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|image | |image = The Sontaran Project audio cover.jpg | ||
|series | |series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | ||
|anthology | |audio anthology = Encounters (audio anthology) | ||
|range | |range = UNIT: The New Series | ||
|series in range = Encounters (audio anthology) | |series in range = Encounters (audio anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 5 | |series number in range = 5 | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|main character | |main character = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = Vikram Shindi{{!}}Shindi | ||
|featuring2 | |featuring2 = Julia Hartley-Price{{!}}Julia | ||
| | |enemy = [[John Torrance|Torrance]], [[Christine Colley|Colley]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Ardennes Forest]] and [[Kent]], [[2010s]] | ||
|setting | |writer = Andrew Smith (writer) | ||
|writer | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|director | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
| | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|music | |sound = [[Benji Clifford]] | ||
|cover | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher | |epcount = 1 | ||
|release date | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code = | |release date = 29 November 2017 | ||
|isbn | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|prev | |production code = BFPUNS05 | ||
|next | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78575-967-3 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-966-6 (digital) | ||
|prev = Invocation (audio story) | |||
|next = False Negative (audio story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the ''[[Encounters (audio anthology)|Encounters]]'' | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the audio anthology, ''[[Encounters (audio anthology)|Encounters]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]], [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]] and [[Ramon Tikaram]] as [[Vikram Shindi]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
On a routine reconnaissance mission, [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] finds more than he bargains for in the Forest of | On a routine reconnaissance mission, [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] finds more than he bargains for in the [[Ardennes Forest|Forest of Ardennes]]. Back in [[England]], [[John Torrance|an old colleague]] makes [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] an offer she cannot refuse. The chance to take part in an exciting new scientific advance. Before long, [[UNIT]] is on collision course with a force of [[Sontaran|alien clones]], and [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] must forge an unlikely alliance. | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Sontaran escapee|A Sontaran]] escapes from his confinement and is cornered by [[John Torrance|Professor John Torrance]] and [[Christine Colley]]. He refuses to return with them and, deemed too resistant, Torrance [[execution|executes]] him. Colley decides that it is time to go ahead with Torrance's suggestion and bring in his former colleague and protégée, [[Petronella Osgood]]. | ||
With [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] still missing and [[Vikram Shindi|Shindi]] being in [[Brussels]], [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] asks the Colonel to visit the [[Ardennes Forest]] following reports of lights in the [[sky]] almost three months ago. He finds residual ionising radiation, indicating the presence of [[alien]] technology, and lets her know by [[hologram projector]] before going in search of its source. Meanwhile, Kate is informed that [[Madley Tracking Station]] has detected a [[spacecraft]] heading for the Ardennes Forest and has [[UNIT Brussels]] to get a team to the area. | |||
[[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] is at the [[New Science Conference]] as [[UNIT]]'s delegate and is approached by Torrance, who tells her about his work in [[gene]] [[cloning]] and invites her to his facility. He introduces her to Colley and [[Max (The Sontaran Project)|Max]], a cloned [[monkey]], before showing her the body of a Sontaran. Osgood examines him and, realising that it is a clone that Torrance and Colley have made, she tries to leave. Torrance holds her at [[gun]]point and shows her the faulty Sontaran clones growing in [[amniotic fluid]], telling her that she will help them create viable ones before sedating her. | |||
Appearing to Shindi via the projector, Kate helps him uncover a [[Sontaran scout ship]] sending out a [[distress call]]. [[Skar (The Sontaran Project)|Marshal Skar]] of the [[Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] arrives and, after detecting [[Merx|Commander Merx]]'s [[biotracker]], sets the ship to self-destruct. The explosion damages the hologram projector and Kate tries to contact Shindi, but he is unconscious and taken away by the Sontarans into low [[orbit]]. Skar [[torture]]s him for information on Merx's whereabouts before accepting that he has no knowledge of him. He shows Vindi where Merx has been located: the Ardennes, Brussels, [[Leipzig]], [[Vienna]] and near [[Sevenoaks]] in [[Kent]]. | |||
