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|audio anthology  = ''[[Missy and the Monk (audio anthology)|Missy and the Monk]]''
|audio anthology  = Missy and the Monk (audio anthology)
|range            = Missy (audio series)
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|series in range  = Missy and the Monk (audio anthology)
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|number in series = 2
|number in series = 2
|number          = 3.2
|number          = 3.2
|main character  = {{Gomez}}, {{Hound}}
|main character  = [[Missy]], {{Hound}}
|featuring        =  
|featuring        =  
|enemy            =  
|enemy            =  
|setting          =  
|setting          = [[New York City]], [[2020]]
|writer          = [[Johnny Candon]]
|writer          = Johnny Candon
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
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|epcount          = 1
|epcount          = 1
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[22 September (releases)|22 September]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date    = 22 September 2021
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 3 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 3 stories
|production code  = BFPDWMISSY03
|production code  = BFPDWMISSY03
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-83868-638-3 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-639-0 (digital)
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-83868-638-3 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-639-0 (digital)
|series          = ''[[Missy (audio series)|Missy]]''
|series          = ''[[Missy (audio series)|Missy]]''
|prev            = Body and Soulless (audio story)
|prev            = Body and Soulless (audio story)
|next            = Two Monks, One Mistress (audio story)
|next            = Two Monks, One Mistress (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Missy and the Monk (audio anthology)|Missy and the Monk]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Johnny Candon]] and featured [[Michelle Gomez]] as {{Gomez}} and [[Rufus Hound]] as {{Hound}}.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Missy and the Monk (audio anthology)|Missy and the Monk]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Johnny Candon]] and featured [[Michelle Gomez]] as [[Missy]] and [[Rufus Hound]] as {{Hound}}.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
{{Gomez}} takes {{Hound}} to [[Earth]] to make a point – she can be nice if she wants. In fact, she can save the planet! While the Monk tries to charm the corporate sharks, Missy makes them a better offer. To supply [[The Seed|the ultimate warrior]], created in the [[Last Great Time War|ultimate war]]...
[[Missy]] takes {{Hound}} to [[Earth]] to make a point – she can be nice if she wants. In fact, she can save the planet! While the Monk tries to charm the corporate sharks, Missy makes them a better offer. To supply [[The Seed|the ultimate warrior]], created in the [[Last Great Time War|ultimate war]]...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* {{Gomez}} - [[Michelle Gomez]]
* [[Missy]] - [[Michelle Gomez]]
* {{Hound|c}} - [[Rufus Hound]]
* {{Hound|c}} - [[Rufus Hound]]
*[[Richard Morris Temple|Richard Temple]] - [[John Telfer]]
* [[Richard Morris Temple|Richard Temple]] - [[John Telfer]]
*[[Anastasia Temple]] - [[Lynsey Murrell]]
* [[Anastasia Temple]] - [[Lynsey Murrell]]
* [[The Seed]] - [[Samuel Collings]]
* [[The Seed]] - [[Samuel Collings]]


