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Freakshow

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Mark Morris

Director:

Lisa Bowerman

Producer:

David Richardson

Music:

Toby Hrycek-Robinson

Sound:

Toby Hrycek-Robinson

Read by:

Mark Strickson

Release details

Release date:

4 March 2010 (DWM download)
31 August 2011 (The Specials box)

Format:

MP3 digital download
Two episodes on one CD

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Freakshow was an audio drama in Big Finish Productions' The Companion Chronicles series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of Doctor Who Magazine Issue 419, but was later released as part of the The Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set. It starred Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS arrives in Arizona 1905, where travelling showman Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer is offering the residents of Buzzard Creek the elixir of life. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in Turlough he has found a brand new exhibit...

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

After the TARDIS materialises in Buzzard Creek, Arizona in 1905, the Doctor gives Turlough a stetson.
Buzzard Creek has a general store, a meat market, a bank, a hotel, a milliners, a barber shop, a large white church, a saloon, a windmill and a blacksmith shop run by Jed Harper.
Winklemeyer also has two Sythaks, which are giant snakes native to the swamps of Palliox, a planet near Trion. Winklemeyer claims that he caught them in the jungles of India.
Winklemeyer tells the people of Buzzard Creek that he possesses the Elixir of Life.
Winklemeyer is a Vermaal.
Smart implants were outlawed eight centuries earlier by the Hexen-Brock Treaty. The Doctor saved Jallican Brock from assassination by a Tamaranian death squad at the signing of the treaty.

Notes

The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by Nicholas Briggs giving a brief history of the company's audio releases. It was made commercially available as part of The Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set in August 2009.
This audio drama was recorded on 24 April 2009.
This story is told from Turlough's perspective.

Continuity

Turlough is working through the personal troubles raised by working for the Black Guardian. (TV: Enlightenment)
Turlough comments that Tegan once referred to him as "unreliable" and stated that turning arguments around was something which he was very good at. (TV: Terminus)
Turlough refers to Terminus (TV: Terminus) and the Eternal ships. (TV: Enlightenment)
The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet previously visited Tombstone in the Arizona Territory in October 1881, where they witnessed the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. (TV: The Gunfighters)
The Doctor laments the destruction of his sonic screwdriver by the Terileptil leader in September 1666. (TV: The Visitation)
The alien creatures in Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer's freakshow are forced to perform in the same manner as Captain Kybo in Jonathan Jaggers' circus in 1884 (AUDIO: Judoon in Chains) and the Eighth Doctor's Eutermesan companion C'rizz in Jacob Crackles' freakshow in 1851 (AUDIO: Other Lives).

Releases

Freakshow was available to readers of Doctor Who Magazine who went to the Big Finish website and entered a code to be found within the magazine. The digital download offer was only available from 3 March to 26 May 2010.
Big Finish subsequently reissued the story as part of The Companion Chronicles: The Specials, which was released in August 2011.