Osgood pretends to be unconscious until Torrance and Colley go to speak with [[Julia Hartley-Price|the Overseer]], having been [[immunisation|immunised]] against [[Veralium truth serum]] thanks to [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]], and records a report for the [[UNIT Cloud]]. She finds the [[morgue]] and meets Merx, who was captured whilst doing [[reconnaissance]] and moved around the world before coming to Torrance and having his [[DNA]] used in his cloning experiments. Torrance and Colley find them and confirm that they are working for [[the Auctioneers]] and intend on selling clones of Merx as [[mercenary|mercenaries]], soldiers and [[assassin]]s. | |||
Shindi and Skar go to Kent and are joined by Kate, who tracked the hologram projector and whose soldiers outnumber the Sontarans. They form an alliance and fight Torrance's Sontarans outside of the facility. Kate captures Colley and, after wounding Merx, Torrance takes Osgood as a [[hostage]]. When Torrance runs, one of his clones remembers [[Sontar]] and kills him. Kate and Shindi interrogate Colley for information on the Auctioneers, promising that she is safe, and learn that their base is in [[Floridsdorf]]. Following her capture, however, the Auctioneers will have closed that bureau and every safe house that she knows about. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]] | |||
* [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | |||
* [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] - [[Ramon Tikaram]] | |||
* [[Skar (The Sontaran Project)|Marshal Skar]] / [[Merx|Commander Merx]] / [[Sontaran escapee|Sontaran Escapee]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | |||
* [[John Torrance|Professor John Torrance]] - [[James Wilby]] | |||
* [[Christine Colley]] - [[Beth Goddard]] | |||
* [[Julia Hartley-Price|Overseer]] - [[Matthew Cottle]] | |||
* [[Aide]] / [[Soldier]] - [[Jot Davies]] | |||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art by - [[Tom Webster]] | |||
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]] | |||
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Music - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Matt Fitton]] | |||
* Sound Design - [[Benji Clifford]] | |||
* Writer - [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | |||
* Sontarans created by [[Robert Holmes]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[UNIT Brussels]] have had almost three months to inspect the Ardennes Forest. | |||
* Kate and Shindi communicate using a [[hologram projector]]. Osgood has been improving it. | |||
* UNIT receive a report from [[Madley Tracking Station]] in [[Herefordshire]], who detected the heat signature of a shielded [[spacecraft]]. | |||
* Osgood and Torrance worked for [[Dstl]]. Torrance gave Osgood a reference when she left and joined UNIT. | |||
* Torrance is the founding manager of the [[Torrance Research Foundation]]. | |||
* Osgood records her report on the [[New Science Conference]] and uploads it to the [[UNIT Cloud]]. | |||
* Skar and Merx belong to the [[Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet]]. | |||
* Torrance does research on [[cystic fibrosis]]. | |||
* Shindi mentions [[Hever Castle]] in [[Kent]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] is still missing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'', ''[[Invocation (audio story)|Invocation]]'') | ||
* Kate recalls the [[Sontaran]]s' recent [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|attempt]] to turn [[Earth]] into a [[Sontaran breeding planet]] through alteration of its [[atmosphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | |||
* [[The Auctioneers]] operate a [[black market]] dealing in [[alien]] material on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | |||
* [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] has had all UNIT personnel immunised against the effects of known extraterrestrial pathogens and narcotics, like the Veralium truth serum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 6 April 2024
The Sontaran Project was the third story in the audio anthology, Encounters, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Andrew Smith and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood and Ramon Tikaram as Vikram Shindi.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
On a routine reconnaissance mission, Colonel Shindi finds more than he bargains for in the Forest of Ardennes. Back in England, an old colleague makes Osgood an offer she cannot refuse. The chance to take part in an exciting new scientific advance. Before long, UNIT is on collision course with a force of alien clones, and Kate must forge an unlikely alliance.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
A Sontaran escapes from his confinement and is cornered by Professor John Torrance and Christine Colley. He refuses to return with them and, deemed too resistant, Torrance executes him. Colley decides that it is time to go ahead with Torrance's suggestion and bring in his former colleague and protégée, Petronella Osgood.