== References ==
== Crew ==


* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]]
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Joe Kraemer]]
* Script Editor - [[Matt Fitton]]
* Writer - [[Johnny Candon]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* Missy has apparently [[Twitter|tweeted]] a picture of the Monk while he was "on the [[Toilet|loo]]".
* Missy has apparently [[Twitter|tweeted]] a picture of the Monk while he was "on the [[Toilet|loo]]".
* [[The Monk's TARDIS]] first [[Chameleon circuit|disguises]] itself as a [[Chevy]] 67, then into a [[Police box|Police Box]] and finally a [[suitcase]] on wheels.
* [[The Monk's TARDIS]] first [[Chameleon circuit|disguises]] itself as a [[Chevy]] 67, then into a [[Police box|Police Box]] and finally a [[suitcase]] on wheels.
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* Richard refers to Missy as "[[Nanny McPhee]]".
* Richard refers to Missy as "[[Nanny McPhee]]".
* [[The Seed]] was found drifting in [[Arkansas]]. The Seed was "acquired" by a certain expert institution and later sold to Temple.
* [[The Seed]] was found drifting in [[Arkansas]]. The Seed was "acquired" by a certain expert institution and later sold to Temple.
* The Master created the Seed - a War Seed - by using her own DNA. She made more than one. Due to her DNA being present, the War Seed's face keeps changing between the Master's faces. A War Seed embeds itself into a society and turns the populace into soldiers that answer to the [[Time Lord|Time Lords]].
* The Master created the Seed - a War Seed - by using her own DNA. She made more than one. Due to her DNA being present, the War Seed's face keeps changing between the Master's faces. A War Seed embeds itself into a society and turns the populace into soldiers that answer to the [[Time Lord]]s.
** Missy suggests that if Temple returns her son, she will offer him the army left behind.
** Missy suggests that if Temple returns her son, she will offer him the army left behind.
* Missy once again refers to the Monk as "[[Monkey]]".
* Missy once again refers to the Monk as "[[Monkey]]".
*In a state of panic, Murph regenerates (or degenerates) into a monster resembling a [[cheetah]]-[[human]] [[hybrid]]. The Monk contemplates whether this regeneration was based on pure survival.
* In a state of panic, Murph regenerates (or degenerates) into a monster resembling a [[cheetah]]-[[human]] [[hybrid]]. The Monk contemplates whether this regeneration was based on pure survival.
*The Seed could see somewhat into the future, knowing that Brad was going to die. He was also able to sense his brothers.
* The Seed could see somewhat into the future, knowing that Brad was going to die. He was also able to sense his brothers.
*On a previously seeded planet, the bloomed War Seed had transformed the Cheetle populace into weapons.
* On a previously seeded planet, the bloomed War Seed had transformed the Cheetle populace into weapons.
*The War Seeds have TARDIS DNA woven through him, allowing them to dematerialise on the spot.
* The War Seeds have TARDIS DNA woven through him, allowing them to dematerialise on the spot.
* Temple states that he acquired the Seed in 1985 and has had him for 35 years, placing this story in 2020.


==Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''


* Previously, [[Missy (audio series)|this series]] had built upon the [[Doctor Who|television series]]' character development of [[Missy]], from possibly the most malevolent incarnations of [[the Master]] into one of the most benevolent. The audio series had seen her parental role towards [[Lucy Davis|Lucy]] and [[Oliver Davis]], and her meeting with her future incarnation of [[the Lumiat]], a purely benevolent incarnation. In ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]'', Missy's attitude and behaviour towards [[River Song]] is surprisingly upbeat, despite River having just killed [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. In the previous story, ''[[Body and Soulless (audio story)|Body and Soulless]]'', Missy is praised by the [[Kalvor]] for the defeat of the [[VAD (Body and Soulless)|VAD]], and the ending of the VAD-Kalvor War. This appraisal had left Missy pondering the line between good and evil. In this story, however, whilst Missy is "saving the [[Earth]]", one could argue that the survival of Earth was merely a side-effect of her retrieving the [[The Seed|War Seed]]. This story, instead, focuses on the morality of [[the Monk]]. In the final episodes of the [[Lucie Miller]] adventures, a [[The Monk (The Book of Kells)|previous incarnation of the Monk]] had manipulated the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s timeline so much that he was unable to reach Lucie Miller, who was firstly trapped in a war between the [[Dalek|Daleks]] and [[Human|Humans]], which then left her severely paralysed, resulting in her giving up not only her life, but the life of the Doctor's [[Alex Campbell|grandson]] for the sake of the human race. It is surprising, therefore, that [[The Monk (The Black Hole)|this version of the Monk]] in this story no longer wishes to witness or take part in Missy's scheme. We see a Monk who, himself, his questioning where he sits on the moral fence.
== Continuity ==
 
* The Monk is still furious at Missy having removed his brain and thrown it into a ravine in their last adventure. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body and Soulless (audio story)|Body and Soulless]]'')
==Continuity==
 
