Horror of Glam Rock
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| Horror of Glam Rock | |
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| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | BBC7 2 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Lucie Miller |
| Writer | Paul Magrs |
| Director | Barnaby Edwards |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
| Set between | Blood of the Daleks and Immortal Beloved |
| Release date | 14 January 2007 |
Horror of Glam Rock is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions and was broadcast on BBC 7 on 14 January 2007.
Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, its canonicity in relation to the television series is unclear.
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[edit] Plot
Attempting to send new companion Lucie Miller home to Blackpool in 2006, the two travellers arrive instead at a service station on the M62 motorway during a blizzard in 1974. In the car park, they find the mauled body of a glam rocker. As the Doctor and Lucie encounter a would-be pop group, The Tomorrow Twins, and brutal bear like monsters. The controllers of the monsters have been communicating with Tommy Tomorrow through his stylophone, a compact electronic piano like musical instrument, and need him to be a bridge to the Earth. The aliens, called the Only Ones, intend to use the humans of Earth, most notably the fans of the band, just like the service station on the M62, as a place to stop off to get a meal before going on their way. They are eventually trapped in Lucie's MP3 player, as the Doctor builds a machine that transfers the Only Ones back into sound waves. As the Doctor and Lucie leave, The Headhunter arrives, only to find that Lucie has escaped her again.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
- Headhunter/The Only Ones — Katarina Olssen
- Arnold Korns — Bernard Cribbins
- Flo — Una Stubbs
- Tommy Tomorrow — Stephen Gately
- Trisha Tomorrow — Clare Buckfield
- Pat — Lynsey Hardwick
[edit] Production and casting
- The play's title is a portmanteau of the 1977 Doctor Who serial Horror of Fang Rock and glam rock.
- The play includes an original song, "Children of Tomorrow", with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards, performed by Stephen Gately and Clare Buckfield.
- Bernard Cribbins previously appeared in the Peter Cushing Dalek film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD.
- The play contains many in-joke references to seventies rock groups such as The Only Ones and Arnold Corns.
- The Doctor Who theme music is performed in the style of a glam rock song over the end credits.
[edit] Continuity
- Arnolds mentioning that he thinks the Doctor's hair is a wig is a second reference to the wig Paul McGann wore as the Doctor in the 1996 television movie.
[edit] References
- (2006-10-11 cover date) "Digital Doctor". Doctor Who Magazine (374): 6.
- Doctor Eight for BBC7. BBC Doctor Who website. bbc.co.uk (2006-09-14). Retrieved on 2006-09-18.
- BBC (2006-10-20). Boyzone singer makes Doctor Who debut on BBC 7 and records first solo song for five years. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
[edit] External links
| Eighth Doctor audio dramas | |
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| Big Finish Season 27: | Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell |
| Big Finish Season 28: | Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Living Legend • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland |
| BBCi special: | Shada |
| Big Finish Season 29: | Zagreus • Scherzo • The Creed of the Kromon • The Natural History of Fear • The Twilight Kingdom |
| Big Finish Season 30: | Faith Stealer • The Last • Caerdroia • The Next Life |
| Continuing adventures: | Terror Firma • Scaredy Cat • Other Lives • Time Works • Something Inside • Memory Lane |
| BBC7 adventures: | Blood of the Daleks • Horror of Glam Rock • Immortal Beloved • Phobos • No More Lies • Human Resources |
