The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)

The Rise of the New Humans
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jo
Featuring:	The Monk
Main enemy:	New humans
Main setting:	Earth, 1970s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Guy Adams
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Benji Clifford
Release details
Release number:	4.1
Part of:	The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Four
Release date:	21 March 2018
Production code:	BFPDW3RD04
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78703-501-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-502-7 (digital)
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The Rise of the New Humans was the first story in the audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Four, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Guy Adams and featured Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Rufus Hound as the Monk.

Publisher's summary

When a man dies after falling from the top floor of a multi-storey car park, the Doctor and Jo wonder why it should be of interest to UNIT. Then they see the protuberances on the man's back... As he fell, he tried to grow wings.

Looking into the man's past leads the Doctor and Jo to a remote private hospital where the staff aren't as helpful as they could be, and the Chief Administrator is unavailable to meet with them.

Breaking into some restricted wards, the Doctor notes the presence of alien and futuristic technology. The whole thing bears the unmistakable hallmarks of one of his own people's interference, one of his old foes. Except not perhaps the one he might have imagined.

The Monk is back. And this time his meddling may have gone too far.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Tim Treloar
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• The Monk - Rufus Hound
• Dr Kurdi - Mina Anwar 
• Chief Orderly / Wilde / Jumper - Joe Sims
• Harriet / Woman / Radio Technician - Clare Corbett
• Francis / Morgue Attendant / Patient / Orderly - Silas Hawkins

Worldbuilding

• The Monk refers to the Doctor and the Master's rivalry as "a grudge", and mocks the latter as clad "in a suit smelling of Ogron."
• The Doctor at first believed the Master was involved before the Monk showed himself.
• The Monk and the Doctor discuss regeneration.
• The Monk's TARDIS is disguised as a 19th century armoire. It has multiple kitchens, a home theatre system and comfortable chairs and sofas.
• The Doctor sabotages the Monk's TARDIS's temporal buffers.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• When talking with the Third Doctor about his former companions, the Monk mentions "grumpy space pilots", a reference to the First Doctor companion Steven Taylor, (TV: The Time Meddler) and "brassy birds from Blackpool", a reference to Lucie Miller, a future companion of the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Resurrection of Mars)
• Upon meeting the Monk, Jo asks if he's the Master or another of the Doctor's incarnations, referencing the incident with Omega. (TV: The Three Doctors)
• The Doctor notes that human society would collapse if death were eradicated. (TV: Torchwood: Miracle Day)
• The Doctor mentions Lavaworms (AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros) and Drashigs. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
• Missy would later develop a super-cure for the flu, but with the side effect of turning the patients into zombie-like creatures and spreading the 'cure' (PROSE: Pain Management)
• Charlie uses the Monk's TARDIS's telepathic circuits to communicate to Jo and the TARDIS. (TV: Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, The Doctor's Wife et al)

External links

• Official The Rise of the New Humans page at bigfinish.com