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|image=Unregenerate cover.jpg | |image = Unregenerate cover.jpg | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 70 | |number in range = 70 | ||
|series=''[[Main Range]]'' | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number= 70 | |number = 70 | ||
|doctor= Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy = | ||
|setting= [[London]], [[15 October]] [[1957]] and [[2007]] | |setting = [[London]], [[15 October]] [[1957]] and [[2007]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = David A. McIntee | ||
|director= [[John Ainsworth]] | |director = [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
| | |producer = [[Gary Russell]], [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | ||
| | |music = [[Ian Potter]] | ||
|cover=[[Lee Binding]] | |sound = [[Ian Potter]] | ||
|illustrator=[[Chris Gregory]] (CGI imagery) | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |illustrator = [[Chris Gregory]] (CGI imagery) | ||
|release date= | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|format= | |release date = June 2005 | ||
|production code= [[List of production codes|7D/A]] | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|isbn= ISBN 1-84435-158- | |production code = [[List of production codes|7D/A]] | ||
|prev= Three's a Crowd (audio story) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-158-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-969-8 (digital) | ||
|next= The Council of Nicaea (audio story) | |prev = Three's a Crowd (audio story) | ||
|made prev = Dreamtime (audio story) | |next = The Council of Nicaea (audio story) | ||
|made next = Three's a Crowd (audio story) | |made prev = Dreamtime (audio story) | ||
|made next = Three's a Crowd (audio story) | |||
|epcount = 4 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventieth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[David A. McIntee]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventieth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[David A. McIntee]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]]. | ||
Chronologically an early Seventh Doctor story, it is the first of two Big Finish stories set explicitly and immediately after a Doctor's [[regeneration]]. This was followed by ''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]'' and ''[[Light the Flame (audio story)|Light the Flame]]''. Occurring in the wake of ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', it is the Big Finish story which happens earliest in the Seventh Doctor's timeline. Moreover, it's likely the third Seventh Doctor story in all licensed fiction, behind only ''Rani'' and ''[[The Useful Pile (short story)|The Useful Pile]]''. It provides an account of greater post-regenerative distress than was indicated in ''Rani'', suggesting that the Doctor's sixth regeneration was at least as problematic as his previous two. | |||
The story is also significant for its thematic connections to ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]''. As in the 2011 story, ''Unregenerate!'' deals with the difficulties of transferring the [[consciousness]] of [[TARDIS]]es into the brains of other species. | The story is also significant for its thematic connections to ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]''. As in the 2011 story, ''Unregenerate!'' deals with the difficulties of transferring the [[consciousness]] of [[TARDIS]]es into the brains of other species. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
In a run-down asylum, screams echo in the halls as mysterious creatures roam, terrorising the staff. Patients complain of betrayal rather than illness, and no-one is quite what they seem. | In a run-down asylum, screams echo in the halls as mysterious creatures roam, terrorising the staff. Patients complain of betrayal rather than illness, and no-one is quite what they seem. | ||
Mel knows that the Doctor is the best person to find the answers — but she is stranded on Earth, and the TARDIS has returned without him... | [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] knows that [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] is the best person to find the answers — but she is stranded on [[Earth]], and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] has returned without him... | ||
Why does a medical facility need to be under armed guard? What procedures are the staff carrying out, and to what purpose? What is the price that must be paid for making an agreement with those who run the asylum? | Why does a medical facility need to be under armed guard? What procedures are the staff carrying out, and to what purpose? What is the price that must be paid for making an agreement with those who run the asylum? | ||
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* [[Louis (Unregenerate!)|Louis]] - [[Jamie Sandford]] | * [[Louis (Unregenerate!)|Louis]] - [[Jamie Sandford]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]] | |||
* Director - [[John Ainsworth]] | |||
* Music & Sound Design - [[Ian Potter]] | |||
* Producers - [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Writer - [[David A. McIntee|David A McIntee]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
* By the age of nine, Mel had read the entire canon of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' series. | * By the age of nine, Mel had read the entire canon of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' series. | ||
=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
* A [[BBC|BBC News]] bulletin on [[15 October]] [[1957]] reports on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Soviet Union]]. | * A [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC News]] bulletin on [[15 October]] [[1957]] reports on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
* A BBC News bulletin reported in [[2007]] that the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] governments were anticipating final victory in the [[Iraq War]] in the near future. | * A BBC News bulletin reported in [[2007]] that the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] governments were anticipating final victory in the [[Iraq War]] in the near future. | ||
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* Louis, Professor Klyst and Rigan are all [[Time Lord]]s in the employ of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. | * Louis, Professor Klyst and Rigan are all [[Time Lord]]s in the employ of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. | ||
