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|name            = Council of War
|image          = Council of War cover.jpg
|image          = Council of War cover.jpg
|series          = [[The Companion Chronicles]]
|range          = The Companion Chronicles
|series in range = Series 7 (CC)
|series number in range = 7
|number in series = 12
|series          = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|number          = 7.12
|number          = 7.12
|doctor          = Third Doctor
|main character  = [[John Benton|Benton]]
|companions      = [[John Benton|Sgt. John Benton]]  
|featuring      = Third Doctor
|featuring      = [[Margery Phipps]]   
|featuring2      = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
|enemy          =  
|featuring3      = Margery Phipps
|setting        = [[Kettering]], the [[1970s]]
|enemy          = [[Blatherian]]s
|writer          = [[Simon Barnard]] & [[Paul Morris]]
|setting        = [[UNIT HQ]], [[London]] and [[Kettering (town)|Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[1970s]]; [[Kettering (planet)|Kettering]]
|writer          = Simon Barnard, Paul Morris
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|read by        = [[John Levene]], [[Sinead Keenan]]
|read by        =  
|music          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|music          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|sound          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|sound          = [[Simon Robinson]]
|publisher      = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|release date    = [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] [[2013]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|format          = 2 Parts, 1 CD
|release date    = 11 June 2013
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC68
|production code = BFPDWCC68
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-067-1
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-067-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-853-9 (digital)
|prev    = The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)
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|next    = Mastermind (audio story)
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}}'''''Council of War''''' was the sixty-eighth release in [[the Companion Chronicles]] audio range. It was the twelfth story of season 7. It was written by [[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]] and featured [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]].
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|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|epcount = 2
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''Council of War''''' was the twelfth and final story of the [[Series 7 (CC)|seventh series]] in ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio range. It was produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]] and featured [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
At [[Third Doctor|the Doctor's]] request, [[Benton|Sergeant Benton]] is investigating ghosts and missing people in Kettering, while undercover as a local councillor
At [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]]'s request, [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] is investigating ghosts and missing people in [[Kettering (town)|Kettering]], while undercover as a local councillor.


And that's how he comes to meet Margery Phipps.
And that's how he comes to meet [[Margery Phipps]].


An alien incursion in the town hall leads them on a journey to a terrible future — where Margery discovers how she changed a world, and the life of a whole civilisation hangs in the balance…
An alien incursion in the [[town hall]] leads them on a journey to a terrible future — where Margery discovers how she changed a world, and the life of a whole civilisation hangs in the balance...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] - [[John Levene]]
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] - [[John Levene]]
* [[Margery Phipps]] - [[Sinead Keenan]]
* [[Margery Phipps]] / [[Beryl Umbridge]] - [[Sinead Keenan]]
 
=== Uncredited cast ===
* Documentary narrator - [[Lisa Bowerman]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
 
