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|companions = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]] | |companions = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]] | ||
|enemy = [[Valmoira]] | |enemy = [[Valmoira]] | ||
|setting = [[Ireland]], [[55 BC]] | |setting = [[Giant's Causeway]], [[Ireland]], [[BC#1st century B.C.|55 BC]] | ||
|writer = Lizzie Hopley | |writer = Lizzie Hopley | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
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|production code = BFPDWSPSONVRUT0101 | |production code = BFPDWSPSONVRUT0101 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-80240-368-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-80240-369-5 (digital) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-80240-368-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-80240-369-5 (digital) | ||
|next = | |next = The Children of the Future (audio story) | ||
|epcount=1}} | |epcount=1 | ||
|series2 = [[Classic Series - Special Releases]] | |||
|prev2 = Terror of the Master (audio story) | |||
|next2 = The Children of the Future (audio story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lizzie Hopley]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[India Fisher]] as [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] and [[Conrad Westmaas]] as [[C'rizz]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lizzie Hopley]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[India Fisher]] as [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] and [[Conrad Westmaas]] as [[C'rizz]]. | ||
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A terrible conflict with no care for consequences or collateral damage. Billions have died with no end in sight. Its reach can encompass ancient [[Ireland]] and a forest world in the far future. | A terrible conflict with no care for consequences or collateral damage. Billions have died with no end in sight. Its reach can encompass ancient [[Ireland]] and a forest world in the far future. | ||
A temporal tidal wave leads [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] and [[C'rizz]] to the [[Giant's Causeway]], Ireland [[55BC]], where [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] drains of power and they encounter Sontarans who believe they’re [[Roman army|Roman Legionnaires]]. What has caused this and what is the strange secret in the rocks? | A temporal tidal wave leads [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] and [[C'rizz]] to the [[Giant's Causeway]], Ireland [[BC#1st century B.C.|55BC]], where [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] drains of power and they encounter Sontarans who believe they’re [[Roman army|Roman Legionnaires]]. What has caused this and what is the strange secret in the rocks? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[The TARDIS]] is pulled out of the [[Time Vortex]] by a [[temporal tidal wave]] and lands, dead or deliberately shut down to protect the [[Eye of Harmony]], at the [[Giant's Causeway]] in [[Ireland]], [[BC|55 BC]]. [[Eighth | [[The TARDIS]] is pulled out of the [[Time Vortex]] by a [[temporal tidal wave]] and lands, dead or deliberately shut down to protect the [[Eye of Harmony]], at the [[Giant's Causeway]] in [[Ireland]], [[BC#1st century B.C.|55 BC]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] and [[C'rizz]] head out in search of what has drained the TARDIS's power and find piles of [[Sontaran]] [[corpse]]s dressed in the [[armour]] of [[Rome|Roman]] [[Roman army|legionnaires]] with no obvious cause of [[death]], indicating that the [[Celt]]s are not responsible. C'rizz wanders off when he sees the injured [[Noorie]] watching them and assures her that he will not hurt her, but she is more concerned about the Sontarans approaching on [[horse]]s. | ||
A Sontaran introducing himself as [[Ignatius Antias Salutio|General Ignatius Antias Salutio]] of the [[14th Legion of Rome]] condemns the Doctor and Charley to death, but Charley pleads that they can help investigate the deaths of the Sontarans and Ignatius instead has them strapped to a [[mule]] to be taken to await [[Caecilius Crassus Procullus|Commander Caecilius Crassus Procullus]]'s judgement at [[camp]]. The camp has been built around a receiver radiating [[chronon energy]] which could be responsible for the Sontarans believing that they fight for the [[Republic of Rome]] and having no knowledge of [[Sontar]] or the [[Kaveetch]]. Meeting Procullus, the Doctor and Charley notice the Sontarans using phrases with the three travellers used in the TARDIS. | A Sontaran introducing himself as [[Ignatius Antias Salutio|General Ignatius Antias Salutio]] of the [[14th Legion of Rome]] condemns the Doctor and Charley to death, but Charley pleads that they can help investigate the deaths of the Sontarans and Ignatius instead has them strapped to a [[mule]] to be taken to await [[Caecilius Crassus Procullus|Commander Caecilius Crassus Procullus]]'s judgement at [[camp]]. The camp has been built around a receiver radiating [[chronon energy]] which could be responsible for the Sontarans believing that they fight for the [[Republic of Rome]] and having no knowledge of [[Sontar]] or the [[Kaveetch]]. Meeting Procullus, the Doctor and Charley notice the Sontarans using phrases with the three travellers used in the TARDIS. | ||
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* [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]] | * [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]] | ||
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]] | * [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]] | ||
* [[General | * [[Ignatius Antias Salutio|General Ignatius Antias Salutio]] - [[John Banks]] | ||
* [[Commander | * [[Caecilius Crassus Procullus|Commander Caecilius Crassus Procullus]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
* [[Valmoira]] - [[Amanda Hurwitz]] | * [[Valmoira]] - [[Amanda Hurwitz]] | ||
* [[Noorie]] - [[Michelle Fox]] | * [[Noorie]] - [[Michelle Fox]] | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[ | * The [[Irish]] believe in [[druid]]s. | ||
* ''[[Déjà vu]]'' is the feeling that one has experienced something before. | * ''[[Déjà vu]]'' is the feeling that one has experienced something before. | ||
* The Sontarans' receiver radiates [[chronon energy]]. | * The Sontarans' receiver radiates [[chronon energy]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded on [[3 May (production)|3 May]] [[2023 (production)|2023]] at [[the Soundhouse]]. | * It was Lizzie Hopley's suggestion to John Dorney to bring back Conrad Westmaas.<ref>https://x.com/MrJohnDorney/status/1729897498347540589</ref><ref name=":0">'Backstage' tab of [https://web.archive.org/web/20240224221551/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-sontarans-vs-rutans-the-battle-of-giant-s-causeway-2955 the official ''The Battle of Giant's Causeway'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]. (Archived 24 February 2024 on the Wayback Machine)</ref> | ||
* This story was recorded on [[3 May (production)|3 May]] [[2023 (production)|2023]] at [[the Soundhouse]].<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor asks Procullus if he has heard of the [[Kaveetch]], the race who created the Sontarans and who appeared in {{cs|The First Sontarans (audio story)}}. | * The Doctor asks Procullus if he has heard of the [[Kaveetch]], the race who created the Sontarans and who appeared in {{cs|The First Sontarans (audio story)}}. | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in Ireland]] | [[Category:Stories set in Ireland]] | ||
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[[Category:Sontaran audio stories]] | [[Category:Sontaran audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Rutan Host audio stories]] | [[Category:Rutan Host audio stories]] | ||
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