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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' written by [[John Pritchard]] was the first story in the [[2016 (releases)|2016]] ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio box set ''[[The Second Doctor: Volume One]]''. It featured [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], and [[Polly Wright|Polly]]. |
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' written by [[John Pritchard]] was the first story in the [[2016 (releases)|2016]] ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio box set ''[[The Second Doctor: Volume One]]''. It featured [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], and [[Polly Wright|Polly]]. |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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* This story was recorded on [[27 October (production)|27 October]] and [[16 December (production)|16 December]] [[2015 (production)|2015]]. |
* This story was recorded on [[27 October (production)|27 October]] and [[16 December (production)|16 December]] [[2015 (production)|2015]]. |
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== Continuity == |
== Continuity == |
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* Jamie refers to having fought in the [[Battle of Culloden]] on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') |
* Jamie refers to having fought in the [[Battle of Culloden]] on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') |
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* The signalman refers to the collapse of the Tay Bridge on [[28 December]] [[1879]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') |
* The signalman refers to the collapse of the Tay Bridge on [[28 December]] [[1879]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') |
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Revision as of 20:44, 3 September 2020
The Mouthless Dead written by John Pritchard was the first story in the 2016 The Companion Chronicles audio box set The Second Doctor: Volume One. It featured Jamie, Ben, and Polly.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS arrives in 1920s England, the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly finding themselves in a wintry dusk beside a railway line. The station nearby appears deserted, but there are figures watching from the shadows, all of them waiting for a dead man's train...
Plot
Part one
to be added
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor/Jamie/Michael Thomas - Frazer Hines
- Polly/Frances - Anneke Wills
- Ben/The Signalman - Elliot Chapman
References
- The TARDIS keeps track of the Gregorian calendar, the Hebrew calendar and the Islamic calendar, among others.
- 1920 equates to 5681 in the Hebrew calendar.
- Kent is known as the garden of England.
- Ben served in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Frances' fiancé Michael Thomas was killed in World War I. He fought in the Somme.
- The Unknown Warrior was buried in the cemetery of Westminster Abbey.
- Jamie initially assumes that the First World War was fought against aliens.
- Ben's uncle fought in the Battle of Jutland. He was a crewmember of the Lion.
- Jamie describes Bonnie Prince Charlie as "the Boy Prince".
- The signalman tells the Doctor the story of the Phantom Light seen after the crash of Tay Bridge.
Notes
- This story was recorded on 27 October and 16 December 2015.
- This story is told from Jamie's perspective.
Continuity
- This is the first known occurrence of the Doctor's TARDIS materialising on a train station platform in the 1920s. It would later do so again, both times during the Doctor's fifth incarnation, in Cranleigh on 11 June 1925 (TV: Black Orchid) and in Calcutta, British India on 31 December 1926 (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger).
- Jamie refers to having fought in the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. (TV: The Highlanders)
- The signalman refers to the collapse of the Tay Bridge on 28 December 1879. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)
External links
- Official The Second Doctor Volume 1 page at bigfinish.com
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