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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image | |image = The Defectors (audio story).jpg | ||
|range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 198 | |number in range = 198 | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 198 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Europan]]s, [[Cornelius (The Defectors)|Captain Cornelius]], [[Wingford|Commander Wingford]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Delphin Isle]], [[1970s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Nicholas Briggs | ||
| | |director = Nicholas Briggs | ||
|music | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|sound | |music = [[Joe Kraemer]] | ||
|cover | |sound = Joe Kraemer | ||
|publisher | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date | |epcount = 4 | ||
|format | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code = | |release date = 15 April 2015 | ||
|isbn | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|prev | |production code = BFPDWCD198 | ||
|next | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-457-0 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-458-7 (digital) | ||
|prev = The Entropy Plague (audio story) | |||
|next = Last of the Cybermen (audio story) | |||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-defectors-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-defectors-trailer | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and ninety-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and ninety-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Grant]] and [[Richard Franklin]] as [[Mike Yates|Captain Yates]]. | |||
It was beginning of the "Locum Doctors" trilogy, that also paired the [[Sixth Doctor]] with [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and the [[Fifth Doctor]] with [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Steven Taylor]]. | It was beginning of the "Locum Doctors" trilogy, that also paired the [[Sixth Doctor]] with [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and the [[Fifth Doctor]] with [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Steven Taylor]]. | ||
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[[Jo Grant]] watches from a [[window]] at [[UNIT HQ]] as a [[helicopter]] lands. Thinking it might be the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]], she calls out to [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], who is in his [[laboratory]]. Upon hearing odd sounds from the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], she assumes that he is busy working on it. Jo notices a lot of [[soldier]]s coming out of the helicopter. As she still can't get any response from the Doctor, she decides to go talk to [[Mike Yates]], who is standing in for the Brigadier, while he is in [[Geneva]]. | [[Jo Grant]] watches from a [[window]] at [[UNIT HQ]] as a [[helicopter]] lands. Thinking it might be the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]], she calls out to [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], who is in his [[laboratory]]. Upon hearing odd sounds from the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], she assumes that he is busy working on it. Jo notices a lot of [[soldier]]s coming out of the helicopter. As she still can't get any response from the Doctor, she decides to go talk to [[Mike Yates]], who is standing in for the Brigadier, while he is in [[Geneva]]. | ||
However, upon reaching his office, Jo is surprised to find Mike gone, and a [[Cornelius (The Defectors)|Captain Cornelius]] in his place. Cornelius explains that Mike has been relieved of duty, and is now at a top level security briefing in [[London]]. All [[ | However, upon reaching his office, Jo is surprised to find Mike gone, and a [[Cornelius (The Defectors)|Captain Cornelius]] in his place. Cornelius explains that Mike has been relieved of duty, and is now at a top level security briefing in [[London]]. All [[UNIT]] personnel have been evacuated from UNIT HQ and Cornelius has orders to take the Doctor and Jo to a secure location. As Jo proclaims that there's no way that they'll convince the Doctor to go along with it, she opens the door to leave the room, only to find [[Seventh Doctor|a stranger]] outside the room. The man greets Jo, stating that he is not quite the Doctor she was expecting. | ||
Meanwhile, at an unknown location, [[Shedgerton]] is standing in some sort of daze, mumbling to himself. A group of soldiers approach him, led by [[Wingford|Commander Wingford]], who convinces the dazed and confused Shedgerton to return to the base with him, for a matter of national security. | Meanwhile, at an unknown location, [[Shedgerton]] is standing in some sort of daze, mumbling to himself. A group of soldiers approach him, led by [[Wingford|Commander Wingford]], who convinces the dazed and confused Shedgerton to return to the base with him, for a matter of national security. | ||
