The Eternal Summer (audio story)

The Eternal Summer was the second story in a trilogy centring around the fictional town of Stockbridge. This audio also marked the first appearance of Maxwell Edison, played by Mark Williams. Edison was a character created (like the village of Stockbridge) in Doctor Who Magazine's comic stories.

Publisher's summary
It's been a long, hot summer in Stockbridge. Longer than the villagers can remember. Summer's lease is never-ending – and all thanks to the Lord and Lady of the Manor!

One man alone knows that something's wrong: Maxwell Edison, Stockbridge's unofficial ambassador to the universe. Or 'flying saucer nut', as the locals have it. He'll need help proving it: from the local postmistress Miss Nyssa, perhaps; or the village Doctor, the fellow that's been living at the Green Dragon Inn these last 30 years.

They'd better hope that autumn never comes to Stockbridge. When autumn comes, the world is doomed...

Plot
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Cast

 * Fifth Doctor/Lord of the Manor - Peter Davison
 * Nyssa/Lady of the Manor - Sarah Sutton
 * Maxwell Edison - Mark Williams
 * Lizzie Corrigan - Pam Ferris
 * Harold Withers - Roger Hammond
 * Alice Withers - Susan Brown
 * Dudley Jackson - Nick Brimble
 * Jane Potter - Abigail Hollick
 * Vicar - Barnaby Edwards
 * Geoff - Nicholas Briggs

Individuals

 * Alice Withers may be a descendant of Maud the Withered.

English towns and villages

 * Stockbridge exists/existed within a stasis bubble for sixty years.

Organisations

 * In an alternative timeline, Lizzie Corrigan ran the Psychic Investigation Group (PIG).

Spacecraft

 * The Lord and Lady's manor is built on top of the Rutan's spacecraft.

Cultural references

 * Lizzie tells Max that her PIG teammates are fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files.
 * Lizzie compares the situation in Stockbridge to the storyline of the 1954 film Brigadoon starring Gene Kelly and Van Johnson.

Continuity

 * BFA: Castle of Fear leads directly into this story.
 * When the Lady of the Manor touches Nyssa, there are flashbacks to BFA: Circular Time, BFA: The Mutant Phase and BFA: Primeval.
 * Maxwell Edison first appeared and met the Doctor in DWM: Stars Fell on Stockbridge, which is partially dramatised here in flashbacks.
 * Nyssa unsuccessfully looks for her former lover, Andrew. During this quest, his surname is revealed to be Harper. (BFA: Autumn)

Timeline

 * The Eternal Summer occurs after BFA: Castle of Fear
 * The Eternal Summer occurs before BFA: Plague of the Daleks