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{{Infobox Story
 
{{Infobox Story
 
|image = The Carrionite Curse (audio story).jpg
 
|image = The Carrionite Curse (audio story).jpg
|anthology = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two (audio anthology)|Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two]]''
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|anthology = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]]''
 
|series = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
 
|series = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|number = 3
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|range = Classic Doctors, New Monsters
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|series in range = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
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|number in series = 3
 
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
 
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
|featuring = [[Carrionite]]s
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|companions = [[Katy Bell]]
|enemy =
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|featuring =
|setting =
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|enemy = [[Carrionite]]s
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|setting = [[England]], [[Birmingham]], [[October]], the [[1980s]]
 
|writer = [[Simon Guerrier]]
 
|writer = [[Simon Guerrier]]
 
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
 
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
 
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
 
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
 
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
 
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound = [[David Richardson]]
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|sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
 
|cover = [[Tom Webster]]
 
|cover = [[Tom Webster]]
 
|publisher = Big Finish Productions
 
|publisher = Big Finish Productions
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|trailer =
 
|trailer =
 
}}{{audio stub}}
 
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two (audio anthology)|Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two]]''.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]].
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
 
== Publisher's summary ==
 
[[Katy Bell]] returns to her [[Midlands]] home to find strange goings-on at the buskers fair. A [[witch trial]] in the [[1980s]]. A [[bonfire]] ready to be lit...
 
[[Katy Bell]] returns to her [[Midlands]] home to find strange goings-on at the buskers fair. A [[witch trial]] in the [[1980s]]. A [[bonfire]] ready to be lit...
   
Luckily, [[Sixth Doctor|a colourful visitor]] is already investigating, and the local [[vicar]], Katy's dad, is versed in tales of the macabre. [[Carrionite|Terrifying forces]] are on the loose, and the [[town hall]] holds a secret. There is [[black magic]] in the [[Black Country]], and the Doctor has the name of his enemy on the tip of his tongue...
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Luckily, [[Sixth Doctor|a colourful visitor]] is already investigating, and the local [[vicar]], [[Douglas Bell|Katy's dad]], is versed in tales of the macabre. [[Carrionite|Terrifying forces]] are on the loose, and the [[town hall]] holds a secret. There is [[black magic]] in the [[Black Country]], and the Doctor has the name of his enemy on the tip of his tongue...
   
 
Something wicked this way comes.
 
Something wicked this way comes.
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* [[Mary Sissinghurst]] - [[Andrée Bernard]]
 
* [[Mary Sissinghurst]] - [[Andrée Bernard]]
 
* [[Eileen Nelthorpe]] - [[Adèle Anderson]]
 
* [[Eileen Nelthorpe]] - [[Adèle Anderson]]
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* [[Katy Bell]] - [[Maya Sondhi]]
 
* Rev. [[Douglas Bell]] - [[Michael Fenton-Stevens]]
 
* Rev. [[Douglas Bell]] - [[Michael Fenton-Stevens]]
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=== Uncredited cast ===
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* [[Carrionite]]s - [[Adèle Anderson]], [[Maya Sondhi]]<ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]]''</ref>
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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* The Doctor finds a book titled ''[[Reminiscences of the Peculiar]]'', written by [[George Litefoot]].
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* The Doctor finds books written by an author named [[J.K. Rowling|Rowling]] in the Demonology and Witchcraft section of the [[TARDIS library]].
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* "[[Roundel]]" is among the words used by the Doctor to impede the Carrionites.
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* The Doctor compares clicking on a [[hyperlink]] to turning [[word]]s into actions.
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor would encounter the Carrionites again in [[London]] in [[1599]] during his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
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* The Doctor mentions that [[Sixth Doctor's coat|his coat]] comes from [[Kolpasha]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]'' et al.)
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* Reverend Bell recalls a tale from [[Killingworth]] of [[Ravensworth]] and [[George Stephenson|Stephenson]] foiling an {{O'Mara|n=old lady}} who made men violent by drinking from their [[brain]]s in the [[19th century]]. The Doctor assures him that she was not a [[witch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
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* The Doctor tells Reverend Bell that he is aware of George Litefoot. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', et. al)
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* The Doctor keeps a "[[C chest]]" in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') inside of which he keeps a [[Cryon]] pendant. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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* Katy finds a [[crystal ball]] in the C chest that the Doctor says he can't remember where he picked it up, "or haven't yet." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') 
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* Sissinghurst knows that the Doctor is [[Lord President|President]] of the [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord|Lords of Time]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
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* Sissinghurst refers to the Doctor as "[[Valeyard]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Season 23|Trial of a Time Lord]]'')
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* The Doctor saved several scrolls from the fire at the [[Library of Alexandria]] in the [[5th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library of Alexandria (audio story)|The Library of Alexandria]]'')
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* The Doctor considers [[George Orwell]] to be an old friend. During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], he would meet Orwell again in [[Spain]] during its [[Spanish Civil War|civil war]] in [[1937]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101 (novel)|History 101]]'')
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* The Doctor refers to the fact that the [[Globe Theatre]] was destroyed by [[fire]] on [[29 June]] [[1613]]. It had been set by [[Francis Pearson]], who was jealous of [[William Shakespeare]]'s success. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')
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* The Doctor would encounter the Carrionites again in [[London]] in [[1599]] during his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]. The Carrionites know this and wish to exploit the [[time paradox]] that would arise from confronting his past self, using stones from the now ruined Globe Theatre where they were defeated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two audio stories]]
 
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio stories]]
 
[[Category:Sixth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:2017 audio stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in England]]
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[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
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[[Category:Audio stories that use the Dominic Glynn theme]]

Revision as of 06:46, 2 April 2019

RealWorld

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The Carrionite Curse was the third story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

Katy Bell returns to her Midlands home to find strange goings-on at the buskers fair. A witch trial in the 1980s. A bonfire ready to be lit...

Luckily, a colourful visitor is already investigating, and the local vicar, Katy's dad, is versed in tales of the macabre. Terrifying forces are on the loose, and the town hall holds a secret. There is black magic in the Black Country, and the Doctor has the name of his enemy on the tip of his tongue...

Something wicked this way comes.

Plot

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Cast

Uncredited cast

References

Notes

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Continuity

External links

Footnotes