Changes: Urban Myths (audio story)

Urban Myths was the following one-part story comprising part of the ninety-fifth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Sutton and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

Publisher's summary

Urban Myths (A One-Part Story)

In an expensive restaurant somewhere on Earth, three gourmets plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of the Doctor.

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

Harom is the Coordinator of the Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA).
Harom notes that goulash, which originated on Earth, is popular throughout Mutter's Spiral.
According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either W.G. Grace or W.C. Fields for a duck, whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as Babe Ruth.
The Doctor asks Harom to put in a good word for him with the High Council of the Time Lords.
The out-of-order walk-in fridge at the back of the restaurant's kitchen is actually the renegade Time Lady's TARDIS.

Notes

Urban Myths is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story Exotron.
This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast.
The main setting of the Earth part of this story is given only indirectly as a place that used to be ruled by the Hapsburgs. The available DWU evidence (see the novel Managra and the short stories Gold and Black Ooze and The Sorrows of Vienna) places Hapsburg court, their palaces and their crown jewels in Vienna, which is well known in DWU to be in Austria (e.g., in the audio The Silver Turk). This is the justification for the current setting of this story. It should be noted, however, that it might change if DWU evidence is found that goulash was invented in some other country ruled by the Hapsburgs (in real-world, goulash originated from Hungary, which used to be part of Austro-Hungarian Empire).
This audio drama was recorded on 8 February 2007.
This story is set between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.

Continuity

The Doctor asks Coordinator Harom to put in a good word for him with the High Council when he returns to his home planet Gallifrey. (TV: Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors)