* The Time Lords use [[the Institute]] to study important scientific experiments. | * The Time Lords use [[the Institute]] to study important scientific experiments. | ||
=== Species === | |||
* Klyst wish she had [[Dalek mutant]]s to work on. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The title is taken from a [[Sixth Doctor]] line | * The title is taken from a [[Sixth Doctor]] line ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]''. | ||
* Chronologically, this is the earliest audio drama to feature the Seventh Doctor, excluding the Sixth Doctor's regeneration scene in ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''. | * Chronologically, this is the earliest audio drama to feature the Seventh Doctor, excluding the Sixth Doctor's regeneration scene in ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 November (production)|16]] and [[17 November (production)|17 November]] 2004 at [[ | * This audio drama was recorded on [[16 November (production)|16]] and [[17 November (production)|17 November]] [[2004 (production)|2004]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story is set between ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' and ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor is still recovering from the effects of his sixth [[regeneration]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') The fact that the Doctor recently regenerated is confirmed by the presence of the [[lindos]] hormone in his system. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | * The Doctor is still recovering from the effects of his sixth [[regeneration]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') The fact that the Doctor recently regenerated is confirmed by the presence of the [[lindos]] hormone in his system. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
* The Doctor records a non-interactive [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[hologram]] for the benefit of Mel. Towards the end of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], he would record another such hologram for the benefit of another temporally stranded companion, namely [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') A hologram of the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later appear to [[Sally Sparrow]] and [[Larry Nightingale]] in the TARDIS console room ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') whereas a hologram of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] subsequently appeared to the Doctor himself after he had been poisoned by [[River Song]] in [[1938]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''). | * The Doctor records a non-interactive [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[hologram]] for the benefit of Mel. Towards the end of his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], he would record another such hologram for the benefit of another temporally stranded companion, namely [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') A hologram of the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later appear to [[Sally Sparrow]] and [[Larry Nightingale]] in the TARDIS console room ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') whereas a hologram of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] subsequently appeared to the Doctor himself after he had been poisoned by [[River Song]] in [[1938]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] would later record a non-interactive hologram for [[Yasmin Khan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions in his holographic recording that most circuitous routes are more interesting than straight lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') | * The Doctor mentions in his holographic recording that most circuitous routes are more interesting than straight lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') | ||
* Mel tells the Cabbie that she has the "memory of an [[elephant]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[ | * Mel tells the Cabbie that she has the "memory of an [[elephant]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') | ||
* In his delirium, the Doctor claims that he can survive in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]'', | * In his delirium, the Doctor claims that he can survive in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]'', ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | ||
* Mel mentions the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s trial at the hands of the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[ | * Mel mentions the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s trial at the hands of the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
* Mel mentions her recent encounter with {{O'Mara}} on [[Lakertya]] and jokingly compares the TARDIS to an intergalactic taxi service given that the Doctor spent an appreciable amount of time returning the geniuses whom the Rani had kidnapped to their native eras. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') | * Mel mentions her recent encounter with {{O'Mara}} on [[Lakertya]] and jokingly compares the TARDIS to an intergalactic taxi service given that the Doctor spent an appreciable amount of time returning the geniuses whom the Rani had kidnapped to their native eras. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') | ||
* [[Klyst]] complains that she is starting to sound like the [[human]]s she works alongside, similar to [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] finding herself going "native" as [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') | * [[Klyst]] complains that she is starting to sound like the [[human]]s she works alongside, similar to [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] finding herself going "native" as [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in 1957]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1957]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2007]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2007]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:11, 13 March 2024
Unregenerate! was the seventieth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by David A. McIntee and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.
