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Peepshow (audio story)

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Peepshow was the third story of the audio anthology, The Diary of River Song: Series Six. It was written by Guy Adams and featured Alex Kingston as River Song.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miniscope parts fetch quite a price on the open market — luckily, River knows where she can find one that's about to be decommissioned. Unfortunately, this particular miniscope is chock-full of aliens, as well as unsuspecting Earthlings.

River must face a carnival of monsters before she can claim her prize – across miniature habitats, Ogrons, Sontarans and Drashigs await!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

River Song - Alex Kingston
Dibbsworth - Clive Wood
Commander Strumm / Sontarans^[1] - Dan Starkey
Ogrons - Guy Adams
The Doctor - Tim Treloar

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

River is unsure about the effectiveness of slapping people who are in shock.
A miniscope is an entertainment device used to store miniaturised examples of species in artificial environments. Dibbsworth compares this to an ant farm for aliens.
River seeks to obtain an Eternity Perpetual Company battery.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story takes place concurrent to TV: Carnival of Monsters.
The title of this story was also a working title for Carnival of Monsters.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miniscopes are outlawed tech. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
Strumm is a Commander in the Sontaran Special Space Service. (TV: The Invasion of Time)
The miniscope is fired upon by an Eradicator, controlled by Inter Minorians. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
River alludes to Jo's rapidly approaching departure, due to break the Doctor's hearts. (TV: The Green Death)
Dibbsworth uses spoons as a weapon. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)
Unbeknownst to the Third Doctor, he has already met River Song in this incarnation. The last time they met, she wiped his memory to maintain their timelines. (AUDIO: Rivers of Light)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Peepshow page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ not credited in the spoken credits

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The Diary of River Song audio series

Series One

The Boundless Sea • I Went to a Marvellous Party • Signs • The Rulers of the Universe

Series Two

The Unknown • Five Twenty-Nine • World Enough and Time • The Eye of the Storm

Series Three

The Lady in the Lake • A Requiem for the Doctor • My Dinner with Andrew • The Furies

Series Four

Time in a Bottle • Kings of Infinite Space • Whodunnit? • Someone I Once Knew

Series Five

The Bekdel Test • Animal Instinct • The Lifeboat and the Deathboat • Concealed Weapon

Series Six

An Unearthly Woman • The Web of Time • Peepshow • The Talents of Greel

Series Seven

Colony of Strangers • Abbey of Heretics • Barrister to the Stars • Carnival of Angels

Series Eight

Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow • A Brave New World • A Forever Home • Queen of the Mechonoids

New Recruit

The Blood Woods • Terror of the Suburbs • Never Alone • Rivers of Light

Two Rivers and
a Firewall

The Two Rivers • Beauty on the Inside • Black Friday • Firewall

Series Eleven

Friend of the Family

The Orphan Quartet

The Excise Men • Harvest of the Krotons • Dead Man Talking • The Wife of River Song

Special releases

Audio	The Eighth of March: Emancipation

Webcast	The Story of the Diary of River Song

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Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • Sibling Rivalry / Children of the Revolution • In Name Only • Borrow or Rob

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

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Ogron stories

For the purposes of this list, an "Ogron story" is one in which one living, authentic Ogron plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television

Broadcast	Day of the Daleks • Frontier in Space

Home video	Untitled 2

Audio

Return of the Daleks • Planet of the Ogrons • Peepshow • The Uncertain Shore • Too Many Masters • UNIT Dating • The Box of Terrors • The Last Day

Prose

The Romance of Crime • Interference: Shock Tactic / Interference: The Hour of the Geek • Mission: Impractical

Comics

Warlord of the Ogrons • Fugitive • The Lost Dimension

Video games

Dalek Attack

Complete list of appearances