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|image = Spectre revised.jpg | |image = Spectre revised.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
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|enemy = [[Sancreda]], [[Archibald Flint]] | |enemy = [[Sancreda]], [[Archibald Flint]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Lanyon Moor]], [[2000]]|[[Greece]], [[2000]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[Lanyon Moor]], [[2000]]|[[Greece]], [[2000]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Nicholas Pegg | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Pegg]] | |director = [[Nicholas Pegg]] | ||
|producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]], [[Gary Russell]] | |producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]], [[Gary Russell]] | ||
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|cover = [[Clayton Hickman]] | |cover = [[Clayton Hickman]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 12 June 2000 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>2 cassettes<br/>Download | |format = 2 CDs<br/>2 cassettes<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/B]] | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/B]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-071-1 (physical) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-071-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-84435-692-8 (digital) | ||
|prev = Red Dawn (audio story) | |prev = Red Dawn (audio story) | ||
|next = Winter for the Adept (audio story) | |next = Winter for the Adept (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Pegg]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Pegg]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]], and [[Nicholas Courtney]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
It was the first ''Doctor Who'' audio story to feature the Brigadier and | It was the first ''Doctor Who'' audio story to feature the Brigadier and marked his first "official" meeting with the Sixth Doctor, with the actors playing their characters. Nicholas Courtney had previously played the Brigadier in audio form in the two audio radio plays ''[[The Paradise of Death (audio story)|The Paradise of Death]]'' and ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' opposite [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]]. Baker and Courtney had also briefly appeared in-character alongside each other in [[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|''Dimensions in Time'']]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
In a desolate [[Cornwall|Cornish]] landscape littered with relics of prehistoric man, | In a desolate [[Cornwall|Cornish]] landscape littered with relics of prehistoric man, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] uncover a catalogue of mysteries. | ||
What is the secret of the fogou? Can the moor be haunted by a demonic host of [[imp]]s? And what is [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] doing in [[Pengriffen]]? | What is the secret of the fogou? Can the moor be haunted by a demonic host of [[imp]]s? And what is [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] doing in [[Pengriffen]]? | ||
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Ludgate hears the Doctor and Evelyn in the fogou and tells them to come out, as it is not safe. The Doctor claims that it's perfectly safe, but Evelyn convinces him to exit the fogou regardless. Ludgate greets them, but the Doctor is quickly distracted by the electrical readings on Ludgate's equipment. Ludgate invites them to the Lanyon Moor Archaeological Institute, where he works. The Doctor and Evelyn agree and follow him to the institute. Evelyn seems to recognize the name [[Lanyon Moor]], but can't remember where she knows it from. | Ludgate hears the Doctor and Evelyn in the fogou and tells them to come out, as it is not safe. The Doctor claims that it's perfectly safe, but Evelyn convinces him to exit the fogou regardless. Ludgate greets them, but the Doctor is quickly distracted by the electrical readings on Ludgate's equipment. Ludgate invites them to the Lanyon Moor Archaeological Institute, where he works. The Doctor and Evelyn agree and follow him to the institute. Evelyn seems to recognize the name [[Lanyon Moor]], but can't remember where she knows it from. | ||
The Brigadier finishes sorting the pottery shards, and Morgan tells him that he now has bits of metal for the Brigadier to look at. [[Moynihan|Mrs Moynihan]] returns from her walk with the dogs. Morgan requests a cup of coffee and tells Mrs Moynihan that she needs to keep the dogs outside, as they could damage the specimens. She tells him that someone is there to see him. [[Archibald Flint|Sir Archibald Flint]] enters the room and inquires after "the spectre of Lanyon Moor," by which he means the electrical signals that Ludgate keeps finding. | The Brigadier finishes sorting the pottery shards, and Morgan tells him that he now has bits of metal for the Brigadier to look at. [[Moynihan|Mrs Moynihan]] returns from her walk with the dogs. Morgan requests a cup of coffee and tells Mrs Moynihan that she needs to keep the dogs outside, as they could damage the specimens. She tells him that someone is there to see him. [[Archibald Flint|Sir Archibald Flint]] enters the room and inquires after "the spectre of Lanyon Moor," by which he means the electrical signals that Ludgate keeps finding. | ||
