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|range                  = Short Trips (series)
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|setting                = [[Southampton]], [[April]] [[1912]]
|setting                = [[Southampton]], [[April]] [[1912]]
|writer                = [[Selim Ulug]]
|writer                = Selim Ulug
|director              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|director              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|read by                = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by                = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
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|cover                  = [[Mark Plastow]]
|cover                  = [[Mark Plastow]]
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|release date          = [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|release date          = 31 July 2019
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|production code        = BFMSTDL55
|production code        = BFMSTDL55
|isbn                  = ISBN 978-1-78703-720-5
|isbn                  = ISBN 978-1-78703-720-5
|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|series                = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story of the [[Series 9 (ST)|ninth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series.  
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story of the [[Series 9 (ST)|ninth season]] of [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Bertie Daniels]]
* [[Bertie Daniels]]
* [[Margaret Daniels]]
* [[Margaret Daniels]]
* [[William Spence]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* The Doctor has his blue-tipped [[sonic screwdriver]] in his pockets.
 
* Narrator - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Cover Art - [[Mark Plastow]]
* Producer, Script Editor & Director - [[Alfie Shaw]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music band Sound Design - [[Richard Fox]] @ [[FoxYason Studios]]
* Writer - [[Selim Ulug]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor has his blue-tipped [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] in his [[the Doctor's pockets|pockets]].
* The Doctor leaves Connie a copy of ''[[The Time Machine]]''.
* The Doctor leaves Connie a copy of ''[[The Time Machine]]''.
* Arthur and Spence both fought in the second [[Boer War]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was created to answer the questions of why the Doctor was with the [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels Family]] in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
[[File:Battle Scars (audio story) textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover]]
* This story was created to answer the question of why the Ninth Doctor had been with the [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels family]], as seen in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
* This story marks the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s first appearance in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] range.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor whispers "no more" while unconscious. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor whispers "no more" while unconscious. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor being with the [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels Family]] was part of conspiracy-theorist Clive Finch's investigations into the Doctor in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]. ''Clive had previously met the Twelfth Doctor on an adventure as a child, but had his memories of the future and the adventure removed by him ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Persistence of Memory (short story)|The Persistence of Memory]]'').
* Connie Daniels says "[[Fantastic]]" to the Doctor when he awoke from unconsciousness. The Doctor grows fond of this term in the course of this story. This would go on to be a favourite word of his for the rest of his incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
* The [[RMS Titanic|Titanic's]] sinking was a key part of the [[Web of Time]], and featured in the Doctor's history. The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] were on the Titanic ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''), the [[Ninth Doctor]] had been on the ship and clung to an iceberg ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]''), and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was on the ''Titanic'' shortly before he visited [[Klimtenburg]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]''). Separately, [[the Master]] also travelled on the ship ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]''), and both [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] and [[Jack Harkness]] appeared on the ''Titanic'' to claim a diamond that was lost during the disaster ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)|The Death of Captain Jack]]'').
* The Doctor being with the [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels family]] was part of conspiracy theorist [[Clive Finch]] investigations into the Doctor in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'', obtaining a photograph of them together.
* Connie Daniels said "Fantastic" to the Doctor when he awoke from unconsciousness. The Doctor would pick that up as his catchphrase for the rest of his incarnation ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'').
* The same image of the Doctor and the Daniels family would later be discovered by [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Mystery Date (comic story)|Mystery Date]]'')
* The ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]''{{'}}s sinking was a key part of the [[Web of Time]], and featured in the Doctor's history. The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] were on the ''Titanic'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') the [[Ninth Doctor]] had been on the ship and clung to an iceberg, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was on the ''Titanic'' shortly before he visited [[Klimtenburg]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'') Separately, [[the Master]] also travelled on the ship, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'') and both [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] and [[Jack Harkness]] appeared on the ''Titanic'' to claim a diamond that was lost during the disaster. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)|The Death of Captain Jack]]'')
* William Spence picked up an alien weapon in Cardiff near the waterfront after it appeared in a "blinding flash of light". This seems likely to refer to the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]'')


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Battle Scars was the seventh story of the ninth season of Big Finish Productions Short Trips series.

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Nightmarish memories of the Boer War. Crippling debts. An unconscious stranger in the garden. Arthur Daniels is beset with problems. Little does he know that his proposed solution could be the biggest problem of them all: a voyage to America aboard the RMS Titanic.

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