1963 (audio story)

1963 was a 2011 Big Finish Productions audio short story read by William Russell. It featured the First Doctor, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton and Vicki Pallister.

Summary Edit

The Doctor takes Ian and Barbara back to London on 23 November 1963, where the clocks have stopped and the city is silent.

Plot Edit

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Characters Edit

• First Doctor
• Barbara Wright
• Ian Chesterton
• Vicki Pallister
• Cecilia
• John Fitzgerald

References Edit

• In her teens, Barbara dated a boy who carried a flick knife.
• Vicki adds brown sauce to the food machine's programming.
• Barbara eats the food machine's version of bacon and eggs complemented by the aforementioned brown sauce.
• Barbara has an aunt named Cecilia. They met every year in London on 23 November, her aunt's birthday.
• Vicki knows all the words to the Beatles' first LP.
• Cecilia is reading a novel entitled The Price of Salt.
• Cecilia is waiting for Barbara in Lyons' Corner House on the Strand.
• Barbara recites part of a poem by T.S. Eliot.

Notes Edit

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Continuity Edit

• The Doctor has labelled the TARDIS scanner with a black marker pen. (TV: The Edge of Destruction)
• Ian refers to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy, Shroud of Sorrow; TV: Rose)
• Ian refers to the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS)