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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image | |image = The Secret History cover.jpg | ||
|range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 200 | |number in range = 200 | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 200 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = {{Garden|c}} | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Ravenna]] and [[Constantinople]], [[540]] | ||
|writer | |writer = Eddie Robson | ||
|director | |director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|music | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|sound | |music = [[Andy Hardwick]] | ||
|cover | |sound = Andy Hardwick | ||
|publisher | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date | |epcount = 4 | ||
|format | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code = | |release date = 17 June 2015 | ||
|isbn | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|prev | |production code = BFPDWCD200 | ||
|next | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-461-7 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78178-462-4 (digital) | ||
|prev = Last of the Cybermen (audio story) | |||
|next = We Are The Daleks (audio story) | |||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-secret-history-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-secret-history-trailer | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two-hundredth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Eddie Robson]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Maureen O'Brien]] as [[Vicki Pallister]] | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two-hundredth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Eddie Robson]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Maureen O'Brien]] as [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Peter Purves]] as [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Graeme Garden]] as [[The Monk (The Book of Kells)|The Monk]]. | ||
It was conclusion of the "Locum Doctors" trilogy, which also paired the [[Seventh Doctor]] with [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and the [[Sixth Doctor]] with [[Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], and revealed that {{Garden}} had been behind the Doctors being displaced along [[the Doctor's time stream|their time stream]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] to the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Ravenna]] in the year [[540]] – besieged by the army of the celebrated [[Byzantium (city)|Byzantine]] general [[Flavius Belisarius|Belisarius]]. Caught up in the fighting, Steven ends up on a boat bound for [[Constantinople]], the heart of the [[Roman Empire]]. | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] to the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Ravenna]] in the year [[540]] – besieged by the army of the celebrated [[Byzantium (city)|Byzantine]] general [[Flavius Belisarius|Belisarius]]. Caught up in the fighting, Steven ends up on a boat bound for [[Constantinople]], the heart of the [[Roman Empire]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== The Gothic War (1) === | === The Gothic War (1) === | ||
[[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] are running from the [[ | [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]] are running from the [[Antoim]], who are shooting at them. They reach [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], where the [[First Doctor]] is waiting for them. Inside, however, they find a stranger instead of the Doctor. The stranger greets them by name, expressing how good it is to see them again. To their shock, he reveals himself to be [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]]. | ||
Steven and Vicki don't believe him, as the Fifth Doctor looks nothing like the First Doctor. The aliens start banging on the doors. The Fifth Doctor asks what's banging on the doors. Steven and Vicki tell him, prompting him to move to the control panel and dematerialise the TARDIS, to the surprise of Steven, as only the Doctor knows how to use the TARDIS. The two are now considering that the Fifth Doctor might be telling the truth. He explains that he has somehow switched places with the First Doctor. The duo mistakenly assume the Fifth Doctor is an earlier version of the First Doctor, but quickly realise that's incorrect, as he knows who they are. The Doctor then references past adventures, fully convincing the two that he is the Doctor. He also realises where in his past he is, based on what has just happened. Vicki asks him why he is here, instead of the First Doctor, but the Fifth Doctor has no idea. He explains he was just in his own TARDIS, then appeared in this one. | Steven and Vicki don't believe him, as the Fifth Doctor looks nothing like the First Doctor. The aliens start banging on the doors. The Fifth Doctor asks what's banging on the doors. Steven and Vicki tell him, prompting him to move to the control panel and dematerialise the TARDIS, to the surprise of Steven, as only the Doctor knows how to use the TARDIS. The two are now considering that the Fifth Doctor might be telling the truth. He explains that he has somehow switched places with the First Doctor. The duo mistakenly assume the Fifth Doctor is an earlier version of the First Doctor, but quickly realise that's incorrect, as he knows who they are. The Doctor then references past adventures, fully convincing the two that he is the Doctor. He also realises where in his past he is, based on what has just happened. Vicki asks him why he is here, instead of the First Doctor, but the Fifth Doctor has no idea. He explains he was just in his own TARDIS, then appeared in this one. | ||
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They step outside and the Doctor gives some historical background about Ravenna and the split of the Roman Empire. The city is about to be sieged by the Romans, as the trio have arrived during the Gothic War. | They step outside and the Doctor gives some historical background about Ravenna and the split of the Roman Empire. The city is about to be sieged by the Romans, as the trio have arrived during the Gothic War. | ||
[[Procopius]], advisor of [[Flavius Belisarius]] is against the idea of Belisarius going into the city. Belisarius reminds him that he needs to go in to fool the people into thinking that the Romans are willing to end things peacefully. He tells Procopius that he will be going into the city with him. Procopius convinces Belisarius to bring | [[Procopius]], advisor of [[Flavius Belisarius]] is against the idea of Belisarius going into the city. Belisarius reminds him that he needs to go in to fool the people into thinking that the Romans are willing to end things peacefully. He tells Procopius that he will be going into the city with him. Procopius convinces Belisarius to bring {{Garden|n=Quintis}} with them. | ||
