Changes: Year of the Pig (audio story)

This story features several previous Doctor Who actors (and some who went on to appear in Doctor Who) including Adjoa Andoh, Michael Keating and Maureen O'Brien.

Publisher's summary

Ostend, 1913. War is coming. A war in which millions will die. And the guest in suite 139 of the Hotel Palace Thermae knows it. Which is odd, considering he has trotters, a snout and a lovely curly tail.

Toby the Sapient Pig is a swine on the run. Two peculiar strangers have been hunting him across Europe. The first, Miss Alice Bultitude, is an Englishwoman and collector of obscure theatrical ephemera. The second, Inspector Alphonse Chardalot, is a celebrated member of the detective police — the man who brought the trunk murderess of St Germain to justice.

This was supposed to be a reading week for the Doctor and Peri. Now they must do battle with a villain who wants to wipe every last human from the face of the earth — once he's had just another dish of truffles. And maybe a valedictory glass of fizzy lemonade.

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

Locations

The Doctor once visited Brussels to buy an engagement ring.

Notes

Year of the Pig comic preview — Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 377.

This story was previewed in Doctor Who Magazine issue 377 with an illustration by Martin Geraghty.
This audio drama was recorded on 27 and 28 March 2006 at The Moat Studios.
If this story was part of the subscription with Big Finish, it included Return of the Daleks free with this story.
Maureen O'Brien is best known for playing the First Doctor's companion Vicki Pallister.
Adjoa Andoh appeared as Sister Jatt in New Earth and Martha Jones' mother Francine in several episodes during Series 3 and 4 of the relaunched series of Doctor Who.
Michael Keating appeared as Goudry in The Sun Makers.
This story is set between Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks.
This story was originally released on CD and download. It is now available as a download only.

Continuity

The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian life form on Varos in the late 23rd century. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the Giant Rat of the River Fleet". (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the First Doctor the "real Francophile" (TV: The Reign of Terror) and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the mire beasts (TV: The Chase) and Moroks (TV: The Space Museum) that he had to face.
Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to H. G. Wells. (TV: Timelash)
The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a Boy's Own adventure about an aristocrat who yomped through the Brazilian rain forests, depriving the natives of their orchids." (TV: Black Orchid)
The Doctor mentions that he has met the "odd anthropomorphic slug". (TV: The Twin Dilemma)