*The Monk is still furious at Missy having removed his brain and throwing it into a ravine in their last adventure. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body and Soulless (audio story)|Body and Soulless]]'')
* Missy decides to prove to the Monk that she has a benevolent side by saving planet [[Earth]], following on from numerous other adventures. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]'', ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]'', ''[[Brimstone and Terror (audio story)|Brimstone and Terror]]''). She will later go on re-evalute her malevolence during her rehabiltation by the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', ''[[The Eaters of Light (TV story)|The Eaters of Light]]'')
* Missy decides to prove to the Monk that she has a benevolent side by saving planet [[Earth]], following on from numerous other adventures. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]'', ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]'', ''[[Brimstone and Terror (audio story)|Brimstone and Terror]]''). She will later go on re-evalute her malevolence during her rehabiltation by the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', ''[[The Eaters of Light (TV story)|The Eaters of Light]]'')
*The Monk fails miserably at [[Hypnosis|hypnotising]] [[Richard Morris Temple|Richard Temple]], in an attempt to copy Missy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Broken Clock (audio story)|The Broken Clock]]'' et al)
* The Monk fails miserably at [[Hypnosis|hypnotising]] [[Richard Morris Temple|Richard Temple]], in an attempt to copy Missy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Broken Clock (audio story)|The Broken Clock]]'' et al)
*Despite previous protestations with Missy, the Monk introduces himself to Richard Temple as "Mr Monk". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]'' et al)
* Despite previous protestations with Missy, the Monk introduces himself to Richard Temple as "Mr Monk". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]'' et al)
*Missy claims that [[the Seed]] is her son. She will later begin to tell Clara about her "[[The Master's daughter|daughter]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* Missy claims that [[the Seed]] is her son. She will later begin to tell Clara about her "[[The Master's daughter|daughter]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
**Missy "made" the Seed during the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] to fight for the [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] against the [[Dalek|Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|Day of the Doctor]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[From the Flames (audio story)|From the Flames]]'' et al)
** Missy "made" the Seed during the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] to fight for the [[Time Lord]]s against the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|Day of the Doctor]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[From the Flames (audio story)|From the Flames]]'' et al)
*Missy reminds the Monk that while she fought in the Time War, the Monk fled. She thinks that this means he had no right to an opinion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Died]]'' et al)
* Missy reminds the Monk that while she fought in the Time War, the Monk fled. She thinks that this means he had no right to an opinion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]'' et al)
*Missy is still annoyed at the fact that she requires the Monk to fly [[The Monk's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Many Masters (audio story)|Too Many Masters]]'' et al)
* Missy is still annoyed at the fact that she requires the Monk to fly [[The Monk's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Many Masters (audio story)|Too Many Masters]]'' et al)
*Richard Temple revels at the inner dimensions of the Monk's TARDIS. Missy previously stated that humans' surprise at the dimensions bored her the most. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Many Masters (audio story)|Too Many Masters]]'')
* Richard Temple revels at the inner dimensions of the Monk's TARDIS. Missy previously stated that humans' surprise at the dimensions bored her the most. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Many Masters (audio story)|Too Many Masters]]'')
*The Monk's TARDIS doors open with the pull of a big red lever. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The Doctor's own TARDIS]] owned a similar one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' et al)
* The Monk's TARDIS doors open with the pull of a big red lever. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The Doctor's own TARDIS]] owned a similar one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' et al)
*Missy mockingly begs the Monk to let her keep the Temples as her [[companions]]. She mentions the resemblance to the Doctor and his "squeaky" companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' et al)
* Missy mockingly begs the Monk to let her keep the Temples as her [[companions]]. She mentions the resemblance to the Doctor and his "squeaky" companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' et al)
* Once again, the Monk underestimates Missy's plan. He had previously lied to the [[Kalvor]] and the Monk about the Monk's purpose in the destruction of the [[VAD (Body and Soulless)|VAD]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body and Soulless (audio story)|Body and Soulless]]'')
* Once again, the Monk underestimates Missy's plan. He had previously lied to the [[Kalvor]] and the Monk about the Monk's purpose in the destruction of the [[VAD (Body and Soulless)|VAD]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body and Soulless (audio story)|Body and Soulless]]'')
*The Monk has finally had enough of Missy's torturing of others. He asks her to leave. Surprisingly, a [[The Monk (The Book of Kells)|previous incarnation of the Monk]] manipulated the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s timeline so that he could not reach his companion [[Lucie Miller]] in time. This lead to her becoming trapped in a Dalek War, becoming severely disabled before her giving up her life. His part in Lucie's death causes the Doctor to enter a deep [[depression]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'', ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* The Monk has finally had enough of Missy's torturing of others. He asks her to leave. Surprisingly, a [[The Monk (The Book of Kells)|previous incarnation of the Monk]] manipulated the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s timeline so that he could not reach his companion [[Lucie Miller]] in time. This led to her becoming trapped in a Dalek War, becoming severely disabled before her giving up her life. His part in Lucie's death caused the Doctor to enter a deep [[depression]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'', ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
**Upon their next meeting, now in his [[The Monk (The Black Hole)|moustachioed form]], the Monk tells the Eighth Doctor that upon every [[regeneration]], he repents his sins and forgives himself, enabling him to start afresh. The Doctor refuses to accept such a denial of [[murder]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
** Upon their next meeting, now in his [[The Monk (The Black Hole)|moustachioed form]], the Monk tells the Eighth Doctor that upon every [[regeneration]], he repents his sins and forgives himself, enabling him to start afresh. The Doctor refuses to accept such a denial of [[murder]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
*The Monk wishes to visit the [[Eye of Orion]]. He claims it's like "[[Earth]] after a [[Thunder|thunderstorm]]". The [[Fifth Doctor]] previously took [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]] to the same place, and Tegan made exactly the same comparison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Monk wishes to visit the [[Eye of Orion]]. He claims it's like "[[Earth]] after a [[thunder]]storm". The [[Fifth Doctor]] previously took [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]] to the same place, and Tegan made exactly the same comparison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Monk suggests that the scheme Temple is involved with sounds more like one of the {{O'Mara}} upon learning about it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')


