- Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
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title=Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
series=Doctor Who
number=39
featuring=Seventh Doctor Mel
writer=Gareth Roberts andClayton Hickman
director=Nicholas Pegg
producer=Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
executive_producer=Jacqueline Rayner
production_code=7EA
set_between="Paradise Towers " and "Flip-Flop"
length=2 hrs 23 mins
date=December 2002|"Bang-Bang-a-Boom!" is a
Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who ". The title is a parody of Lulu's1969 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang ".Plot
On the space station "Dark Space 8", the
Seventh Doctor and Mel arrive at the hosting of the Intergalactic Song Contest when a series of murders threatens the peace of the galaxy.Cast
*The Doctor —
Sylvester McCoy
*Mel —Bonnie Langford
*Waiter —Barnaby Edwards
*Doctor Eleanor Harcourt —Sabina Franklyn
*Professor Ivor Fassbinder —Graeme Garden
*Geri Pakhar — Jane Goddard
*Mister Loozly —Nickolas Grace
*Lieutenant Stringberg — Vidar Magnussen
*Queen Angvia —Patricia Quinn
*Nicky Newman — Anthony Spargo
*Commentator Logan — David TughanNotes
*The Intergalactic Song Contest is a parody of the
Eurovision Song Contest while Commentator Logan (who speaks with an Irish accent) is based upon and named afterTerry Wogan , who has provided the commentary for the Eurovision onBBC One every year since1980 . Like Wogan, he is known for his sardonic wit and frequently mentions his wife during broadcasts.*Professor Fassbinder and Dr Harcourt are parodies of
Victor Bergman andHelena Russell in ' (Fassbinder and Bergman are both the names of cinema pioneers). The station name Dark Space Eight is a parody of '.External links
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/39-Doctor-Who-Bang-Bang-A-Boom! Big Finish Productions - "Bang-Bang-a-Boom!"]
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