With Sam still missing and Shindi being in Brussels, Kate asks the Colonel to visit the Ardennes Forest following reports of lights in the sky almost three months ago. He finds residual ionising radiation, indicating the presence of alien technology, and lets her know by hologram projector before going in search of its source. Meanwhile, Kate is informed that Madley Tracking Station has detected a spacecraft heading for the Ardennes Forest and has UNIT Brussels to get a team to the area.
Osgood is at the New Science Conference as UNIT's delegate and is approached by Torrance, who tells her about his work in gene cloning and invites her to his facility. He introduces her to Colley and Max, a cloned monkey, before showing her the body of a Sontaran. Osgood examines him and, realising that it is a clone that Torrance and Colley have made, she tries to leave. Torrance holds her at gunpoint and shows her the faulty Sontaran clones growing in amniotic fluid, telling her that she will help them create viable ones before sedating her.
Appearing to Shindi via the projector, Kate helps him uncover a Sontaran scout ship sending out a distress call. Marshal Skar of the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet arrives and, after detecting Commander Merx's biotracker, sets the ship to self-destruct. The explosion damages the hologram projector and Kate tries to contact Shindi, but he is unconscious and taken away by the Sontarans into low orbit. Skar tortures him for information on Merx's whereabouts before accepting that he has no knowledge of him. He shows Vindi where Merx has been located: the Ardennes, Brussels, Leipzig, Vienna and near Sevenoaks in Kent.
Osgood pretends to be unconscious until Torrance and Colley go to speak with the Overseer, having been immunised against Veralium truth serum thanks to Malcolm, and records a report for the UNIT Cloud. She finds the morgue and meets Merx, who was captured whilst doing reconnaissance and moved around the world before coming to Torrance and having his DNA used in his cloning experiments. Torrance and Colley find them and confirm that they are working for the Auctioneers and intend on selling clones of Merx as mercenaries, soldiers and assassins.
Shindi and Skar go to Kent and are joined by Kate, who tracked the hologram projector and whose soldiers outnumber the Sontarans. They form an alliance and fight Torrance's Sontarans outside of the facility. Kate captures Colley and, after wounding Merx, Torrance takes Osgood as a hostage. When Torrance runs, one of his clones remembers Sontar and kills him. Kate and Shindi interrogate Colley for information on the Auctioneers, promising that she is safe, and learn that their base is in Floridsdorf. Following her capture, however, the Auctioneers will have closed that bureau and every safe house that she knows about.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Colonel Shindi - Ramon Tikaram
- Marshal Skar / Commander Merx / Sontaran Escapee - Dan Starkey
- Professor John Torrance - James Wilby
- Christine Colley - Beth Goddard
- Overseer - Matthew Cottle
- Aide / Soldier - Jot Davies
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art by - Tom Webster
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music - Howard Carter
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Matt Fitton
- Sound Design - Benji Clifford
- Writer - Andrew Smith
- Sontarans created by Robert Holmes
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- UNIT Brussels have had almost three months to inspect the Ardennes Forest.
- Kate and Shindi communicate using a hologram projector. Osgood has been improving it.
- UNIT receive a report from Madley Tracking Station in Herefordshire, who detected the heat signature of a shielded spacecraft.
- Osgood and Torrance worked for Dstl. Torrance gave Osgood a reference when she left and joined UNIT.
- Torrance is the founding manager of the Torrance Research Foundation.
- Osgood records her report on the New Science Conference and uploads it to the UNIT Cloud.
- Skar and Merx belong to the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet.
- Torrance does research on cystic fibrosis.
- Shindi mentions Hever Castle in Kent.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sam is still missing. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction, Invocation)
- Kate recalls the Sontarans' recent attempt to turn Earth into a Sontaran breeding planet through alteration of its atmosphere. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky)
- The Auctioneers operate a black market dealing in alien material on Earth. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction)
- Malcolm has had all UNIT personnel immunised against the effects of known extraterrestrial pathogens and narcotics, like the Veralium truth serum. (TV: Planet of the Dead)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Sontaran Project page at bigfinish.com
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