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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and introduced [[Ruth Bradley]] as the new companion [[Molly O'Sullivan]], as well as [[Peter Egan]] as a [[Straxus (The Great War)|new incarnation]] of [[Straxus]] and [[Toby Jones]] as [[Kotris]], the main villain of the set. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and introduced [[Ruth Bradley]] as the new companion [[Molly O'Sullivan]], as well as [[Peter Egan]] as a [[Straxus (The Great War)|new incarnation]] of [[Straxus]] and [[Toby Jones]] as [[Kotris]], the main villain of the set. | ||
This was the first story to advance the Eighth Doctor's tale forwards following [[2011 (releases)|2011]]'s ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''. The cover and that of the box set featured a new look for the Eighth Doctor whose appearance on the covers of audios and in their in-universe description had not majorly diverted from his appearance in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 television movie]]. | This was the first story to advance the Eighth Doctor's tale forwards following [[2011 (releases)|2011]]'s ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''. The cover and that of the box set featured a new look for the Eighth Doctor whose appearance on the covers of audios and in their in-universe description had not majorly diverted from his appearance in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 television movie]]. | ||
== Publisher's | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] nursing assistant [[Molly O'Sullivan]] spends her days facing the horrors of the [[World War I|Great War]]. Little does she know that a [[Eighth Doctor|man]] from [[Gallifrey|another world]] has arrived, looking for her. | [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] nursing assistant [[Molly O'Sullivan]] spends her days facing the horrors of the [[World War I|Great War]]. Little does she know that a [[Eighth Doctor|man]] from [[Gallifrey|another world]] has arrived, looking for her. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Distraught after the death of [[Lucie Miller]], who perished defeating the [[Dalek]]s, the Doctor tries to push [[the TARDIS]] forward in time to the [[end of the universe]]. He is stopped by the Time Lords and intercepted by their agent, [[Straxus (The Great War)|Straxus]]; such travel is forbidden. The Doctor explains he was looking for hope, his own having run out, and Straxus offers him a mission (previously cleared personally with the Time Lord President) that might give him some. | Distraught after the death of [[Lucie Miller]], who perished defeating the [[Dalek]]s, the Doctor tries to push [[the TARDIS]] forward in time to the [[end of the universe]]. He is stopped by the Time Lords and intercepted by their agent, [[Straxus (The Great War)|Straxus]]; such travel is forbidden. The Doctor explains he was looking for hope, his own having run out, and Straxus offers him a mission (previously cleared personally with the Time Lord President) that might give him some. | ||
The Doctor lands in No Man's Land in France during World War I, using his sonic screwdriver to search for something, but is caught in a mustard gas attack. He is picked up by English soldiers and taken with other wounded men to be transported back to a hospital. The Matron in charge confiscates his screwdriver, believing it to be a penny whistle, and he is placed into the care of two [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] (VAD) workers: Irish servant [[Molly O'Sullivan]] and English lady [[Isabel Stanford]]. Isabel takes a shine to the Doctor, but Molly thinks he is a charlatan, all charm and no substance - not least because he recovers uncommonly quickly from his exposure to mustard gas. | The Doctor lands in No Man's Land in France during World War I, using his sonic screwdriver to search for something, but is caught in a mustard gas attack. He is picked up by English soldiers and taken with other wounded men to be transported back to a hospital. The Matron in charge confiscates his screwdriver, believing it to be a penny whistle, and he is placed into the care of two [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] (VAD) workers: Irish servant [[Molly O'Sullivan]] and English lady [[Isabel Stanford]]. Isabel takes a shine to the Doctor, but Molly thinks he is a charlatan, all charm and no substance - not least because he recovers uncommonly quickly from his exposure to mustard gas. | ||
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=== Vehicles === | === Vehicles === | ||
* [[Tank]]s have yet to be introduced to the war; Tucker believes the Doctor is referring to [[water]] containers when he mentions them. | * [[File:Centre Fold The Great War.jpg|alt=A side profile view of the Doctor looking out across No Man's Land, the TARDIS in the distance on the horizon clouded by the smoke.|thumb|CD Booklet interior illustration of the Doctor in No-Man's Land.]][[Tank]]s have yet to be introduced to the war; Tucker believes the Doctor is referring to [[water]] containers when he mentions them. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* The Doctor deals once again with the effects of the [[time wind]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'', et. al) | * The Doctor deals once again with the effects of the [[time wind]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'', et. al) | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/dark-eyes-792}} | {{bigfinish|releases/v/dark-eyes-792}} | ||
{{serialbox|episodes/doctor-who-dark-eyes-ep1|The Great War part 1}} | {{serialbox|episodes/doctor-who-dark-eyes-ep1|The Great War part 1}} | ||