After a short discussion, Ludgate returns with Evelyn and the Doctor. He starts to introduce them to everyone, but the Doctor cuts him off when he recognizes the Brigadier. Although the Brigadier has not met this version of the Doctor before, he is able to recognize him immediately based on his greeting, unexpected arrival, and bizarre clothing. After introductions have been made, Sir Archibald excuses himself and leaves. Morgan dismisses their archaeological findings as uninteresting, but the Doctor is surprised to see what appears to be the bronze head of an axe among their specimens. Upon questioning Morgan, he learns that there were also charred bones found nearby the axe, which he requests to see. Morgan refuses, as the survey is already behind schedule. | After a short discussion, Ludgate returns with Evelyn and the Doctor. He starts to introduce them to everyone, but the Doctor cuts him off when he recognizes the Brigadier. Although the Brigadier has not met this version of the Doctor before, he is able to recognize him immediately based on his greeting, unexpected arrival, and bizarre clothing. After introductions have been made, Sir Archibald excuses himself and leaves. Morgan dismisses their archaeological findings as uninteresting, but the Doctor is surprised to see what appears to be the bronze head of an axe among their specimens. Upon questioning Morgan, he learns that there were also charred bones found nearby the axe, which he requests to see. Morgan refuses, as the survey is already behind schedule. | ||
The Doctor tells Morgan that something on the hill is emitting phased electric pulses, as seen on Ludgate's equipment. He also says that the bronze axehead is actually a fragment of molectic bonded dissilum, and that what is happening on the hill could turn out to be incredibly dangerous. He asks again to see the charred bones, but Morgan dismisses his words as "ridiculous poppycock" and tells Ludgate to escort him out. The Brigadier intervenes by explaining that the Doctor is a highly respected government employee and that he would like the Doctor's help in his current work. Morgan acquiesces, but is annoyed and threatens to file an official complaint if either the Brigadier or the Doctor interferes in his work. | The Doctor tells Morgan that something on the hill is emitting phased electric pulses, as seen on Ludgate's equipment. He also says that the bronze axehead is actually a fragment of molectic bonded dissilum, and that what is happening on the hill could turn out to be incredibly dangerous. He asks again to see the charred bones, but Morgan dismisses his words as "ridiculous poppycock" and tells Ludgate to escort him out. The Brigadier intervenes by explaining that the Doctor is a highly respected government employee and that he would like the Doctor's help in his current work. Morgan acquiesces, but is annoyed and threatens to file an official complaint if either the Brigadier or the Doctor interferes in his work. | ||
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Back at the institute, the Brigadier asks the Doctor if he's found anything. The Doctor claims to have found "irrefutable evidence of imps and goblins," which surprises the Brigadier. Morgan tells them both that those are just local legends to impress the tourists, and that another name for the fogou is Pixie's Hole. Although Morgan does not believe the legends, the Doctor decides to return to the fogou with the Brigadier because there's something he wants to look at. | Back at the institute, the Brigadier asks the Doctor if he's found anything. The Doctor claims to have found "irrefutable evidence of imps and goblins," which surprises the Brigadier. Morgan tells them both that those are just local legends to impress the tourists, and that another name for the fogou is Pixie's Hole. Although Morgan does not believe the legends, the Doctor decides to return to the fogou with the Brigadier because there's something he wants to look at. | ||
''to | In Archibald's manor, Evelyn calls an old friend who reminds her where she heard "Lanyon Moor" before. Archibald returns, and Evelyn tells him her research has been helpful, and she's ready to leave on foot. Archibald tells her that dusk is approaching, and gives her directions. After she's left, Archibald talks to someone about an "experiment", warning that Evelyn and the Doctor seem too inquisitive. | ||
Back at the institute, the Doctor and the Brigadier discuss folklore of the area. The Brigadier doesn't believe in the stories, but the Doctor insists that stories sometimes have truth. Evelyn meets a woman called Nikki on her walk, who is doing the southwest coastal path, and is headed back to Pengriffen with her. Nikki is on her gap year, and they talk about her journey. The Doctor says a lodestone may be amplifying the mysterious electrical signals, and creates a device to locate it. Meanwhile, Archibald begins his experiment, and Evelyn hears a strange cackling coming towards them, making her and Nikki turn back and run. Nikki shrieks. | |||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
Ludgate arrives to find Nikki dead, almost "half eaten". Ludgate half carries Evelyn back to the institute, and the Doctor finishes his machine and discussed the lodestone from earlier. He explains that the stone is a mineral compound, an electric conductor, quarried on another planet. Evelyn rests after ordeal, the Doctor explaining that the imp-like creature is a physical manifestation of scionic(cyonic? Psyonic?) energy, and Evelyn has hot chocolate. The Brigadier reassured her that UNIT has been notified, and Nikki's relatives will be contacted as Evelyn recounts the story of her ordeal to the Doctor. | |||
