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|image = The Destination Wars.jpg | |image = The Destination Wars.jpg | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = The First Doctor Adventures: Volume One | ||
|number = 1.1 | |number = 1.1 | ||
|range = The First Doctor Adventures (audio series) | |range = The First Doctor Adventures (audio series) | ||
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|number in series = 1 | |number in series = 1 | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|companions = [[ | |companions = [[Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[The Master (The Destination Wars)|Inventor Master]] | ||
|setting = [[Destination]], [[3 March]] [[Space Year 2003]] | |setting = [[Destination]], [[3 March]] [[Space Year 2003]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Matt Fitton | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 25 December 2017 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download<br/>1st of 2 stories | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download<br/>1st of 2 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDW1STCD01 | |production code = BFPDW1STCD01 | ||
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|series = ''[[The First Doctor Adventures]]'' | |series = ''[[The First Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|next = The Great White Hurricane (audio story) | |next = The Great White Hurricane (audio story) | ||
|epcount=4}} | |epcount = 4 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The First Doctor Adventures: Volume One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[David Bradley]] as the [[First Doctor]], [[Claudia Grant]] as [[Susan|Susan Foreman]], [[Jamie Glover]] as [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Jemma Powell]] as [[Barbara Wright]] and introduced [[James Dreyfus]] as {{Dreyfus|c}}. | |||
It was added for free to the podcast ''[[Into the TARDIS]]'' as part of Big Finish's [[List of anniversaries|25th anniversary]] of creating ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio stories. It was released in four parts on [[20 July (releases)|20]] and [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] and [[3 August (releases)|3]] and [[10 August (releases)|10 August]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] and hosted by [[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] arrives in a gleaming utopia in the [[Space Year 2003]]. Has [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] truly brought [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] home, to glimpse their future? | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] arrives in a gleaming utopia in the [[Space Year 2003]]. Has [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] truly brought [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] home, to glimpse their future? | ||
The world owes much to its legendary Inventor, and Susan finds herself face to face with the great benefactor. But soon, the time travellers are in a world at war and the Doctor must confront his past. | The world owes much to {{Dreyfus|n=its legendary Inventor}}, and Susan finds herself face to face with the great benefactor. But soon, the time travellers are in a world at war and the Doctor must confront his past. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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Reena, however, has grown disillusioned with her faith in the Inventor, and kept the communication device the Doctor gave Robac. Accompanied by Susan and Barbara (as Ian distracts Tanna by pretending to help her with the nuclear fission), which tell her the truth about the Inventor, she goes to see one of the Dalmari her mother keeps as prisoners and uses the device to communicate with him. The Dalmari reveals her that it were the "metal men" (i.e. the servers) to disrupt the conference by killing the representants of both people. Understanding that their wars had been the product of the Master's manipulations, Barbara, Susan and Reena free the Dalmari prisoners and tell them what happened. In the meantime, Susan and Reena will go up to the communication tower and, using Robac's device, will stop the bombings, so that the Dalmari and the colonists can finally talk. | Reena, however, has grown disillusioned with her faith in the Inventor, and kept the communication device the Doctor gave Robac. Accompanied by Susan and Barbara (as Ian distracts Tanna by pretending to help her with the nuclear fission), which tell her the truth about the Inventor, she goes to see one of the Dalmari her mother keeps as prisoners and uses the device to communicate with him. The Dalmari reveals her that it were the "metal men" (i.e. the servers) to disrupt the conference by killing the representants of both people. Understanding that their wars had been the product of the Master's manipulations, Barbara, Susan and Reena free the Dalmari prisoners and tell them what happened. In the meantime, Susan and Reena will go up to the communication tower and, using Robac's device, will stop the bombings, so that the Dalmari and the colonists can finally talk. | ||
Meanwhile, the Master has managed to force the TARDIS' key out of the Doctor, by threatening to abandon Susan, Ian and Barbara on Destination. He then allows the Doctor to go and retrieve Susan, making him believe they can all leave together; as soon as he is out, the Master contacts Ian and Barbara with one of his servers and, imitating the Doctor's voice, have them come back to the TARDIS, unwillingly leading him to it. He then | Meanwhile, the Master has managed to force the TARDIS' key out of the Doctor, by threatening to abandon Susan, Ian and Barbara on Destination. He then allows the Doctor to go and retrieve Susan, making him believe they can all leave together; as soon as he is out, the Master contacts Ian and Barbara with one of his servers and, imitating the Doctor's voice, have them come back to the TARDIS, unwillingly leading him to it. He then hypnotises both to enter in the ship with him, and the three of them depart, leaving the Doctor and Susan stranded on Destination. | ||
=== Prisoners of Time (4) === | === Prisoners of Time (4) === | ||
