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|novelisation = The Ultimate Evil (novel) | |||
|image = The Ultimate Evil.jpg | |||
|series = Unproduced TV stories | |series = Unproduced TV stories | ||
|season number = | |season number = Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)| | ||
|story number = 2 | |story number = 2 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dwarf Mordant]] | |enemy = [[Dwarf Mordant]] | ||
|setting = [[Tranquela]] | |setting = [[Tranquela]] | ||
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|director = [[Fiona Cumming]] | |director = [[Fiona Cumming]] | ||
|producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = | ||
|format = Unproduced TV story | |format = Unproduced TV story | ||
|production code = 7B | |production code = 7B | ||
|prev = The Nightmare Fair (TV story) | |prev = The Nightmare Fair (unproduced TV story) | ||
|next = Yellow Fever and How to Cure It (TV story) | |next = Yellow Fever and How to Cure It (unproduced TV story) | ||
|made prev = | |made prev = | ||
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| | |adapted into = The Ultimate Evil (audio story)}} | ||
}} | '''''The Ultimate Evil''''' was a story planned for [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 23]]. It was to be written by [[Wally K Daly]], and directed by [[Fiona Cumming]]. | ||
It was released in [[1989 (releases)|1989]] as a [[The Ultimate Evil (novel)|Target novelisation]], written by Daly himself. 30 years later, in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], it was [[The Ultimate Evil (audio story)|adapted as an audio adventure]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]], again adapted by Daly from his original scripts. | |||
== Plot background == | == Plot background == | ||
The story would have been set on the holiday planet [[Tranquela]], where [[Dwarf Mordant]] had been using a space ray to make all the good people raging killers. | The story would have been set on the holiday planet [[Tranquela]], where [[Dwarf Mordant]] had been using a space ray to make all the good people raging killers. | ||
The TARDIS would have arrived on the planet.Peri would have been attacked and left for dead, while the Doctor would have temporarily fallen under the Dwarf Mordant' powers. | The TARDIS would have arrived on the planet. Peri would have been attacked and left for dead, while the Doctor would have temporarily fallen under the Dwarf Mordant' powers. | ||
In the end, the Doctor would have Mordant use | In the end, the Doctor would have Mordant use an antidote ray on the planet before Mordant escaped. ([[DOC]]: ''[[The Lost Season (documentary)|The Lost Season]]'') | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
* This story | * This story was adapted into the novel ''[[The Ultimate Evil (novel)|The Ultimate Evil]]''. | ||
* | * Originally, it is one of the three stories not adapted into Big Finish's ''[[The Lost Stories|Lost Stories]]'' series from the original Season 23 as Big Finish could not reach an agreement with Wally K. Daly to produce the story. The rights were since rectified and [[The Ultimate Evil (audio story)|an audio adaptation]] released on [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:29, 3 November 2024
The Ultimate Evil was a story planned for Season 23. It was to be written by Wally K Daly, and directed by Fiona Cumming.
It was released in 1989 as a Target novelisation, written by Daly himself. 30 years later, in 2019, it was adapted as an audio adventure produced by Big Finish Productions, again adapted by Daly from his original scripts.
Plot background[[edit] | [edit source]]
The story would have been set on the holiday planet Tranquela, where Dwarf Mordant had been using a space ray to make all the good people raging killers.
The TARDIS would have arrived on the planet. Peri would have been attacked and left for dead, while the Doctor would have temporarily fallen under the Dwarf Mordant' powers.
In the end, the Doctor would have Mordant use an antidote ray on the planet before Mordant escaped. (DOC: The Lost Season)
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was adapted into the novel The Ultimate Evil.
- Originally, it is one of the three stories not adapted into Big Finish's Lost Stories series from the original Season 23 as Big Finish could not reach an agreement with Wally K. Daly to produce the story. The rights were since rectified and an audio adaptation released on 14 November 2019.
