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{{Infobox Story |
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| + | |series in range = Series 1 (TLS) |
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| + | |series number in range = 1 |
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| + | |number in series = 6 |
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|series=[[The Lost Stories]] |
|series=[[The Lost Stories]] |
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|number= 1.06 |
|number= 1.06 |
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|doctor=Sixth Doctor |
|doctor=Sixth Doctor |
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| − | |companions= [[Peri Brown]] |
+ | |companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]] |
|enemy= [[Velez]] |
|enemy= [[Velez]] |
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+ | |setting= [[London]], [[1590]] |
|writer= [[Barbara Clegg]] and [[Marc Platt]] |
|writer= [[Barbara Clegg]] and [[Marc Platt]] |
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|director= [[John Ainsworth]] |
|director= [[John Ainsworth]] |
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+ | |producer= [[David Richardson]] |
| + | |music= [[Steve Foxon]] |
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+ | |sound= [[Steve Foxon]] |
| + | |cover= [[Alex Mallinson]] |
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| + | |release date= [[April (releases)|April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] |
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|format= 2 Episodes on 2 CDs |
|format= 2 Episodes on 2 CDs |
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|production code= [[List of production codes|6Y/AF]] |
|production code= [[List of production codes|6Y/AF]] |
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|prev= Paradise 5 (audio story) |
|prev= Paradise 5 (audio story) |
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|next= The Song of Megaptera (audio story) |
|next= The Song of Megaptera (audio story) |
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| + | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-point-of-entry |
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| + | |musicsuite = https://soundcloud.com/stevefoxon/17-point-of-entry-music-suite |
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== Publisher's summary == |
== Publisher's summary == |
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| − | The 16th Century. Playwright Kit Marlowe is attempting to write Doctor Faustus when a darkness descends on his life, in the cadaverous form of a Spaniard called Velez. The monstrosity is in search of a stone blade that was brought from South America... |
+ | The 16th Century. Playwright Kit Marlowe is attempting to write ''Doctor Faustus'' when a darkness descends on his life, in the cadaverous form of a Spaniard called Velez. The monstrosity is in search of a stone blade that was brought from South America... |
After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England. |
After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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| + | === Part one === |
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| + | === Part two === |
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''to be added'' |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] – [[Colin Baker]] |
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] – [[Colin Baker]] |
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| − | * [[Peri]] – [[Nicola Bryant]] |
+ | * [[Peri Brown|Peri]] – [[Nicola Bryant]] |
* [[Christopher Marlowe|Kit Marlowe]] - [[Matt Addis]] |
* [[Christopher Marlowe|Kit Marlowe]] - [[Matt Addis]] |
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* [[Velez]] - [[Luis Soto]] |
* [[Velez]] - [[Luis Soto]] |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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| + | [[File:Point_of_Entry_Big_Finish_Story_Art.jpg|thumb|Interior art illustrating a scene from the story.]] |
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| − | * This audio drama was recorded on [[4 November|4]] and [[5 November]] |
+ | * This audio drama was recorded on [[4 November (production)|4]] and [[5 November (production)|5 November]] 2009. |
== Continuity == |
== Continuity == |
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* The [[First Doctor]] and his companion [[Steven Taylor]] previously met Marlowe in [[Venice]] in [[1609]]. This encounter will not take place for another nineteen years in Marlowe's personal timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') |
* The [[First Doctor]] and his companion [[Steven Taylor]] previously met Marlowe in [[Venice]] in [[1609]]. This encounter will not take place for another nineteen years in Marlowe's personal timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') |
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| − | * Peri previously visited [[16th century]] [[England]] in the company of the [[Fifth Doctor]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') and would later do so again in the company of the Sixth Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recorded Time]]'') |
+ | * Peri previously visited [[16th century]] [[England]] in the company of the [[Fifth Doctor]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') and would later do so again in the company of the Sixth Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recorded Time (audio story)|Recorded Time]]'') |
* The Doctor and Peri refer to their recent trip to [[19th century]] [[England]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'') |
* The Doctor and Peri refer to their recent trip to [[19th century]] [[England]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'') |
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* The Doctor tells Marlowe that he has met [[demon]]s in his time. Though he does not go into detail, he is presumably referring to his encounters with [[Azal]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' and the [[Mara]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]''. He would subsequently encounter two other self-described demons, namely the [[The Destroyer|Destroyer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' and the [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|Beast]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]''. |
* The Doctor tells Marlowe that he has met [[demon]]s in his time. Though he does not go into detail, he is presumably referring to his encounters with [[Azal]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' and the [[Mara]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]''. He would subsequently encounter two other self-described demons, namely the [[The Destroyer|Destroyer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' and the [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|Beast]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]''. |
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| − | * While exploring London in [[1590]], the Doctor points out [[St Paul's Cathedral]] to Peri, who correctly states that it is the Old St. Paul's, which would be burnt down in the [[Great Fire of London]] on [[2 September]] [[1666]]. The Doctor remarks, "Well, let's not go into that" and changes the subject. His [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] played a major role in starting that fire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation |
