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=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor uses a [[temporal spectroscope]] to scan for irregularities in the time space field so as to determine whether any other time travellers have been dragged to the Abbey in 1006. He detects a [[time eddy]] in the Abbey's library.
* The Doctor uses a [[temporal spectroscope]] to scan for irregularities in the time space field so as to determine whether any other time travellers have been dragged to the Abbey in 1006. He detects a [[time eddy]] in the Abbey's library.
* The Monk has a [[Mark IV]] [[TARDIS]], which is considerably more advanced than the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor's TARDIS]].
* The Monk has a [[Mark IV]] [[TARDIS]], which is considerably more advanced than [[the Doctor's TARDIS]].
* The Monk made a DIY [[time scoop]]. It is only calibrated for interstitial space.
* The Monk made a DIY [[time scoop]]. It is only calibrated for interstitial space.
* Using its fully functional [[chameleon circuit]], the [[The Monk's TARDIS|Monk's TARDIS]] disguises itself as a sarcophagus.
* Using its fully functional [[chameleon circuit]], the [[The Monk's TARDIS|Monk's TARDIS]] disguises itself as a sarcophagus.
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* [[Lucie Miller|Brother Lucianus]] uses a [[vocoder]] to make her voice sound masculine.
* [[Lucie Miller|Brother Lucianus]] uses a [[vocoder]] to make her voice sound masculine.
* The Monk's DIY time scoop uses the dematerialisation circuit of the Monk's TARDIS.
* The Monk's DIY time scoop uses the dematerialisation circuit of the Monk's TARDIS.
* Among the components of the Monk's TARDIS is a neutrino filter, an epsilon modulator, and a time accelerator - the Doctor notes that the TARDIS didn't have those when he'd taken out the [[directional unit]], and the Monk's [[dimensional control]], or he would have stolen those as well.
* Among the components of the Monk's TARDIS is a [[neutrino filter]], an [[epsilon modulator]], and a [[time accelerator]] - the Doctor notes that the TARDIS didn't have those when he'd taken out the [[directional unit]], and the Monk's [[dimensional control]], or he would have stolen those as well.


=== Time travel ===
=== Time travel ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* When the Doctor claims that the TARDIS has been thrown off course, Tamsin reminds him that "that is what [he] said last time." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'')
* When the Doctor claims that the TARDIS has been thrown off course, Tamsin reminds him that "that is what [he] said last time". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'')
* The Doctor's former companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] kept a [[Vortisaur]] named [[Ramsay (Storm Warning)|Ramsay]] as a pet in the TARDIS for a brief period after it travelled through the [[Time Vortex]] and arrived on the British [[airship]] [[R101]] on [[5 October]] [[1930]]. She named it after the then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Ramsay MacDonald]], whom it apparently resembled. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' to ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'')
* The Doctor's former companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] kept a [[Vortisaur]] named [[Ramsay (Storm Warning)|Ramsay]] as a pet in the TARDIS for a brief period after it travelled through the [[Time Vortex]] and arrived on the British [[airship]] [[R101]] on [[5 October]] [[1930]]. She named it after the then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Ramsay MacDonald]], whom it apparently resembled. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' to ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'')
* The Doctor once again superstitiously refers to ''[[Macbeth]]'' as "the Scottish Play." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'', ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')
* The Doctor once again superstitiously refers to ''[[Macbeth]]'' as "the Scottish Play". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'', ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor previously visited Ireland in [[September]] [[1649]] during [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s sieges of [[Drogheda]] and [[Wexford]] in the company of [[Ace]] and [[Hex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor previously visited Ireland in [[September]] [[1649]] during [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s sieges of [[Drogheda]] and [[Wexford]] in the company of [[Ace]] and [[Hex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]'')
* The Doctor recalls his first encounter with the Monk in [[Northumbria]] in [[1066]] when he attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Battle of Hastings]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') as well as their subsequent meetings on the [[volcano]] [[planet]] [[Tigus]] and in [[Egypt]] in [[BC|2650 BC]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'').
* The Doctor recalls his first encounter with the Monk in [[Northumbria]] in [[1066]] when he attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Battle of Hastings]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') as well as their subsequent meetings on the [[volcano]] [[planet]] [[Tigus]] and in [[Egypt]] in [[BC|2650 BC]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* The Doctor's last encounter with the Monk occurred in [[London]] in [[1976]] during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. On that occasion, the Monk assisted the [[Vardan]]s during their attempted invasion of [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'')
* The Doctor's last encounter with the Monk occurred in [[London]] in [[1976]] during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. On that occasion, the Monk assisted the [[Vardan]]s during their attempted invasion of [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'')
* The Monk refers to the Doctor stealing the directional unit from his TARDIS in Egypt, which caused him to be stranded on an ice planet, the name of which he never learned. He was eventually able to repair his TARDIS sufficiently to allow him to leave the planet, though he has not been able to replace the directional unit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* The Monk refers to the Doctor stealing the directional unit from his TARDIS in Egypt, which caused him to be stranded on an ice planet, the name of which he never learned. He was eventually able to repair his TARDIS sufficiently to allow him to leave the planet, though he has not been able to replace the directional unit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* The Monk was the time traveller who organised the companion auditions in [[London]] in [[2010]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Situation Vacant (audio story)|Situation Vacant]]'') and the "strange little man" who was responsible for the destruction of [[Nevermore|Corinth Minor]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'').
* The Monk was the time traveller who organised the companion auditions in [[London]] in [[2010]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Situation Vacant (audio story)|Situation Vacant]]'') and the "strange little man" who was responsible for the destruction of [[Nevermore|Corinth Minor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'')
* [[Lucie Miller]] left the Doctor in [[Blackpool]] on [[25 December]] [[2009]] following the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'')
* [[Lucie Miller]] left the Doctor in [[Blackpool]] on [[25 December]] [[2009]] following the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'')



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The Book of Kells was the fourth story in the fourth series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Barnaby Edwards and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Niky Wardley as Tamsin Drew.

Publisher's summary

"Anyone who's prepared to kill for a book interests me."

Ireland, 1006. Strange things have been happening at the isolated Abbey of Kells: disembodied voices, unexplained disappearances, sudden death. The monks whisper of imps and demons. Could the Lord of the Dead himself be stalking these hallowed cloisters?

The Doctor and his companion find themselves in the midst of a medieval mystery. At its heart is a book: perhaps the most important book in the world. The Great Gospel of Columkille. The Liber Columbae. The Book of Kells.

Plot

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Cast

References

Individuals

Species

  • A Vortisaur recently crashlanded in a barn near the Abbey of Kells. The monks used its hide to make vellum.

Technology

Time travel

  • Tamsin refers to the Time Vortex as a "temporary whirlpool" rather than a "temporal wormhole".

Notes

  • This story marks the first appearance of the Monk in an audio drama as well as his first appearance in performed Doctor Who since the television story The Daleks' Master Plan in 1966.
  • Sheridan Smith is credited as "Ash Hidminster" (an anagram) in the liner notes, to disguise the reappearance of Lucie. She is only recognisable in the sequence after the end titles.
  • As the Doctor states, it is a matter of historical record that the Book of Kells was stolen from the Abbey of Kells in 1006. When it was recovered some weeks later, the gold and jewels of the cover were missing, along with several pages. This brief period was the only time that the Book of Kells was outside the monastery until it was placed on display in the Old Library of Trinity College, Dublin in the 19th century, where it remains today.
  • The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 10 January 2013.

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