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|range            = Series 3 (9DA){{!}}The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 3
|range            = Series 3 (9DA){{!}}The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 3
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|series number in range = 3
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|number in series = 1
|number in series = 1
|audio anthology  = ''[[Buried Threats (audio anthology)|Buried Threats]]''
|audio anthology  = Buried Threats (audio anthology)
|number          = 3.1
|number          = 3.1
|doctor          = Ninth Doctor
|doctor          = Ninth Doctor
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|enemy            = [[Astraphi]]
|enemy            = [[Astraphi]]
|setting          = [[Paris]], [[1935]]
|setting          = [[Paris]], [[1935]]
|writer          = [[Lisa McMullin]]
|writer          = Lisa McMullin
|director        = [[Helen Goldwyn]]
|director        = [[Helen Goldwyn]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|cover            = [[Caroline Tankersley]]
|cover            = [[Caroline Tankersley]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions  
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions  
|release date    = [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|release date    = 16 February 2024
|epcount          = 1
|epcount          = 1
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 3 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 3 stories
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Someone or something is manipulating the [[dream]]s of [[French]] playwright [[Antonin Artaud]]. As Artaud's [[nightmare]]s are made manifest, [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] is compelled to intervene. Otherwise, Artaud’s new idea for an immersive [[theatre]] could become a ticket to literally die for.
Someone or something is manipulating the [[dream]]s of [[French]] playwright [[Antonin Artaud]]. As Artaud's [[nightmare]]s are made manifest, [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] is compelled to intervene. Otherwise, Artaud's new idea for an immersive [[theatre]] could become a ticket to literally die for.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* After hearing someone shouting out "[[9 (number)|nine]]", the Doctor misunderstandly says they are "[[The Doctor's ninth incarnation|sort of]]" correct.
* After hearing someone shouting out "[[9 (number)|nine]]", the Doctor misunderstandly says they are "[[The Doctor's ninth incarnation|sort of]]" correct.
* When visiting [[La Petrella de Salto]] in [[Rome]] in [[1601]], the Doctor claims to have a [[Papal]] dispensation to bypass the Cardinal's order to keep people out.


=== History ===
=== History ===
* [[Beatrice Cenci]] was [[death sentence|sentenced to death]] on [[11 September]] [[1599]].
* [[Beatrice Cenci]] was [[death sentence|sentenced to death]] on [[11 September]] [[1599]]. She was killed on the [[St Angelo Bridge]].
* The Doctor was involved in these events, and will never forget her face.


=== Literature and art ===
=== Literature and art ===
* A portrait of Beatrice Cenci is regularly attributed to painter [[Guido Reni]].
* A portrait of Beatrice Cenci is regularly attributed to painter [[Guido Reni]]. The Doctor "borrows" it from [[the Louvre]].
* [[Percy Shelley]] wrote a play about Cenci, as will [[Lizzie Hopley (in-universe)|Lizzie Hopley]]. Hopley's radio play is nominated for an award.
* [[Percy Shelley]] wrote a play about Cenci, as will [[Lizzie Hopley (in-universe)|Lizzie Hopley]]. Hopley's radio play is nominated for an award.
* There is another rendition of her life by [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]].
* The Ninth Doctor believes [[William Shakespeare]] was the "greatest dramatist of all time".
* The Ninth Doctor believes [[William Shakespeare]] was the "greatest dramatist of all time".


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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* [[Percy Shelley]] wrote his play about Cenci in 1819. [[Lizzie Hopley (in-universe)|Lizzie Hopley]]'s radio play, entitled ''The Cenci Family'', was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] as an Afternoon Play on 21 March 2006, and was specifically nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
== Cover gallery ==
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A Theatre of Cruelty textless.jpg|Textless cover
A Theatre of Cruelty (audio story) Alt.jpg|Alternate cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Stories set in 1935]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1935]]
[[Category:Audio stories set in dreams]]
[[Category:Audio stories set in dreams]]
[[Category:Stories set in Italy]]
[[Category:Stories set in Rome]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1601]]
[[Category:One part audio stories]]
[[Category:One part audio stories]]
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