The Last Fairy Tale (audio story)

was the second story in the audio anthology, The Memory Bank and Other Stories, which comprised the two hundred and seventeenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Mark Strickson as Turlough.
== Publisher's summary ==
Deep in the heart of old Europe, the village of Vadhoc awaits the coming of a mythical teller of magical tales – but not all such stories end happily, the TARDIS travellers discover.
== Plot ==
to be added
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - Peter Davison
* Turlough - Mark Strickson
* Alitha - Mandi Symonds
* Grayling Frimlish/Shiri/Zounds - Duncan Wisbey
* Diamon - Suzann McLean
== Worldbuilding ==
* Turlough sarcastically refers to Grayling Frimlish as "Oscar Wilde".
* The Doctor once had to broker negotiations between two branches of the Royal Dynasties of the Eisenblatt system. One branch had a genetic glitch which meant that they were living backwards through time. As a result, the two branches were approaching the same century from either end. The Doctor noted that this made coronations and abdications complicated.
* The Third Doctor and Jo Grant once got into a dangerous situation involving a number of giant tortoises which was caused by .
* Frimlish's story involves the Infernal Flaming Spectres from the Catacombs of Utter Dreadfulness, the Moss Demons of the Sussurating Swamps, and Desmond the Ogre.
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on 26 or 27 May 2016 at The Moat Studios.
* The Doctor is mistaken for the Storyteller, which in a way is a meta reference. Sir John Hurt, who portrayed the War Doctor, was previously the titular whimsical character in the Jim Henson's The Storyteller series which originally aired in 1988. In the second series, Greek Myths, a more sombre incarnation was portrayed by Michael Gambon. This series began to air in 1991.
== Continuity ==
* Turlough is an avid artist. (TV: The Five Doctors; AUDIO: The Memory Bank)
* Turlough refers to his home planet Trion. (TV: Planet of Fire)
* Turlough mentions that he and the Doctor once met a Sontaran who bit off his own tongue. (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar)
* The Doctor mentions dealing with savage cat people during the Crisis of Gin-Seng. (AUDIO: Erasure)
== External links ==
Category:The Memory Bank and Other Stories audio stories
Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories
Category:Stories set in Europe
Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme
Category:One part audio stories