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|image = The Enigma Dimension.jpg | |image = The Enigma Dimension.jpg | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Casualties of War (audio anthology) | ||
|range = The War Doctor (audio series) | |range = The War Doctor (audio series) | ||
|series in range = Casualties of War (audio anthology) | |series in range = Casualties of War (audio anthology) | ||
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|number = 4.3 | |number = 4.3 | ||
|doctor = War Doctor | |doctor = War Doctor | ||
|featuring = [[War Ollistra]] | |featuring = [[War Ollistra|Ollistra]] | ||
|companions = [[Leela]] | |companions = [[Leela]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek Time Strategist]] | |enemy = [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] | ||
|setting = [[Gallifrey]] | |setting = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|director = Nicholas Briggs | |director = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 23 February 2017 | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories | ||
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|next2 = The Starship of Theseus (audio story) | |next2 = The Starship of Theseus (audio story) | ||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Casualties of War (audio anthology)|Casualties of War]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[John Hurt]] as the [[War Doctor]], [[Jacqueline Pearce]] as [[War Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]] and [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]]. | ||
Following [[John Hurt]]'s death in January 2017, this was also the final audio story from the original run of ''[[The War Doctor (audio series)|The War Doctor]]'', with the anthology being released posthumously. | Following [[John Hurt]]'s death in January 2017, this was also the final audio story from the original run of ''[[The War Doctor (audio series)|The War Doctor]]'', with the anthology being released posthumously. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The [[Dalek Time Strategist]] has a new plan to ensure final victory in the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. As its forces gather for a huge assault on the enemy, ahead of the fleet something hovers above the planet of the [[Time Lord]]s. And on [[Gallifrey]] itself, shadows move among the [[Cloisters]]. The Time Lords face [[The Enigma|a threat]] alien to their entire universe. To save their world, the [[War Doctor]] and his allies must enter the Enigma Dimension... | The [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] has a new plan to ensure final victory in the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. As its forces gather for a huge assault on the enemy, ahead of the fleet something hovers above the planet of the [[Time Lord]]s. And on [[Gallifrey]] itself, shadows move among the [[Cloisters]]. The Time Lords face [[The Enigma|a threat]] alien to their entire universe. To save their world, the [[War Doctor]] and his allies must enter the Enigma Dimension... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Kanteer]] - [[Alan David]] | * [[Kanteer]] - [[Alan David]] | ||
* [[Lintok]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | * [[Lintok]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | ||
* [[Dalek Time Strategist]] / The [[ | * [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] / The [[Dalek]]s / [[Assault Team Leader]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[The Enigma]] is twice the size of a [[planet]], but [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] couldn't register any mass for it. | * [[The Enigma]] is twice the size of a [[planet]], but [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] couldn't register any mass for it. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] in two parts on [[25 March (releases)|25]] and [[26 March (releases)|26 March]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k78p</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kggn</ref> The first part ends when the [[War Doctor]] claims to the [[War Ollistra]] that they are going to die inside the Enigma Dimension. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* Kanteer deploys the [[De-mat Gun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | * Kanteer deploys the [[De-mat Gun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | ||
* The War Doctor comments that the Time War is over. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War Valeyard (audio story)|The War Valeyard]]'') | * The War Doctor comments that the Time War is over. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War Valeyard (audio story)|The War Valeyard]]'') | ||
* The War Doctor believes the only way to win the Time War is if both Time Lords and Daleks are destroyed, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') describing them both as "warrior | * The War Doctor believes the only way to win the Time War is if both Time Lords and Daleks are destroyed, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') describing them both as "[[warrior race]]s." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | ||
* Ollistra initiates the [[Fast return switch|fast return protocol]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') | * Ollistra initiates the [[Fast return switch|fast return protocol]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') | ||
* The War Doctor refuses to be addressed as "the Doctor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'') | * The War Doctor refuses to be addressed as "the Doctor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'') | ||
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* The War Doctor mocks that the Daleks won't dare open fire on him out of fear that he might have some contingency. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | * The War Doctor mocks that the Daleks won't dare open fire on him out of fear that he might have some contingency. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] once also noted that she feared what the Daleks represented more than the Daleks themselves. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'') | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] once also noted that she feared what the Daleks represented more than the Daleks themselves. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'') | ||
* The War Doctor believes that the only way for the Time War to truly end is for both the Daleks and the Time Lords to be destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||