Punchline (audio story)

Punchline was the second audio in Season 3 of BBV Productions' Audio Adventures in Time & Space anthology series, as well as the tenth and final release of the The Time Travellers subseries (notwithstanding the later release of a novelisation of the first entry in the series).

It starred Sylvester McCoy as the Dominie, an analogue of the Seventh Doctor, but was the only episode not to feature his Ace-esque companion Alice as previously played by Sophie Aldred. For this reason, the plural Time Travellers branding was abandoned, with the cover merely bearing the name of The Dominie.

In addition to its placement in the Time Travellers series, the play was also of interest as the first contribution by Rob Shearman (writing under the pseudonym of "Jeremy Leadbetter") to the Doctor Who universe. Shearman would go on to write multiple mainline Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions as well as the pivotal Series 1 episode of televised Who, Dalek.

Publisher's summary
A perfect house...

A perfect son...

A perfect wife...

Wife?

When your life is a 70s sit-com and every episode ends happily, why on Earth would you want to change?

In Suburbton, no one can hear you scream...

Plot
to be written

Cast

 * The Dominie / Dominic - Sylvester McCoy
 * June - Susan Travers
 * Sir - Barry J. Gordon
 * Kevin - Neil Bull

Crew

 * Writer - Jeremy Leadbetter
 * Director - Paul Ebbs
 * Post-Production and Music - Steve Johnson

Worldbuilding

 * "Suburbton" is a pun on Surbiton, a suburban part of Greater London bordering on Surrey.
 * The pseudonym "Jeremy Leadbetter" is taken from the name of a supporting character in The Good Life, a 1970s BBC sitcom. Set in Surbiton, the show follows a man who suffers a mid-life crisis and quits his office job to start a self-sufficient suburban farm with his wife. Punchline can be seen as partly being a pastiche of The Good Life.

Continuity
to be written