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|release date   = [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
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|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|next = Last of the Colophon (audio story)
|release date     = 11 April 2014
}}'''''The Evil One''''' was the fourth story in the third series of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''.
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'''''The Evil One''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 3 (4DA)|third series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the cargo hold of luxury space cruiser the Moray Rose. The crew and passengers are missing. The agents of Inter-Galaxy Insurance are determined to find out what’s happened and the shadowy [[The Master|Interplanetary Police Inspector Efendi]] is showing a very particular interest.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the cargo hold of luxury space cruiser the ''[[Moray Rose]]''. The crew and passengers are missing. The agents of [[Inter-Galaxy Insurance]] are determined to find out what's happened and the shadowy {{Pratt|n=Interplanetary Police Inspector Efendi}} is showing a very particular interest.


Caught up in all this, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Leela]] find themselves facing a horde of metal mantis-like aliens. But throughout it all, Leela is haunted by terrible nightmares and the dawning realization that everything she knows about her life is a lie.
Caught up in all this, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Leela]] find themselves facing a horde of [[Salonu|metal mantis-like aliens]]. But throughout it all, Leela is haunted by terrible nightmares and the dawning realisation that everything she knows about her life is a lie.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Decayed Master|The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Calvert]] - [[Michael Keating]]
* [[Calvert]] - [[Michael Keating]]
* [[Arthley]]/[[Salonu Prime]] - [[Gareth Armstrong]]
* [[Arthley]] / [[Salonu Prime]] - [[Gareth Armstrong]]
* The [[Salonu]]/[[Andor (The Face of Evil)|Andor]]/[[Auto-Announcer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* The [[Salonu]] / [[Andor (The Face of Evil)|Andor]] / [[Auto-announcer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Nicholas Briggs
* Music and Sound Design - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[John Dorney]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Using [[gold]] as currency fell out of favour in the late [[21st century]].
* Using [[gold]] as currency fell out of favour in the late [[21st century]].
* [[The Master]] describes the Doctor as a "maverick operator."
* The Doctor considers that "Efendi" is [[Turkish language|Turkish]] for "Master".
* "Efendi" is [[Turkish]] for "Master."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first of two consecutive Fourth Doctor audio dramas to feature a ''[[Blake's 7]]'' cast member in a major role as [[Gareth Thomas]] played [[Astaroth Morax]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Colophon (audio story)|Last of the Colophon]]''.
[[File:The Evil One clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* This story was recorded on [[16 July (production)|16 July]] [[2012 (production)|2012]].
* This is the first of two consecutive Fourth Doctor audio dramas to feature a ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' cast member in a major role, as [[Gareth Thomas]] played [[Astaroth Morax]] in ''[[Last of the Colophon (audio story)|Last of the Colophon]]''.
* This story was recorded on [[16 July (production)|16 July]] [[2012 (production)|2012]] at [[Audio Sorcery]], the same day that another Fourth Doctor and Leela story, ''[[The Child (audio story)|The Child]]'', was recorded.
* The story was written as a reaction to the [[death]] of Leela's father [[Sole (The Face of Evil)|Sole]] in ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'', where he is killed at the story's opening with minimal dialogue, after which he is not mentioned again. [[David Richardson]], [[Louise Jameson]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] all viewed ''The Evil One'' as an opportunity to explore the affect his death had on Leela. ([[BFX]]: ''The Evil One'')
* Richardson comissioned a [[The Master|Master]] story for [[Series 3 (4DA)|Series 3]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]''. Briggs accepted writing duties, although found his first draft was too similar in plot to ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''. Rewrites shifted the focus on to Leela. ([[BFX]]: ''The Evil One'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[File:The Evil One clean.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Textless cover art]][[Andor (The Face of Evil)|Andor]] ordered Leela to take the [[Test of the Horda]] shortly before she met the Doctor. Leela recalls that she demanded that her father [[Sole (The Face of Evil)|Sole]] take it in her place. In reality, however, Sole volunteered to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* [[Andor (The Face of Evil)|Andor]] ordered Leela to take the [[Test of the Horda]] shortly before she met the Doctor, but her father [[Sole (The Face of Evil)|Sole]] demanded to take it in her place. This is the first time Leela has spoken of her father with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* When Calvert accuses him and Leela of being pirates, the Doctor jokingly suggests that they will make him walk the plank. The Doctor would later be forced to walk the plank himself by [[the Captain]] on [[Zanak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'')
* When Calvert accuses him and Leela of being pirates, the Doctor jokingly suggests that they will make him walk the plank. The Doctor would later be forced to walk the plank himself by [[the Captain]] on [[Zanak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'')
* The Master poses as the [[Xoanon|Great Xoanon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* {{Pratt|c}} poses as the [[Xoanon|Great Xoanon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* While under the Master's control, Leela tries to kill the Doctor with a [[janis thorn]]. The Doctor reminds her that he created an antidote to the janis thorn's poison on [[Unnamed planet (The Face of Evil)|her planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Both the Master and the Doctor's TARDISes possess [[Symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic nuclei]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')
* Leela recalls her previous encounters with the Master in [[Derbyshire]] in [[1979]] and [[Oseidon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]'' / ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'')
* While under the Master's control, Leela tries to kill the Doctor with a [[janis thorn]]. The Doctor reminds her that he created an antidote to the janis thorn's poison on [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|her planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela recalls her previous encounters with {{Pratt}} in [[Derbyshire]] in [[1979]] and [[Oseidon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]'' / ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'')
* Leela recalls that her father was very proud of her when she made her first kill. However, he placed his arms around her to comfort her as he knew that she was upset that it marked the end of her childhood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Night of 1000 Stars (audio story)|The Night of 1000 Stars]]'')
* Leela recalls that her father was very proud of her when she made her first kill. However, he placed his arms around her to comfort her as he knew that she was upset that it marked the end of her childhood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Night of 1000 Stars (audio story)|The Night of 1000 Stars]]'')


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The Evil One was the fourth story in the third series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela.

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

The TARDIS lands in the cargo hold of luxury space cruiser the Moray Rose. The crew and passengers are missing. The agents of Inter-Galaxy Insurance are determined to find out what's happened and the shadowy Interplanetary Police Inspector Efendi is showing a very particular interest.

Caught up in all this, the Doctor and Leela find themselves facing a horde of metal mantis-like aliens. But throughout it all, Leela is haunted by terrible nightmares and the dawning realisation that everything she knows about her life is a lie.

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  • Using gold as currency fell out of favour in the late 21st century.
  • The Doctor considers that "Efendi" is Turkish for "Master".

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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