Masters of War (audio story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|doctor          = The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil){{!}}Third Doctor

|companions      = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Sympathy for the Devil)|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]

|enemy          = [[Davros (Masters of War)|Davros]], [[Dalek (Masters of War)|Daleks]], [[Quatch]]

|setting        = [[Skaro]]

|writer          = [[Eddie Robson]]

|sound          = [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]]

|release date    = [[December (releases)|December]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]

|format          = 2 parts - 2 CDs

|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-331-6

}}{{Audio stub}}

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighth ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio story produced by [[Big Finish Productions]], it was also a sequel to the second ''Unbound'' story ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]''. For this story [[David Warner]] reprised his role as an alternative [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|Third Doctor]] alongside [[Nicholas Courtney]] as an alternative [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Sympathy for the Devil)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. Also featuring in this story was [[Terry Molloy]] as an alternative version of [[Davros (Masters of War)|Davros]]. This story was set hundreds of years following  ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' and presents an alternative history free of the Doctor's presence in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''. This story was double the length of the previous ''Sympathy for the Devil'' (1 CD) being presented over 2 CDs.

[[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|The Doctor]] of this story and ''Sympathy for the Devil'' was brought into the "mainstream" [[Doctor Who universe]] in the later release ''[[The Unbound Universe (audio anthology)|The Unbound Universe]]''.

The Doctor and his travelling companion, [[retire]]d army officer Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, take a random trip in the TARDIS - and land on the planet [[Skaro]]. The Doctor helped the [[Thal]]s to defeat the Daleks years ago, so he is surprised to find the Thal city under [[Dalek]] occupation. He determines to help them again, but what is the Daleks' purpose in keeping the Thals alive? Does it have anything to do with the Daleks' mythical creator, named in their teachings as [[Davros]]?

* [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|The Doctor]] - [[David Warner]]

* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Sympathy for the Devil)|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]

* [[Davros (Masters of War)|Davros]] - [[Terry Molloy]]

* The [[Dalek (Masters of War)|Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]

== References ==

* The Doctor mentions having met the Daleks several times previously.

* Forty seven of the Brigadier's men were killed in a battle against three Daleks. He mentions the Daleks had gone to Earth again in other attacks.

* The Daleks were created by Davros to have a degree of compassion so they would not turn on him. This led to them developing the idea that because Daleks were superior to all other life, they had a duty to protect that life. When Davros left Skaro, most of this second batch went on a quest to find him; they later returned and enslaved the unprepared Thals, in order to protect them from the Quatch. They make them work to strengthen them (via a process of social darwinism) and to strengthen the Daleks, thus protecting the Thals by making the Daleks stronger.

* The Doctor uses a [[sonic screwdriver]] at one point.

* The Brigadier gets food from [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[food machine]].

* The [[Quatch]] are from another [[dimension]].

* The Daleks mobilise several [[Dalek flying saucer|saucers]] to attack the Quatch.

* The Daleks' [[gunstick]]s are detachable and can fire independently of the Daleks.

* The Doctor has realised that he has left much chaos in his wake, and according to the Brigadier, he is now almost desperate to make amends.

* The Dalek/Thal war being caused by a third alien race, and Daleks being capable of coexisting with the Thals, were elements dropped from Terry Nation's original proposal for [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]''. <ref>''Doctor Who 50 Years #1: The Daleks'' - "The Survivors" (May 2013)</ref>

* The [[Thousand Year War]] and Davros' history are different (to the proper timeline), most notably that the war was considerably shorter than a thousand years and started closer to the end. The Quatch's involvement - and the Quatch themselves - do not seem to be caused by any difference in the Doctor's timeline.

* This would be the final Big Finish audio drama to feature Davros until [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'' in January 2012.

* This is the only story in performed ''Doctor Who'' to feature both the Brigadier and Davros.

* The Doctor's absence from the [[creation of the Daleks]] meant the Daleks abandoned their creator Davros instead of taking the chance to exterminate him.

* The [[Thal]]s remember the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')

* The Brigadier fought three Daleks on [[Earth]] in [[1972]], an alternative version of the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''.

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