Horror of Glam Rock
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| Horror of Glam Rock | |
| 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 |
| Length | 1 50-minute episode |
| 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.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
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[edit] Plot
Attempting to take new companion Lucie Miller back 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 rock musician. The Doctor and Lucie encounter a would-be pop group, The Tomorrow Twins, and their manager – and brutal bear-like monsters, which besiege the establishment. The controllers of the monsters have been communicating with Tommy Tomorrow through his stylophone, a compact electronic piano-like musical instrument, as they plan to use him as a bridgehead to Earth. The aliens, calling themselves The Only Ones in pretence of being the only life besides that on Earth, intend to use humans, most notably the fans of the band, rather like the service station on the M62 – as a place to stop off for a meal before going on their way. They are eventually trapped in Lucie's MP3 player, as the Doctor builds a machine that uses the aliens' sonics-based technology against them, transferring 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
- The Only Ones/Headhunter — Katarina Olsson
- 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 play on the title of the 1977 Doctor Who serial Horror of Fang Rock.
- Bernard Cribbins plays music-business manager Arnold Korns; he previously appeared as policeman companion Tom in the Peter Cushing 1960s Dalek film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. Since recording this episode, he became a recurring character during the fourth series of the television show in the role of Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of companion Donna Noble. Mott later himself became the last companion of the Tenth Doctor in The End of Time.
- The play contains many in-joke references to 1970s rock groups such as The Only Ones and Arnold Corns, and certain songs such as "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?"
- The play includes an original song, Children of Tomorrow, with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards; it is performed by Stephen Gately and Clare Buckfield. Sutton also arranged a glam rock version of the Doctor Who theme music which is performed over the end credits. Both songs are included as extras on the story's CD release. Later in 2007, the song became downloadable on iTunes.[1]
- Clare Buckfield appears in the Doctor Who adventures Dead London and The One Doctor.
- Una Stubbs appeared alongside Third Doctor actor Jon Pertwee in the 1970s children's TV series Worzel Gummidge.
[edit] Children of Tomorrow
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| Single by Stephen Gately featuring Clare Buckfield |
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| Released | October 1, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
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Children of Tomorrow is the fourth and final single released by popular artist Stephen Gately. The single did not appear on any of his albums, or work with Boyzone. The single was released after its inclusion in "Horror of Glam Rock". The song features Clare Buckfield, who appears in the audio drama itself.
[edit] Tracklisting
- "Children Of Tomorrow" (Featuring Claire Buckfield) - 3:11
- "Children Of Tomorrow" (Instrumental) - 3:11
[edit] Continuity
- Pat is revisited a decade later in her life in next season's story The Zygon Who Fell to Earth.
- Arnold's mentioning that he thinks the Doctor's hair must be a wig is a reference to the long wig that Paul McGann wore in his one on-screen appearance as the Doctor in the 1996 television movie.
[edit] References
- "Digital Doctor". Doctor Who Magazine (374): 6. 2006-10-11 cover date.
- "Doctor Eight for BBC7". BBC Doctor Who website. bbc.co.uk. 2006-09-14. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/14/36379.shtml. Retrieved 2006-09-18.
- "Boyzone singer makes Doctor Who debut on BBC 7 and records first solo song for five years" (Press release). BBC. 2006-10-20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/10_october/20/gately.shtml. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
