‘SWING TIME’
A FOUR-PART STORY BY TIM BRADLEY
Synopsis
Los Angeles, USA, Earth, 1939. The TARDIS arrives on an ocean cruiser in the summer of 1939, where Nyssa and Billy have their honeymoon. They meet many people, including Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Suddenly, the cruiser gets caught in a wormhole and is transported through Space and Time to another ocean world with beaches where it’s deserted. The Doctor senses something is wrong, as a dodgy business transaction involving alien technology occurs in connection to Earth and an identity crisis takes place. Pretty soon, the Doctor, Nyssa and Billy are accused of the crime.
Episode Contents
| Part One | Part Two
Chapter 5 |
Part Three
Chapter 9 |
Part Four
Chapter 13 |
For my Dad,
For Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
And for my love of ‘Doctor Who’ and Nyssa
Cast of Characters
THE DOCTOR/TRISTAN ‘PUGSLEY’ DAVIES – PETER DAVISON
Time-Space Traveller (plays the Police Chief and the Narrator in ‘Part Three’)/Leader of the Slithee gang (The Doctor’s doppelgänger)
NYSSA/DIANE ‘SNOWY’ SPRINGS – SARAH SUTTON
The Doctor’s Trakenite Companion (plays Alice and voices Cuddles in ‘Part Three’)/Member of the Slithee gang (Nyssa’s doppelgänger)
BILLY WALKER/BUSTER BROCK – TIM BRADLEY
The Doctor’s 1963 Human Companion (plays Robin in ‘Part Three’)/Member of the Slithee gang (Billy’s doppelgänger)
JUDY GARLAND –
Hollywood actress and singer (plays Nellie in ‘Part Three’)
MICKEY ROONEY –
Hollywood actor and singer (plays Dicky in ‘Part Three’)
FRED ASTAIRE –
Hollywood actor, singer and dancer (‘Parts Two to Four’)
GINGER ROGERS –
Hollywood actress, singer and dancer (‘Parts Two to Four’)
PAUL WHITEMAN –
Band leader (‘Part One’)
CAPTAIN TOLER –
Commanding officer of the S.S. Majesty
GROGAN –
Grumpy waiter aboard the S.S. Majesty (‘Parts One to Two’)
ALONZO SMITH –
Father of Betsey, Roger and Arthur, husband of Anna
ANNA SMITH –
Mother of Betsey, Roger and Arthur, wife of Alonzo, partially psychic
BETSEY SMITH –
Daughter of Alonso and Anna, sister of Roger and Arthur (plays Dancing Girl and Thief #2 in ‘Part Three’)
ROGER –
Son of Alonso and Anna, brother of Betsey and Arthur (plays the Vicar and Thief #1 in ‘Part Three’)
ARTHUR –
Son of Alonso and Anna, brother of Betsey and Roger (plays the Squire Haughty in ‘Part Three’)
COMMODORE
(‘Parts Two to Four’)
COMMISSIONER
(‘Parts Two and Four’)
GOM LEADER
(‘Parts Two to Four’)
GOM ELDER
(‘Parts Three to Four’)
GOM ELDER
(‘Parts Three to Four’)
WILLIAM KEER
Radio producer (‘Part Four’)
FIRST MATE (‘Part One’), PORTER (‘Parts One and Two’), MIDSHIPMAN (‘Part One’), ENGINEER #1 (‘Part One’), ENGINEER #2 (‘Part One’), CREWMAN #1 (‘Parts One and Two’), CREWMAN #2 (‘Part One’), SAILOR #1 (‘Parts Two and Four’), SAILOR #2 (‘Part Two’), PETTY OFFICER (‘Part Two’) GOM #1 (‘Parts Two to Four’), GOM #2 (‘Parts Two to Four’), GOM #3 (‘Parts Two to Four’), BUILDERS (‘Part Three’)
‘Nyssa of Traken’ originally created by Johnny Byrne
‘Billy Walker’ created by Tim Bradley
© Tim Bradley, 2025
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