- Horror of Glam Rock
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title=Horror of Glam Rock
series=Doctor Who
number=BBC7 2
featuring=Eighth Doctor Lucie Miller
writer=Paul Magrs
director=Barnaby Edwards
producer=
executive_producer=Nicholas Briggs
production_code=
set_between="Blood of the Daleks " and "Immortal Beloved"
length=1 50-minute episode
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 byBig Finish Productions and was broadcast onBBC 7 on14 January 2007 .Plot
Attempting to take new companion Lucie Miller back home to Blackpool in
2006 , the two travellers arrive instead at a service station on theM62 motorway during a blizzard in1974 . In the car park, they find the mauled body of aglam 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 hisstylophone , 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'sMP3 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...Cast
*The Doctor —
Paul McGann
*Lucie Miller —Sheridan Smith
*Headhunter/The Only Ones —Katarina Olsson
*Arnold Korns —Bernard Cribbins
*Flo —Una Stubbs
*Tommy Tomorrow —Stephen Gately
*Trisha Tomorrow —Clare Buckfield
*Pat —Lynsey Hardwick 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 1960sDalek 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 ofWilfred Mott , the grandfather of companionDonna Noble .*The play contains many in-joke references to 1970s rock groups such as
The Only Ones andArnold 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 byStephen 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. [http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEllEAFpZEsvLMdLSB&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]*Clare Buckfield appears in the Doctor Who adventure
Dead London .Continuity
*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.
References
*cite journal
date =2006-10-11 cover date
title = Digital Doctor
journal =Doctor Who Magazine
issue = 374
pages = 6
*cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/14/36379.shtml
title = Doctor Eight for BBC7
accessdate = 2006-09-18
date =2006-09-14
work = BBC "Doctor Who" website
publisher =bbc.co.uk
*cite press release | title =Boyzone singer makes Doctor Who debut on BBC 7 and records first solo song for five years | publisher =BBC | date =2006-10-20 | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/10_october/20/gately.shtml | accessdate =2006-10-20External links
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=304 Big Finish Productions - "Horror of Glam Rock"]
*Doctor Who RG|id=bbc7_02|title=Horror of Glam Rock
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