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|name            = {{StoryTitle}}
|range           = Short Trips (series)
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|series in range = Series 6 (ST)
|series          = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]
|series number in range = 6
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|number in series = 8
|series          = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|number          = 6.08
|number          = 6.08
|doctor          = Third Doctor
|doctor          = Third Doctor
|companions      =  
|companions      = [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
|enemy          =  
|enemy          =  
|featuring      =  
|featuring      = [[Jeremy Thorpe]]
|setting        =
|setting        = [[1 July]] [[1970s]]
|writer          = [[Jonathan Barnes]]
|writer          = Jonathan Barnes
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer        = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|read by        = [[Tim Treloar]]
|read by        = [[Tim Treloar]]
|music          = [[Steve Foxon]]
|music          = [[Steve Foxon]]
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|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[30 August (releases)|30 August]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date    = 30 August 2016
|format          =  
|format          =  
|production code = BFMSTDL20
|production code = BFMSTDL20
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-111-0
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-111-0
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|prev            = The Blame Game (audio story)
|next            = TBA
|next            = A Full Life (audio story)
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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story of the sixth season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series. It was read by [[Rufus Hound]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighth story of the sixth season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series. Unlike other ''Short Trips'', this story was written in the style of a ''Companion Chronicle'', with the main character recounting the events of the adventure into a tape recorder.
 
The main character is also a topic of interest, as [[Tim Treloar]] plays the Prime Minister first mentioned in ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', who was then only referred to as [[Jeremy Thorpe|Jeremy]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
To escape his Earth exile, the Doctor is prepared to make any bargain, come to any arrangement, or to do any deal with any devil – even if in this case the Devil wears a monk's robes. But when past misdeeds start catching up with both the Doctor and the Monk, who can Liz Shaw trust when time is running out and death is rapidly approaching?
As the decade in English history which attracts the greatest quantity of alien invasions per annum, the 1970s are not the easiest time in which to steer the great British ship of state. The Prime Minister, nonetheless, is doing the very best job he can. Still, at least he has UNIT to rely on — their eccentric, bouffant-haired scientific adviser in particular. Or does he?
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jeremy Thorpe]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor mentions the [[Shadow Proclamation]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story is available for download only.
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]] on [[24 March (production)|24 March]] [[2016 (production)|2016]].
* This story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]] on [[24 March (production)|24 March]] [[2016 (production)|2016]].
* The events of this story coincide with the events of ''[[The World Beyond the Trees (audio story)|The World Beyond the Trees]]'', with the [[Third Doctor]] speculating that a [[Eighth Doctor|future incarnation]] may have crossed his own timeline.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Jeremy mentions the incident at [[Wenley Moor]], namely ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/1351}}
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Damascus was the eighth story of the sixth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. Unlike other Short Trips, this story was written in the style of a Companion Chronicle, with the main character recounting the events of the adventure into a tape recorder.

The main character is also a topic of interest, as Tim Treloar plays the Prime Minister first mentioned in The Green Death, who was then only referred to as Jeremy.

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

As the decade in English history which attracts the greatest quantity of alien invasions per annum, the 1970s are not the easiest time in which to steer the great British ship of state. The Prime Minister, nonetheless, is doing the very best job he can. Still, at least he has UNIT to rely on — their eccentric, bouffant-haired scientific adviser in particular. Or does he?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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