The Doctor mentions Evelyn's stone as something that may have repulsed the imp, and finds the stone to likely be a magnetic induction loop. Evelyn reveals her findings at Archibald's compound- In 1645, a royalist called Edward Hopkins hid from Roundheads in the fogou overnight, where he recalled (in his diary) the rumours of the fogou being associated with witches and devils. When he reached Pengriffen, he found that the Roundheads had been "torn asunder". Evelyn also mentions Archibald's ancestor, Percival Flint, who controlled the local tin mining industry in the late 1700s, and was an amateur archeologist who found all hell breaking loose when he excavated a local mine. | |||
The Professor has entered, and is unimpressed, but Evelyn continues recounting other strange phenomena from the past centuries, often leading to deaths. Ludgate is more impressed than Professor Morgan, who doesn't believe the stories. The Doctor reprimands him for his close-mindedness, and goes to fetch some equipment from the TARDIS. He tells everyone to stay where they are, although the Professor argues, and Evelyn is told to get some rest. Evelyn tells him to apologise to the Professor, and so he goes downstairs and compliments him on his archeological prowess. | |||
Meanwhile, the Brigadier tells the Professor that the Doctor is an expert, and should be listened to. The Doctor tells them not to go to the fogou, and the Doctor and the Professor each seperately remark that the other one is an "infuriating man". Ludgate brings Evelyn more hot chocolate, and Evelyn shares her suspicions about Archibald. He seems mysterious. Ludgate suggests that they go to Archibald's manor and break in, and they eventually decide to go without telling anyone. The Doctor, meanwhile, discovers that his TARDIS has disappeared. | |||
Evelyn and Ludgate have broken in, searching different parts of the house. The Brigadier welcomes the Doctor back to the house, and is shocked to hear that the TARDIS is gone. The Doctor believes the creature is somehow responsible. Evelyn discovers Archibald's laboratory in his manor, and Archibald is there too, questioning her on why she is there. Archibald then says she can't leave, because she's seen too much. The Doctor searches his pockets for stand-ins for the equipment he can no longer get from the TARDIS, deciding to cobble together a scanner, although noting that the creature will likely realise immediately and send up a kind of psychic jamming signal. He suggests using his own Alpha waves to make his device work around the jamming signal. | |||
Evelyn has been tied up, and Archibald discusses the poet Alistair Crowley as a "prophet", following his philosophy. Archibald reveals that he funded the archaeological survey to discover more about the 'magic' of Lanyon Moor, and that his efforts are about to come to fruition. Evelyn calls him crazy in a variety of ways, and Archibald calls on his family history as a reason for this. She insults him, and he compares himself to a Messiah. Finally, he reveals that he summoned that creature, and his experiments are complete, as he plans to harness the Spectre of Lanyon Moor that very night. Using only his mind (amplified by his equipment), he breaks and reforms a window. He says she will be his human subject, telling her he will boil out her eyes after adjusting his apparatus. | |||
The Doctor finishes his scanner, telling the Brigadier that no matter how much pain the Doctor is in, the machine must stay on, as must the headset. Meanwhile, Archibald says he can't be stopped, because no one will have "the willpower", and that he wants to control the world because it is his birthright. He says he will start boiling her eyes now, and part 2 ends. | |||
=== Part three === | |||
To be added. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
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* [[Ashforde|Captain Ashforde]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]] | * [[Ashforde|Captain Ashforde]] - [[Nicholas Pegg]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]] | |||
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Pegg]] | |||
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Alistair Lock]] | |||
* Producers - [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
* The Brigadier is doing a little bit of undercover work for [[UNIT]]. | * The Brigadier is doing a little bit of undercover work for [[UNIT]]. | ||
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* Evelyn mentions [[Bromsgrove]]. | * Evelyn mentions [[Bromsgrove]]. | ||
* The Doctor recognizes that they are on [[Earth]] because "nowhere else in the cosmos has the same [[October]] mornings." | * The Doctor recognizes that they are on [[Earth]] because "nowhere else in the cosmos has the same [[October]] mornings." | ||
* [[Moynihan|Mrs Moynihan]] asks if Evelyn and the Doctor walked all the way to the village from [[ | * [[Moynihan|Mrs Moynihan]] asks if Evelyn and the Doctor walked all the way to the village from [[Tremayne]], which [[Philip Ludgate|Ludgate]] later notes to be five miles away. | ||
* Mrs Moynihan claims that she plans to spend a week in [[Athens]], then tour the isles, on her vacation to [[Greece]]. | * Mrs Moynihan claims that she plans to spend a week in [[Athens]], then tour the isles, on her vacation to [[Greece]]. | ||
* The Doctor once visited the [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]] while it was being built. | * The Doctor once visited the [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]] while it was being built. | ||
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* Evelyn asks for [[hot chocolate]] from Ludgate. | * Evelyn asks for [[hot chocolate]] from Ludgate. | ||
==Gallery== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
The Spectre of Lanyon Moor cassette cover with cassettes.jpg|Cassette cover with cassettes | The Spectre of Lanyon Moor cassette cover with cassettes.jpg|Cassette cover with cassettes | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was featured in | * [[File:009 The Spectre of Lanyon Moor credits.jpg|thumb|CD booklet credits.]]This story was featured in [[DWM 292]] with an illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | ||
