Sontarans are the ultimate warriors – so they believe – and the Time War the ultimate conflict. Denied that glory by Skaro and Gallifrey alike, General Fesk of the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet employs a dangerous strategy to draw both sides to the planet Rovidia and prove his forces worthy…

Meanwhile, the War Doctor leads a rescue mission, aided by Rovidian street-urchin Kalan. Neither Daleks nor Time Lords expect the Sontarans to be so fearsome a foe, until they uncover the secret of the Eternity Cage.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Doctor - John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra - Jacqueline Pearce
Heleyna - Honeysuckle Weeks
Kalan - Josh Bolt
Fesk / Sontarans - Dan Starkey
Muren - Andrew French
Vassarian - Barnaby Edwards
Dalek Time Strategist / The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story marks the War Doctor's first encounter with the Sontarans. Previously, WC: Strax Field Report: The Doctors had suggested they never met.
This story was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 25 February 2023.^[1] It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on 12 and 13 December 2023.^[2]^[3] The first part ends after the Doctor and Muren attempt to find Ollistra.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor recalls the War Ollistra branding him a war criminal. (AUDIO: Legion of the Lost)
The Dalek Time Strategist and Ollistra mention Narvin sending the Fourth Doctor to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks; AUDIO: Ascension)
The Sontarans are trying to participate in the Time War. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Official The Eternity Cage page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

Reflections	Nowhere, Never • The Road Untravelled • Cass-cade • Borrow or Rob

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Dalek audio stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek audio story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Main Range

The Genocide Machine • The Apocalypse Element • The Mutant Phase • The Time of the Daleks • Jubilee • The Juggernauts • Terror Firma • Renaissance of the Daleks • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Enemy of the Daleks • Patient Zero • Plague of the Daleks • The Curse of Davros • Daleks Among Us • Masters of Earth • We Are The Daleks • Order of the Daleks • Alien Heart / Dalek Soul • Emissary of the Daleks • Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • Interlude • Effect and Cause

Bernice Summerfield

Death and the Daleks

I, Davros

Innocence • Purity • Corruption • Guilt • The Davros Mission

Bonus Releases

Return of the Daleks • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

The Eighth Doctor Adventures

Blood of the Daleks • Lucie Miller / To the Death • The Dalek Trap • Paradox of the Daleks

Dark Eyes

The Great War • Fugitives • Tangled Web • X and the Daleks • The Traitor • The Monster of Montmartre • Master of the Daleks • Eye of Darkness

The Companion Chronicles

Fear of the Daleks • Across the Darkened City • The Death of the Daleks

The Stageplays

The Ultimate Adventure • Seven Keys to Doomsday • The Curse of the Daleks

Doctor Who Unbound

Masters of War

Doctor of War

Dust Devil • Aftershocks • The Key To Key To Time

The Lost Stories

The Destroyers • The Elite • Daleks! Genesis of Terror

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Energy of the Daleks • The Dalek Contract / The Final Phase • The Dalek Protocol

Gallifrey

Extermination • Ascension • Soldier Obscura • Desperate Measures • Unity • Dissolution • Homecoming • The First Days of Phaidon • Remnants • Ambition's Debt

The New Adventures
of Bernice Summerfield

Good Night, Sweet Ladies • The Lights of Skaro

The War Doctor

The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle • Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen • The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony • Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

The Churchill Years

Living History

The Third Doctor Adventures

The Conquest of Far • Poison of the Daleks

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life • The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard • Palindrome • Restoration of the Daleks • Previously, Next Time

UNIT: The New Series

The Dalek Transaction

The War Master

Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins • The Wrath of Medusa • Runtime

Class: The Audio Adventures

In Remembrance

The Early Adventures

The Dalek Occupation of Winter • Daughter of the Gods • After the Daleks

The First Doctor Adventures

Return to Skaro • Fugitive of the Daleks

The New Counter-Measures

The Dalek Gambit

Susan's War

Sphere of Influence • The Shoreditch Intervention

The Tenth Doctor Adventures

Out of Time

Dalek Universe

The Wrong Woman • Cycle of Destruction • The Trojan Dalek • The First Son • The Dalek Defence • The Triumph of Davros

Time Lord Victorious

The Enemy of My Enemy • Mutually Assured Destruction • Genetics of the Daleks

Master!

Vengeance

The War Doctor Begins

The Shadow Squad • Destroyer • Saviour • Temmosus • Rewind • The Abyss • The Horror • Berserker • Memnos • The Hybrid's Choice • Exit Strategy

The Fifth Doctor Adventures

Nightmare of the Daleks

The Audio Novels

Watchers • Emancipation of the Daleks

The Second Doctor Adventures

The Final Beginning

The Seventh Doctor Adventures

Scream of the Daleks

The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles

Daleks Victorious • The Last Stand of Miss Valarie Lockwood / Victory of the Doctor

Once and Future

A Genius for War

BBC Doctor Who audio stories

Escape the Daleks!

Others

The Daleks • Glorious Goodwood • The Dalek Conquests • Incoming Transmission

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on audio appearances here, except for Dalek Empire, which has its own template, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

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 == Cast ==
-* [[War Doctor]] - [[John Hurt]]
+* The [[War Doctor]] - [[John Hurt]]
-* [[Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]] - [[Jacqueline Pearce]]
+* [[War Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]] - [[Jacqueline Pearce]]
 * [[Heleyna]] - [[Honeysuckle Weeks]]
-* [[Fesk]]/[[Sontaran]]s - [[Dan Starkey]]
+* [[Kalan]] - [[Josh Bolt]]
-* [[Dalek Time Strategist]]/[[Dalek]] voices - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* [[Fesk]] / [[Sontaran]]s - [[Dan Starkey]]
+* [[Muren]] - [[Andrew French]]
+* [[Vassarian]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
+* [[Dalek Time Strategist]] / The [[Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
 ''to be added''
-== Notes==
+== Notes ==
-''to be added''
+* This story marks the War Doctor's first encounter with the [[Sontaran]]s. Previously, [[WC]]: ''[[Strax Field Report: The Doctors (webcast)|Strax Field Report: The Doctors]]'' had suggested they never met.
+* This story was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jbr3</ref> It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on [[12 December (releases)|12]] and [[13 December (releases)|13 December]] 2023.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t93h</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t939</ref> The first part ends after the Doctor and [[Muren]] attempt to find [[War Ollistra|Ollistra]].
 == Continuity ==
-''to be added''
+* The Doctor recalls the [[War Ollistra]] branding him a war criminal. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legion of the Lost]]'')
+* The Dalek Time Strategist and Ollistra mention [[Narvin]] sending the [[Fourth Doctor]] to avert the [[creation of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'')
+* The Sontarans are trying to participate in the Time War. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
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