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{{Infobox Story

|companions      = [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]], [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]

|enemy          = [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[The Monk]]

|writer          = [[Jonathan Morris]]

|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]

|sound          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]

|release date    = [[November (releases)|November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]

|format          = 1 CD - 2 parts

|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-480-1

}}{{audio stub}}

'''''The Resurrection of Mars''''' was the sixth release of the fourth series of ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''.

[[Deimos]], moon of [[Mars]] — where Lord [[Slaadek]]'s plans to revive the ancient [[Ice Warrior]] civilisation hang by a thread. Only the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] can stop him... but an [[The Monk|old enemy]], hiding in the catacombs, has an alternative plan, one that will test the Doctor's heroism to its limits. Just how far will the Doctor go to prevent the destruction and resurrection of Mars — on a day when his friends become enemies, and his enemies have right on their side?

The Doctor and Professor [[Boston Schooner]] sabotaged the [[atmospheric re-ioniser]] prior to the [[passenger rocket]]'s departure from Mars. However, the Doctor was uncertain that his plan was going to work, telling [[Temperance Finch]] that he had his fingers crossed.

The Monk travels to the passenger rocket in order to recruit [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]] as his new companion. He tells her that he was impressed with her during their encounter in the Abbey of Kells in [[Ireland]] in [[1006]] and that he was "injudicious in [his] choice of companion." He takes Tamsin to [[Halcyon (planet)|Halcyon]], a [[planet]] located 90 light-years from [[Earth]], in the [[33rd century]]. While there, he uses an "[[S.E.P filter]]" (a reference to [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], and a concept similar to the [[Perception filter]]) to disguise himself and Tamsin to the [[Halcyon (species)|Halcyon]].

The Monk claims that Halcyon has a population of 20 billion, yet their entire population has all that they could want. On their return to his TARDIS, the Monk takes them one year forward in time, at which time the Ice Warriors have destroyed all life on the planet to their attempt to create a second Mars. The Monk blames this on the Doctor's interference with the Ice Warriors' plans on the Deimos moonbase a thousand years earlier. The Doctor later describes it as one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the universe but is powerless to prevent it as doing so would have major ramifications on the [[Web of Time]].

During the Monk and Lucie's travels together, they subsequently visited a planet called [[Questes]] which was ruled by a dictator, who according to Lucie was "like [[Genghis Khan]] but with two beards." In order to prevent him from being born, the Monk arranged for his parents (as well as dozens of other innocent people) to be killed in an [[avalanche]]. After Lucie objected to this since she viewed it as being murder, the Monk materialised his TARDIS on Deimos and threw her out. He knew that Lucie's presence would prevent the Doctor from destroying the moonbase.

* [[The Monk]] - [[Graeme Garden]]

* [[Temperance Finch]] - [[Tracy Ann Oberman]]

== References ==

=== The Doctor ===

* After overhearing Lord Slaadek tell the Doctor that he would have detonated the explosive device if it existed, Lucie refers to the Ice Lord as "Touché Turtle."

* During his travels, the Monk has collected a sculpture of [[Michelangelo]], several [[Fabergé egg]]s, two paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]], a [[Blu-ray]] copy of ''[[Something's Got to Give]]'' and footage of [[the Beatles]]' appearance on ''[[Juke Box Jury]]'', all of which were lost to history. The Monk says they were "rescued for posterity."

* The Monk is still wearing the robes which he used while posing as Abbot Thelonious in the Abbey of Kells.

* After [[Materialise|materialising]] on Halcyon, the Monk's TARDIS, which has an operational [[chameleon circuit]], disguises itself as a ''Punch and Judy'' stall.

 

 

* [[Halcyon (planet)|Halcyon]] is the planet that the Ice Warriors destroy in order to turn it into their new homeworld.

* The Doctor asks Lucie if she wants to visit the glass deserts of [[Marinus]].

 

* Lucie mentions that she encountered the [[Roman Empire|Roman Emperor]] [[Caligula]] (whom she describes as "well bonkers") during her travels with the Monk.

 

* Lucie mentions that she encountered the [[Sensorite]]s (who were "not as much of a laugh") during her travels with the Monk.

* Lucie mentions that she attended the final of ''[[Thordon's Got Talent]]'' which was won by a singing [[Slithergee]] during her travels with the Monk.

* [[Tracy Ann Oberman]] (Temperance Finch) previously played [[Yvonne Hartman]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''.

* The story was broadcast on {{w|BBC Radio 4 Extra}} on [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]].

* Tamsin asks the Monk if he is "fed up of skulking around monasteries, trying to pilfer illuminated manuscripts." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')

* The Doctor discovers that Lucie was the Monk's accomplice "Brother Lucianus" at the Abbey of Kells while Lucie learns that the Doctor was the apothecary who was assisting "Sister Maria." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')

* The Doctor tells Lucie that he used to be "the [[Seventh Doctor|man]] with a master plan" who arranged the destruction of his enemies and the toppling of dictatorships in order to serve the greater good to the point where he began to countenance sacrificing the lives of the few to save the many. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et. al) He eventually began travelling on his own as he was no longer willing to risk the lives of his companions after an incident which he does not want to discuss. Following his [[regeneration]] into his eighth incarnation in [[San Francisco]] on [[30 December]] [[1999]], the Doctor abandoned these tendencies and vowed that he would never travel alone again as he did not want to forget how precious life is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')

* The Monk tells Tamsin that he intends to forge an alliance with "[[Dalek|old friends]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') who also have a few scores to settle with the Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'' / ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'').

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