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Back in the chamber, Jo fights to stay above the liquid filling the room. A hatch on the ceiling suddenly opens, revealing Shedgerton, who pulls Jo to safety in an air duct. They watch as the chamber fills the rest of the way. Jo wonders what's going on and where the Brigadier is. Shedgerton reveals that the Brigadier was never here. Jo and the Doctor were being tricked by recordings. Shedgerton examines Jo and determines that none of the liquid got into her body. Jo notices that Shedgerton's skin is completely blue. Shedgerton points out that the blueness is beginning to fade, but that it will take a while to completely fade away. Jo wants to know why Cornelius locked her in that chamber. Shedgerton proclaims that everyone is a defector, everyone on the island and in the base. However, the blue liquid has been losing effect as time has gone by, to the point in which Shedgerton's mind began to reassert itself, enough for him to avoid one of his scheduled submersions in the liquid. Upon avoiding that submersion, he found his memories and identity beginning to come back to him. However, his body hasn't fully purged the effects of the liquid yet, so he is still getting bouts of confusion. When he saw Jo and the Doctor arrive, he knew he had to stop them from being turned into defectors. Shedgerton decides to show Jo everything that's going on. | Back in the chamber, Jo fights to stay above the liquid filling the room. A hatch on the ceiling suddenly opens, revealing Shedgerton, who pulls Jo to safety in an air duct. They watch as the chamber fills the rest of the way. Jo wonders what's going on and where the Brigadier is. Shedgerton reveals that the Brigadier was never here. Jo and the Doctor were being tricked by recordings. Shedgerton examines Jo and determines that none of the liquid got into her body. Jo notices that Shedgerton's skin is completely blue. Shedgerton points out that the blueness is beginning to fade, but that it will take a while to completely fade away. Jo wants to know why Cornelius locked her in that chamber. Shedgerton proclaims that everyone is a defector, everyone on the island and in the base. However, the blue liquid has been losing effect as time has gone by, to the point in which Shedgerton's mind began to reassert itself, enough for him to avoid one of his scheduled submersions in the liquid. Upon avoiding that submersion, he found his memories and identity beginning to come back to him. However, his body hasn't fully purged the effects of the liquid yet, so he is still getting bouts of confusion. When he saw Jo and the Doctor arrive, he knew he had to stop them from being turned into defectors. Shedgerton decides to show Jo everything that's going on. | ||
Back in Wingford's office, the Doctor has studied the drawings and has noticed that the drawings aren't quite drawings at all, and that the paper is a very odd material. He's also noticed that the craft is more advanced than any sort of jet [[ | Back in Wingford's office, the Doctor has studied the drawings and has noticed that the drawings aren't quite drawings at all, and that the paper is a very odd material. He's also noticed that the craft is more advanced than any sort of jet [[aeroplane]]. | ||
Back in the ducts, Shedgerton leads Jo to a panel. With her help, he is able to remove it. He gestures for her to look down into the room below. She can see the workers in there, no longer wearing the anti-radiation equipment. They were wearing it before to hide their blue skin. To Jo's shock she recognises two of the workers as Claire and Jeremiah, but that's impossible, as she knows the two are dead. | Back in the ducts, Shedgerton leads Jo to a panel. With her help, he is able to remove it. He gestures for her to look down into the room below. She can see the workers in there, no longer wearing the anti-radiation equipment. They were wearing it before to hide their blue skin. To Jo's shock she recognises two of the workers as Claire and Jeremiah, but that's impossible, as she knows the two are dead. | ||
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The Doctor, Wingford, and Cornelius arrive at the water elevator and realise it's in use. Cornelius reverses the water flow, pulling the alien back down. Jo and Shedgerton manage to escape the water, before they can be pulled down. | The Doctor, Wingford, and Cornelius arrive at the water elevator and realise it's in use. Cornelius reverses the water flow, pulling the alien back down. Jo and Shedgerton manage to escape the water, before they can be pulled down. | ||
Cornelius opens the door, revealing the alien. Wingford and Cornelius are shocked at the sight, while the Doctor greets the alien. The Doctor notes the fact the alien can swim and fly, and then notes that | Cornelius opens the door, revealing the alien. Wingford and Cornelius are shocked at the sight, while the Doctor greets the alien. The Doctor notes the fact the alien can swim and fly, and then notes that the alien is now walking, meaning it's from a very adaptable species. The alien can't stand the sight of the Doctor, as he looks just like the ugly humans. The Doctor thinks the aliens just have a fear of human. The alien proclaims that fear is justified and tells the Doctor what the humans did to them. They had no choice but to subdue them. The blue liquid they used is a secretion they used back on their home world in order to control their food. When the Doctor comments on the fact that they turned the humans blue and kept them as young as they were in 1951, the alien is confused. They didn't notice that the humans weren't ageing, as they did what they could to avoid looking at them. | ||
