No Man's Land (audio story): Difference between revisions

It is 1917 and the Doctor, Hex and Ace find themselves in a military hospital in northern France. But the terrifying, relentless brutality of the Great War that wages only a few miles away is the least of their concerns.

The travellers become metaphysical detectives when the Doctor receives orders to investigate a murder. A murder that has yet to be committed...

Who will be the victim? Who will be the murderer? What is the real purpose of the Hate Room? Can the Doctor solve the mystery before the simmering hate and anger at Charnage Hospital erupts in to a frenzy of violence?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
Ace - Sophie Aldred
Hex - Philip Olivier
Lieutenant-Colonel Brook - Michael Cochrane
Sergeant Wood - Rob Dixon
Captain Dudgeon - Rupert Wickham
Private Taylor - Oliver Mellor
Lance-Corporal Burridge - Ian Hayles
Private Dixon - Michael Adams

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Simon Holub
Director - John Ainsworth
Music and Sound Design - Simon Robinson
Producers - Gary Russell, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Writer - Martin Day

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ace studied the war poets at school, specifically Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.
Hex tells Ace that his mother's full name was Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield.

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Forge is theorised to be the agency behind the experiments.

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor refers the 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day in order to describe the effects of a time loop.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original cover art
Textless cover art
Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 376

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

An illustrated preview, illustrated by Martin Geraghty appeared in DWM 376.
This audio drama was recorded on 29 and 30 July 2006 at the Moat Studios.
The idea of the Doctor and Ace visiting WWI is similar to the unmade serial A School for Glory.
This story is set between Survival and the 1996 TV Movie.
This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Ace, Hex and the TARDIS.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ace and Hex mention their recent visit to Ireland in September 1649. (AUDIO: The Settling)
Ace refers to seeing her mother Audrey as a baby in Maiden's Point in 1943 (TV: The Curse of Fenric) and meeting her younger brother Liam McShane in San Antonio on Ibiza on 14 May 1997. (AUDIO: The Rapture)
Hex tells Ace that his mother's name was Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield. Unbeknownst to him, the Sixth Doctor and his former companion Evelyn Smythe had met her on two occasions, in 2001 and November 2004. They witnessed her death at the hands of Nimrod on the latter occasion. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight, Project: Lazarus) He left his only photograph of her in his flat in Shoreditch in 2021 before departing with the Doctor and Ace in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
During his sixth incarnation, the Doctor first learned of the existence of the Forge in London in 1999. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight) He and Evelyn later visited its alpha facility in Dartmoor in November 2004. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus) The Doctor, Ace and Hex would later visit to its beta facility in London in April and May 2025. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny) Subsequently, an older version of the Seventh Doctor visited the Forge's alpha facility once again in 2008, shortly before its destruction. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus)
Hex's involvement in the Charnage Hospital incident would later be included in the Forge's files concerning him, which were contained in its beta facility in 2025. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny)
During his eighth incarnation, the Doctor would visit another World War I era French military hospital shortly after the deaths of his companion Lucie Miller and his great-grandson Alex Campbell. It was there that he met his new companion Molly O'Sullivan, an Irish Voluntary Aid Detachment nursing assistant. (AUDIO: The Great War)
The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot once visited a fake version of World War I, 1917. (TV: The War Games)
The Fourth Doctor has dealt with another experiment focused on helping traumatised soldiers return to the front, although in this case the experiment was hijacked by an alien intelligence. (AUDIO: Shellshock)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official No Man's Land page at bigfinish.com
No Man's Land at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
DisContinuity for No Man's Land at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide

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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighty-ninth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Martin Day]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-It is [[1917]] and the Doctor, Hex and Ace find themselves in a military [[hospital]] in northern France. But the terrifying, relentless brutality of the Great War that wages only a few miles away is the least of their concerns.
+It is [[1917]] and the [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]], [[Hex]] and [[Ace]] find themselves in a military [[hospital]] in [[France|northern France]]. But the terrifying, relentless brutality of the [[World War I|Great War]] that wages only a few miles away is the least of their concerns.
 The travellers become metaphysical detectives when the Doctor receives orders to investigate a murder. A murder that has yet to be committed...
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 * [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
 * [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
-* [[Brook (No Man's Land)|Lieutenant-Colonel Brook]] - [[Michael Cochrane]]
+* [[Lieutenant]]-[[Colonel]] [[Brook (No Man's Land)|Brook]] - [[Michael Cochrane]]
-* [[Wood|Sergeant Wood]] - [[Rob Dixon]]
+* [[Sergeant]] [[Wood (No Man's Land)|Wood]] - [[Rob Dixon]]
-* [[Dudgeon|Captain Dudgeon]] - [[Rupert Wickham]]
+* [[Captain]] [[Dudgeon]] - [[Rupert Wickham]]
-* [[Taylor (No Man's Land)|Private Taylor]] - [[Oliver Mellor]]
+* [[Private]] [[Bert Taylor|Taylor]] - [[Oliver Mellor]]
-* [[Burridge|Lance-Corporal Burridge]] - [[Ian Hayles]]
+* Lance-[[Corporal]] [[Burridge]] - [[Ian Hayles]]
-* [[Dixon|Private Dixon]] - [[Michael Adams]]
+* Private [[Peter Dixon|Dixon]] - [[Michael Adams]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
-=== [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ===
-* The Doctor mentions that he has six senses.
-=== [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] ===
+* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
-* Ace studied the war poets at school, specifically [[Wilfred Owen]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]].
+* Director - [[John Ainsworth]]
-* Hex tells Ace that his mother's full name was [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]]. Unbeknownst to him, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his former companion [[Evelyn Smythe]] had met her on two occasions, in [[1999]] and [[November]] [[2004]]. They witnessed her death at the hands of [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] on the latter occasion. He left his only photograph of her in his flat in [[Shoreditch]] in [[2021]] before departing with the Doctor and Ace in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
+* Music and Sound Design - [[Simon Robinson]]
+* Producers - [[Gary Russell]], [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
+* Writer - [[Martin Day]]
-=== [[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]] ===
+== Worldbuilding ==
-* The [[The Forge|Forge]] is theorised to be the agency behind the experiments.
+=== Individuals ===
+* Ace studied the war [[poet]]s at school, specifically [[Wilfred Owen]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]].
+* Hex tells Ace that his mother's full name was [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]].
-=== [[:Category:Time travel|Time travel]] ===
+=== Organisations ===
+* [[The Forge]] is theorised to be the agency behind the experiments.
+=== Time travel ===
 * The Doctor refers the [[1993]] comedy film ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' in order to describe the effects of a [[time loop]].
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
+No Mans Land cover.jpg|Original cover art
+No Man's Land.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art
+No Man's Land comic preview.jpg|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 376]]
+</gallery>
 == Notes ==
-[[File:No Man's Land comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 376]].]]
+* An illustrated preview, illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]] appeared in [[DWM 376]].
-*An illustrated preview, illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]] appeared in [[DWM 376]].
+* This audio drama was recorded on [[29 July (production)|29]] and [[30 July (production)|30 July]] [[2006 (production)|2006]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
-* [[Michael Cochrane]] (Lieutenant-Colonel Brook) previously played [[Charles Cranleigh]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' and [[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' and would later play [[Murgat]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)|Brotherhood of the Daleks]]'' and [[Spindleton|Colonel Spindleton]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]''.
+* The idea of the Doctor and Ace visiting WWI is similar to the unmade serial ''[[A School for Glory (unproduced TV story)|A School for Glory]]''.
-* [[Oliver Mellor]] (Private Taylor) previously played [[Matt Crane]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.
+* This story is set between ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV Movie]].
-* [[Rupert Wickham]] (Captain Dudgeon) would later play [[Jonas Faber|Major Jonas Faber]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]''.
+* This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Ace, Hex and the TARDIS.
-* This audio drama was recorded on [[29 July|29]] and [[30 July]] [[2006]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
 == Continuity ==
-* During his sixth incarnation, the Doctor first learned of the existence of the Forge in [[London]] in [[1999]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'') He and Evelyn later visited its alpha facility in [[Dartmoor]] in [[November]] [[2004]], as an older version of the Seventh Doctor would later do in [[2008]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') The Doctor, Ace and Hex would later visit to its beta facility in London in [[2025]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
+* Ace and Hex mention their recent visit to [[Ireland]] in [[September]] [[1649]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]'')
-* Ace and Hex mention their recent visit to [[Ireland]] in [[September]] [[1649]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]'')
+* Ace refers to seeing her mother [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]] as a baby in [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') and meeting her younger brother [[Liam McShane]] in [[San Antonio, Spain|San Antonio]] on [[Ibiza]] on [[14 May]] [[1997]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]'')
-* Ace refers to seeing her mother [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]] as a baby in [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') and meeting her younger brother [[Liam McShane]] on [[Ibiza]] on [[14 May]] [[1997]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]'').
+* Hex tells Ace that his mother's name was [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]]. Unbeknownst to him, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his former companion [[Evelyn Smythe]] had met her on two occasions, in 2001 and [[November]] 2004. They witnessed her death at the hands of [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] on the latter occasion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') He left his only photograph of her in his flat in [[Shoreditch]] in [[2021]] before departing with the Doctor and Ace in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'')
-* Hex tells Ace that his mother's name was [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'')
+* During his sixth incarnation, the Doctor first learned of the existence of the [[The Forge|Forge]] in [[London]] in 1999. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'') He and Evelyn later visited its [[Forge Alpha Facility|alpha facility]] in [[Dartmoor]] in November 2004. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') The Doctor, Ace and Hex would later visit to its [[Forge Beta Facility|beta facility]] in London in [[April]] and [[May]] [[2025]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'') Subsequently, an older version of the Seventh Doctor visited the Forge's alpha facility once again in [[2008]], shortly before its destruction. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'')
-* Hex's involvement in the Charnage Hospital incident would later be included in the [[The Forge|Forge]]'s files concerning him, which were contained in its beta facility in [[2025]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
+* Hex's involvement in the Charnage Hospital incident would later be included in the Forge's files concerning him, which were contained in its beta facility in [[2025]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')
+* During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor would visit another [[World War I]] era [[France|French]] military hospital shortly after the deaths of his companion [[Lucie Miller]] and his great-grandson [[Alex Campbell]]. It was there that he met his new companion [[Molly O'Sullivan]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] nursing assistant. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'')
-== Timeline ==
+* The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] once visited a fake version of World War I, [[1917]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
-* ''No Man's Land'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]''
+* The [[Fourth Doctor]] has dealt with another experiment focused on helping traumatised soldiers return to the front, although in this case the experiment was hijacked by an alien intelligence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shellshock (audio story)|Shellshock]]'')
-* ''No Man's Land'' occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Natalie's Diary (short story)|Natalie's Diary]]''
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