External links

Official Freakshow - The Companion Chronicles Specials page at bigfinish.com
Freakshow at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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-'''''Freakshow''''' was an audio drama in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 419|Issue 419]], but was later released as part of the ''[[Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'' box set.
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+{{audio stub}}
+'''''Freakshow''''' was an audio drama in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 419|Issue 419]], but was later released as part of the ''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'' box set. It starred [[Mark Strickson]] as [[Vislor Turlough]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] arrives in [[Arizona]] [[1905]], where travelling showman [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]] is offering the residents of [[Buzzard Creek]] the [[Elixir of Life|elixir of life]]. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] he has found a brand new exhibit...
+[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] arrives in [[Arizona]] [[1905]], where travelling showman [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]] is offering the residents of [[Buzzard Creek]] the [[Elixir of Life|elixir of life]]. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] he has found a brand new exhibit...
 == Plot ==
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 == References ==
+* After [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[materialise]]s in [[Buzzard Creek]], [[Arizona]] in [[1905]], the Doctor gives Turlough a [[stetson]].
-* Turlough believes that the Doctor does not trust him and is still testing him due to his previous involvement with the [[Black Guardian]]. He is annoyed that the Doctor entered his room without knocking and comments that he would not dare to do the same to [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]].
-* After the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[materialise]]s in [[Buzzard Creek]], [[Arizona]] in [[1905]], the Doctor gives Turlough a [[stetson]]. Turlough regards stetsons as silly and comments that they are only worn by actors in "those ridiculous cowboy films." However, he is soon grateful that the hat offers him shade from the sun.
 * Buzzard Creek has a general store, a meat market, a bank, a hotel, a milliners, a barber shop, a large white church, a saloon, a windmill and a blacksmith shop run by [[Jed Harper]].
-* The aliens in the Freakshow consist of:
-** "Aqua Boy" - no given name/race. A blue skinned water-breather.
-** "The Mimic" - no given name/race. A [[shapeshifter]].
-** "The Wild Man of Borneo" - Berman Labazeen, an eight-foot [[Krolock]] with black, matted fur.
-** "The Porcupine" - Splayne, no given race.
-** "The Butterfly" - no given name.
 * Winklemeyer also has two [[Sythak]]s, which are giant [[snake]]s native to the swamps of [[Palliox]], a [[planet]] near [[Trion (planet)|Trion]]. Winklemeyer claims that he caught them in the jungles of [[India]].
 * Winklemeyer tells the people of Buzzard Creek that he possesses the [[Elixir of Life]].
 * Winklemeyer is a [[Vermaal]].
+* Smart implants were outlawed eight centuries earlier by the Hexen-Brock Treaty. [[The Doctor]] saved [[Jallican Brock]] from [[assassination]] by a Tamaranian death squad at the signing of the treaty.
-* Tegan refers to Winklemeyer as "{{w|Willy Wonka}}".
-* Smart implants were outlawed eighth centuries earlier by the Hexen-Brock Treaty. [[The Doctor]] saved [[Jallican Brock]] from [[assassination]] by a Tamaranian death squad at the signing of the treaty.
-* The Doctor compares Tegan and Turlough to bickering siblings.
-* Turlough records a deposition for the Galactic Authorities.
 == Notes ==
-* The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by [[Nicholas Briggs]] giving a brief history of the company's audio releases.
+* The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by [[Nicholas Briggs]] giving a brief history of the company's audio releases. It was made commercially available as part of [[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials|''The Companion Chronicles: The Specials'']] box set in [[August (releases)|August]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 April (production)|24 April]] [[2009]].
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 April (production)|24 April]] 2009.
+* This story is told from Turlough's perspective.
 == Continuity ==
 * Turlough is working through the personal troubles raised by working for the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[TV]]:'' [[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
 * Turlough comments that Tegan once referred to him as "unreliable" and stated that turning arguments around was something which he was very good at. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')
-* Turlough refers to [[Terminus]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') and the [[Eternal]] ships ([[TV]]:'' [[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'').
+* Turlough refers to [[Terminus]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') and the [[Eternal]] ships. ([[TV]]:'' [[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
 * The [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]] previously visited [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]] in the Arizona Territory in [[October]] [[1881]], where they witnessed the [[O.K. Corral|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')
-* The Doctor laments the destruction of his [[sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
+* The Doctor laments the destruction of his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
-* The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Eutermesan]] companion [[C'rizz]] would later be forced to perform in the showman [[Jacob Crackles]]'s freakshow in [[London]] in [[1851]] in the same manner as the alien creatures in [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]]'s freakshow. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'')
+* The alien creatures in [[Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer]]'s freakshow are forced to perform in the same manner as [[Captain]] [[Kybo]] in [[Jonathan Jaggers]]' [[circus]] in [[1884]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judoon in Chains (audio story)|Judoon in Chains]]'') and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Eutermesan]] companion [[C'rizz]] in [[Jacob Crackles]]' freakshow in [[1851]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'').
 == Releases ==
-* ''The Mists of Time'' was available to readers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' who went to the Big Finish website and entered a code to be found within the magazine. The digital download offer was only available from [[3 March]] to [[26 May]] [[2010]].
+* ''Freakshow'' was available to readers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' who went to the Big Finish website and entered a code to be found within the magazine. The digital download offer was only available from [[3 March (releases)|3 March]] to [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] 2010.
-* Big Finish subsequently reissued the story as part of ''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'', which was released in [[August]] [[2011]].
+* Big Finish subsequently reissued the story as part of ''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'', which was released in August 2011.
 == External links ==
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