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image= [[Image:Prisoners Dilemma.png|250px]] Cover artist - [[Simon Holub]] |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas#The Companion Chronicles|The Companion Chronicles Audio Dramas]] |
|image            = The Prisoner's Dilemma.jpg
number= 3.8|
|range            = The Companion Chronicles
doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]] |
|series in range  = Series 3 (CC)
companions= [[Ace]] |
|series number in range = 3
enemy= Robot Constables |
|number in series = 8
year= [[Erratoon]] |
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
writer= [[Simon Guerrier]] |
|number           = 3.8
read by= [[Sophie Aldred]] |
|main character  = [[Ace]]
music= [[David Darlington]] |
|featuring        = [[Seventh Doctor]]
sound= David Darlington |
|enemy            = [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]], Robot Constables
director= [[Lisa Bowerman]] |
|setting          = [[Erratoon]]
publisher= [[Big Finish]] |
|writer          = Simon Guerrier
release date= January 2009 |
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
format= 1 CD |
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
production code= BFPDWCC15|
|music           = [[David Darlington]]
isbn= 978-1-84435-357-6|
|sound           = David Darlington
previous story= [[Transit of Venus]]|
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
next story= [[Resistance]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
}}
|release date     = 22 January 2009
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC15
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-357-6
|prev            = The Transit of Venus (audio story)
|next            = Resistance (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''The Prisoner's Dilemma''''' was the eighth story of the [[Series 3 (CC)|third series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], narrated by [[Sophie Aldred]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]].


==Publisher's Summary==
It was set directly during the Key-2-Time arc in the [[Main Range]] featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]]. It's also the first story in the Companion Chronicles range to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]].
Two prisoners meet in a prison cell. Zara is searching for the segments of the Key to Time; she was only born yesterday but already she’s killed hundreds of people. Ace is more ambitious: she was going to kill everyone on the planet.  


What have they got against the people of Erratoon? They go peaceably about their simple assignments, beneath their artificial sky. They share their meals and leisure time and they never ask questions. Are they even real?  
== Publisher's summary ==
Two prisoners meet in a [[prison]] cell. [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]] is searching for the segments of the [[Key to Time]]; she was only [[born]] [[yesterday]] but already she's [[murder|killed]] hundreds of people. [[Ace]] is more ambitious: she was going to kill everyone on the planet.
 
What have they got against the people of [[Erratoon]]? They go peaceably about their simple assignments, beneath their artificial [[sky]]. They share their meals and leisure time and they never ask questions. Are they even real?


Ace and Zara will only survive if they can trust each other. Or perhaps if they sell each other out... If not their awful punishment is to become just like everyone else.
Ace and Zara will only survive if they can trust each other. Or perhaps if they sell each other out... If not their awful punishment is to become just like everyone else.


==Cast==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Zara]] - [[Laura Doddington]]
* [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]] - [[Laura Doddington]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[David Darlington]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Writer - [[Simon Guerrier]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
*Zara mentions the Tracers, [[The Key To Time]], the [[White Guardian]] and the [[Black Guardian]].
* Zara refers to the [[Grace]], the [[Tracer]]s, the [[Key to Time]], the [[White Guardian]] and the [[Black Guardian]].
*Ace mentions meeting a man made out of licourise, being quite an expert on making explosions, [[Lurana]], the [[Eye of Orion]] and having Christmas Dinner at [[Cheldon Bonniface]].
* Ace mentions [[Florana]], the [[Eye of Orion]] and being quite an expert on making explosions.
* [[Harmonious 14 Zink]] uses [[Harmonious 14 Zink's Time Ring|a Time Ring]].
* Zink was married to [[1V Magda]].
[[File:The Prisoner's Dilemma clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]


