Freakshow (audio drama)
Encyclopedia
Freakshow is a Big Finish Productions
audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
. It was released free with issue 419 of Doctor Who Magazine
. It was later released as box set along with The Three Companions
and The Mists of Time
. The Companion Chronicles "talking books" are each narrated by one of the Doctor's companions and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound effects.
, Turlough and Tegan
encounter a bizarre travelling carnival in Buzzard Creek, Arizona
, 1905.
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. It was released free with issue 419 of Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. It was later released as box set along with The Three Companions
The Three Companions
The Three Companions is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is a 12-part mini-series included as a bonus feature on 12 consecutive monthly Doctor Who plays, starting with The Magic Mousetrap and ending with...
and The Mists of Time
The Mists of Time
The Mists of Time is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was released free with issue 411 of Doctor Who Magazine. It was later released as box set along with The Three Companions and Freakshow...
. The Companion Chronicles "talking books" are each narrated by one of the Doctor's companions and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound effects.
Plot
The Fifth DoctorFifth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison....
, Turlough and Tegan
Tegan Jovanka
Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character played by Janet Fielding in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An Australian airline stewardess and a native of Brisbane who was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1981 to...
encounter a bizarre travelling carnival in Buzzard Creek, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, 1905.
Continuity
- Turlough mentions this story takes place just after the events of EnlightenmentEnlightenment (Doctor Who)Enlightenment is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 1 to March 9, 1983...
. - One of the aliens Turlough encounters in the Freakshow, called 'The Butterfly', bears a striking resemblance to a Butterfly Person from TorchwoodTorchwoodTorchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
and the Sarah Jane Adventures.