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|image = Republica CD cover.jpg | |image = Republica CD cover.jpg | ||
|range = The Time Travellers (series) | |range = The Time Travellers (series) | ||
|number in range = 1 | |number in range = 1 | ||
|number = 1 | |number = 1 | ||
|adapted from =Cromwell's Dust (novel) | |adapted from = Cromwell's Dust (unproduced novel){{!}}Cromwell's Dust | ||
|novelisation = Republica (novelisation) | |novelisation = Republica (novelisation) | ||
|main character = [[The Dominie|The Professor]] | |main character = [[The Dominie|The Professor]] | ||
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|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Alternate timeline (Republica)|Alternate timeline]] | |setting = [[Alternate timeline (Republica)|Alternate timeline]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Mark Gatiss | ||
|director = [[Bill Baggs]] | |director = [[Bill Baggs]] | ||
|producer = [[Bill Baggs]] | |producer = [[Bill Baggs]] | ||
|publisher = BBV Productions | |publisher = BBV Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = May 1998 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |format = 1 CD | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = | ||
|prev = | |prev = | ||
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|next2 = Island of Lost Souls (audio story) | |next2 = Island of Lost Souls (audio story) | ||
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'''''Republica''''' was the first audio in [[BBV Productions]]' ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' anthology series and the first of the subseries ''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]], adapted from his cancelled [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'' novel]] ''[[Cromwell's Dust (novel)|Cromwell's Dust]]'', and set in [[Alternate timeline (Republica)|an alternate timeline]] which Gatiss had seeded in his other ''Past Doctor Adventure'', ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'', tying ''Republica'' to the licensed DWU. | '''''Republica''''' was the first audio in [[BBV Productions]]' ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' anthology series and the first of the subseries ''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]], adapted from his cancelled [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'' novel]] ''[[Cromwell's Dust (unproduced novel)|Cromwell's Dust]]'', and set in [[Alternate timeline (Republica)|an alternate timeline]] which Gatiss had seeded in his other ''Past Doctor Adventure'', ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'', tying ''Republica'' to the licensed DWU. | ||
Unable to use the actual character of [[the Doctor]] or any of his [[companion]]s, the story introduced extremely close analogues to the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]: "[[the Professor (Republica)|the Professor]] and [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]]", whose [[Cosmos|space-time machine]] was never featured directly. Worries that they were still too close to their BBC counterparts would result in later installments in ''The Time Travellers'' giving the Professor's true name as [[the Dominie]] and Ace's as [[Alice]]. | Unable to use the actual character of [[the Doctor]] or any of his [[companion]]s, the story introduced extremely close analogues to the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]: "[[the Professor (Republica)|the Professor]] and [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]]", whose [[Cosmos|space-time machine]] was never featured directly. Worries that they were still too close to their BBC counterparts would result in later installments in ''The Time Travellers'' giving the Professor's true name as [[the Dominie]] and Ace's as [[Alice]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On the planet [[Icatha]], a rebel is sentenced to complete disintegration for his crimes. | On the planet [[Icatha]], a rebel is sentenced to complete disintegration for his crimes. | ||
At [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s time of death, he hears a mysterious voice tell him appoint [[John Lambert|General John Lambert]] as successor rather than [[Richard Cromwell]]. He does so, believing this to be a message from [[God (mythology)|God]]. | At [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s time of death, he hears a mysterious voice tell him appoint [[John Lambert|General John Lambert]] as successor rather than [[Richard Cromwell]]. He does so, believing this to be a message from [[God (mythology)|God]]. | ||
