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|anthology              = Broken Memories (audio anthology)
|anthology              = ''[[Broken Memories (audio anthology)|Broken Memories]]''
|series                  = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|series                  = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|range                  = Classic Doctors, New Monsters
|range                  = Classic Doctors, New Monsters
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|number in series        = 3
|number in series        = 3
|doctor                  = Eighth Doctor
|doctor                  = Eighth Doctor
|featuring              =  
|featuring              = [[Priest (The Silent Priest)|Silent Priest]]
|enemy                  = [[Silent]]s
|enemy                  = Gang leaders
|setting                = [[Sunset City]]
|setting                = [[Sunset (city)|Sunset]]
|writer                  = David K Barnes
|writer                  = [[David K Barnes]]
|director                = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|director                = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer                = [[David Richardson]]
|producer                = [[David Richardson]]
|music                  = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music                  = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|sound                  = [[Jack Townley]]
|sound                  = Andy Hardwick
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|release date            = 14 March 2024
|release date            = [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|format                  = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories
|format                  = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|production code        = BFPDWNEWMON04
|production code        = BFPDWNEWMON04
|isbn                    = ISBN 978-1-83868-916-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-917-9 (digital)  
|isbn                    = ISBN 978-1-83868-916-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-917-9 (digital)  
|prev                    = The Queen of Clocks (audio story)
|prev                    = The Queen of Clocks (audio story)
|next                    = The Silent City (audio story)
|next                    = The Silent City (audio story)
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
In search of solace from [[Last Great Time War|the Time War]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] is caught between rival criminals and the law in the city of [[Sunset City|Sunset]].
In search of solace from the [[Time War]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] is caught between rival criminals and the law in the city of [[Sunset (city)|Sunset]].


Who is the [[Silent|mysterious Priest]] with the key to ending the violence? And if the Doctor really has visited Sunset before, why can't he remember?
Who is the mysterious [[Priest (The Silent Priest)|Priest]] with the key to ending the violence? And if the Doctor really has visited Sunset before, why can't he remember?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Churchman]] / The [[Silent]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Priest (The Silent Priest)|The Silence]]{{note|Despite the credit, the [[Silent (The Silent Priest)|Silent]] in this story is not a member of [[the Silence]], but is instead a [[priest]] for the [[Church of the Papal Mainframe]].}} - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Carl Dassin]] - [[Reda Elazouar]]
* [[Albion Graves]] - [[Alistair Petrie]]
* [[Albion Graves]] - [[Alistair Petrie]]
* [[Nalah Massi]] - [[Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo]]
* [[Nalah Massi]] - [[Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo]]
* [[Bud Shacket]] - [[Mark Elstob]]
* [[Bud Shacket]] - [[Mark Elstob]]
* [[Carl Dassin]] - [[Reda Elazouar]]
* [[Kavita Aradhaha]] - [[Mina Anwar]]
* [[Kavita 'Kay' Aradhana]] - [[Mina Anwar]]
 
== Crew ==
''to be added''


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Priest (The Silent Priest)|The Priest]] is on an isolated mission for its order as part of its education. The mission lasts 500 years.
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] states the Priest's pronoun is "they".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] is still that of the Victorian parlour, using the same sounds it made during {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}} and other early adventures.
* [[Priest (The Silent Priest)|The Priest]] works for [[The Church]], of whom the [[Eighth Doctor]] has heard. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] also met The Church, once during the [[Crash of the Byzantium]] in {{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}} and later in {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}, where they are known as The Church of the Papal Mainframe. The Eleventh Doctor first met the [[Silence]] who were actually an evil spin-off sect of The Church, set on kidnapping [[River Song|the daughter]] of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], in order to turn her into the Doctor's assassin, as seen in {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}.
* The Doctor notes that a meeting with the Priest not only makes you forget your sins, but makes you feel less guilty and enables you to take the action needed had the guilt not held you back. The end of this adventure sees this Doctor understanding what has to be done, likely leading him towards [[Eighth Doctor's regeneration|his regeneration]] in {{cs|The Night of the Doctor (TV story)}}.
* The Eighth Doctor has recently given up picking up the pieces of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], with his recent adventures being {{cs|Lies in Ruins (audio story)}} and {{cs|The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)}}. This also echoes the Eighth Doctor's own words of "[not being] part of the War" as spoken to [[Cass Fermazzi]] in {{cs|The Night of the Doctor (TV story)}}.
* The Doctor mentions the Time War has been destroying, rewriting and erasing whole chunks of history. He witnessed this happen to the planet [[Drakkis]] in {{cs|The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)}}, which saw a planet known for its eternal peacetime, rewritten in a new timeline to be ravaged by the War and contaminated by [[temporal flux]]. It even attracted the [[Sontaran]]s.
* When the Priest murders [[Albion Graves]], the Doctor and [[Kavita Aradhaha]] are astounded by how they seems to "draw power" from seemingly nowhere. The Doctor hypothesises that maybe they're drawing from the air, or maybe even the TARDIS herself. Amy Pond witnessed the same thing happen to [[Joy (The Impossible Astronaut)|Joy]] in {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-classic-doctors-new-monsters-4-broken-memories-2648}}
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
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Latest revision as of 01:15, 30 June 2024

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The Silent Priest was the third story in the audio anthology Broken Memories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David K Barnes and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.

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

In search of solace from the Time War, the Eighth Doctor is caught between rival criminals and the law in the city of Sunset.

Who is the mysterious Priest with the key to ending the violence? And if the Doctor really has visited Sunset before, why can't he remember?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Priest is on an isolated mission for its order as part of its education. The mission lasts 500 years.
  • The Eighth Doctor states the Priest's pronoun is "they".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor's TARDIS is still that of the Victorian parlour, using the same sounds it made during Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"] and other early adventures.
  • The Priest works for The Church, of whom the Eighth Doctor has heard. The Eleventh Doctor also met The Church, once during the Crash of the Byzantium in The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"] and later in The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"], where they are known as The Church of the Papal Mainframe. The Eleventh Doctor first met the Silence who were actually an evil spin-off sect of The Church, set on kidnapping the daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams, in order to turn her into the Doctor's assassin, as seen in A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"] and The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"].
  • The Doctor notes that a meeting with the Priest not only makes you forget your sins, but makes you feel less guilty and enables you to take the action needed had the guilt not held you back. The end of this adventure sees this Doctor understanding what has to be done, likely leading him towards his regeneration in The Night of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"].
  • The Eighth Doctor has recently given up picking up the pieces of the Time War, with his recent adventures being Lies in Ruins [+]Loading...["Lies in Ruins (audio story)"] and The Shoreditch Intervention [+]Loading...["The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)"]. This also echoes the Eighth Doctor's own words of "[not being] part of the War" as spoken to Cass Fermazzi in The Night of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"].
  • The Doctor mentions the Time War has been destroying, rewriting and erasing whole chunks of history. He witnessed this happen to the planet Drakkis in The Sontaran Ordeal [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)"], which saw a planet known for its eternal peacetime, rewritten in a new timeline to be ravaged by the War and contaminated by temporal flux. It even attracted the Sontarans.
  • When the Priest murders Albion Graves, the Doctor and Kavita Aradhaha are astounded by how they seems to "draw power" from seemingly nowhere. The Doctor hypothesises that maybe they're drawing from the air, or maybe even the TARDIS herself. Amy Pond witnessed the same thing happen to Joy in The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"].

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Despite the credit, the Silent in this story is not a member of the Silence, but is instead a priest for the Church of the Papal Mainframe.