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|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[Oliver Erpingham]] | |enemy = [[Oliver Erpingham]] | ||
|setting = [[African rainforest]], [[ | |setting = [[African rainforest]], [[February]], [[1896]] | ||
|writer = [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] | |writer = [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
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As [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] flies past hundreds of wrecked [[spacecraft]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] hear a deafening signal. The Doctor tries to trace the source, but it fights for control of the TARDIS and the central column begins to crack, the first sign of the TARDIS being ripped apart. He shuts the ship down and they find themselves in a rainforest; before they can reactivate the ship, they will have to deactivate the nearby signal which they can detect with a tracking device. They smell smoke. | As [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] flies past hundreds of wrecked [[spacecraft]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] hear a deafening signal. The Doctor tries to trace the source, but it fights for control of the TARDIS and the central column begins to crack, the first sign of the TARDIS being ripped apart. He shuts the ship down and they find themselves in a rainforest; before they can reactivate the ship, they will have to deactivate the nearby signal which they can detect with a tracking device. They smell smoke. | ||
The Doctor and Peri arrive at a camp and find a caged [[lion]] and a [[newspaper]] article covering an attempted [[assassination]] of [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]]. They are caught and taken to Erpingham, to whom they pretend to be in search of a lost people; as a result, they are sent to speak with [[Amanda Latimer]], the leader of the expedition. She shows them a copy of [[Mappa Mundi]] containing illustrations of the [[B'lemyae]], whom she believes could be a missing link in [[human]] evolution, and argues with Erpingham to allow the Doctor and Peri to join them. | |||
The Doctor and Peri | The B'lemyae are hungry. Growing weak, they debate whether to take another human. | ||
Whilst some stay at the camp to take animals back to the port for Erpingham's "grand experience", the Doctor and Peri embark on the mission with Amanda, Erpingham, [[Brooks (The Headless Ones)|Brooks]] and four of Erpingham's men along the route taken by [[Amanda Latimer's father|Amanda's father]]. They travel for several days, over the course of which the Doctor takes readings with his tracking device, until they are found and forcibly taken by natives to [[Siyanda]], their tribal chief who was taught [[English (language)|English]] by Amanda's father. Peri introduces herself as Queen of the [[Krontep (species)|Krontep]] and has an audience with her. | |||
Siyanda initially wants to kill the explorers due to her fear of the supposedly evil B'lemyae, but Peri is able to convince her that the Doctor will be able to help. After a celebratory [[feast]], Peri and Siyanda are incapacitated by poisoned [[blow dart]]s and kidnapped by the B'lemyae. | |||
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* The expedition set out from [[Portsmouth]] and landed at [[Port-Gentil]] on the [[West Africa]]n coast. | * The expedition set out from [[Portsmouth]] and landed at [[Port-Gentil]] on the [[West Africa]]n coast. | ||
* Peri spots [[orchid]]s and [[parrot plant]]s. She determines that they are in, if not [[Kew Gardens]], the [[African rainforest]]. | * Peri spots [[orchid]]s and [[parrot plant]]s. She determines that they are in, if not [[Kew Gardens]], the [[African rainforest]]. | ||
* Amanda | * Amanda is an [[anthropologist]] belonging to [[St Hilda's College]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. | ||
* Erpingham showed Amanda how to better her aim and win the women's [[archery]] competition at [[Erpingham Hall]], the first thing she ever one. | |||
* Amanda has a supply of [[ginger nut]]s. | |||
* Amanda writes that the Doctor and Peri's clothes would turn heads on [[Regent Street]]. | |||
* Amanda brews [[tea]]. | |||
* The [[Mappa Mundi]] is a [[map]] in [[Hereford Cathedral]], dating back to [[1300]]. It is centred around [[Jerusalem]]. | |||
* The [[B'lemyae]] were also known as anthropophagi (being [[Latin]] for "[[cannibal]]s") and the akephaloi ([[Ancient Greek]] for "headless ones"). | |||
* The [[Amanda Latimer's father|Reverend Latimer]] was a [[missionary]] who searched for the B'lemyae and kept a [[journal]]. He married and became vicar of the village on the Erpingham estate. [[Oliver Erpingham's father|Erpingham's father]] held parties in Erpingham Hall, which was how Amanda met Erpingham. Once [[Amanda Latimer's mother|her mother]] and father died suddenly, the Erpinghams took Amanda in. | |||
* [[Brooks (The Headless Ones)|Brooks]] is Erpingham's long-serving estate manager. | |||
* Peri says that Erpingham does not seem like [[P. T. Barnum]]. | |||
* Erpingham mentions [[Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]]. The Doctor played [[poker]] with [[Buffalo Bill]], [[Annie Oakley]] and [[Sitting Bull]]. Oakley won. | |||
* Erpingham plans for his show to include re-enactments of the [[Battle of Blood River]] and the [[Siege of Rorke's Drift]]. | |||
* Erpingham is the [[3rd Baronet of Ayrsham]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* The Doctor has to use a [[crank handle]] to open the TARDIS doors. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor has to use a [[crank handle]] to open the TARDIS doors. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor and Peri read an article in the newspaper from February 1895 reporting on an attempt on [[Queen Victoria]]'s life and that the perpetrators are still on the run from the law. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]'') | * The Doctor and Peri read an article in the newspaper from February 1895 reporting on an attempt on [[Queen Victoria]]'s life and that the perpetrators are still on the run from the law. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trial of George Litefoot (audio story)|The Trial of George Litefoot]]'') | ||
* Peri introduces herself to Siyanda as "Perpugilliam of the Brown". ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
