Doppy & Pru's Summer Holiday
The Story So Far..
After your escape from the Asylum, and with the Dodworth
Buzzard in pride of place on the mantelpiece at Doppy Towers, The
Doppelganger turns to you and Prudence Nausea and says.
"You know, after all that business with my evil counterpart
in the Asylum, I think I need a holiday."
"Where?" says Prudence
"How about the Isles of Scilly, where the puffins go to
breed?"
"I am NOT a Puffin.." said Pru, giving Dop a sideways glare.
"Okay then," said Dop, "Doppy's magical mystery tour. I'll
arrange some transport if you guys get back here on Monday."
Monday came, and you and Prudence Nausea arrived at Doppy
Towers to find The Doppelganger leaning nonchalantly on a large
blue car, casually polishing the doorhandle with his shirt cuff.
"Ok.." he said, "Sling your stuff in the boot, Pru, here's the
keys. We've got a full tank of petrol, none of us smoke, it isn't
dark, but at least I'm wearing sunglasses. Hit it.."
Some time later as you were cruising down a quiet country
road in overdrive, you had a thought. "Where exactly are we
going?", you asked.
The Doppelganger turned round from the front seat, smiled
crookedly, and said. "We're all going on a - Summer Holiday!"
A large red double decker bus pulled alongside, and
accelerated down a side road. As it passed you could see the
occupants singing and dancing. "If anyone mentions Cliff
Richard." said Dop, "I am gonna scream!"
Hundreds of miles later with night falling, Prudence turned
the car down a small sideroad to a sleepy seaside village, past
the sign which said "Little Hogswash welcomes Careful Drivers"
and stopped in the carpark of an Inn.
"Okay, let's see if there's any chance of accommodation
around here.."
The three of you walked into the Inn, and up to the bar,
conscious of the many pairs of eyes glaring at your backs.
"Hi!" said Dop, "Anywhere round here where myself and my
friends here can stay the night?"
"How many rooms would you be requiring? Two or three?"
Prudence kicked the Doppelganger on the ankle. "Ow!, er, three,
yes, definitely three rooms we're after, yes indeedy."
"We have three rooms, I'll get my daughter to make up the
beds..". The landlord turned, and called back "Dolores! Make up
the beds in the guest rooms. all three, that's right."
The Doppelganger bought three drinks and you sat in a small
dark corner of the Inn to drink them.. Some time later, the
landlord's daughter appeared. "The rooms are ready.." she said.
Dop bolted, choked on his drink, spluttered, hit his knee on
the table spilling all the drinks on it, then sat down again..
"Did you ever see a movie called The Wicker Man?" he asked.
"No, why?"
"Doesn't matter, come on.."
"Will you be staying long?" asked the landlord.
"Could be, could be.."
"Well will you pay the first night in advance?"
"Okay." The Doppelganger whipped out his cheque book and made out
a cheque for the rooms in his best handwriting, or a scrawl
slightly less illegible than his usual. Dolores took the three of
you upstairs and showed you to your rooms. She then indicated her
room, with the words. "Should you want anything, I'm here.."
That night as you lay in bed someone knocked at your door.
"Er, yes?" you called..
Dolores entered, carrying a steaming cup of cocoa. "But I
didn't ask for any.."
"All part of the service", she replied, and for a moment you
thought she winked.. Damn fine cocoa though..
Doppy & Pru's Summer Holiday
The Cast
1. The Doppelganger
What more exists to be said about this weirdo, I mean great
man. His improbable life-style and history have already been
covered in the intro to Asylum to such an extent that very
little else needs to be added..
2. Prudence Nausea
Ditto..
3. The Lady
Who she? Nobody knows the origin of this shadowy figure or
even her real name or where she comes from.. What everyone
does know is that she is a VERY weird person who exudes an
aura of strangeness.
4. Aaron Dumfries.
Aaron is the landlord of The Smugglers Inn. In a village
such as Little Hogswash, life revolves around the village
pub, and where better to meet a wide section than in The
Smugglers Inn. Aaron has a daughter, Dolores, and a mother
in law, Daphne Pratt.
5. Dolores Dumfries.
Dolores' birth coincides with the death of her mother
Emerald, at the height of the full moon on the thirtieth of
April. Emerald had been found in the middle of a field on
the outskirts of Little Hogswash, and there is much
speculation as to what she was doing out there in her
condition. The reason remains a mystery to this day..
6. The Reverend Edgar Ponsonby.
Edgar Ponsonby is the vicar at the small church of St.
