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|featuring              = [[Stranger (The Inheritance)|The stranger]]
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|setting                = [[Rebirth Organisation]], [[Alma (Sins of the Flesh)|Alma]]
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Posing as an agent of the [[Central Investigations Bureau]] on [[Alma (Sins of the Flesh)|Alma]], [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] meets with [[Robert McIntosh (Sins of the Flesh)|Robert McIntosh]] of the [[Rebirth Organisation]], a [[religion|religious]] group who are [[cyber-conversion|converting]] people into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] to cure them of their [[sexuality]] and claim that the "redemption suits" will fall off over time. Robert introduces him to [[Alexander Kurz]], a Cyberman who is unfamiliar with the term and professes his devotion to the divine being [[Unica]], and the two of them explain that the group do not use [[cyber-conversion unit|conversion units]] nor do the converted lose their individuality.
Posing as an agent of the [[Central Investigations Bureau]] on [[Alma (Sins of the Flesh)|Alma]], [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] meets with [[Robert McIntosh (Sins of the Flesh)|Robert McIntosh]] of the [[Rebirth Organisation]], a [[religion|religious]] group who are [[cyber-conversion|converting]] people into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] to cure them of their [[sexuality]] and claim that the "redemption suits" will fall off over time. Robert introduces him to [[Alexander Kurz]], a [[Cyberleader]] who claims to be unfamiliar with the term "Cyberman" and professes his devotion to the divine being [[Unica]], and the two of them explain that the group do not use [[cyber-conversion unit|conversion units]] nor do the converted lose their individuality.


[[Valarie Lockwood|Valarie]] joins as a patient and takes part in a group led by McIntosh's converted daughter, [[Carmen McIntosh|Carmen]], and speaks up against her [[homophobia]]. During the meeting, [[Harry (Sins of the Flesh)|Harry]] is inexplicably converted in what Alexander, who takes the Doctor to witness the event, describes as a [[miracle]] showing that Unica has forgiven him. [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], however, indicates that the supposed miracle was a show likely disguising a [[Teleportation|teleport]] and he tells Valarie that Harry and the other Cybermen are only pretending to have retained their personality.
[[Valarie Lockwood|Valarie]] joins as a patient and takes part in a group led by McIntosh's converted daughter, [[Carmen McIntosh|Carmen]], and speaks up against her [[homophobia]]. During the meeting, [[Harry (Sins of the Flesh)|Harry]] is inexplicably converted in what Alexander, who takes the Doctor to witness the event, describes as a [[miracle]] showing that Unica has forgiven him. [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], however, indicates that the supposed miracle was a show likely disguising a [[Teleportation|teleport]] and he tells Valarie that Harry and the other Cybermen are only pretending to have retained their personality.
After breaking into his flat in [[the TARDIS]], the Doctor is caught by Alexander, who claims to have been told of the Doctor's [[Time Lord]] identity by Unica and begs for the opportunity to go on with his penitence for [[violence|violent]] crimes in his redemption suit. The Doctor points out that his [[emotional inhibitor]] is active, however, and flees into the TARDIS when Alexander, whom he hits with a [[car]], attacks him. In the TARDIS, he receives another phone call from [[Stranger (The Inheritance)|the stranger]] telling him that he is running out of time and tries unsuccessfully to trace the call with the [[Arkheion]] device.
Carmen and Harry round up Valarie and the others to be converted and Valarie tries to expose the process's inability to change sexuality and by ripping Harry's head off, but [[Lilly (Sins of the Flesh)|Lilly]] and the others want to become Cybermen regardless and are converted.


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Revision as of 13:22, 5 January 2024

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Sins of the Flesh was the third and final story in the audio anthology Everywhere and Anywhere, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alfie Shaw and featured Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor and Safiyya Ingar as Valarie Lockwood.

Publisher's summary

Is your child exhibiting sinful behaviour? Have they set themselves on the road of eternal damnation? Has everything you tried failed? Feel like you’re out of options?

Don't worry. We can help. Bring them to the Rebirth Organisation today. Bring them to be converted.

Plot

Posing as an agent of the Central Investigations Bureau on Alma, the Doctor meets with Robert McIntosh of the Rebirth Organisation, a religious group who are converting people into Cybermen to cure them of their sexuality and claim that the "redemption suits" will fall off over time. Robert introduces him to Alexander Kurz, a Cyberleader who claims to be unfamiliar with the term "Cyberman" and professes his devotion to the divine being Unica, and the two of them explain that the group do not use conversion units nor do the converted lose their individuality.

Valarie joins as a patient and takes part in a group led by McIntosh's converted daughter, Carmen, and speaks up against her homophobia. During the meeting, Harry is inexplicably converted in what Alexander, who takes the Doctor to witness the event, describes as a miracle showing that Unica has forgiven him. The Doctor's sonic screwdriver, however, indicates that the supposed miracle was a show likely disguising a teleport and he tells Valarie that Harry and the other Cybermen are only pretending to have retained their personality.

After breaking into his flat in the TARDIS, the Doctor is caught by Alexander, who claims to have been told of the Doctor's Time Lord identity by Unica and begs for the opportunity to go on with his penitence for violent crimes in his redemption suit. The Doctor points out that his emotional inhibitor is active, however, and flees into the TARDIS when Alexander, whom he hits with a car, attacks him. In the TARDIS, he receives another phone call from the stranger telling him that he is running out of time and tries unsuccessfully to trace the call with the Arkheion device.

Carmen and Harry round up Valarie and the others to be converted and Valarie tries to expose the process's inability to change sexuality and by ripping Harry's head off, but Lilly and the others want to become Cybermen regardless and are converted.

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Cast

Worldbuilding

Notes

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Continuity

  • The Doctor mentions having met early Cybermen on his travels, a reference to his meetings with them in stories including The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], Spare Parts [+]Loading...["Spare Parts (audio story)"] and The Silver Turk [+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"].
  • Valarie is clinging to the hope of an afterlife because of All's Fair [+]Loading...["All's Fair (audio story)"], in which her future self died.
  • The Doctor discusses what happened to the Ponds, as occurred in TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"], and losing Clara Oswald, as occurred in TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"].

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