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|image = | |image = | ||
| | |range = Subscriber Short Trips | ||
| | |number in range = 27 | ||
| | |audio anthology = | ||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | |companions = [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | ||
|enemy = | |featuring = [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
|setting = | |enemy = | ||
|writer = | |setting = [[Hegemonic State Menagerie]], [[20th century]] | ||
|director = | |writer = Nic Ford | ||
|director = [[Neil Gardner]] | |||
|read by = [[Stephen Critchlow]] | |read by = [[Stephen Critchlow]] | ||
|music = | |music = | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |number = 27 | ||
|release date = 13 June 2016 | |||
|format = | |format = | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = | ||
|series = ''[[Subscriber Short Trips]]'' | |||
|prev = The Horror at Bletchington Station (audio story) | |prev = The Horror at Bletchington Station (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Shrine of Sorrows (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-seventh ''[[Subscriber Short Trips]]'' audio story. It was read by [[Stephen Critchlow]]. It was released as a subscriber-exclusive download, available with subscriptions that included ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]''. | ||
== Plot == | |||
At the [[Hegemonic State Menagerie]], the [[Thrand]] child [[Milan (The Monkey House)|Milan]] runs away from [[nurse (The Monkey House)|her nurse]] and visits the [[monkey house]] where she sees [[Nyssa]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] in their [[cage]]s, pretending to plead for mercy. The nurse finds her and hurries her out, the Doctor raising his cup of [[tea]] and saying goodbye to Milan as she is made to leave. | |||
Years later, Milan slips away from her [[school]] group and returns to the monkey house to find out how the Doctor knew her name. She ignores Nyssa, Turlough and Tegan and goes straight to the Doctor, who explains that he has a friend who met her in her future, and interrogates him about [[Earth]]'s defences. He instead suggests that she visit the [[planet]] and condemns her people for committing [[genocide]] on multiple worlds. | |||
Milan, now a [[captain]]-in-waiting of the [[Cultural Exchange Force]], prepares to invade Earth and pays another visit to the monkey house. She confesses to the Doctor that she is now unsure of her people's way of life and breaks down, wanting to put an end to the plans, before realising that he is not [[human]] but a [[Time Lord]]. Believing Time Lords to be meddlers, she soon storms out. | |||
Milan spends several years in cold sleep travelling to Earth to decimate humanity with modified [[snatch dragon]]s and enters into an impasse with [[UNIT]]. She surrenders to [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and returns to her planet where she becomes a [[scholar]] following the end of the [[Hegemon]]'s rule, visiting the monkey house again and being congratulated by the Doctor for changing her people's ways. He leaves with his [[companion]]s in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Milan (The Monkey House)|Milan]] | |||
* [[Fifth Doctor]] | * [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Nyssa]] | * [[Nyssa]] | ||
* [[Tegan Jovanka]] | * [[Tegan Jovanka]] | ||
* [[Vislor Turlough]] | * [[Vislor Turlough]] | ||
* [[Jo Grant]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Milan's guide is knocked from her hands by a [[flower]] called a [[snatch dragon]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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[[Category:Subscriber Short Trips audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:2016 audio stories]] | [[Category:2016 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | ||
[[Category:UNIT audio stories]] | [[Category:UNIT audio stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:02, 1 April 2024
The Monkey House was the twenty-seventh Subscriber Short Trips audio story. It was read by Stephen Critchlow. It was released as a subscriber-exclusive download, available with subscriptions that included The Two Masters.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the Hegemonic State Menagerie, the Thrand child Milan runs away from her nurse and visits the monkey house where she sees Nyssa, Turlough, Tegan and the Doctor in their cages, pretending to plead for mercy. The nurse finds her and hurries her out, the Doctor raising his cup of tea and saying goodbye to Milan as she is made to leave.
Years later, Milan slips away from her school group and returns to the monkey house to find out how the Doctor knew her name. She ignores Nyssa, Turlough and Tegan and goes straight to the Doctor, who explains that he has a friend who met her in her future, and interrogates him about Earth's defences. He instead suggests that she visit the planet and condemns her people for committing genocide on multiple worlds.
Milan, now a captain-in-waiting of the Cultural Exchange Force, prepares to invade Earth and pays another visit to the monkey house. She confesses to the Doctor that she is now unsure of her people's way of life and breaks down, wanting to put an end to the plans, before realising that he is not human but a Time Lord. Believing Time Lords to be meddlers, she soon storms out.
Milan spends several years in cold sleep travelling to Earth to decimate humanity with modified snatch dragons and enters into an impasse with UNIT. She surrenders to Jo and returns to her planet where she becomes a scholar following the end of the Hegemon's rule, visiting the monkey house again and being congratulated by the Doctor for changing her people's ways. He leaves with his companions in the TARDIS.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Milan's guide is knocked from her hands by a flower called a snatch dragon.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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