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{{Infobox Story
|name  = Eyes of the Master
|image            = Eyes of the Master cover.jpg
|image            = Eyes of the Master cover.jpg
|series           = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|range           = Dark Eyes (audio series)
|anthology        = [[Dark Eyes 2 (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes 2]]
|series in range = Dark Eyes 2
|series number in range = 2
|number in series = 4
|audio anthology = Dark Eyes 2
|number          = 4
|number          = 4
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|companions      = [[Molly O'Sullivan]]<br>[[Liv Chenka]]
|companions      = [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]], [[Liv Chenka|Liv]]
|enemy            = [[The Master]]
|featuring        = [[David Walker|David]], [[Dalek Time Controller]]
|setting          = [[London]], the [[1970s]]<br>[[Nixyce VII]]
|enemy            = {{Macqueen|c}}
|writer          = [[Matt Fitton]]
|setting          = [[London]], [[1972]]
|writer          = Matt Fitton
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|music            = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|music            = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
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|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|cover            = [[Damien May]]
|cover            = [[Damien May]]
|release date    = [[12 February (releases)|12 February]]  [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|release date    = 12 February 2014
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|production code  =  
|production code  =BFPDWCDMG036
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-304-7  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-304-7  
|prev   =Time's Horizon (audio story)
|series          = ''[[Dark Eyes (audio series)|Dark Eyes]]''
|next       = TBA
|prev             = Time's Horizon (audio story)
|next             = The Death of Hope (audio story)
|producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth full cast audio story in the ''[[Dark Eyes 2 (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes 2]]'' audio anthology released in [[2014]] by [[Big Finish Productions]].  
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes 2]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Ruth Bradley]] as [[Molly O'Sullivan]] and [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Liv Chenka|Liv]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]] arrive back on [[Earth]] in the [[1970s]] to investigate the [[Ides Scientific Institute|Ides Institute]]. The timelines have shifted since the Doctor and Molly first travelled here and all is not as it was. [[Sally Armstrong|Dr Sally Armstrong]] is still working for the Ides, but her associate has a devastating plan in mind.
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Liv Chenka|Liv]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]] arrive back on [[Earth]] in the [[1970s]] to investigate the [[Ides Scientific Institute|Ides Institute]]. The [[timeline]]s have shifted since the Doctor and Molly first travelled here and all is not as it was. Dr [[Sally Armstrong]] is still working for the Ides, but her associate has a devastating plan in mind.


