Monsters in Metropolis (audio story): Difference between revisions

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|image            = Monsters in Metropolis (audio story).jpg

|range            = Series 1 (9DA){{!}}The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 1

|series number in range = 3

|number in series = 3

|number          = 3.3

|doctor          = Ninth Doctor

|enemy            = [[Dieter Jovanovic]]

|setting          = [[Berlin]], [[August]] [[1925]]

|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards]]

|producer        = [[David Richardson]]

|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]

|publisher        = Big Finish Productions  

|epcount          = 1

|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Vinyl<br/>3rd of 3 stories

== Crew ==

* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]

* The Doctor names ''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]'', ''[[The General (film)|The General]]'' and ''[[The Wings (film)|The Wings]]'' as being among the great works of the silent film era.

* The Doctor notes the huge influence ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'' had on ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Star Wars]]''. And at the very least, [[Madonna]] would have had one less music video.

== Notes ==

* This was the first story in a performed medium in which the Ninth Doctor encounters the Cybermen. ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]], [[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'' and ''[[The Patchwork Pierrot (short story)|The Patchwork Pierrot]]'' had previously made the match in print. The Ninth Doctor also came across the [[Cyberman (Dalek)|inert Cyberman helmet]] in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', a scene which [[Matt Fitton]] felt made their eventual encounter "inevitable". ([[VOR 152]])

* Although the synopsis claims that the story is set in [[1927]], dialogue within the story actually establishes the setting as [[1925]]. Likewise in the real world ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'' was filmed in 1925 but released in 1927.

* [[John Dorney]]'s initial thoughts for the story were for it to be a celebrity historical in the style of the [[Russell T Davies|RTD-era]]. He knew very little about ''Metropolis'' or Fritz Lang upon being asked to submit some story ideas, although he had seen {{wi|M (1931 film)|M}}. He later watched ''Metropolis'' with friends for a podcast and formed further ideas around the film, leading him to conduct his own research into its director and production. Much of these details made it into the script. ([[VOR 152]])

* The Cybermen were not originally planned to have appeared in the ''[[Lost Warriors (audio anthology)|Lost Warriors]]'' box set. Their inclusion in this story came about at Dorney's suggestion as he continued to develop ideas about his ''Metropolis'' storyline. ([[VOR 152]])

== Continuity ==

* The Doctor scrapes [[gold]] into the Cyberman's [[chest unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')

* During an adventure on the planet Calandra, having been "hijacked" by [[Time Agent]] [[Keira Sanstrom]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] is reminded of being at the film shoot for ''Metropolis'' and encountering a Cyberman, comparing it to the "chrome trimmings" Calandra has. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flight to Calandra (audio story)|Flight to Calandra]]'')

== External links ==