Chronologically an early Seventh Doctor story, it is the first of two Big Finish stories set explicitly and immediately after a Doctor's regeneration. This was followed by Psychodrome and Light the Flame. Occurring in the wake of Time and the Rani, it is the Big Finish story which happens earliest in the Seventh Doctor's timeline. Moreover, it's likely the third Seventh Doctor story in all licensed fiction, behind only Rani and The Useful Pile. It provides an account of greater post-regenerative distress than was indicated in Rani, suggesting that the Doctor's sixth regeneration was at least as problematic as his previous two.
The story is also significant for its thematic connections to The Doctor's Wife. As in the 2011 story, Unregenerate! deals with the difficulties of transferring the consciousness of TARDISes into the brains of other species.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In a run-down asylum, screams echo in the halls as mysterious creatures roam, terrorising the staff. Patients complain of betrayal rather than illness, and no-one is quite what they seem.
Mel knows that the Doctor is the best person to find the answers — but she is stranded on Earth, and the TARDIS has returned without him...
Why does a medical facility need to be under armed guard? What procedures are the staff carrying out, and to what purpose? What is the price that must be paid for making an agreement with those who run the asylum?
As the answers begin to be uncovered, the Doctor finds that the past may yet come back to haunt him...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Louis #2 - John Aston
- Rigan - Gail Clayton
- Johannes Rausch - Hugh Hemmings
- Shokhra - Sam Peter Jackson
- Professor Klyst - Jennie Linden
- The Cabbie - Toby Longworth
- Louis - Jamie Sandford
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Lee Binding
- Director - John Ainsworth
- Music & Sound Design - Ian Potter
- Producers - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Writer - David A McIntee
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
- By the age of nine, Mel had read the entire canon of the Sherlock Holmes series.
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A BBC News bulletin on 15 October 1957 reports on the recent launch of Sputnik, Earth's first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union.
- A BBC News bulletin reported in 2007 that the United States and United Kingdom governments were anticipating final victory in the Iraq War in the near future.
Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Louis, Professor Klyst and Rigan are all Time Lords in the employ of the Celestial Intervention Agency.
- The Time Lords use the Institute to study important scientific experiments.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Klyst wish she had Dalek mutants to work on.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The title is taken from a Sixth Doctor line The Twin Dilemma.
- Chronologically, this is the earliest audio drama to feature the Seventh Doctor, excluding the Sixth Doctor's regeneration scene in The Brink of Death.
- This audio drama was recorded on 16 and 17 November 2004 at the Moat Studios.
- This story is set between Time and the Rani and Paradise Towers.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor is still recovering from the effects of his sixth regeneration. (AUDIO: The Brink of Death; TV: Time and the Rani) The fact that the Doctor recently regenerated is confirmed by the presence of the lindos hormone in his system. (PROSE: The Twin Dilemma)
- The Doctor records a non-interactive TARDIS hologram for the benefit of Mel. Towards the end of his ninth incarnation, he would record another such hologram for the benefit of another temporally stranded companion, namely Rose Tyler. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) A hologram of the Tenth Doctor would later appear to Sally Sparrow and Larry Nightingale in the TARDIS console room (TV: Blink) whereas a hologram of the Eleventh Doctor subsequently appeared to the Doctor himself after he had been poisoned by River Song in 1938. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler) The Thirteenth Doctor would later record a non-interactive hologram for Yasmin Khan. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)
- The Doctor mentions in his holographic recording that most circuitous routes are more interesting than straight lines. (TV: The Time Warrior)
- Mel tells the Cabbie that she has the "memory of an elephant." (TV: Terror of the Vervoids, Time and the Rani)
- In his delirium, the Doctor claims that he can survive in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. (TV: Nightmare of Eden, Four to Doomsday)
- Mel mentions the Sixth Doctor's trial at the hands of the Time Lords. (TV: The Ultimate Foe)
- Mel mentions her recent encounter with the First Rani on Lakertya and jokingly compares the TARDIS to an intergalactic taxi service given that the Doctor spent an appreciable amount of time returning the geniuses whom the Rani had kidnapped to their native eras. (TV: Time and the Rani)
- Klyst complains that she is starting to sound like the humans she works alongside, similar to Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen finding herself going "native" as Lord Mayor of Cardiff. (TV: Boom Town)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Unregenerate! page at bigfinish.com
- Unregenerate! at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Unregenerate! at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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