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{{Infobox Story | |image = 411-nightsblackagents cover large.jpg | ||
|image = 411-nightsblackagents cover large.jpg | |range = The Companion Chronicles | ||
| | |series in range = Series 4 (CC) | ||
|series = [[The Companion Chronicles]] | |series number in range = 4 | ||
|number = 4.11 | |number in series = 11 | ||
| | |series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | ||
|number = 4.11 | |||
|enemy = [[ | |main character = [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]] | ||
|setting = [[Scotland]], [[1780]] | |featuring = [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
|writer = | |enemy = [[Merodach]] | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |setting = [[Scotland]], [[1780]]; The [[Land of Fiction]] | ||
|producer = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |writer = Marty Ross | ||
| | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|format = | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|production code = BFPDWCC31 | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-467-2 | |sound = Howard Carter | ||
|prev = The Time Vampire (audio story) | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|next = Solitaire (audio story) | |release date = May 2010 | ||
}}{{audio stub}}'''''Night's Black Agents''''' was | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|production code = BFPDWCC31 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-467-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-816-4 (digital) | |||
|prev = The Time Vampire (audio story) | |||
|next = Solitaire (audio story) | |||
|epcount = 2}} | |||
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'''''Night's Black Agents''''' was the eleventh story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] in ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marty Ross]], narrated by [[Frazer Hines]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie McCrimmon]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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They are offered shelter by the [[Merodach|Reverend Merodach]], the minister of the parish of Lammermoor, and are welcomed to his castle. But strange forces are at work within its walls, and Merodach is not what he appears. | They are offered shelter by the [[Merodach|Reverend Merodach]], the minister of the parish of Lammermoor, and are welcomed to his castle. But strange forces are at work within its walls, and Merodach is not what he appears. | ||
Can the Doctor and Jamie prevent their powerful enemy from taking the TARDIS for himself? | Can the Doctor and Jamie prevent their powerful enemy from taking [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] for himself? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* Reverend [[Merodach]] - [[Hugh Ross]] | * Reverend [[Merodach]] - [[Hugh Ross]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]] | |||
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
* Writer - [[Marty Ross]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor tells Jamie that the [[Scotland|Scottish]] legend of the [[Kelpie]] has no basis in fact. | * The Doctor tells Jamie that the [[Scotland|Scottish]] legend of the [[Kelpie]] has no basis in fact. | ||
* Reverend Merodach is the minister of the parish of Lammermoor in [[Lothian]]. | * Reverend Merodach is the minister of the parish of [[Lammermoor]] in [[Lothian]]. | ||
* Jamie describes Reverend Merodach as resembling a "chewed out [[apple]] core." | * Jamie describes Reverend Merodach as resembling a "chewed out [[apple]] core." | ||
* Reverend Merodach states that the wearing of [[tartan]] has been banned in Scotland since the [[Jacobite|Jacobite Rising]] in the [[1740s]]. | * Reverend Merodach states that the wearing of [[tartan]] has been banned in Scotland since the [[Jacobite|Jacobite Rising]] in the [[1740s]]. | ||
* Reverend Merodach describes the Doctor's coat as resembling that of "a [[carnival]] magician." | * Reverend Merodach describes the Doctor's coat as resembling that of "a [[carnival]] magician". | ||
* The Doctor quotes ''[[Macbeth]]''. | |||
* Reverend Merodach contemptuously refers to [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] as "an [[Italy|Italian]] dandy". | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This is the first ''Companion Chronicle'' to feature the Sixth Doctor. | * This is the first ''Companion Chronicle'' to feature the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 October (production)|26 October]] [[2009]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[26 October (production)|26 October]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story was told from [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie]]'s perspective. | |||
[[File:Night's Black Agents clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Reverend Merodach refers to the Doctor's recent arrival in Scotland and his defeat of the [[Red Cap]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[City of Spires (audio story)|City of Spires]]'') | * Reverend Merodach refers to the Doctor's recent arrival in Scotland and his defeat of the [[Red Cap]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[City of Spires (audio story)|City of Spires]]'') | ||
* Reverend Merodach mentions the [[Battle of Culloden]], which took place on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] first met the real [[Jamie McCrimmon]] in the aftermath of the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | * Reverend Merodach mentions the [[Battle of Culloden]], which took place on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] first met the real [[Jamie McCrimmon]] in the aftermath of the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
* Guthrie had previously told the Doctor of a "sorcerer" and his crooked headed maidservant at | * [[Guthrie (City of Spires)|Guthrie]] had previously told the Doctor of a "sorcerer" and his crooked headed maidservant at Lammermoor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[City of Spires (audio story)|City of Spires]]'') | ||
* Reverend Merodach reminds Jamie that Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the battlefield of Culloden dressed as a washerwoman. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/night-s-black-agents-487|Night's Black Agents}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|chronicles31.htm|Night's Black Agents}} | |||
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