Jude's. His hobby is the study of the Occult, and his chief
ambition is to be asked to perform an exorcism, but nobody
has ever asked him to.. He's a member of the Campaign for
Real Hell-fire and Damnation, a side group who would like to
go back to the good old days of Witch-finding..
7. Daphne Pratt.
Daphne Pratt is the village gossip. If anything happens in
Little Hogswash, she'll know about it, and if nothing's
happening, she'll make something up.
8. Sergeant Dudfoot.
Dudfoot is the local village bobby, and represents the full
power of the Constabulary in Little Hogswash. Crime is a
rare thing in Hogswash, but if it ever comes Dudfoot will be
ready for it.
9. Harbottle.
Is Harbottle his first or last name? Nobody knows. All
people know about Harbottle is that he is the eccentric
lighthouse keeper, a real ancient mariner. Before Harbottle
ran the Hogswash Light, his father ran it, and his father
before him.. It's believed that his ancestors were involved
in smuggling, but of course this sort of thing doesn't
happen now...
10. Vera Blanchard.
Vera, were it not for 'The Lady' would certainly be seen by
some people as the scarlet woman of Little Hogswash, or
maybe she is? She lives with her friend Simon Jacoby, at No.
5 Locksley Lane, a habitation also visited late at night by
Dolores, for reasons at which people (usually Daphne) can
only guess.
11. Richard Dupree.
Richard Dupree is the last in the line of the Hogswash
Duprees who used to live in the now demolished Hogswash
Hall. His family made their money out of shipping, but lost
it all in the scandal involving the lucrative contract to
supply ice for the drinks on board the Titanic.
12. Johnathan Surkamp.
Johnathan is an ex-sailor, court-martialled out of the Navy.
All he did was pop out on deck for a breath of fresh air.
Unfortunately he was aboard a submarine at the time and it
was submerged.
13. Simon Jacoby.
No relation to Doctor, Simon Jacoby is a man of mystery,
although he has been living in Little Hogswash since before
Dolores was born, he doesn't seem to have changed much in
all that time. He lives with Vera, and Dolores is a regular
visitor to his domicile..
14. Tony the Goth.
Tony is tall, spiky-haired, and pale of complexion. He wears
black constantly, and you wouldn't really want to bump into
him on a dark night..
15. Dave the Rad Dude.
Dave is short, and fond of wearing very bright colours and
surfwear.. He used to have a skateboard but gave it away
because he kept falling off.. He knows the plot of every
Teenage Mutant Hero(ninja) Turtle cartoon off by heart and
even though he's never seen a single episode of The Simpsons
has all the merchandise..
16. Julia Crispen-Regis.
Julia is a failed reporter, who looks vaguely familiar from
where I'm standing..
17. Felicity Fazackerly.
Felicity is the last of the David Icke Home for the
Fundamentally Weird's inhabitants. Of her origins little is
known except she was once found on top of the lighthouse
attempting to fly..
Doppy & Pru's Summer Holiday
The Doppelganger Writes..
Hi there. Welcome to this, the final episode in the Doppy &
Pru Trilogy from Doppelganger Adventures Incorporated. This is
not so much a game, more of a parallel world, which exists in a
virtual plane of unreality. You've been told something of the
inhabitants of Little Hogswash, now let me tell you something of
Little Hogswash itself
Little Hogswash - A Tourist Guide
Start the day in The Smugglers Inn, on Locksley Lane. On leaving,
you head south, passing Dunchattin', and the Vicarage before
coming to the crossroads, where Trunch Road runs east and west.
Continue south, past St. Jude's Church, and the David Icke Home
for the Fundamentally Weird, then turn east onto Letsby Avenue
past the Police Station.
Turning onto the High Street next to the Beach, you could
head South, to the Lighthouse, or to the path running up the
hill. North takes you up the high street and then through the
Hogswash Shopping Centre, and turning away from the sea brings
you down Joie Drive, and finally onto Locksley Lane once more.
Special Commands
SAVE and LOAD allow you to keep your position on disk and restore
it.. You only get one shot though. AUTO hands control of your
character to the Doppymation III Character Animation routines.
Sit back and watch..
The usual LOOK command to redisplay your location has been
extended, by entering LOOK you can see what is in the
next location, and what the people there are up to! There are
also a few surprises. The right magic word will let you spy on
everyone. No swearing please. The Censor Lady won't like it..
Multiple commands are possible, (as in Asylum), but not
recommended. To talk to other characters start with their name,
then what you want to tell them.. Politeness counts, and should
some characters become unfriendly the game is impossible to
finish..!