== Notes ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 June (production)|16 June]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at the [[The Moat Studios|Moat Studios]].
* It was released on [[22 January (releases)|22 January]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090201081947/http://bigfinish.com:80/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 01-02-2009]</ref>
* Unlike most other [[Big Finish Productions]] audios, this story is set during the [[Virgin New Adventures]] era. [[Bernice Summerfield]] is mentioned but not named. One other Companion Chronicle, ''[[Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code (audio story)|Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code]]'', is set during that era, although Ace is absent from that story.
* This story is narratively linked to the audio story ''[[The Judgement of Isskar (audio story)|The Judgement of Isskar]]'', which was released in January 2009.
* This story is told from Ace's perspective.
* This story is set after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
*Unlike other [[Big Finish]] audios, this story is set during the New Adventures era. Berince Summerfield is mentioned, but not named.
* Ace tells Zara that she once met a "[[Kandyman|bloke made of liquorice]]", referring to [[TV]]: {{cs|The Happiness Patrol (TV story)}}.
* Zara is the twin sister of the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s companion [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy (later Abby)]]. The Doctor and Amy encountered Zara on [[Mars]] in the distant past in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Judgement of Isskar (audio story)}} and on [[Chaos (planet)|Chaos]] at the [[Far future|end of recorded time]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Chaos Pool (audio story)}} Both of these events are in Zara's personal future, but the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s past.
* Ace uses logic to confuse the Robot Constables. She was previously shown to be knowledgeable about logic in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}.
* Ace previously had her memories removed in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)}}.
* Ace remembers travelling with the Doctor and a woman wearing earrings who "[[archaeology|knew a lot about dead things]]." She is talking about [[Bernice Summerfield]], who debuted in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love and War (novel)}}.
* Ace mentions visiting the [[Trib Museum]]. Bernice Summerfield and [[Jason Kane]] had an adventure at the same museum in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Lost Museum (audio story)}}.
* Ace vaguely recalls [[Audrey Dudman|her mother]] bringing [[Robin Yeadon|someone]] to a [[wedding]], referring to Bernice and Jason's wedding in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}. She also thinks that she had previously met the person when they were the same age as her, which had indeed taken place in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}.
* Ace mentions having [[Christmas]] dinner in Cheldon Bonniface in [[1992]], which was depicted in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}.
* Zara refers to the fact that the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]] went on the run after assembling the Key to Time. This took place at the end of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}.


==Continuity==
== Footnotes ==
*[[Zinc]] uses a [[Time Ring]].
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*Ace's narration probably takes place after [[Death Coms to Time]] as she says [[Berince Summerfield]] is gone now, but before [[Ground Zero]], as, according to the Doctor Who Reference Guide, [[Ground Zero]], which Ace apparantly dies in, takes place after [[Death Comes to Time]]. Ace's narration is probably a conversation to an alien the Doctor and Ace meet during their travels between [[Death Comes to Time]] and [[Ground Zero]]. During this time the unmade Season 27 probably takes place. After Ace leaves and goes to Gallifrey, the Doctor and Ace later reunite and [[Ground Zero]] takes place soon after.


==Timeline==
== External links ==
* The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs after: [[The Dark Flame]]
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* The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs before: [[Blood Harvest]]
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==External Links==
[[Category:Series 3 (CC) audio stories]]
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/38-Doctor-Who-The-Companion-Chronicles-The-Prisoners-Dilemma Big Finish '''The Prisoner's Dilemma''' page]
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[[Category:2009 audio stories]]
[[Category:Companion Chronicles]]
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[[Category:2009 audio plays]]

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The Prisoner's Dilemma was the eighth story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Simon Guerrier, narrated by Sophie Aldred and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Zara.

It was set directly during the Key-2-Time arc in the Main Range featuring the Fifth Doctor and Amy. It's also the first story in the Companion Chronicles range to feature the Seventh Doctor.

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

Two prisoners meet in a prison cell. Zara is searching for the segments of the Key to Time; she was only born yesterday but already she's killed hundreds of people. Ace is more ambitious: she was going to kill everyone on the planet.

What have they got against the people of Erratoon? They go peaceably about their simple assignments, beneath their artificial sky. They share their meals and leisure time and they never ask questions. Are they even real?

Ace and Zara will only survive if they can trust each other. Or perhaps if they sell each other out... If not their awful punishment is to become just like everyone else.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 01-02-2009

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

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