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War Seed was the second story in the audio anthology Missy and the Monk, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Johnny Candon and featured Michelle Gomez as Missy and Rufus Hound as the Monk.

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

Missy takes the Monk to Earth to make a point – she can be nice if she wants. In fact, she can save the planet! While the Monk tries to charm the corporate sharks, Missy makes them a better offer. To supply the ultimate warrior, created in the ultimate war...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Missy has apparently tweeted a picture of the Monk while he was "on the loo".
  • The Monk's TARDIS first disguises itself as a Chevy 67, then into a Police Box and finally a suitcase on wheels.
  • The Monk finds humans very attractive, including male and female.
  • Richard Temple is selling regeneration. Instead of changing body, they simply deage and get better looking.
  • Missy threatens to use all her guns to make Richard Temple's office look like a "dropped lasagna".
  • Richard refers to Missy as "Nanny McPhee".
  • The Seed was found drifting in Arkansas. The Seed was "acquired" by a certain expert institution and later sold to Temple.
  • The Master created the Seed - a War Seed - by using her own DNA. She made more than one. Due to her DNA being present, the War Seed's face keeps changing between the Master's faces. A War Seed embeds itself into a society and turns the populace into soldiers that answer to the Time Lords.
    • Missy suggests that if Temple returns her son, she will offer him the army left behind.
  • Missy once again refers to the Monk as "Monkey".
  • In a state of panic, Murph regenerates (or degenerates) into a monster resembling a cheetah-human hybrid. The Monk contemplates whether this regeneration was based on pure survival.
  • The Seed could see somewhat into the future, knowing that Brad was going to die. He was also able to sense his brothers.
  • On a previously seeded planet, the bloomed War Seed had transformed the Cheetle populace into weapons.
  • The War Seeds have TARDIS DNA woven through him, allowing them to dematerialise on the spot.
  • Temple states that he acquired the Seed in 1985 and has had him for 35 years, placing this story in 2020.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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