* The moorland picture used on the background on the CD cover, which also appears reversed and substantially tinted on the cover of ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]'', is a photograph of Dartmoor in Devon. The rocky outcrop just visible on the horizon beside the Brigadier's cap is Hound Tor, the location used for ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''. | * The moorland picture used on the background on the CD cover, which also appears reversed and substantially tinted on the cover of ''[[Red Dawn (audio story)|Red Dawn]]'', is a photograph of Dartmoor in Devon. The rocky outcrop just visible on the horizon beside the Brigadier's cap is Hound Tor, the location used for ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 February (production)|5]] and [[6 February (production)|6 February]] [[2000 (production)|2000]] at [[The | * This audio drama was recorded on [[5 February (production)|5]] and [[6 February (production)|6 February]] [[2000 (production)|2000]] at [[The Nu Groove Studios|Nu Groove Studios]].<ref name=":0">https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-spectre-of-lanyon-moor-633</ref> | ||
* Lanyon Moor was mentioned once in ''The Tomorrow People'' audio series. | * Lanyon Moor was mentioned once in ''The Tomorrow People'' audio series. | ||
* Lanyon Moor, and the historical events of this story, are often referred to in the [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]] range, since the Brigadier and his family grew up in the nearby village of Bledoe. | * Lanyon Moor, and the historical events of this story, are often referred to in the [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]] range, since the Brigadier and his family grew up in the nearby village of Bledoe. | ||
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | * This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', and after ''[[The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)|The Marian Conspiracy]]''.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Brigadier mentions that the TARDIS became invisible another time before. ([[TV]]: | * The Brigadier mentions that the TARDIS became invisible another time before. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion}}) | ||
* From the Doctor's perspective, this is the first time that he has met the Brigadier during his sixth incarnation; however, the Brigadier met the Sixth Doctor for the first time in [[1989]]. ([[PROSE]]: | * From the Doctor's perspective, this is the first time that he has met the Brigadier during his sixth incarnation; however, the Brigadier met the Sixth Doctor for the first time in [[1989]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual}}) | ||
* The Doctor finds out that the Brigadier is married (to [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]]) for the first time in this story. He had previously learned this for the first time in [[PROSE]]: | * The Doctor finds out that the Brigadier is married (to [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]]) for the first time in this story. He had previously learned this for the first time in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror}} and would learn this for the first time again in [[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield}}. | ||
* The Brigadier is still doing occasional UNIT undercover work, as he continues to do in [[AUDIO]]: | * The Brigadier is still doing occasional UNIT undercover work, as he continues to do in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting}}. | ||
* Talking with the Brigadier about how common tales of fairies and the like are in Britain, the Doctor reminds the Brigadier that they both know from experience that there can sometimes be truth in such tales. ([[TV]]: | * Talking with the Brigadier about how common tales of fairies and the like are in Britain, the Doctor reminds the Brigadier that they both know from experience that there can sometimes be truth in such tales. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons}}) | ||
* Mention is made of archaeologists Sir [[Percival Flint]] ([[TV]]: | * Mention is made of archaeologists Sir [[Percival Flint]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons}}) and [[Leamington-Smith]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood}}) In ''The Stones of Blood'', Professor Rumford also mentions an archaeologist called Professor Idwal Morgan (Idwal being a Welsh name). | ||
* The [[Shlangiian]] are mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: | * The [[Shlangiian]] are mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin}}) | ||
* The Brigadier is familiar with Cornwall, in particular Pengriffen, having grown up near there in Bledoe. ([[PROSE]]: | * The Brigadier is familiar with Cornwall, in particular Pengriffen, having grown up near there in Bledoe. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son}}, {{cs|The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen (short story)|The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen}}) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{tetrap|6/spectre.html|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor}} | * {{tetrap|6/spectre.html|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor}} | ||
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[[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart audio stories]] | [[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart audio stories]] | ||
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