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|series = [[The Companion Chronicles]] | |range = The Companion Chronicles | ||
|number = 4.11 | |series in range = Series 4 (CC) | ||
| | |series number in range = 4 | ||
| | |number in series = 11 | ||
|enemy = [[ | |series = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' | ||
| | |number = 4.11 | ||
|writer = | |main character = [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]] | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |featuring = [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
|producer = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |enemy = [[Merodach]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Scotland]], [[1780]]; The [[Land of Fiction]] | ||
|format = | |writer = Marty Ross | ||
|production code = BFPDWCC31 | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-467-2 | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
| | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|next | |sound = Howard Carter | ||
}}{{audio stub}}'''''Night's Black Agents''''' was the | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|release date = May 2010 | |||
|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}} | |||
{{audio stub}} | |||
'''''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 == | ||
Jamie McCrimmon and his new friend the Sixth Doctor are lost on the moors of Scotland, where the legendary Kelpie roams... | [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|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. | 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 == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Jamie McCrimmon ( | * [[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|Jamie]] - [[Frazer Hines]] | ||
* 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. | |||
* 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|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 [[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]] [[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 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 (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]]'') | ||
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== 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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