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|image                  = A Town Called Fortune cover.jpg
|range                  = The Companion Chronicles
|series in range        = Series 5 (CC)
|series number in range = 5
|number in series      = 5
|series                = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|number                = 5.05
|main character        = [[Evelyn Smythe]]
|featuring              = [[Sixth Doctor]]
|setting                = [[Fortune (town)|Fortune]], the late [[19th century]]
|writer                = Paul Sutton
|director              = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer              = [[David Richardson]]
|music                  = [[Nigel Fairs]]
|sound                  = [[Nigel Fairs]]
|cover                  = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|release date          = 4 November 2010
|format                = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code        = BFPDWCC37 
|isbn                  = ISBN 978-1-84435-487-0
|prev                  = The Invasion of E-Space (audio story)
|next                  = Quinnis (audio story)
|epcount                = 2
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'''''A Town Called Fortune''''' was the fifth story of the [[Series 5 (CC)|fifth series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]], narrated by [[Maggie Stables]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
"Wanted dead or alive for the murder of... William Donovan!"
 
Problems beset [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] as they travel by train to the Wild West town of Fortune. A young woman is investigating the murder of her father nine years earlier, and a wanted poster indicates that the Doctor is the killer!


With [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lost to them and the law on their tail, can the travellers unravel the mystery — or will [[Rachel Ann Donovan]] take her revenge first?


|cd name = A Town Called Fortune
== Plot ==
|image = [[File:A Town Called Fortune.png|250px]]
''to be added''
|series = [[Doctor Who]]<Br>[[The Companion Chronicles|Big Finish - The Companion Chronicles]]
|number = 5.05
|doctor = [[Sixth Doctor]]
|companions = [[Evelyn Smythe]]
|writer = [[Paul Sutton]]
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|release date = [[November]] [[2010]]
|format = 1 disc
|production code = BFPDWCC37 
|isbn = 978-1-84435-487-0


|previous story = [[The Invasion of E-Space]]
== Cast ==
|next story = [[Quinnis]]
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]]
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* [[Sam (A Town Called Fortune)|Sam]] - [[Richard Cordery]]


== Synopsis ==
== Crew ==
“Wanted dead or alive for the murder of… William Donovan!”


Problems beset the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe as they travel by train to the Wild West town of Fortune. A young woman is investigating the murder of her father nine years earlier, and a wanted poster indicates that the Doctor is the killer!
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producer - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music & Sound Design - [[Nigel Fairs]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Writer - [[Paul Sutton]]


With the TARDIS lost to them and the law on their tail, can the travellers unravel the mystery – or will Rachel Ann Donovan take her revenge first?
== Worldbuilding ==
* Fortune's local [[newspaper]] is ''[[The Daily Fortune]]''.
* Evelyn uses the Doctor's [[cat brooch]], sharpened on a cave wall, to cut ropes binding the Doctor and [[Maisie (A Town Called Fortune)|Maisie]] to chairs.


== Notes ==
[[File:Town Called Fortune cover.jpg|thumb|Unused original cover]]
* The story was told from Evelyn's perspective. After [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Solitaire (audio story)|Solitaire]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]], this is the second ''Companion Chronicle'' to star a companion created by [[Big Finish Productions]]. The later stories ''[[The Perpetual Bond (audio story)|The Perpetual Bond]]'' (introducing [[Oliver Harper]]) and ''[[Project Nirvana (audio story)|Project: Nirvana]]'' would also feature Big Finish exclusive companions.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 March (production)|16 March]] [[2010 (production)|2010]] at [[the Moat Studios]].


==Cast==
== Continuity ==
*[[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]]
* Evelyn complains to the Doctor that, because of him, she is making a habit of jumping from trains. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nowhere Place (audio story)|The Nowhere Place]]'')
*Sam - [[Richard Cordery]]
* Many years later, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and Evelyn would reminisce about "leaping from steam trains in the Wild West." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'')
* The Doctor previously visited the Wild West in [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' and would later do so again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Peacemaker (novel)|Peacemaker]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''.


== References ==
== Footnotes ==
to be added
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
{{bigfinish|releases/v/a-town-called-fortune-493|A Town Called Fortune}}
{{dwrefguide|chronicles37.htm|A Town Called Fortune}}


== Story notes ==
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== Timeline==
[[Category:Series 5 (CC) audio stories]]
*''A Town Called Fortune'' occurs after:
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio stories]]
*''A Town Called Fortune'' occurs before:
[[Category:2010 audio stories]]
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio plays]]
[[Category:Audio stories set in the United States]]
[[Category:2010 audio plays]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 19th century]]
[[Category:Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:Two part audio stories]]
[[Category:The Companion Chronicles]]
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