Soon, Molly's 'dark eyes' prove to be at the centre of a plot to seize control of all life in the universe.
Soon, Molly's "[[Retro-genitor particle|dark eyes]]" prove to be at the centre of a plot to seize control of all [[life]] in [[N-Space|the universe]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]]
* [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]]
* [[Liv Chenka]] - [[Nicola Walker]]
* [[Liv Chenka]] - [[Nicola Walker]]
* [[The Master]] - [[Alex Macqueen]]
* [[Reborn Master|The Master]] - [[Alex Macqueen]]
* [[Sally Armstrong|Dr Sally Armstrong]] - [[Natalie Burt]]
* [[Sally Armstrong|Dr Sally Armstrong]] - [[Natalie Burt]]
* [[David Walker]] - [[David Shaw-Parker]]
* [[David Walker]] - [[David Shaw-Parker]]
* [[Elizabeth Gantry|Mrs Gantry]] - [[Jacqueline King]]
* [[Elizabeth Gantry|Mrs Gantry]] - [[Jacqueline King]]
* [[Soldier (Eyes of the Master)|Soldier]] - [[Frank Skinner]]
* [[Soldier (Eyes of the Master)|Soldier]] - [[Frank Skinner]]
* [[Dalek time controller|Dalek Time Controller]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[The Eminence]] - [[David Sibley]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Master runs the vision clinic in [[Harley Street]].
* The Master runs the vision clinic in [[Harley Street]].
* The Time Lords have foreseen a time when the Eminence will be the only form of life in the universe.
* David Walker married a woman named [[Isabelle Walker|Isabelle]] and they raised their two sons in [[107 Baker Street]]. One of them is named Nigel who lives in Manchester while the other lives in [[Australia]] and has three daughters.
* The Master comments on the Doctor's clothes and short hair, whilst the Doctor comments on the Master's baldness.
* [[Sally Armstrong]] is armed with the Master's [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]].
* David stopped driving in [[1962]].
* The Master states his many encounters with the Third Doctor [[UNIT dating controversy|happening in the 1970's]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first non-[[Multi-Doctor story|multi-Doctor audio drama]] in which the Eighth Doctor confronts the Master. They previously encountered each other in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''.
* This is the first non-[[Multi-Doctor story|multi-Doctor audio drama]] in which the Eighth Doctor confronts the Master. They previously encountered each other in the audio story ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''.
* This story was recorded on [[24 September (production)|24]], [[25 September (production)|25]], [[26 September (production)|26]] and [[27 September (production)|27 September]] [[2013]].
* [[David Sibley]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] are not credited for their roles as [[the Eminence]] and the [[Dalek Time Controller]] respectively.
* This was the last ''Dark Eyes'' story to feature the [[Dalek]]s until ''[[The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)|The Monster of Montmartre]]'', as they made no appearance in ''[[Dark Eyes 3]]''.
* Liv says she comes from [[1000 (number)|1000]] years in the future, meaning she's from approximately the [[29th century]].
* While the story itself doesn't indicate which year it's set in, Liv recalls living in [[107 Baker Street]] in 1972 in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Property (audio story)|Lost Property]]''.
[[File:Centre Fold Eyes of the Master.jpg|thumb|CD Booklet interior illustration of the Doctor and Molly facing off against the Master and Sally.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Molly refers to working as a chambermaid for the Donaldson family in [[Eaton Place]] in [[London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'') She tells Liv that she has not walked the streets of London for fifty years before, since [[1918]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'')
* Molly refers to working as a chambermaid for the Donaldson family in [[Eaton Place]] in [[London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'') She tells Liv that she has not walked the streets of London for more than fifty years, since [[1918]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'')
* Liv mentions that it took centuries for her to travel across the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
* Liv mentions that it took centuries for her to travel across the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
* Molly and Liv discuss the latter's illness. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
* Molly and Liv discuss the latter's illness. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fact that [[Kotris]] never existed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fact that [[Kotris]] never existed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor tells Liv that he and Molly met on a battlefield. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'')
* The Doctor tells Liv that he and Molly met on a battlefield. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'')
* The Doctor owns a purple [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')
* The Doctor owns a purple [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]'', ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'')
* The Master recalls when the Doctor had a [[Third Doctor#Appearance|cape]] and he had a [[The Master#Nemesis of the Third Doctor|beard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* David Walker has lived in 107 Baker Street since 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'')
* [[David Walker]] has lived in [[107 Baker Street]] since 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'')
* Liv refers to her ''[[Orpheus]]'' crewmates [[Dal Brock]], [[Vi Kruger]] and [[Bron Kell]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'')
* The Master has been resurrected by the [[Time Lord]]s. He thinks that they are preparing him for [[Last Great Time War|something]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* The Master is aware that Liv worked for the [[Dalek]]s on [[Nixyce VII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Traitor (audio story)|The Traitor]]'')
* The Master refers to the Doctor's first visit to [[Skaro]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The Master discusses the Doctor's mission to avert the [[creation of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]; ''[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'')
* The Master notes that the Eighth Doctor has cut his hair and changed his clothes since they last met in [[San Francisco]] on [[31 December]] [[1999]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Master notes that the Eighth Doctor has cut his hair and changed his clothes since they last met in [[San Francisco]] on [[31 December]] [[1999]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Master recalls when the Doctor wore a [[Third Doctor#Appearance|cape and frills]] while he had a "rather more sophisticated wardrobe" and a {{delgado|n=beard}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', et al.)
* The Master has been rescued from a "predicament" by the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'')
* The Master thinks that the Time Lords are preparing him for [[Last Great Time War|something]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* After seeing the Doctor's TARDIS, the Master thinks it might be "[[Seventh Doctor|that tiresome little man with the umbrella]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'')
* The Doctor recalls his first meeting with Sally Armstrong in an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] in [[1972]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]'')
* The Master discusses the Doctor's mission to avert the [[creation of the Daleks]], as well as the Time Lords' (actually [[Narvin]]'s) prediction of a future where the only surviving life is [[Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]; ''[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'')
* The Master refers to the Doctor stealing [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] from [[Gallifrey]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') and his first visit to [[Skaro]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* The Master tells the Doctor that Molly's [[retro-genitor particle]]s were reactivated when they were reunited in 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'')
* While on Nixyce VII, the Doctor uses the pseudonym "[[Aliases of the Doctor#Eighth Doctor|Bert Higgins]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Traitor (audio story)|The Traitor]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Eyes of the Master was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Dark Eyes 2, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Ruth Bradley as Molly O'Sullivan and Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka.

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

The Doctor, Liv and Molly arrive back on Earth in the 1970s to investigate the Ides Institute. The timelines have shifted since the Doctor and Molly first travelled here and all is not as it was. Dr Sally Armstrong is still working for the Ides, but her associate has a devastating plan in mind.

Soon, Molly's "dark eyes" prove to be at the centre of a plot to seize control of all life in the universe.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

CD Booklet interior illustration of the Doctor and Molly facing off against the Master and Sally.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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