Trusted
19,115
edits
m (Epsilon the Eternal moved page Doctor Who - The War Doctor Begins: He Who Fights With Monsters (webcast) to He Who Fights With Monsters (webcast): Seems like a series prefix) |
|||
(23 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{real world}} | |||
{{title dab away}} | {{title dab away}} | ||
{{ | {{ImageLinkWC}} | ||
{{Infobox Story SMW | |||
{{Infobox Story | |||
|range = The War Doctor (audio series) | |range = The War Doctor (audio series) | ||
|image = | |image = He Who Fights With Monsters.jpg | ||
|main character = [[War Doctor]] | |main character = [[War Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s | ||
|setting = [[Last Great Time War]] | |setting = [[Last Great Time War]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Robert Valentine | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|producer = | |producer = | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 13 December 2022 | ||
|format = 2 minute minisode | |format = 2 minute minisode | ||
|network = YouTube | |network = YouTube | ||
|fullvid = | |fullvid = Doctor Who - The War Doctor Begins- He Who Fights With Monsters | ||
}} | }} | ||
''''' | '''''He Who Fights With Monsters''''' was a video prologue, termed a trailer in credits, to [[Big Finish Productions]]'s ''[[He Who Fights With Monsters (audio anthology)|He Who Fights With Monsters]]'' audio set of the ''[[The War Doctor (audio series)|War Doctor Begins]]'', similar to ''[[Gallifrey War Room (webcast)|Gallifrey War Room]]''. It was released on Youtube and the Big Finish website. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
While | While travelling through the [[Time Vortex]] in his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the young [[War Doctor]] reflects on his choices and the [[Last Great Time War]], declaring that he must become as unyielding as the [[Dalek]]s to defeat them. The battle cries of Daleks echo. | ||
The Doctor | On a [[Battle (He Who Fights With Monsters)|battlefield]], [[Spider Dalek]]s march past the destroyed casings of regular [[Dalek drone]]s, proving the War Doctor's belief that the Daleks continue to survive no matter what he does. The Doctor declares he is on an irredeemable path. [[Bronze Dalek 2 (He Who Fights With Monsters)|One of the drones]], however, has survived and reveals it has seen "beyond the storm", and that it had seen "him", who it described as "death". Elsewhere, aboard a [[Dalek ship]] within the larger [[Dalek Fleet]], the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] exults that the Daleks will win "in [[Omniverse|every reality]]". | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
Line 34: | Line 27: | ||
* [[Dalek]]s - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Dalek]]s - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | |||
* The [[Time Vortex]] is seen on the [[TARDIS scanner]]. | |||
* The [[War Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] rolls on the [[TARDIS console]]. Notably, it sports the same emitter head and metallic finish used on the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|model]], but with the red cap and detailing that it featured later in the War Doctor's life. | |||
* [[War Doctor|The Doctor]] mentions that he never wanted to [[fight]], but now has no [[choice]]. | |||
* He also mentions that the [[Stake (wager)|stakes]] are "everywhere and everywhen; all of [[history]], [[N-Space|the entire universe]] - [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]]" is an "[[arena]] of [[war]]". | |||
* The Doctor states that his own [[past]] is a battleground - his [[value]]s, [[The Doctor in popular culture and mythology|his legacy]], and even [[The Doctor (title)|his name]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Line 41: | Line 39: | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Spider Dalek]] | * The [[Spider Dalek]] design seen here later cameos in [[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}}. | ||
{{Big Finish promotional sources}} | |||
{{ | {{DWAP}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | |||
[[Category:Big Finish webcasts]] | [[Category:Big Finish webcasts]] | ||
[[Category:2022 webcasts]] | [[Category:2022 webcasts]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the Last Great Time War]] | [[Category:Stories set in the Last Great Time War]] | ||
[[Category:Dalek webcasts]] | |||
[[Category:War Doctor webcasts]] | |||
[[Category:3D animated productions]] | |||
[[Category:Promotional videos]] |