] workers lose their senses, while a brand-new power plant suffers mysterious outages. | The advent of [[Car|electric carriages]] on [[London]]'s streets causes a stir – until they start careening out of control. Elsewhere, [[factory]] workers lose their senses, while a brand-new [[power plant]] suffers mysterious outages. | ||
Genius industrialist [[Fabian Solak]] has a vision of the future – free from [[pollution]], running on clean [[electricity]]. But [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]] knows such ideas are ahead of their time... | Genius industrialist [[Fabian Solak]] has a vision of the future – free from [[pollution]], running on clean [[electricity]]. But [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]] knows such ideas are ahead of their time... | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Cotton (The Cars That Ate London!)|Inspector Cotton]] / [[Silas Beckett]] - [[Finlay Robertson]] | * [[Cotton (The Cars That Ate London!)|Inspector Cotton]] / [[Silas Beckett]] - [[Finlay Robertson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Jenny scans a [[swan]] with the gang's [[gauntlet scanner]]. | |||
* Solak gives a talk at the [[Royal Scientific Society]]. | * Solak gives a talk at the [[Royal Scientific Society]]. | ||
* The Solak factory places its workers in [[assembly line]]s. | |||
* Jenny has never seen a [[camera]] before. Vastra is suspicious about the [[security camera|surveillance cameras]], and other [[anachronism]]s. | |||
* Strax urges the other workers to seize the [[means of production]]. | |||
* The factory floor workers go on [[strike]]. | |||
* Solak has a [[Sontaran]] [[battle computer]] [[extrapolator]] in his [[brain]]. | |||
* Solak compares himself to [[Heinrich Hertz|Hertz]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Strax mentions how his true name is a serial number. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') | * Strax mentions how his true name is a serial number. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') | ||
* Jenny uses her [[Gauntlet Scanner]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') | |||
* Immediately upon waking up, Strax exclaims, "''Son–'' [[Rutan]]s! Perverting the course of [[Sontaran]] [[history]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in the 19th century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 19th century]] | ||
