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|doctor = Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | ||
|enemy = [[Algos]] and [[Avriel]] | |||
|enemy = | |setting = [[Elysian Fields (hospital)|Elysian Fields]], [[Planet (The Elysian Blade)|unnamed planet]] | ||
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|writer = [[David Bishop]] | |writer = [[David Bishop]] | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
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|number = 5 | |number = 5 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |format = 1 CD | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = ISBN 9781787533332 | |isbn = ISBN 9781787533332 | ||
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|prev = Fortunes of War (audio story) | |prev = Fortunes of War (audio story) | ||
|next = The Winged Coven (audio story) | |next = The Winged Coven (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an audiobook in the ''[[Audio Originals]]'' series from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Second Doctor]]. It was read by [[Frazer Hines]], in first person, as [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an audiobook in the ''[[Audio Originals]]'' series from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Second Doctor]]. It was read by [[Frazer Hines]], in first person, as [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]. | ||
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* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] | * [[Victoria Waterfield]] | ||
* [[Mia (The Elysian Blade)|Mia]] | |||
* [[Algos]] | * [[Algos]] | ||
* [[Avriel]] | * [[Avriel]] | ||
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* The Doctor plays his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. | * The Doctor plays his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. | ||
* Jamie once saw a flock of [[starling]]s over a [[loch]]. | * Jamie once saw a flock of [[starling]]s over a [[loch]]. | ||
* Victoria recalls the first time [[Edward Waterfield|her father]] took her to the [[sea]]side. | |||
* Jamie once saw an abandoned [[village]] in the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]], which was deserted after many had died from sickness. | |||
* Back in [[Scotland]], Jamie was often bitten by [[midge]]s. | * Back in [[Scotland]], Jamie was often bitten by [[midge]]s. | ||
* Jamie had a cousin named [[Angus (The Elysian Blade)|Angus]]. | * Jamie had a cousin named [[Angus (The Elysian Blade)|Angus]]. | ||
* Jamie remarks that the robots resemble [[Cybermat]]s. | * Jamie remarks that the robots resemble [[Cybermat]]s. | ||
* The Doctor tells Jamie and Victoria about [[radar]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story is told in first person from Jamie's perspective. | |||
* [[David Bishop]] has stated that the story is a metaphor for [[Brexit]]: "lies and the false promise of a better future... power-hungry charlatans who will say and do anything for their own gain."<ref>[https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2019/05/doctor-who-and-brexit-monstrosity.html Vicious Imagery: Doctor Who and the Brexit Monstrosity]</ref> | * [[David Bishop]] has stated that the story is a metaphor for [[Brexit]]: "lies and the false promise of a better future... power-hungry charlatans who will say and do anything for their own gain."<ref>[https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2019/05/doctor-who-and-brexit-monstrosity.html Vicious Imagery: Doctor Who and the Brexit Monstrosity]</ref> | ||
* The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Tales of Time and Space]]''. | * The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Tales of Time and Space]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Jamie hallucinates that he is back in the [[Battle of Culloden]] and sees [[Colin McLaren|the Laird]] being shot, as occurred shortly before the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''. | ||
* Victoria hallucinates [[Edward Waterfield|her father]], before he died in [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. She tells the Doctor that she stopped being able to see him when she closes his eyes, as he had told her to do in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
