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|name  = The Word Lord
|image            =  
|image            =  
|series          = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series          = ''[[Main Range]]''
|anthology       = [[Forty-five]]
|audio anthology = Forty-Five (audio anthology)
|range            = Main Range
|number in range  = 115d
|number          = 115d
|number          = 115d
|doctor          = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|doctor          = Seventh Doctor
|companions      = [[Ace]]<br />[[Hex]]
|companions      = [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|enemy            = [[Nobody No-One]] ("The Word Lord")
|enemy            = [[Nobody No-One]]
|setting          = [[Ranulph Fiennes Base]], [[Antarctica]], [[2045]]
|setting          = [[Ranulph Fiennes Base]], [[2045]]
|writer          = [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
|writer          = Steven Hall (writer)
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|read by          =  
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|music            = [[Steve Foxon]]
|music            = [[Steve Foxon]]
|sound            = Steve Foxon
|sound            = [[Steve Foxon]]
|publisher        = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|epcount          = 1
|release date    = [[November]] [[2008]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|format          = 1 X 25 min.
|release date    = November 2008
|production code  = 7W/H
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-324-8
|production code  = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7W/H]]
|prev   = Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War (audio story)
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-324-8 (physical); 978-1-78575-662-7 (digital)
|next      =
|prev             = Casualties of War (audio story)
|next            = The Raincloud Man (audio story)
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'''''The Word Lord''''' was a [[2008]] [[Big Finish Productions]] full-cast audio short story featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex]].
'''''The Word Lord''''' was the fourth story in the audio anthology, ''[[Forty-Five (audio anthology)|Forty-Five]]'', which comprised the one hundred and fifteenth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]], [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]] and introduced [[Paul Reynolds]] as [[Nobody No-One]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of [[Earth]]. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?
In a top secret military [[bunker]] deep beneath the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of [[Earth]]. Can [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
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* System - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* System - [[Beth Chalmers]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' and [[David Attenborough]] are still famous in the [[2020s]].
=== Conflicts ===
* [[McDonald's]] [[Happy Meals]] are still made in the 2020s.
* The [[Second Cold War]] is nuclear and takes place in the mid-[[21st century]].
*The [[Second Cold War]] is nuclear and takes place in the mid-[[21st century]].
 
* [[Claire Spencer]] has previously met the Doctor, though that encounter has not yet occurred in his personal timeline. She described the Doctor which she met as being "older," indicating that it may have been a future incarnation.
=== Culture ===
* Hex refers to ''[[Star Wars]]'', [[David Attenborough]] and [[Happy Meal]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was made available individually in 2010 as a special download on the Big Finish site to tie-in with the story ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'', a sequel to it.<ref>http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/special-offer---the-word-lord---download-337</ref>
* It is implied that [[Nobody No-One]] intentionally modelled his persona on [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor’s own Tenth incarnation]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously visited Antarctica in the [[1970s]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') and in [[December]] [[1986]] towards the end of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''). Later in his seventh incarnation, he would later visit Antarctica in [[2012]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Frozen Time (audio story)|Frozen Time]]'')
* The Doctor previously visited Antarctica in [[December]] [[1986]] towards the end of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}; and in the [[1970s]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Seeds of Doom (TV story)}}. He would also visit it in his seventh incarnation in [[2006]], in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}; and [[2012]], in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Frozen Time (audio story)}}; and at the end of his [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]], also during December 1986, in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}} and {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}.
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] and his former companion [[Tegan Jovanka]] were involved in the circumstances surrounding System's creation in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]] on [[22 September]] [[2006]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] and his former companion [[Tegan Jovanka]] were involved in the circumstances surrounding System's creation in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]] on [[22 September]] [[2006]], in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Gathering (audio story)}}.
* The Doctor, Ace and Hex would encounter Nobody No-One once again in [[London]] in [[2026]]. In the interim, he had [[regeneration|regenerated]] in a manner similar to a [[Time Lord]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'')
* The Doctor, Ace and Hex would later encounter Nobody No-One once again in [[London]] in [[2026]], in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Death in the Family (audio story)}}.
 
== Timeline ==
* All stories on ''[[Forty-five]]'' are assumed to take place between [[BFA]]: ''[[The Dark Husband]]'' and ''[[The Magic Mousetrap]]'', though their placement relative to each other is less clear.


== Footnotes ==
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The Word Lord was the fourth story in the audio anthology, Forty-Five, which comprised the one hundred and fifteenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Steven Hall and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Philip Olivier as Hex and introduced Paul Reynolds as Nobody No-One.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Conflicts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]