Stranded, the Doctor and Susan have no other choice but try to stop the war between the colonists and the Dalmari. Noticing that, without the Master, the servers wander without purpose, the Doctor repograms them so that he can control them, and marches them off to the battlefield. Their presence stops the Dalmari, who are afraid of them, and allows the Doctor to talk to Tanna and convince her to suspend the hostilities for an hour, the time for him to come back to the laboratory and reveal to both people the truth about their wars and the Inventor. | Stranded, the Doctor and Susan have no other choice but try to stop the war between the colonists and the Dalmari. Noticing that, without the Master, the servers wander without purpose, the Doctor repograms them so that he can control them, and marches them off to the battlefield. Their presence stops the Dalmari, who are afraid of them, and allows the Doctor to talk to Tanna and convince her to suspend the hostilities for an hour, the time for him to come back to the laboratory and reveal to both people the truth about their wars and the Inventor. | ||
In the TARDIS, the Master proves himself unable to fly the ship, due to the Doctor's meddling with the commands. Ian and Barbara in the meantime | In the TARDIS, the Master proves himself unable to fly the ship, due to the Doctor's meddling with the commands. Ian and Barbara in the meantime realise they have been hypnotised: the Master used their desire to protect one another to make them obey him. Together, they came up with a plan against him. Using a [[slingshot]] Ian confiscated to one of their students their last day at school, Barbara distracts the Master, giving Ian time to throw one of their Chinese dresses over him; they then tie him up and close him in a room in the TARDIS. However, the Master sneers at them, saying that they are not better at driving the TARDIS than he is. | ||
On Destination, the Doctor lights the screens of the city and shows the Dalmari and the colonists evidences about the Master's true nature and deeds, thus persuading the two sides to stop fighting and start talking. He then begins to take control of the Master's platform to move forward in time, thinking that maybe they can reach a time where Destination's technology has developed so much that they use it to leave. Susan protests: not only that is too similar to what the Master was doing, but also, they cannot abandon these people when they are just beginning a new path. Reena runs in, telling the Doctor that the two species are finding difficulties to communicate: they will probably need a third party to truly listen to each other. The Doctor, persuaded, programs the capsule to jump forward in time for two years, with Susan and Reena in the inside, before going out and join the peace talks to help everyone. | On Destination, the Doctor lights the screens of the city and shows the Dalmari and the colonists evidences about the Master's true nature and deeds, thus persuading the two sides to stop fighting and start talking. He then begins to take control of the Master's platform to move forward in time, thinking that maybe they can reach a time where Destination's technology has developed so much that they use it to leave. Susan protests: not only that is too similar to what the Master was doing, but also, they cannot abandon these people when they are just beginning a new path. Reena runs in, telling the Doctor that the two species are finding difficulties to communicate: they will probably need a third party to truly listen to each other. The Doctor, persuaded, programs the capsule to jump forward in time for two years, with Susan and Reena in the inside, before going out and join the peace talks to help everyone. | ||
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In the TARDIS, Ian and Barbara decide to use the [[fast return switch]] to come back to Destination: it works, and they come back to the planet two years after they left. They are greeted by the Doctor, who shows them how much Destination has changed under his guidance and thanks them for bringing back the TARDIS. At the same time, Reena and Susan emerge from the time capsule, and Reena is reunited with her mother. All seems well, but the Master manages to escape from the crate they put him in and comes back to the laboratory, when he prepares to announce his return to Destination's citizens. | In the TARDIS, Ian and Barbara decide to use the [[fast return switch]] to come back to Destination: it works, and they come back to the planet two years after they left. They are greeted by the Doctor, who shows them how much Destination has changed under his guidance and thanks them for bringing back the TARDIS. At the same time, Reena and Susan emerge from the time capsule, and Reena is reunited with her mother. All seems well, but the Master manages to escape from the crate they put him in and comes back to the laboratory, when he prepares to announce his return to Destination's citizens. | ||
However, just as he is about to do so, the Doctor cuts off his message. He says that he detached all connections between his laboratory and the city, leaving only energy enough to keep it functional but not working; right now, the energy is so low the Master is not even able to open the doors. He is, for all intents and purposes, trapped. He then forces the Master to acknowledge he crashlanded on Destination after stealing [[the Master's TARDIS|a faulty TARDIS]] too, albeit in a worse state than | However, just as he is about to do so, the Doctor cuts off his message. He says that he detached all connections between his laboratory and the city, leaving only energy enough to keep it functional but not working; right now, the energy is so low the Master is not even able to open the doors. He is, for all intents and purposes, trapped. He then forces the Master to acknowledge he crashlanded on Destination after stealing [[the Master's first TARDIS|a faulty TARDIS]] too, albeit in a worse state than the Doctor's; the rest of it was dispersed in the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]], and that is all that remains of the control room. The Master begs the Doctor not to leave him here, but the Doctor cuts off the communication. | ||
