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|season number   = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)

|main character = [[Dorium Maldovar]]

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|enemy          = [[Headless Monk]]s

|writer          = Steven Moffat

|broadcast date  = 28 May 2011

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|next           = Prequel to Let's Kill Hitler (webcast)

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The '''prequel to ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''''', named '''''Brain Trafficking''''' by [[BBC America]], was the third prequel produced by the [[BBC]] for the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It marked the debut of the [[Headless Monk]]s and saw the reappearance of [[Simon Fisher-Becker]] as [[Dorium Maldovar]].

[[Dorium]] meets three [[Headless Monk|cloaked figures]], informing them that his agents have procured the exact security software they have requested. Dorium has extracted it from the memory of a [[Judoon]] trooper, admitting he decided that it was quicker to take the whole [[brain]]. He gives them the brain in exchange for a bag of [[sentient money]]. Dorium doesn't understand why they are doing all this to imprison [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|one child]], and says he's heard rumours about [[Amy Pond|whose child]] they've taken. He asks if they are mad and if they've heard the stories about [[the Doctor]]. Dorium warns them "God help us if you've made him angry".

== Worldbuilding ==

* [[Dorium]] mentions that he took a [[Judoon]] trooper's brain in order to extract his memories. The brain is in a palm-sized box. He says that the monks will find the software in the [[frontal lobe]].

* Dorium is paid in [[sentient money]]. He says he loves how it wriggles.

* This is a prelude to ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''. It is acknowledged within the story twice, first when Dorium tells [[Colonel]] [[Manton]] in [[the Maldovarium]] that the [[Headless Monk]]s are old customers of his, explaining how he knows the location of [[Demons Run]], and second when hacking into their security software on Demons Run, noting to the [[Eleventh Doctor]] that he sold it to them. His acquaintance with the Headless Monks leads to him approaching them to prevent a [[Battle of Demons Run|fight]], resulting in his [[beheading]].

* It is recommended by the BBC website that viewers watch ''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'' before seeing the prequel.

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