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|companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]] | |companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]] | ||
|enemy = [[Rutan]]s | |enemy = [[Rutan]]s | ||
|setting = [[England]], [[21 February]]{{note|[[The Brigadier]]'s [[birthday]] is tomorrow, which | |setting = [[England]], [[21 February]]{{note|[[The Brigadier]]'s [[birthday]] is tomorrow, which {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}}, {{cs|No Future (novel)}} and {{cs|The Forgotten Son (novel)}} establish as [[22 February]], with nothing contradicting this in other [[DWU]] sources.}}, [[1970s]] | ||
|writer = Tim Foley | |writer = Tim Foley | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
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|isbn = ISBN 978-1-80240-370-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-80240-371-8 (digital) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-80240-370-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-80240-371-8 (digital) | ||
|prev = The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story) | |prev = The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = Born to Die (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in ''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]] and featured [[Tim Treloar]] as the [[Third Doctor]], [[Sadie Miller]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Jon Culshaw]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in ''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]] and featured [[Tim Treloar]] as the [[Third Doctor]], [[Sadie Miller]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Jon Culshaw]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
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Inquiring about Bessie at a [[petrol station]], Sarah sees a [[postcard]] of the ruins of [[Lindsay Castle]], which she recognises as the [[castle]] where she met [[Jingo Linx|Linx]]. They find that the castle is surrounded by [[soldier]]s led by [[Moss (The Children of the Future)|Sergeant Moss]], who demands that they leave until the Doctor shows up and has her lower her [[gun]]. The Doctor and Moss take the two of them to [[Saint (The Children of the Future)|Captain Saint]] and they explain that they belong to the [[Earth Defence Force]] and are survivors of a [[Sontaran]] invasion in [[1994]]. Saint recounts the invasion and how they managed to travel back in [[time]] thanks to the [[battery]] of Linx's [[osmic projector]] leaking into the castle's walls, creating a [[time tunnel]] which the Doctor detected when the first group arrived. | Inquiring about Bessie at a [[petrol station]], Sarah sees a [[postcard]] of the ruins of [[Lindsay Castle]], which she recognises as the [[castle]] where she met [[Jingo Linx|Linx]]. They find that the castle is surrounded by [[soldier]]s led by [[Moss (The Children of the Future)|Sergeant Moss]], who demands that they leave until the Doctor shows up and has her lower her [[gun]]. The Doctor and Moss take the two of them to [[Saint (The Children of the Future)|Captain Saint]] and they explain that they belong to the [[Earth Defence Force]] and are survivors of a [[Sontaran]] invasion in [[1994]]. Saint recounts the invasion and how they managed to travel back in [[time]] thanks to the [[battery]] of Linx's [[osmic projector]] leaking into the castle's walls, creating a [[time tunnel]] which the Doctor detected when the first group arrived. | ||
''to be | The Doctor, feeling that he is nearing the end of his [[regeneration]], wants to help the survivors' immigration and integration into [[20th century]] society and does not want [[UNIT]] involved, but Sarah and the Brigadier disagree with the survivors, who have augmented their physical abilities and mental capacity, breeding with 20th century people and changing history. As she and the Brigadier leave, Sarah realises how unlikely it is that the Doctor would agree with this project, named the [[Cascade Project]], and is suspicious of the survivors and their claims; she has a [[dictaphone]] from [[1997]] [[Taiwan]], noticed the survivors' strange vocabulary and believes that she recognised some of the soldiers, casting doubt on Saint's story. | ||
Return to the petrol station so that Sarah can call a friend at ''[[The Herald]]'', the Brigadier advises [[Stanley (The Children of the Future)|Stanley]], who works there, to stick with a friend he is afraid he is drifting away from as much as possible, seeing a similarity with his own relationship with the Doctor in his varying [[incarnation]]s. Sarah identifies an old copy of ''The Herald'' she saw at the castle and finds that the people there are all copies of people depicted in it, with Moss and Saint being copies of a pair of actors. They realise that they must be [[Rutan]]s, whom the Doctor mentioned to them, and Sarah suspects that the Doctor too might be an impostor given his strange behaviour. As Stanley was briefly in the [[army]], the Brigadier makes him an acting private. | |||