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The Professor and Ace are drawn into the machinations of LeCompte's network and the threat of the British war rocket Behemoth. They discover that the Other and Le Compte are the same man, and that he is trying to manipulate the Lord Protector into firing Behemoth at the comet, which will not near [[Earth]], and instead hit a nearby astrological conjunction. The Other/LeCompte is revealed to be the executed rebel who escaped his sentence and arrived at Earth. He has been chief seer to the Lord Protectors since Cromwell's time, all to steer Earth to reach a technological point where he can attack his homeworld in revenge. The Royalist revolt is merely a result of his boredom. | The Professor and Ace are drawn into the machinations of LeCompte's network and the threat of the British war rocket Behemoth. They discover that the Other and Le Compte are the same man, and that he is trying to manipulate the Lord Protector into firing Behemoth at the comet, which will not near [[Earth]], and instead hit a nearby astrological conjunction. The Other/LeCompte is revealed to be the executed rebel who escaped his sentence and arrived at Earth. He has been chief seer to the Lord Protectors since Cromwell's time, all to steer Earth to reach a technological point where he can attack his homeworld in revenge. The Royalist revolt is merely a result of his boredom. | ||
Learning this, and realising that the wormhole to LeCompte's world goes back in time, the Professor allows Behemoth to launch; it will kill LeCompte in the past before he escapes and time will reset. Ace is horrified but told this timeline is not meant to exist and the regular timeline is restored. | Learning this, and realising that the wormhole to LeCompte's world goes back in time, the Professor allows Behemoth to launch; it will kill LeCompte in the past before he escapes and time will reset. Ace is horrified but told this timeline is not meant to exist and the regular timeline is restored. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | * [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
* [[Le Compte]] - [[John Wadmore]] | * [[Le Compte]] - [[John Wadmore]] | ||
* [[Devlin]] - [[Andrew Fettes]] | * [[Colum Devlin|Devlin]] - [[Andrew Fettes]] | ||
* [[Somerset]] - [[Bryonie Pritchard]] | * [[Somerset (Republica)|Somerset]] - [[Bryonie Pritchard]] | ||
* [[Lambert]] - [[Michael Wade]] | * [[Lambert (Republica)|Lambert]] - [[Michael Wade]] | ||
* [[Charles XIV]] - [[George Telfer]] | * [[Charles XIV]] - [[George Telfer]] | ||
* [[Equerry]] - [[John Ainsworth]] | * [[Equerry]] - [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
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== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* [[Writer]] - [[Mark Gatiss]] | * [[Writer]] - [[Mark Gatiss]] | ||
* [[Director]] - [[Bill Baggs]] | * [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Bill Baggs]] | ||
* [[Post-production|Post-Production]] and [[Composer|Music]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | * [[Post-production|Post-Production]] and [[Composer|Music]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[The Dominie|The Professor]] describes himself as about [[950 (number)|950]] [[year]]s old. | * [[The Dominie|The Professor]] describes himself as about [[950 (number)|950]] [[year]]s old. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Republica website cover.jpg|thumb|right|Alternative 2021 cover.]] | [[File:Republica website cover.jpg|thumb|right|Alternative 2021 cover.]] | ||
* [[Mark Gatiss]] had pitched three [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'']] when in need of quick cash, including ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'' and ''[[Cromwell's Dust (novel)|Cromwell's Dust]]'', hence ''The Roundheads'' also introducing the setting of ''Cromwell's Dust'' in passing. After only ''The Roundheads'' was produced, he kept the other two pitches in reserve, and ultimately adapted them into two BBV stories, with ''Cromwell's Dust'' becoming ''Republica''.<ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 17 (Dylan Rees)</ref> | * [[Mark Gatiss]] had pitched three [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'']] when in need of quick cash, including ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'' and ''[[Cromwell's Dust (unproduced novel)|Cromwell's Dust]]'', hence ''The Roundheads'' also introducing the setting of ''Cromwell's Dust'' in passing. After only ''The Roundheads'' was produced, he kept the other two pitches in reserve, and ultimately adapted them into two BBV stories, with ''Cromwell's Dust'' becoming ''Republica''.<ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 17 (Dylan Rees)</ref> | ||
* This story was one of several to receive an alternative cover on the renewed [[BBV Productions]] website in [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | * This story was one of several to receive an alternative cover on the renewed [[BBV Productions]] website in [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | ||
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