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|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[ | |companions = [[Ann Kelso|Ann]], [[K9 Mark II]] | ||
|enemy = [[Zephon (The False Guardian)|Zephon]] | |enemy = [[Zephon (The False Guardian)|Zephon]] | ||
|setting = [[Kembel]] | |setting = [[Kembel]], [[41st century]] | ||
|writer = Guy Adams | |writer = Guy Adams | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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|epcount = 2 | |epcount = 2 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 8 (4DA)|eighth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Guy Adams]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Jane Slavin]] as [[Anya Kingdom|Ann Kelso]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 8 (4DA)|eighth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Guy Adams]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Jane Slavin]] as [[Anya Kingdom|Ann Kelso]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
''to | Having been distracted by her adventures, [[Ann Kelso|Ann]] returns to her mission to find out who the [[Sinestran]]s were working with and what they might be planning and looks through [[the TARDIS]]'s [[TARDIS Information system|databanks]] with [[K9 Mark II|K9]]. [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] allows her to program coordinates and walks her through dematerialisation, but they experience [[Time Vortex|vortex]] disturbance and land in the path of a [[chronon wave front]] from which the TARDIS flees without its crew. K9 detects signs of habitation and the three of them shelter in a [[garden]] inside a [[force field]] which the Doctor breaches with [[Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]]. | ||
The Doctor, Ann and K9 encounter the [[Varga plant|Varga]]-infected [[Mac Foley]] in pain and losing his mind. Despite Ann's protestations, the Doctor leads them away from Foley and they are forced to run when Varga plants approach. They are cornered at an electrified [[durolinium]] [[fence]] and K9 tries to hold the Varga plants back as drones arrive, sent by [[Brox (The False Guardian)|Deputy Director Brox]] to investigate the breach at the force field. At Brox's command, the drones destroy the Varga plants and fly the Doctor, Ann and K9 over the fence to the facility, only for a man tell them to prepare to die. He informs them that they are on [[Kembel]] and claims that he is [[Mavic Chen]], [[Guardian of the Solar System]]. | |||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
''to be | Chen, whom the Doctor knows to be an impostor given his appearance and the fact that the real Chen is dead, is escorted away by Brox and [[Elmore|Dr Elmore]] for treatment. The facility, Brox explains, is a clinic for rest and rehabilitation and the Doctor requests rooms for himself, Ann and K9 to avoid punishment, a request which is granted thanks to him being [[High President of Gallifrey]]. By claiming that she is his [[head of security]], Ann, uncharacteristically irritated by the Doctor's apparent lack of interest in their investigation, is given permission to search the clinic to ensure his safety. Meanwhile, the Doctor learns that Chen is [[Nigel Colloon]], a [[financier]] who suffered a [[breakdown]], and that the clinic's director is on his way to Kembel. | ||
K9 checks on Ann at the Doctor's command and finds her rendered inert by a sweet-smelling [[gas]], after which he observes the facility drones as they kill a vicious creature. Unbeknownst to him, Brox released the gas to freeze the clinic's guests so that the escaped creature could be killed and its body discreetly removed. Once everybody unfreezes, Ann examines the buttons of an [[elevator]] to work out its code and descends to the lower levels of the clinic where she finds a secure containment ward. Elmore is alerted to this, locks the ward and sends a drone whilst he and Brox meet with the newly-arrived director. He introduces the Doctor to the director: [[Zephon (The False Guardian)|Zephon]], whose father, [[Zephon (The Daleks' Master Plan)|Zephon]], had his career ruined thanks to the Doctor. For this, Zephon attacks the Doctor. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | * [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ann Kelso]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | ||
* [[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] | * [[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] | ||
* [[Nigel Colloon]] - [[John Shrapnel]] | * [[Nigel Colloon]] - [[John Shrapnel]] | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Ann worked with [[Oliver (The False Guardian)|Sergeant Oliver]], who was in charge of the [[police station]]'s archive. | ||
* The [[garden]] includes [[geranium]]s, which are difficult to grow off of [[Earth]]. They were [[Charles Dickens]]'s favourite [[flower]]. | |||
* The [[Horticulture Monks of Sheldon]] designed the clinic's gardens. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||