External links

Official Urban Myths page at bigfinish.com
Urban Myths at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Urban Myths at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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-|name= Urban Myths
+|range           = Main Range
-|image=
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-|series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
+|series          = ''[[Main Range]]''
-|number= 95b
+|number          = 95b
-|doctor= Fifth Doctor
+|doctor          = Fifth Doctor
-|companions= [[Peri Brown]]
+|companions      = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
-|enemy=
+|enemy           =
-|writer= [[Paul Sutton]]
+|setting         = {{il|[[Austria]]|[[Poytee]]}}
-|director= [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
+|writer          = [[Paul Sutton]]
-|setting= {{il|[[Austria]]|[[Poytee]]}}
+|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
-|producer=
-|publisher= [[Big Finish]]
+|producer        = [[Sharon Gosling]]
-|release date= [[May]] [[2007]]
+|music           = [[Andy Hardwick]]
+|sound           = [[Gareth Jenkins]]
-|format= 1 episode
+|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
-|production code= 6Q/AA
+|release date    = [[May (releases)|May]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
-|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-177-0
+|format          = 1 episode
-|prev=Exotron (audio story)
+|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6Q/AA]]
-|next=Valhalla (audio story)
+|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-177-0
+|prev            = Exotron (audio story)
+|next            = Valhalla (audio story)
+|made prev       = Exotron (audio story)
+|made next      = Son of the Dragon (audio story)
 }}{{audio stub}}
-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a one-part story featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. There have been two one-part audio stories to feature this pairing. The other is ''[[Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)|Mission of the Viyrans]]''.
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the following one-part story comprising part of the ninety-fifth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-'''Urban Myths''' (A One-Part Story)
+''Urban Myths'' (A One-Part Story)
-In an expensive restaurant somewhere on Earth, three gourmets plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of the Doctor.
+In an expensive [[restaurant]] somewhere on Earth, [[Time Lord|three gourmets]] plan their evening. First item on the menu: the death of the Doctor.
 == Plot ==
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 * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
 * [[Harom]] - [[Steven Wickham]]
-* [[Edge]] - [[Douglas Hodge]]
+* [[Edge (Urban Myths)|Edge]] - [[Douglas Hodge]]
 * [[Kettoo]] - [[Nicola Lloyd]]
 * [[Palgrave]] - [[Barry McCarthy]]
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 == References ==
-* [[Harom]] is the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA)]]. [[Edge]] and [[Kettoo]] are his two of subordinates.
+* Harom is the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|Celestial Intervention Agency (CIA)]].
-* Harom notes that goulash, which originated on [[Earth]], is popular throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]].
+* Harom notes that [[goulash]], which originated on [[Earth]], is popular throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]].
+* According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either [[W.G. Grace]] or [[W.C. Fields]] for a duck, whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as [[Babe Ruth]].
-* In Edge's exaggerated version of the Doctor and Peri's actions on Poytee, the Doctor is a bloodthirsty renegade who keeps a cache of weapons in the TARDIS and destroys the entire surface of the planet by activating the chain of subsurface atomic reactors in revenge for one of the inhabitants firing a weapon at Peri. She is depicted as being equally bloodthirsty, delighting in the Doctor's merciless killing of Palgrave and the extent of the damage that Level 3 of her weapon can do to a humanoid body. After ensuring that all life on the planet would be eradicated, the Doctor proclaims, "The last one back to the TARDIS wipes the blood out of my shirt!"
-* In Kettoo's version of the Doctor and Peri's actions on Poytee, the Doctor vents the cooling systems of all of the atomic reactors into the seas, causing the coolant to react with the hydrogen molecules and create an enormous gas cloud which suffocated every living creature on Poytee. When Palgrave objects, Peri incapacitates him and the Doctor completes the venting process. The Doctor and Peri, though nowhere near as bloodthirsty as in Edge's story, are both utterly convinced that eradicating the population of Poytee is the lesser of two evils if they want to ensure that the virus does not spread beyond the confines of the planet.
-* According to Kettoo, the Doctor told Peri that he once bowled either [[W.G. Grace]] or [[W.C. Fields]] for a duck whereas Peri jokingly referred to him as [[Babe Ruth]].
-* In actuality, it was Poytee's Scientific Corps which developed the plan to vent selective subsurface atomic generators. The Corps planned to control the spread of the resultant radioactive clouds with a climate modulator and disperse them into the upper atmosphere. When examining a patient, the Doctor was accidentally infected with the Tul-Oz virus. Peri convinced the Corps to delay their plan while the Doctor developed a antidote to the virus from his own blood sample. He released the antidote into the atmosphere. There it was activated and dispersed across the surface of the planet using the climate modulator, curing the entire population.
 * The Doctor asks Harom to put in a good word for him with the [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord]]s.
-* The proprietor of the Austrian restaurant is an old friend of the Doctor's and a [[renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord|Time Lady]]. She has run it since the time of the Habsburgs. To use the restaurant, the Doctor promised her that Peri would work as a waitress until the end of the week. However, he did not inform Peri of this until the CIA agents had left.
 * The out-of-order walk-in fridge at the back of the restaurant's kitchen is actually the renegade Time Lady's [[TARDIS]].
 == Notes ==
-* ''Urban Myths'' is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]''.
+* ''Urban Myths'' is only one episode long. The other three episodes on the two discs are for the story ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]''.
 * This release includes behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the cast.
+* The main setting of the Earth part of this story is given only indirectly as a place that used to be ruled by the [[Hapsburg]]s. The available [[DWU]] evidence (see the novel ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'' and the short stories ''[[Gold and Black Ooze (short story)|Gold and Black Ooze]]'' and ''[[The Sorrows of Vienna (short story)|The Sorrows of Vienna]]'') places Hapsburg court, their palaces and their crown jewels in [[Vienna]], which is well known in DWU to be in [[Austria]] (e.g., in the audio ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]''). This is the justification for the current setting of this story. It should be noted, however, that it might change if DWU evidence is found that [[goulash]] was invented in some other country ruled by the Hapsburgs (in real-world, goulash originated from [[Hungary]], which used to be part of Austro-Hungarian Empire).
-* [[Steven Wickham]] (Harom) is better known for his recurring roles as [[Joseph (android)|Joseph the Porter]] in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series|''Bernice Summerfield'' audio series]] and [[Valyes]] in the [[Gallifrey (audio series)|''Gallifrey'' audio series]].
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 February (production)|8 February]] [[2007 (production)|2007]].
-* [[Douglas Hodge]] (Edge) would later play Radu in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]''.
+* This story is set between [[Planet of Fire (TV story)|''Planet of Fire'']] and [[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|''The Caves of Androzani'']].
-* [[Barry McCarthy]] (Palgrave) would later play John Dobrin in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'', Creek in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'', Bulek in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'' / ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'' and Vincent Linfoot in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]''.
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[8 February (production)|8 February]] [[2007]].
 == Continuity ==
-* The Doctor asks Coordinator Harom to put in a good word for him with the [[High Council]] when he returns to [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
+* The Doctor asks Coordinator Harom to put in a good word for him with the [[High Council]] when he returns to his home planet [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
 == External links ==
-* {{bigfinish|95-Doctor-Who-Exotron|Urban Myths}}
+{{bigfinish|releases/v/exotron-261|Urban Myths}}
-* {{dwrefguide|who_bf95.htm#urbanmyths|Urban Myths}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_bf95.htm#urbanmyths|Urban Myths}}
 * {{tetrap|5/urbanmyths.html|Urban Myths}}
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+[[Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme]]
+[[Category:Fifth Doctor Main Range audio stories]]
+[[Category:2007 Main Range audio stories]]
+[[Category:Time Lord audio stories]]

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