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|range            = Main Range
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|series            = ''[[Main Range]]''
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|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
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|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]  
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|featuring      =  
|companions       = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Ace]]
|enemy           =  
|enemy            = [[Arkallax]]
|setting        =  
|setting           = [[Manchester]], [[2010s]]
|writer         = [[Mark Morris]]
|writer            = Mark Morris
|director        = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|director         = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|music           = [[Joe Kraemer]]
|producer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|sound           = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
|music             = [[Joe Kraemer]]
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|sound             = Joe Kraemer, [[Josh Arakelien]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|cover             = [[Simon Holub]]
|release date   = [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|epcount          = 4
|format         = 4 parts, 2 CDs
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|production code = BFPDWCD242
|release date     = 11 September 2018
|isbn           = ISBN-978-1-78178-833-2
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
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|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-833-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-834-9 (digital)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and forty second story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Mark Morris]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and forty second story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Mark Morris]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]].


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[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] are caught in a forever night. After crossing the threshold, a strange world awaits them.
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] are caught in a forever night. After crossing the threshold, a strange world awaits them.


An army of tortured souls. A lift that leads to an alien landscape. An alien warlord, left for dead, and willing to do anything to prolong his life… it’s all in a day’s work for the Doctor.
An army of tortured souls. A lift that leads to an alien landscape. An alien warlord, left for dead, and willing to do anything to prolong his life... it's all in a day's work for the Doctor.


But when his companions become victims of the desperate and powerful [[Arkallax]], the Doctor will have to do battle in a psychic environment where he must make a choice. Save his companions… or himself.
But when his companions become victims of the desperate and powerful [[Arkallax]], the Doctor will have to do battle in a psychic environment where he must make a choice. Save his companions... or himself.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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* [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]]
* [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]]
* [[Ruck]] - [[Morgan Watkins]]
* [[Ruck]] - [[Morgan Watkins]]
* [[Jan]] - [[Anna Mitcham]]
* [[Jan (The Dispossessed)|Jan]] - [[Anna Mitcham]]
* [[Isobel]] - [[Stirling Gallacher]]
* [[Isobel (The Dispossessed)|Isobel]] - [[Stirling Gallacher]]
* [[Arkallax]] - [[Nick Ellsworth]]
* [[Arkallax]] - [[Nick Ellsworth]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
 
* Sound Design - [[Josh Arakelian]] and [[Joe Kraemer]]
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Jamie Anderson]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs
* Music - [[Joe Kraemer]]
* Producer - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Written - [[Mark Morris]]
* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Arkallax describes himself as feared throughout the [[Nine Galaxies]].
* It took the combined might of nearly 30 planets in the [[Jovian cluster]] to defeat Arkallax and his people.
* The tower block in [[Manchester]] is hidden by a [[perception filter]] with an auto-suggestion circuit.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This audio was recorded on [[9 October (production)|9]] and [[10 October (production)|10 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
[[File:The Dispossessed Alternate.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]]
* This audio was recorded on [[9 October (production)|9]] and [[10 October (production)|10 October]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story leads directly into ''[[The Quantum Possibility Engine (audio story)|The Quantum Possibility Engine]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* In Mel's experience, tower blocks are usually filled with "mad [[Caretaker (Paradise Towers)|caretakers]]" and [[Rezzie|old ladies who want to eat people]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
* Ace exclaims "[[Gordon Bennett]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'')
* Ace uses one of the Doctor's [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'')
* Mel delivers [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Moderator (comic story)|The Moderator]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who monthly audio stories]]
[[Category:Melanie Bush audio stories]]

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The Dispossessed was the two hundred and forty second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Mark Morris and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

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

The Doctor, Ace and Mel are caught in a forever night. After crossing the threshold, a strange world awaits them.

An army of tortured souls. A lift that leads to an alien landscape. An alien warlord, left for dead, and willing to do anything to prolong his life... it's all in a day's work for the Doctor.

But when his companions become victims of the desperate and powerful Arkallax, the Doctor will have to do battle in a psychic environment where he must make a choice. Save his companions... or himself.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Alternate cover.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]