The travellers finally leave Destination, admonishing their colonists that them, and only them, are the real inventors. They land somewhere else - another alley. Ian comes out to check their surroundings, but he only manages to take a few steps before being shot. | The travellers finally leave Destination, admonishing their colonists that them, and only them, are the real inventors. They land somewhere else - another alley. Ian comes out to check their surroundings, but he only manages to take a few steps before being shot. | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Bradley]] | * [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Bradley]] | ||
* [[Susan | * [[Susan]] - [[Claudia Grant]] | ||
* [[Ian Chesterton]] - [[Jamie Glover]] | * [[Ian Chesterton]] - [[Jamie Glover]] | ||
* [[Barbara Wright]] - [[Jemma Powell]] | * [[Barbara Wright]] - [[Jemma Powell]] | ||
* {{Dreyfus|c}} - [[James Dreyfus]] | * {{Dreyfus|c}} - [[James Dreyfus]] | ||
* [[Robac]] / [[Server]] | * [[Robac]] / [[Server robot|Servers]] / [[Dalmari]] - [[Raymond Coulthard]] | ||
* [[Reena]] - [[Deli Segal]] | * [[Reena]] - [[Deli Segal]] | ||
* [[Tanna]] - [[Sian Reeves]] | * [[Tanna]] - [[Sian Reeves]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Space Year]]s are based on how many [[year]]s have passed since the [[humanoid]] ancestors of Destination's inhabitants left for [[space]]. | * [[Space Year]]s are based on how many [[year]]s have passed since the [[humanoid]] ancestors of Destination's inhabitants left for [[space]]. | ||
* The TARDIS arrives in [[Space Year 2003]]. The Master brings them to [[Space Year 2015]], where war has broken out (Robac having died in the first year of the war, [[Space Year 2009]]), and the Doctor stays behind until [[Space Year 2017]] to help mend the peace. | * The TARDIS arrives in [[Space Year 2003]]. The Master brings them to [[Space Year 2015]], where war has broken out (Robac having died in the first year of the war, [[Space Year 2009]]), and the Doctor stays behind until [[Space Year 2017]] to help mend the peace. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Upon their arrival, Ian inquires if they are still on [[Earth]], implying that they just left the planet. The Doctor will | * Upon their arrival, Ian inquires if they are still on [[Earth]], implying that they just left the planet. Later, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Barbarians and the Samurai (audio story)}}, The Doctor will tell [[Takagi Mamoru]] that they recently visited [[Paris]], referring to [[TV]]: {{cs|The Reign of Terror (TV story)}}. | ||
* Ian mentions the [[Dalek]]s, which the travellers recently met for the first time in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}. The Doctor later mentions to Barbara that he and the Master were once pioneers among their people, as he told [[Alydon]] in that earlier story. | |||
* The Master uses [[Hypnosis|hypnotism]] on Ian. | * The Master uses [[Hypnosis|hypnotism]] on Ian. In numerous stories set later in his timeline, he hypnotised people, beginning with his first appearance in [[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Master refers to Ian and Barbara's leaving Earth as a "[[kidnap]]ping". | * The Master refers to Ian and Barbara's leaving Earth in [[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}} as a "[[kidnap]]ping". He also suggests that they may be suffering from [[Stockholm syndrome]], an idea that Ian would laugh off later in his life, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus}}. | ||
* Ian and Barbara still have clothes in the TARDIS from [[Peking]] | * Ian and Barbara still have clothes in the TARDIS from [[Peking]], which they visited in [[TV]]: {{cs|Marco Polo (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor would | * The Doctor would use the [[fast return switch]] again in an attempt to take Ian and Barbara back to their own time, but it will break once again, taking them back to [[Skaro]], in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return to Skaro (audio story)}}. | ||
* The Master comments that the Doctor isn't the only one to meet with [[Houdini]]. | * The Master comments that the Doctor isn't the only one to meet with [[Houdini]]. The Doctor would frequently make mention of his having met Houdini, and [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}} established that the First Doctor and Susan had met him together. | ||
* The Master mentions that [[Quadrigger]]s were set to work on his TARDIS before he stole it. | * The Master mentions that [[Quadrigger]]s were set to work on his TARDIS before he stole it. Quadriggers were first established as the engineers that work on TARDISes in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}. | ||
* Because [[The Master's first TARDIS|the Master's TARDIS]] was not quite operational, he got stuck in the earliest [[Segment of Time|Segments of Time]]. The Earth colonists in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark (TV story)}} also measured great lengths of time in segments. | |||
* The end of the story leads directly into [[AUDIO]]: | * The end of the story leads directly into [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great White Hurricane (audio story)}}, as television stories usually did in the era that ''The First Doctor Adventures'' series tried to emulate. | ||
* The [[Second Doctor]] would later encounter this incarnation of the Master again, though he believed that this adventure had been the end of his once friend | * The [[Second Doctor]] would later encounter this incarnation of the Master again in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Home Guard (audio story)}}, though he believed that this adventure had been the end of his once friend. Later on, the [[Seventh Doctor]] would meet this incarnation at the [[Psychic Circus]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Psychic Circus (audio story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor feels a sense of responsibility for the Master's actions, as they are both [[Time Lord]]s. | * The Doctor feels a sense of responsibility for the Master's actions, as they are both [[Time Lord]]s. He would express a similar sense of responsibility in [[TV]]: {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}}. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:The First Doctor Adventures audio stories]] | [[Category:The First Doctor Adventures audio stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Inventor Master audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:2017 audio stories]] | [[Category:2017 audio stories]] | ||