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producer - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Simon Robinson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Writers - [[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Margery Phipps, a member of the [[Harmony Party]], was the first woman to elected to the Kettering Town Council. She is a [[feminism|feminist]], a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and an environmentalist.
* Overnight, the Doctor builds a time disturbance sensor for Benton to use to detect "[[ghost]]s" in Kettering.
* Benton goes undercover as an independent councillor in the Burton Latimer Ward in investigate the disappearance of [[Beryl Umbridge]].
* Ted Fields dresses as [[Santa Claus|Father Christmas]].
* Margery describes Benton as handsome in a "mail order catalogue sort of way" and claims that he resembles [[James Bond]], "not the new one, the one before him but without the [[Australia]]n accent."
* [[UNIT]] believes that the "ghosts" are [[time travel]]lers from the future.
* Benton describes Margery as "a [[Communism|Bolshie]] women's libber."
* Margery refers to [[Marks & Spencer]].
* Margery's favourite flowers are [[Gladiolus|gladioli]].
* In [[1992]], Margery became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and negotiated a "deep and lasting" peace treaty between nations. Her book ''[[Love is All You Need]]'' was still a bestseller 500 years later. The people of [[Kettering (planet)|Valiador]] adopted her philosophy and renamed the planet "Kettering" in her honour. Kettering became renowned for its [[pacifism]]. However, this left the planet open to invasion by a species of strip miners called the [[Blatherian]]s, who sold much of the population into [[slavery]], ten years earlier. Margery was taken from her own time to be placed on trial for her role in leading to Kettering's devastation. Mr Sparks is her defence [[attorney]].
* The Blatherians resemble giant [[cockroach]]es.
* UNIT was succeeded by the [[United Galactic Intelligence Taskforce]] (UGIT).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This marks the first time that [[John Levene]] has played Sgt. Benton since [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'' in [[1975]].
* This marks the first time that [[John Levene]] has portrayed the role of Sgt. Benton since the video ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'' in [[1987 (production)|1987]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[10 August (production)|10 August]] [[2012]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[10 August (production)|10 August]] [[2012 (production)|2012]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story was originally released on CD and download. It is now available as a download only.
* This story is told from Benton's perspective.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Benton mentions that he hasn't worn his dinner jacket since [[1968]], a reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'', when he and [[Tracy]] went undercover to locate the [[Second Doctor]].
* Benton mentions that [[Mike Yates]] was [[Hypnosis|brainwashed]] by [[BOSS]] in [[Llanfairfach]], [[Wales]] and that [[Jo Grant]] has left UNIT to travel up the [[Amazon]] with [[Clifford Jones|Professor Clifford Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
* Benton states that the Doctor does not believe in ghosts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Benton states that the Doctor does not believe in ghosts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Benton tells Margery Phipps that he will have to postpone his date because [[London]] is being attacked by [[dinosaur]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
* Benton mentions that he hasn't worn his dinner jacket since [[1968]], a reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', when he and [[Jack Tracy|Corporal Jack Tracy]] went undercover to locate the [[Second Doctor]].
* Benton refers to fighting the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') and the [[Axos|Axons]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')
* Benton tells Margery that time travellers from the future have been mistaken for ghosts before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
* When Benton asks Margery if she is going to comment that [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is [[Dimensionally transcendental|bigger on the inside than it is on the outside]], she states, "Well, it's a bit obvious, isn't it?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
* Benton tells Margery that he had to postpone their date because [[London]] is being attacked by [[dinosaur]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
* By the [[2010s]], Benton and Margery were married and owned a pub called the [[White Hart (Scafell)|White Hart]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call to Arms (audio story)|Call to Arms]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Council of War was the twelfth and final story of the seventh series in The Companion Chronicles audio range. It was produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris and featured Sergeant Benton.

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

At the Doctor's request, Sergeant Benton is investigating ghosts and missing people in Kettering, while undercover as a local councillor.

And that's how he comes to meet Margery Phipps.

An alien incursion in the town hall leads them on a journey to a terrible future — where Margery discovers how she changed a world, and the life of a whole civilisation hangs in the balance...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Margery Phipps, a member of the Harmony Party, was the first woman to elected to the Kettering Town Council. She is a feminist, a vegetarian and an environmentalist.
  • Overnight, the Doctor builds a time disturbance sensor for Benton to use to detect "ghosts" in Kettering.
  • Benton goes undercover as an independent councillor in the Burton Latimer Ward in investigate the disappearance of Beryl Umbridge.
  • Ted Fields dresses as Father Christmas.
  • Margery describes Benton as handsome in a "mail order catalogue sort of way" and claims that he resembles James Bond, "not the new one, the one before him but without the Australian accent."
  • UNIT believes that the "ghosts" are time travellers from the future.
  • Benton describes Margery as "a Bolshie women's libber."
  • Margery refers to Marks & Spencer.
  • Margery's favourite flowers are gladioli.
  • In 1992, Margery became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and negotiated a "deep and lasting" peace treaty between nations. Her book Love is All You Need was still a bestseller 500 years later. The people of Valiador adopted her philosophy and renamed the planet "Kettering" in her honour. Kettering became renowned for its pacifism. However, this left the planet open to invasion by a species of strip miners called the Blatherians, who sold much of the population into slavery, ten years earlier. Margery was taken from her own time to be placed on trial for her role in leading to Kettering's devastation. Mr Sparks is her defence attorney.
  • The Blatherians resemble giant cockroaches.
  • UNIT was succeeded by the United Galactic Intelligence Taskforce (UGIT).

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This marks the first time that John Levene has portrayed the role of Sgt. Benton since the video Wartime in 1987.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 10 August 2012 at the Moat Studios.
  • This story was originally released on CD and download. It is now available as a download only.
  • This story is told from Benton's perspective.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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