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|image            = Empathy Games cover.jpg
|name= Empathy Games
|range            = The Companion Chronicles
|image= Empathy Games.png
|series in range  = Series 3 (CC)
|series=[[The Companion Chronicles]]  
|series number in range = 3
|number= 3.4
|number in series = 4
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|companions= [[Leela]]
|number           = 3.4
|enemy= [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]]
|main character  = [[Leela]]
|setting= [[Paxis Majoritis]], [[Synchronis]]
|featuring        = [[Fourth Doctor]]
|writer= [[Nigel Fairs]]
|enemy           = [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]]
|read by= [[Louise Jameson]]  
|setting         = [[Paxis Majoritis]], [[Synchronis]]
|music=  
|writer           = Nigel Fairs
sound=  
|director        = Nigel Fairs
|director= [[Nigel Fairs]]  
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]
|music           = Nigel Fairs
|release date= [[October]] [[2008]]
|sound           = Nigel Fairs
|format= 1 CD  
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
|production code= BFPDWCC12
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-353-8  
|release date     = October 2008
|prev= The Doll of Death (audio story)
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|next= Home Truths (audio story)
|production code = BFPDWCC12
}}
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-353-8
|prev             = The Doll of Death (audio story)
|next             = Home Truths (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''Empathy Games''''' was the fourth story of the [[Series 3 (CC)|third series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nigel Fairs]], narrated by [[Louise Jameson]] (in-character as [[Leela]]) and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The present: [[Leela]] is doomed, trapped inside a prison cell of a dead race.
The present: [[Leela]] is doomed, trapped inside a prison cell of a dead race.


The past: After a disaster aboard the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Leela arrive at the capital city of [[Synchronis]], a world renowned for peace and civility. But an attack by a vicious creature leaves the Doctor in a coma, and Leela is persuaded to fight in the forthcoming Empathy Games, where she discovers that nothing on this world is as it seems.
The past: After a disaster aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Leela arrive at the capital city of [[Synchronis]], a world renowned for peace and civility. But an attack by a vicious creature leaves the Doctor in a coma, and Leela is persuaded to fight in the forthcoming Empathy Games, where she discovers that nothing on this world is as it seems.
 
== Plot ==
 
=== Part One ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part Two ===
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]] - [[David Warner]]
* [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]] - [[David Warner]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* The [[Z'nai]] on the prison planet are all long since dead.
 
* Leela has been kept alive by the machines designed to torture her for a significant period of time, possibly years. She claims that she aches for death.
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* In the fire which destroys the secondary console room, the edge of the Doctor's [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] are burned.
* Writer, Music, Sound Design & Director - [[Nigel Fairs]]
* Synchronis has no war, poverty, murder or hunger. It is known for its magnificent architecture.
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* The Synchronians have blue skin and white hair.
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* In the fire which destroys [[TARDIS control room (The Masque of Mandragora)|the secondary console room]], the edges of the Doctor's [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] are burned.
* The Waters of Empathy is one of the [[Wonders of the Universe|700 Wonders of the Universe]].
* The Waters of Empathy is one of the [[Wonders of the Universe|700 Wonders of the Universe]].
* Co-ordinator Angell has a long white beard and dark eyes.
* The Synchronian warriors are known as [[Cathartic]]s.
* When an elder of the [[Sevateem]] dies, it is customary for other warriors to guard their body in order to protect their soul from evil spirits until sunrise.
* When an elder of the [[Sevateem]] dies, it is customary for other warriors to guard their body in order to protect their soul from evil spirits until sunrise.
* After being attacked by a giant rodent, the Doctor places himself in a coma in order to heal his injuries.
* The Doctor describes Leela as "very bright, quick to learn."
* As a child, Leela saw her mother struck down and killed by an animal on Mount Kremnon while protecting her.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[David Warner]] (Co-ordinator Angell) previously played the [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|Doctor]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'' and [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Masters of War (audio story)|Masters of War]]'' and Sir [[Isaac Newton]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]''. He would later play [[Mycroft Holmes]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'', [[Azlok|Lord Azlok]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', Professor Boston Schooner in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deimos (audio story)|Deimos]]'', Autarch Siris in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Children of Seth (audio story)|Children of Seth]]'' and [[Cuthbert (The Sands of Life)|Cuthbert]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sands of Life (audio story)|The Sands of Life]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 July (production)|22 July]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 July]] [[2008]].
* This story takes place between [[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}} and {{cs|Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)}}.
 
* This story was told from Leela's perspective.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'')
* Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai in her previous ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' story, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Catalyst (audio story)}}.
* The Doctor tells Leela that he was once saw an [[Parallel universe (Inferno)|entire planet]] destroyed by fire many years earlier. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
* The Doctor tells Leela that he once saw an [[Inferno Earth|entire planet]] destroyed by fire many years earlier. He is referring to the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Inferno (TV story)}}.
* The secondary control room is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* The [[TARDIS control room (The Masque of Mandragora)|secondary control room]] is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control room again. This explains the fact that in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}}, the Doctor is using the original control room.
* Leela refers to [[Xoanon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela refers to [[Xoanon]], the insidious creator of her society introduced alongside her in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Face of Evil (TV story)}}.
* [[Time Lord]]s have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily, as first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}.
* Leela recalls hunting with [[Tomas]] on [[Unnamed planet (The Face of Evil)|her home planet]] during their childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* The Doctor leaves Leela a psychic message telling her to "''Wait for [him]''". The [[Twelfth Doctor]] left the same message in the subconscious of [[Bill Potts]] when she was dying in [[TV]]: {{cs|World Enough and Time (TV story)}}.
* Leela recalls hunting with [[Tomas (The Face of Evil)|Tomas]] on [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|her home planet]] during their childhood. Tomas appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Face of Evil (TV story)}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/empathy-games-468|Empathy Games}}
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* {{dwrefguide|chronicles12.htm|Empathy Games}}
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Empathy Games was the fourth story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs, narrated by Louise Jameson (in-character as Leela) and featured the Fourth Doctor and Leela.

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

The present: Leela is doomed, trapped inside a prison cell of a dead race.

The past: After a disaster aboard the TARDIS, the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrive at the capital city of Synchronis, a world renowned for peace and civility. But an attack by a vicious creature leaves the Doctor in a coma, and Leela is persuaded to fight in the forthcoming Empathy Games, where she discovers that nothing on this world is as it seems.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai in her previous Companion Chronicles story, AUDIO: The Catalyst [+]Loading...["The Catalyst (audio story)"].
  • The Doctor tells Leela that he once saw an entire planet destroyed by fire many years earlier. He is referring to the events of TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"].
  • The secondary control room is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control room again. This explains the fact that in TV: The Invisible Enemy [+]Loading...["The Invisible Enemy (TV story)"], the Doctor is using the original control room.
  • Leela refers to Xoanon, the insidious creator of her society introduced alongside her in TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"].
  • Time Lords have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily, as first seen in TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"].
  • The Doctor leaves Leela a psychic message telling her to "Wait for [him]". The Twelfth Doctor left the same message in the subconscious of Bill Potts when she was dying in TV: World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"].
  • Leela recalls hunting with Tomas on her home planet during their childhood. Tomas appeared in TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"].

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