+ | * While exploring London in [[1590]], the Doctor points out [[St Paul's Cathedral]] to Peri, who correctly states that it is the Old St. Paul's, which would be burnt down in the [[Great Fire of London]] on [[2 September]] [[1666]]. The Doctor remarks, "Well, let's not go into that" and changes the subject. His [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] played a major role in starting that fire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') |
| − | * Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and the [[Third Doctor]]s referred to being imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') whereas the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] suffered the same fate in the late [[17th century]] after having charges of forgery levelled against them by Sir [[Isaac Newton]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'') |
+ | * Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and the [[Third Doctor]]s referred to being imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') whereas the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] suffered the same fate in the late [[17th century]] after having charges of forgery levelled against them by Sir [[Isaac Newton]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'') Furthermore, the Sixth Doctor would later be imprisoned in the Tower once again in [[1554]] in the company of Evelyn Smythe as [[Mary I|Queen Mary I]] was under the erroneous impression that they were plotting to assassinate her and place her Protestant half-sister [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]] on the throne. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)|The Marian Conspiracy]]'') Later still, he and Evelyn would return to the Tower in an [[alternate timeline|alternative]] [[2003]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'') and [[2010]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') |
| − | * The Doctor claims that the [[Elizabethan era]] is the earliest point in Earth's history that Peri has visited during their travels in the TARDIS. However, prior to the Doctor's most recent [[regeneration]], she visited [[Egypt]] in circa [[BC|1400 BC]] where they met her future travelling companion [[Erimem]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]''), [[Nicaea]] in the [[Roman Empire]] in [[June]] [[325]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]''), the Principality of Ungro-Wallachia in the [[Ottoman Empire]] in June and [[July]] [[1462]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') and resided with Erimem in London from [[1483]] to [[1485]] after being separated from the Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') |
+ | * The Doctor claims that the [[Elizabethan era]] is the earliest point in Earth's history that Peri has visited during their travels in the TARDIS. However, prior to the Doctor's most recent [[regeneration]], she visited [[Egypt]] in circa [[BC|1400 BC]] where they met her future travelling companion [[Erimem]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]''), [[Nicaea]] in the [[Roman Empire]] in [[June]] [[325]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Council of Nicaea (audio story)|The Council of Nicaea]]''), the Principality of Ungro-Wallachia in the [[Ottoman Empire]] in June and [[July]] [[1462]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') and resided with Erimem in London from [[1483]] to [[1485]] after being separated from the Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') |
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== External links == |
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| − | + | {{bigfinish|releases/v/point-of-entry-426|Point of Entry}} |
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Revision as of 11:11, 18 November 2019
Point of Entry was the sixth Lost Story of Season 23 to be developed into an audio play. It starred Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown.
Publisher's summary
The 16th Century. Playwright Kit Marlowe is attempting to write Doctor Faustus when a darkness descends on his life, in the cadaverous form of a Spaniard called Velez. The monstrosity is in search of a stone blade that was brought from South America...
After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England.
These two events are connected. The Omnim are ready. And the point of entry approaches...
Plot
Part one
to be added
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor – Colin Baker
- Peri – Nicola Bryant
- Kit Marlowe - Matt Addis
- Velez - Luis Soto
- Iguano / Captain Garland - Sean Connolly
- Tom - Tam Williams
- Alys - Gemma Wardle
- Sir Francis Walsingham - Ian Brooker
References
to be added
Notes
Interior art illustrating a scene from the story.
- This audio drama was recorded on 4 and 5 November 2009.
Continuity
- The First Doctor and his companion Steven Taylor previously met Marlowe in Venice in 1609. This encounter will not take place for another nineteen years in Marlowe's personal timeline. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)
- Peri previously visited 16th century England in the company of the Fifth Doctor (AUDIO: The Kingmaker) and would later do so again in the company of the Sixth Doctor (AUDIO: Recorded Time)
- The Doctor and Peri refer to their recent trip to 19th century England. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- The Doctor tells Marlowe that he has met demons in his time. Though he does not go into detail, he is presumably referring to his encounters with Azal in TV: The Dæmons and the Mara in TV: Kinda, TV: Snakedance and AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake. He would subsequently encounter two other self-described demons, namely the Destroyer in TV: Battlefield and the Beast in TV: The Satan Pit.
- While exploring London in 1590, the Doctor points out St Paul's Cathedral to Peri, who correctly states that it is the Old St. Paul's, which would be burnt down in the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666. The Doctor remarks, "Well, let's not go into that" and changes the subject. His fifth incarnation played a major role in starting that fire. (TV: The Visitation)
- Both the First and the Third Doctors referred to being imprisoned in the Tower of London (TV: The Sensorites, TV: The Mind of Evil) whereas the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa suffered the same fate in the late 17th century after having charges of forgery levelled against them by Sir Isaac Newton (AUDIO: Summer) Furthermore, the Sixth Doctor would later be imprisoned in the Tower once again in 1554 in the company of Evelyn Smythe as Queen Mary I was under the erroneous impression that they were plotting to assassinate her and place her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth on the throne. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy) Later still, he and Evelyn would return to the Tower in an alternative 2003 (AUDIO: Jubilee) and 2010 (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)
- The Doctor claims that the Elizabethan era is the earliest point in Earth's history that Peri has visited during their travels in the TARDIS. However, prior to the Doctor's most recent regeneration, she visited Egypt in circa 1400 BC where they met her future travelling companion Erimem (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion), Nicaea in the Roman Empire in June 325 (AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea), the Principality of Ungro-Wallachia in the Ottoman Empire in June and July 1462 (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon) and resided with Erimem in London from 1483 to 1485 after being separated from the Doctor (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
External links
- Official Point of Entry page at bigfinish.com
- Point of Entry at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