Stanley pretends to be making a delivery to the castle and the Brigadier inside whilst Sarah gets herself captured by Moss in the nearby [[woods]] to distract the soldiers and is brought before the Doctor and Saint. The Doctor gets Sarah on her own and reveals that he knows that the soldiers are Rutans, that he has been trying to find out what they are up to and that he has been delaying the Cascade Project by making them believe that the crossings had to be gradual. When the Brigadier accidentally travels through the [[time tunnel]], he arrives on a [[spaceship]] orbiting another [[planet]] and is followed by Saint and Moss, the latter of whom he shoots after he takes his form. The time tunnel starts to give way and the Doctor comes through to save him. | |||
Saint takes the Doctor's form and the Brigadier is uncertain of which of the two Doctors is real until one of them calls him by his full name, after which he pushes him and leaves with the other. Sarah and Stanley get all of the Rutans through the tunnel to their spaceship so that they are not separated from the rest of their people and the tunnel closes. The Doctor explains that he felt that he had to complete this mission on his own as he is afraid of how he and UNIT will cope without one another and that they will never know the complete story of the time tunnel or the Rutans' interest in [[Ireland]]. Stanley admits that he is a Rutan and was being punished by Saint by acting as a lookout for leaving his brood and is given leave to remain on Earth. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tim Treloar]] | * [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tim Treloar]] | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Sadie Miller]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Sadie Miller]] | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] - [[Jon Culshaw]] | ||
* [[Saint (The Children of the Future)|Captain Saint]] - [[Nicholas Boulton]] | * [[Saint (The Children of the Future)|Captain Saint]] - [[Nicholas Boulton]] | ||
* [[Moss (The Children of the Future)|Sergeant Moss]] - [[Lucy Goldie]] | * [[Moss (The Children of the Future)|Sergeant Moss]] - [[Lucy Goldie]] | ||
* [[Stanley (The Children of the Future)|Stanley]] - [[Jeremy Ang Jones]] | |||
=== Uncredited cast === | |||
* [[Photographer (The Children of the Future)|Photographer]] / [[Soldier (The Children of the Future)|Soldier]] - [[Nicholas Boulton]] ([[BFX]]: ''The Children of the Future'') | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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=== Food === | === Food === | ||
* Sarah buys the Brigadier some [[gumdrop]]s. | * Sarah buys the Brigadier some [[gumdrop]]s. | ||
* [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]] makes a [[trifle]] for the Brigadier's [[birthday]]. | |||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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* [[Irongron]]'s castle is named [[Lindsay Castle]], and its ruins are now a tourist attraction featured on local [[postcard]]s. | * [[Irongron]]'s castle is named [[Lindsay Castle]], and its ruins are now a tourist attraction featured on local [[postcard]]s. | ||
* Lindsay Castle is near [[Wessex Castle]]. | * Lindsay Castle is near [[Wessex Castle]]. | ||
=== Media === | |||
* Sarah has a friend at ''[[The Herald]]'', a [[newspaper]]. | |||
* [[Deborah Creevy]] is the star of ''[[Morning Farm]]''. The Doctor and [[Jo Grant]] once visited the set to investigate an unusual actor. | |||
* [[Ronald Golightly]] was an [[actor]] in the [[1950s]]. | |||
=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
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* Sarah recounts the events of {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}. | * Sarah recounts the events of {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}. | ||
* Sarah describes the [[Sontaran]]s as "nasty, brutish and short", a description the Doctor gave in {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}. | * Sarah describes the [[Sontaran]]s as "nasty, brutish and short", a description the Doctor gave in {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor mentions the Brigadier's deception and [[murder]] of the [[Early Silurian|Silurians]] in {{cs|Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Doctor feels that he is nearing the end of his life. He will [[regeneration|regenerate]] in {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Earth Defence Force was established in [[TV]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Rutans had an interest in [[Ireland]]. In 55 BC, the [[Eighth Doctor]] encountered the Rutans and the Sontarans there, in {{cs|The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)}} | |||
== Cover gallery == | |||
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The Children of the Future textless.jpg|Textless cover | |||
The Children of the Future (audio story) Alt.jpg|Alternate cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||