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|image = 411-nightsblackagents cover large.jpg
|image           = 411-nightsblackagents cover large.jpg
|range           = The Companion Chronicles
|range           = The Companion Chronicles
|series in range = Series 4 (CC)
|series in range = Series 4 (CC)
|series number in range = 4
|series number in range = 4
|number in series = 11
|number in series = 11
|series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|number = 4.11
|number           = 4.11
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
|main character  = [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]]
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]]
|featuring        = [[Sixth Doctor]]
|enemy = [[Merodach]]
|enemy           = [[Merodach]]
|setting = [[Scotland]], [[1780]]; The [[Land of Fiction]]
|setting         = [[Scotland]], [[1780]]; The [[Land of Fiction]]
|writer = [[Marty Ross]]
|writer           = Marty Ross
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director         = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound = Howard Carter
|sound           = Howard Carter
|cover = [[Simon Holub]]
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|release date = [[May (releases)|May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date     = May 2010
|format = 2 episodes on 1 disc
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC31
|production code = BFPDWCC31
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-467-2
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-467-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-816-4 (digital)
|prev = The Time Vampire (audio story)
|prev             = The Time Vampire (audio story)
|next = Solitaire (audio story)
|next             = Solitaire (audio story)
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|epcount = 2}}
'''''Night's Black Agents''''' was the eleventh story of the [[Series 4 (CC)|fourth series]] in ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''. It was produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Marty Ross]] and featured an apparently older version of [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie McCrimmon]] who had been reunited with the [[Sixth Doctor]] long after he had his memories of his travels with the [[Second Doctor]] wiped by the [[Time Lord]]s in the television story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.
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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]]


== References ==
== 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]].
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== 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.
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[[File:Night's Black Agents clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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Night's Black Agents was the eleventh story of the 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.

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

Jamie McCrimmon and his new friend the Sixth Doctor are lost on the moors of Scotland, where the legendary Kelpie roams...

They are offered shelter by the 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?

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  • The Doctor tells Jamie that the Scottish legend of the Kelpie has no basis in fact.
  • Reverend Merodach is the minister of the parish of Lammermoor in Lothian.
  • 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 Rising in the 1740s.
  • 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 Italian dandy".

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