The Doctor watches Belisarius enter the city and head to the palace. He and his companions follow the crowds there. While this is happening, Procopius notices that Quintis has gone missing. | The Doctor watches Belisarius enter the city and head to the palace. He and his companions follow the crowds there. While this is happening, Procopius notices that Quintis has gone missing. | ||
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* [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] - [[Peter Purves]] | * [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] - [[Peter Purves]] | ||
* [[Sophia (The Secret History)|Sophia]] - [[Lysette Anthony]] | * [[Sophia (The Secret History)|Sophia]] - [[Lysette Anthony]] | ||
* {{Garden|c}} - [[Graeme Garden]] | |||
* [[Antoim]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]] | |||
* [[Ravennata]] - [[Elizabeth Morton]] | |||
* [[Theodora (The Secret History)|Theodora]] - [[Sarah Woodward]] | * [[Theodora (The Secret History)|Theodora]] - [[Sarah Woodward]] | ||
* [[Procopius]] / [[Yazid]] - [[Tony Millan]] | * [[Procopius]] / [[Yazid]] - [[Tony Millan]] | ||
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* [[Justinian]] - [[Tim Wallers]] | * [[Justinian]] - [[Tim Wallers]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Flavius Belisarius]] was born in [[500]]. | * [[Flavius Belisarius]] was born in [[500]]. | ||
* Due to the TARDIS' [[translation circuit]], Vicki speaks [[Greek language|Greek]] without realising it. | * Due to the TARDIS's [[translation circuit]], Vicki speaks [[Greek language|Greek]] without realising it. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded at [[ | * This is the first, and only, appearance of [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] in Big Finish's ''[[Main Range]]''. | ||
* | * Despite being a Fifth Doctor story, this story uses the [[First Doctor]] [[Doctor Who theme|theme tune]] to indicate the era in which this story is set from the companions' perspective. | ||
* In another commemorative release, 2022's ''[[Secrets of Telos (audio story)|Secrets of Telos]]'', the [[Fifth Doctor]] would again be pulled along [[the Doctor's time stream|his time stream]], this time into his own personal future, with a younger Fifth Doctor meeting [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]] from a later point in the series, rather than wholly different companions. As in this story, the Doctor effectively replaces his future self (to Tegan and Nyssa's immediate confusion). | |||
* The title of the story refers to [[Procopius]]' account of events, ''[[Secret History|The Secret History]]'', a document that exists in real life. | |||
=== Recording === | |||
* This story was recorded on [[4 September (production)|4]] and [[5 September (production)|5 September]] and [[10 October (production)|10 October]] [[2014 (production)|2014]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | |||
* Peter Davison could not be present during the main recording of this story, so [[Nicholas Briggs]] read all of his lines in studio.<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/the-big-finish-podcast---india-fisher-charley-pollard-october-0</ref> | |||
=== Release === | |||
* The first part of this story was released early to subscribers of the Big Finish newsletter. | * The first part of this story was released early to subscribers of the Big Finish newsletter. | ||
* Graeme Garden was not credited in order to keep the Monk's appearance in the story a secret. | * Graeme Garden was not credited in order to keep the Monk's appearance in the story a secret. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The Monk refers to the First Doctor stealing his [[The Monk's TARDIS|TARDIS]]' [[dimensional control]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') and stranding him on [[Planet (The Daleks' Master Plan)|an ice planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | * The Monk refers to the First Doctor stealing his [[The Monk's TARDIS|TARDIS]]' [[dimensional control]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') and stranding him on [[Planet (The Daleks' Master Plan)|an ice planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | ||
* The Monk has decided to intervene in the Doctor's past to remove him from existence, because through the Doctor, he [[Tamsin Drew|lost someone very, very dear to him]]. The Monk expresses his anger towards the Doctor for what happened, furious the Doctor said it was ''his'' fault. The Doctor points out that this has not happened yet in his personal timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'') | * The Monk has decided to intervene in the Doctor's past to remove him from existence, because through the Doctor, he [[Tamsin Drew|lost someone very, very dear to him]]. The Monk expresses his anger towards the Doctor for what happened, furious the Doctor said it was ''his'' fault. The Doctor points out that this has not happened yet in his personal timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'') | ||
* The Monk decided to intervene in certain points in the Doctor's life in the process of returning to his first incarnation ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]'', ''[[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]'') and take control of his | * The Monk decided to intervene in certain points in the Doctor's life in the process of returning to his first incarnation ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]'', ''[[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]'') and take control of [[the Doctor's time stream|his time stream]], removing the Doctor from existence so then he could take the Doctor's place in order to make the universe better. The [[Great Intelligence]] would later attempt a similar scheme. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | ||
* The Monk believes the First Doctor would have done nothing to alter history. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | * The Monk believes the First Doctor would have done nothing to alter history. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | ||
* [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] would meet the [[Fifth Doctor]] again in an alternative [[Death Zone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') | * [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] would meet the [[Fifth Doctor]] again in an alternative [[Death Zone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') | ||
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