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Cover Art - Clayton Hickman
Bang-Bang-A-Boom!
Series:	Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas
Release Number:	39
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companions:	Melanie Bush
Setting:	Dark Space 8
Writer:	Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
Director:	Nicholas Pegg
Publisher:	Big Finish
Release Date:	December 2002
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Prod. Code:	7E/A
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-77-7
Previous Story:	The Church and the Crown
Following Story:	Jubilee

Publisher's Summary

Dark Space 8 -- an advanced monitoring station floating serenely among the stars. Its crew -- a dedicated and highly-skilled group of professionals, calmly going about their vital work. Its mission -- to boldly host the Intergalactic Song Contest.

With representatives from myriad worlds competing, the eyes of the universe are on the station. But dark deeds are afoot aboard Dark Space 8... and people are starting to die.

The haughty Queen Angvia; the gaseous gestalt Gholos; disposable pop idol Nicky Newman; erratic Professor Fassbinder; and the icily-efficient Dr Eleanor Harcourt -- all are suspects. Could old political rivalries be manifesting themselves among the contestants? Is this the work of a breakaway terrorist faction? Or has someone just got it in for singer-songwriters?

With peace in the galaxy hanging by a thread, it's vital that the mystery is solved -- and fast! Can Dark Space 8's unconventional new commander, with the help of his personal pilot, Mel, find the murderer in time to prevent a major intergalactic war?

Or will it be nul points for the entire universe...?

Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
• Dr Eleanor Harcourt - Sabina Franklyn
• Prof Ivor Fassbinder - Graeme Garden
• Lieutenant Strindberg - Vidar Magnussen
• Loozly - Nickolas Grace
• Angvia - Patricia Quinn
• Nicky Newman - Anthony Spargo
• Geri - Jane Goddard
• Logan - David Tughan

References

• Geri is a Pakhar.
• There are Drahvin contestants.
• Ice Warriors vote in the Intergalactic Song Contest.
• The Doctor mentions Barastabon.

Notes

• The host of the Intergalactic Song Contest Logan parody's Terry Wogan's commentary of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• There is a false ending at the end of part 4 where the theme music starts and then cuts out as Mel points out "it's too easy".
• There are many 'Captain's log' moments with voice overs and...all very much parodying Star Trek.

Continuity

• Pakhar's first appeared in Legacy.
• This is the second 'Christmas/Comedy' release, the first being The One Doctor.
• This story also some what parodies/is a homage to The Curse of Peladon with the Doctor impersonating a commanding officer and saving the peace process.

Timeline

• Bang-Bang-A-Boom! occurs after ST: Daisy Chain
• Bang-Bang-A-Boom! occurs before BFA: Flip-Flop

External Links

• Big Finish Bang-Bang-A-Boom! page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Bang-Bang-A-Boom!
• The Discontinuity Guide Bang-Bang-A-Boom! page