External links

Official Year of the Pig page at bigfinish.com
Year of the Pig at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for Year of the Pig at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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-|name= Year of the Pig
+|image           = Year of the Pig cover.jpg
+|range           = Main Range
-|image= Year of the Pig cover.jpg
+|number in range = 90
-|series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
+|series          = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories
-|number= 90
+|number          = 90
-|doctor= Sixth Doctor
+|doctor          = Sixth Doctor
-|companions= [[Peri Brown]]
+|companions      = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
-|enemy= Inspector Chardalot
+|enemy           = [[Alphonse Chardalot]]
-|year= [[Ostend]], [[Belgium]], [[1913]]
+|setting         = [[Ostend]] and [[Brussels]], [[1913]]
-|writer= [[Matthew Sweet]]
-|director= [[Gary Russell]]
+|writer          = [[Matthew Sweet]]
+|director        = [[Gary Russell]]
-|music=
+|producer        = Gary Russell, [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
-|post production=
+|music           = [[Andy Hardwick]]
-|cover=[[Stuart Manning]]
+|sound           = [[Gareth Jenkins]]
-|publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]
+|cover           = [[Stuart Manning]]
-|release date= [[December]] [[2006]]
+|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
-|format= 2 Episodes on 2 CDs
+|release date    = [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
-|production code= [[List of production codes|6Y/A]]
+|format          = 2 Episodes on 2 CDs
-|isbn= ISBN  1-84435-175-0
+|production code = [[List of production codes|6Y/A]]
-|prev= No Man's Land (audio story)
+|isbn            = ISBN  1-84435-175-0
-|next= Spring (audio story)
+|prev            = No Man's Land (audio story)
+|next            = Spring (audio story)
+|series2         = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases
+|prev2           = No Man's Land (audio story)
+|next2           = Circular Time (audio anthology)
+|made prev       = The Nowhere Place (audio story)
+|made next       = Red (audio story)
 }}{{audio stub}}
-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninetieth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. Released in [[December]] [[2006]], it was the fourth monthly-series audio story to feature the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. This story features several previous ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actors (and some who went on to appear in ''Doctor Who'') including [[Adjoa Andoh]], [[Michael Keating]] and [[Maureen O'Brien]].
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninetieth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Matthew Sweet]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].
+This story features several previous ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actors (and some who went on to appear in ''Doctor Who'') including [[Adjoa Andoh]], [[Michael Keating]] and [[Maureen O'Brien]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-[[Ostend]], [[1913]]. [[World War I|War]] is coming. A war in which millions will die. And the guest in suite 139 of the Hotel Palace Thermae knows it. Which is odd, considering he has trotters, a snout and a lovely curly tail.
+[[Ostend]], [[1913]]. [[World War I|War]] is coming. A war in which millions will die. And the guest in suite 139 of the [[Hotel Palace Thermae]] knows it. Which is odd, considering he has trotters, a snout and a lovely curly tail.
-Toby the Sapient Pig is a swine on the run. Two peculiar strangers have been hunting him across [[Europe]]. The first, Miss [[Alice Bultitude]], is an Englishwoman and collector of obscure theatrical ephemera. The second, Inspector Alphonse Chardalot, is a celebrated member of the detective police - the man who brought the trunk murderess of St Germain to justice.
+Toby the Sapient Pig is a swine on the run. Two peculiar strangers have been hunting him across [[Europe]]. The first, Miss [[Alice Bultitude]], is an Englishwoman and collector of obscure theatrical ephemera. The second, Inspector [[Alphonse Chardalot]], is a celebrated member of the detective police — the man who brought the trunk murderess of St Germain to justice.
-This was supposed to be a reading week for the [[Sixth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]. Now they must do battle with a villain who wants to wipe every last human from the face of the earth - once he's had just another dish of truffles. And maybe a valedictory glass of fizzy lemonade.
+This was supposed to be a reading week for [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]. Now they must do battle with a villain who wants to wipe every last human from the face of the earth — once he's had just another dish of truffles. And maybe a valedictory glass of fizzy lemonade.
 == Plot ==
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 * [[Albertine|Nurse Albertine]] - [[Adjoa Andoh]]
 * [[Toby (Year of the Pig)|Toby the Sapient Pig]] - [[Paul Brooke]]
-* [[Chardalot|Inspector Chardalot]] - [[Michael Keating]]
+* [[Alphonse Chardalot|Inspector Chardalot]] - [[Michael Keating]]
 * [[Alice Bultitude|Miss Alice Bultitude]] - [[Maureen O'Brien]]
 == References ==
 === Locations ===
-* The Doctor once visited [[Brussels]] at some point after 1913 to buy an engagement ring, though he is quick to point out that it was "for business, not pleasure."
+* The Doctor once visited [[Brussels]] to buy an engagement [[ring]].
 == Notes ==
 [[File:Year of the Pig comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 377]].]]
 * This story was previewed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 377|issue 377]] with an illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]].
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[27 March (production)|27]] and [[28 March (production)|28 March]] 2006 at [[The Moat Studios]].
-* Notable guest cast in this story include [[Maureen O'Brien]], who played companion [[Vicki Pallister]] in the 1960s, and [[Adjoa Andoh]], who in 2007 would become a semi-regular on the TV series as [[Francine Jones]], mother of [[Martha Jones]]. [[Michael Keating]] is best known for his role as Vila Restal on ''[[Blake's 7]]''. Keating previously played [[Goudry]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'' and [[Koth|Major Koth]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]''
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[27 March|27]] and [[28 March]] [[2006]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
 * If this story was part of the subscription with Big Finish, it included ''[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]'' free with this story.
+* [[Maureen O'Brien]] is best known for playing the [[First Doctor]]'s companion [[Vicki Pallister]].
+* [[Adjoa Andoh]] appeared as [[Jatt|Sister Jatt]] in ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' and [[Martha Jones]]' mother [[Francine Jones|Francine]] in several episodes during [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] and [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|4]] of the relaunched series of ''Doctor Who''.
+* [[Michael Keating]] appeared as [[Goudry]] in ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]''.
+* This story is set between [[Timelash (TV story)|''Timelash'']] and [[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|''Revelation of the Daleks'']].
+* This story was originally released on CD and download. It is now available as a download only.
 == Continuity ==
-* The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian lifeform on [[Varos]] in the late [[23rd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
+* The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian life form on [[Varos]] in the late [[23rd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
-* The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the [[Giant rat|Giant Rat]] of the [[River Fleet]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
+* The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "the [[Giant rat|Giant Rat]] of the [[River Fleet]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
-* The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the [[First Doctor]] the "real Francophile" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the [[Mire Beast|mire beasts]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and [[Morok]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'') that he had to face. The [[Third Doctor]], he claims, was inclined to be "more interested in axle grease and looking in the [[mirror]]" than in reading great literature. Of his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]], he says that "he preferred [[cricket]] and [[lemonade|fizzy lemonade]] to reading." The Doctor then expresses relief that he has finally found a persona temperamentally suited to reading [[Proust]].
+* The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the [[First Doctor]] the "real Francophile" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books — but not much time to do it, considering the [[Mire Beast|mire beasts]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and [[Morok]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'') that he had to face.
 * Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to [[H. G. Wells]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
-* The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a [[Black Orchid (book)|Boy's Own adventure]] about [[George Cranleigh|an aristocrat]] who yomped through the [[Brazil]]ian rainforests, depriving the natives of their [[Black orchid (flower)|orchids]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
+* The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation "was fond of a [[Black Orchid (book)|Boy's Own adventure]] about [[George Cranleigh|an aristocrat]] who yomped through the [[Brazil]]ian rain forests, depriving the natives of their [[Black orchid (flower)|orchids]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
-* The Doctor mentions that he has met the "[[Mestor|odd anthropomorphic slug]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')
+* The Doctor mentions that he has met the "[[Mestor|odd anthropomorphic slug]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')
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+{{bigfinish|releases/v/year-of-the-pig-256|Year of the Pig}}
-* {{dwrefguide|who_bf90.htm|Year of the Pig}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_bf90.htm|Year of the Pig}}
 * {{tetrap|6/yearofthepig.html|Year of the Pig}}
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