Jo and Shedgerton successfully climb out of the water elevator shaft and into a cave. Shedgerton has been feeling weaker as time has gone on, and Jo notices that most of the blue in his skin has faded away. Jo pulls out her transceiver and tries to contact Mike again, but fails to do so. The two head for the cave's exit. | Jo and Shedgerton successfully climb out of the water elevator shaft and into a cave. Shedgerton has been feeling weaker as time has gone on, and Jo notices that most of the blue in his skin has faded away. Jo pulls out her transceiver and tries to contact Mike again, but fails to do so. The two head for the cave's exit. | ||
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* [[Mike Yates|Captain Yates]] - [[Richard Franklin]] | * [[Mike Yates|Captain Yates]] - [[Richard Franklin]] | ||
* [[Cornelius (The Defectors)|Captain Cornelius]] - [[Neil Roberts (actor)|Neil Roberts]] | * [[Cornelius (The Defectors)|Captain Cornelius]] - [[Neil Roberts (actor)|Neil Roberts]] | ||
* [[Wingford|Commander Wingford]] - [[ | * [[Wingford|Commander Wingford]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
* [[Shedgerton]] - [[David Graham]] | * [[Shedgerton]] - [[David Graham]] | ||
* [[Europan leader|Europan Leader]]/[[Claire (The Defectors)|Claire]] - [[Rachel Bavidge]] | * [[Europan leader|Europan Leader]]/[[Claire (The Defectors)|Claire]] - [[Rachel Bavidge]] | ||
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=== Uncredited === | === Uncredited === | ||
* [[ | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]] (archive recording) | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]] | |||
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music & Sound Design - [[Joe Kraemer]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Jo mentions [[Peladon]]. | * Jo mentions [[Peladon]]. | ||
* [[Mike Yates]] is temporarily standing in for the Brigadier whilst he is in [[Geneva]]. | * [[Mike Yates]] is temporarily standing in for the Brigadier whilst he is in [[Geneva]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[11 November (production)|11]] and [[12 November (production)|12 November]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[ | * This story was recorded on [[11 November (production)|11]] and [[12 November (production)|12 November]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The Third Doctor theme tune is used, keeping with the era of the companion rather than the era of the Doctor. | * The Third Doctor theme tune is used, keeping with the era of the companion rather than the era of the Doctor. | ||
* Beginning with this release, writer's notes were released on the Big Finish website in the "Behind the Scenes" tab. | * Beginning with this release, writer's notes were released on the Big Finish website in the "Behind the Scenes" tab. | ||
* This story marks the first appearance of Jo and Mike Yates in the Big Finish main range. | * This story marks the first appearance of Jo and Mike Yates in the Big Finish main range. By the time of the range's conclusion in [[March (releases)|March]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]], it became their only appearance. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Jo refers to the fact that his TARDIS was fixed by the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | * Jo refers to the fact that his TARDIS was fixed by the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
* Jo tests the Doctor by asking him why his first three incarnations were brought together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') She also tests him by asking him on which planet did she pretend to be a princess. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'') | * Jo tests the Doctor by asking him why his first three incarnations were brought together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') She also tests him by asking him on which planet did she pretend to be a princess. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'') | ||
* The Seventh Doctor greets Jo by saying he's probably not the Doctor she was expecting. This echoes the greeting the [[Eighth Doctor]] later gives to [[Cass | * The Seventh Doctor greets Jo by saying he's probably not the Doctor she was expecting. This echoes the greeting the [[Eighth Doctor]] later gives to [[Cass Fermazzi]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''. | ||
* Cornelius works for [[the Forge]] and uses its catchphrase ''For King and Country''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'', ''[[Project Nirvana (audio story)|Project: Nirvana]]'') | * Cornelius works for [[the Forge]] and uses its catchphrase ''For King and Country''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'', ''[[Project Nirvana (audio story)|Project: Nirvana]]'') | ||
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