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[doyle]

From Big Finish's latest Fifth Doctor audio:

"Here, are you Peri? Got a letter for you. Northern chap with big ears left it here about two years ago..."

ETA: from this play I assume Five so enjoyed Richard III's sarcastically Northern way of speaking - right down to "fantastic!" - that he based his ninth incarnation on the guy. Which makes sense, considering his sixth incarnation is a dead ringer for that Time Lord guard in Arc of Infinity.

ETA2: having listened to the whole thing I'm delighted that there's no twist where the 'Northern chap' turns out to be someone else: Five leaves a note in the TARDIS reminding any of his future selves that happen to be passing through the right time period to leave the letter for Peri. So, Nine acknowledged in a non-BBC production! I am very chuffed. And the "What the Shakespeare?" gag from The Unquiet Dead gets riffed on too.

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[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

But dammit, we don't get to hear him drunk! Only a bit hungover, with Peri and Erimem talking about it. A woeful missed opportunity, BF (although I'm only halfway through episode 2, so I'm holding out hope)

[taleya.livejournal.com]

That's ok, we also missed speedo!fifth in Primeval...

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

These plays exist to torment us.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

And yet...we keep coming back.

cuuurse youuuuu big finish!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

*frzzt szztt brrrrrzzz wror ror ror ror rorrr ZZOT!*

Excuse me, my brain just broke. Switching to auxiliary backup power:

Did you actually say "Five in a Speedo"? I know it's an audio, but still -- how on earth did they manage that one?

I think Speedos are a crime against humanity and I've already seen Peter Davison in one and it isn't pleasant if you ask me (though it might not have been quite so awful without the disco boots and frizzy wig) but... somehow I find that I need to know.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

lol...it's not stated. He and Nyssa go for a swim. She says he looks ridiculous. He says it was the height of fashion last time he went swimming. Dirty little leyamind filled in the rest. (and considering how she spends most of her time bitching about the skimpiness of her bathing suit...I really think if he'd gotten a suit a la Romana, he would have been a gentleman and offered it....)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Aha. All is clear now. Thank you. :)