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|series = [[Doctor Who]]<Br>[[The Companion Chronicles|Big Finish - The Companion Chronicles]]
|image                 = Shadow of the Past.jpg
|number = 4.9
|range                  = The Companion Chronicles
|doctor = [[Third Doctor]]
|series in range        = Series 4 (CC)
|companions = [[Liz Shaw]]
|series number in range = 4
|enemy = The Mimm(?)
|number in series      = 9
|year = TBC
|series                 = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|writer = [[Simon Guerrier]]
|number                 = 4.9
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|main character        = [[Liz Shaw]]
|producer = [[Richard Fox]], [[Lauren Yason]]
|featuring              = Third Doctor
|release date = [[30th April]] [[2010]]
|featuring2            = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
|format = 1 disc
|featuring3            = Mike Yates
|production code = BFPDWCC29
|featuring4            = John Benton
|isbn = 978-1-84435-465-8
|featuring5            = Adelphi
|previous story = ''[[The Emperor of Eternity]]''
|enemy                  = [[Mim]]
|next story = ''[[The Time Vampire]]''
|setting                = [[Vault 75-73]], [[1970s]]
}}{{audio stub}}'''''Shadow of the Past''''' was the ninth [[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicle]] of the fourth series. It starred [[Caroline John]] as [[Liz Shaw]].
|writer                = Simon Guerrier
|director              = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer              = [[David Richardson]]
|music                  = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|sound                  = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|cover                  = [[Iain Robertson]]
|release date          = 30 April 2010
|format                 = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code       = BFPDWCC29
|isbn                   = ISBN 978-1-84435-465-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-814-0 (digital)
|prev                  = The Emperor of Eternity (audio story)
|next                   = The Time Vampire (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer      = soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-shadow-of-the-past-trailer
|epcount = 2
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''Shadow of the Past''''' was the ninth story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] in ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio range. It was produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], narrated by [[Caroline John]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Liz Shaw]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Mike Yates|Captain Yates]], [[John Benton|Corporal Benton]] and [[UNIT]].


== Synopsis ==There's a secret locked up in [[UNIT]]'s Vault 75-73/Whitehall. Dr Elizabeth Shaw is the only one left who knows what that secret is.Returning to UNIT for the first time in decades, she slowly unravels the past. The vault contains the remains of a spaceship that crashed in the Pennines in the seventies.For the young Liz Shaw, the priority is to ensure the thing's safe. But the Doctor is more concerned about the alien pilot. And the chance this ship offers for escape. Can he resist the temptation, or will [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] turn on his friends?
== Publisher's summary ==
There's a secret locked up in [[UNIT]]'s [[Vault 75-73|Vault 75-73/Whitehall]]. Dr [[Liz Shaw|Elizabeth Shaw]] is the only one left who knows what that secret is. Returning to [[UNIT]] for the first time in decades, she slowly unravels the past. The vault contains the remains of a [[spaceship]] that crashed in the [[Pennines]] in the [[1970s|seventies]]. For the young Liz Shaw, the priority is to ensure the thing's safe. However, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] is more concerned about the alien pilot and the chance this ship offers for escape. Can he resist the temptation, or will the Third Doctor turn on his friends?


== Plot ==''to be added''
== Plot ==


==Cast==*[[Liz Shaw]] - [[Caroline John]]*
=== Part One ===
''to be added''


[[Marshall (Shadow of the Past)|Marshall]] - [[Lex Shrapnel]]
=== Part Two ===
''to be added''


==Production crew==*[[Writer]] - [[Simon Guerrier]]*
== Cast ==
* [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Caroline John]]
* [[Robin Marshall|Marshall]] - [[Lex Shrapnel]]


[[Director]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]*
== Crew ==


[[Executive Producer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Cover Art - [[Iain Robertson]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music - [[Richard Fox]] and [[Lauren Yason]] @ FoxYason Studios
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Writer - [[Simon Guerrier]]


*[[Sound design]] - [[Richard Fox]], [[Lauren Yason]]*
== Worldbuilding ==
* Liz comments wryly upon the oddly British practice employed by UNIT of "hot [[sweet tea]]" salving all wounds.
* Liz mentions [[Apollo 1]] and [[Mars Probe 7]].


[[Cover art]] - [[Iain Robertson]]*
== Story notes ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[11 August (production)|11 August]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* Liz refers to [[Mike Yates]] as "Captain Yates", which is at odds with his rank as given in the novel ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'', but is consistent with the audio story ''[[Vengeance of the Stones (audio story)|Vengeance of the Stones]]''.
* The Sergeant who dies in the story is stated to be [[Benton]]'s immediate predecessor, thus setting this story before [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]].''
* This story was told from Liz's perspective.
* This story was originally set on CD and download.


[[Music]] - Richard Fox, Lauren Yason
== Continuity ==
* Liz saw a plague unleashed a few weeks ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
* The Doctor and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] are still not back on good terms after the bombing of the [[Silurian]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
* Liz comments that her dissatisfaction with her role in UNIT arose because she felt all she had to do was tell the Doctor he was brilliant and pass him his test tubes. She later told the Brigadier this face-to-face, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') which he later used to convince the Doctor to accept [[Jo Grant]] as his new assistant. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The Doctor is said to still be deeply offended at being imprisoned on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* Liz mentions her "[[Preternatural Research Bureau|preternatural research]]". ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'', etc.)
* The [[Adelphi|Time Lord]] in a [[bowler hat]] appears in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. He would later appear to warn the Doctor of {{Delgado}}'s arrival on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that the Time Lords accepted that some evils had to be fought. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')


== References ==''to be added''
== External links ==
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== Story notes ==*This story was recorded on [[11th August]] [[2009]].
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== Continuity ==*The Doctor and the [[Brigadier]] are still not back on pleasant terms after the bombing of the [[Silurian]] base on Wenley Moor ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')*Liz comments that her dissatisfaction in her role in UNIT was because she felt all she had to do was tell the Doctor he was brilliant and pass him his test tubes, which she later told the Brigadier, because he uses this to convince the Doctor to accept [[Jo Grant]] as his new assistant in ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''.*The Sergeant who dies in the story is stated to be [[Benton|Benton's]] immediate predecessor, thus setting this story before ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''.*Liz comments wryly upon the oddly British practice employed by UNIT of "hot sweet tea" salving all wounds.*The Doctor is said to still be deeply offended at being imprisoned on Earth.*The older Liz telling the story is aware that there are "half a dozen" other incarnations of the Doctor which followed "hers".
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[[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart audio stories]]
== Timeline==*''Shadow of the Past'' occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''. *''Shadow of the Past'' occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''
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==External links==*
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Shadow of the Past was the ninth story of the fourth series in The Companion Chronicles audio range. It was produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Guerrier, narrated by Caroline John and featured the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Captain Yates, Corporal Benton and UNIT.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

There's a secret locked up in UNIT's Vault 75-73/Whitehall. Dr Elizabeth Shaw is the only one left who knows what that secret is. Returning to UNIT for the first time in decades, she slowly unravels the past. The vault contains the remains of a spaceship that crashed in the Pennines in the seventies. For the young Liz Shaw, the priority is to ensure the thing's safe. However, the Doctor is more concerned about the alien pilot and the chance this ship offers for escape. Can he resist the temptation, or will the Third Doctor turn on his friends?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Liz comments wryly upon the oddly British practice employed by UNIT of "hot sweet tea" salving all wounds.
  • Liz mentions Apollo 1 and Mars Probe 7.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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