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companions= [[Amy]] (Introduction) |
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enemy= [[Isskar]]|
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year= [[Mars]]|
|doctor            = Fifth Doctor
writer= [[Simon Guerrier]] |
|companions        = [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]]
director= [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] |
|featuring        = [[Black Guardian]]
producer= <ul><li>[[Jamie Robertson]] (music)</li><li>[[Simon Robinson]] (sound)</li></ul> |
|enemy            = [[Isskar]], [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]]
publisher= [[Big Finish]] |
|setting          = [[Mars]], [[Safeplace]] and [[Isskar's ship]], the [[distant past]]
release date= [[January]] [[2009]] |
|writer           = Simon Guerrier
format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
|director         = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
production code= 6R/A |
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-363-7|
|music            = [[Jamie Robertson]]
previous story= [[The Raincloud Man]] |
|sound            = [[Simon Robinson]]
next story= [[The Key 2 Time - The Destroyer of Delights]]  
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
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|epcount          = 4
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date     = 22 January 2009
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code   = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6R/A]]
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-363-7 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-664-1 (digital)
|prev              = The Raincloud Man (audio story)
|next              = The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)
|made prev        = The Chaos Pool (audio story)
|made next         = Kingdom of Silver (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and seventeenth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], introduced both [[Ciara Janson]] as new companion, [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]] and [[Laura Doddington]] as [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]].


==Publisher's Summary==
It was the first of the three ''The Key 2 Time'' audio stories (named as such for acting as a sequel to the original Key to Time arc in [[Season 16 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 16]] in the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s era). It was the first performed story to feature the [[Black Guardian]] since 1983's ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]''.
''A new adventure in time and space for the [[Fifth Doctor]] and his new companion, [[Amy]] as they search for the [[Key to Time]].''


On a [[planet]] where [[Time]] stands still, the Doctor meets a woman who is just a few minutes old. She is a [[Tracer]], sent into our [[Universe]] by her makers to locate the six segments of the Key to Time. This being without a name wants the Doctor to be her assistant, but she doesn’t tell him the whole truth. Not at first.
The story was unique in that it portrays a different account in the [[Ice Warrior|Ice Warrior's]] early history, demonstrating a point in their life where they were a species of internal traders rather than warriors.


Their first port of call is [[Mars]], where a society that one day will become [[Ice Warrior]]s lives in peace and civility. But the Doctor’s arrival will change all that. The universe is dying, a choice must be made, and the Judgement of Isskar will be declared. The price must be paid - even if it takes centuries…
== Publisher's summary ==
''A new adventure in time and space for the [[Fifth Doctor]] and his new companion, [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]], as they search for the [[Key to Time]].''


On a [[planet]] where [[Time]] stands still, the Doctor meets a woman who is just a few minutes old. She is a [[Tracer]], sent into our [[universe]] by her makers to locate the six segments of the Key to Time. This being without a name wants the Doctor to be her assistant, but she doesn't tell him the whole truth. Not at first.


==Cast==
Their first port of call is [[Mars]], where a society that one day will become [[Ice Warrior]]s lives in peace and civility. But the Doctor's arrival will change all that. The universe is dying, a choice must be made, and the Judgement of Isskar will be declared. The price must be paid - even if it takes centuries...
 
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is drawn to an unnamed planet, where the [[Fifth Doctor]] is searching for [[Peri Brown|Peri]] (who has already left the TARDIS) in the rain. Time is frozen by a [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|freshly-created female humanoid]], who explains to the Doctor that she has been sent by [[The Grace]] to recover three of the six segments of the [[Key to Time]]. She requests the Doctor's help "as a sort of assistant", due to the fact that he has experience in such matters and her own naïvety. After a brief period of wariness, he gives her what he believed to be a compass, but turns out to be a segment of the Key to Time. She stores it in a bag, the contents of which are stored in another universe, and agrees a compromise with the Doctor - she will return him to the planet once they have found one more segment. They depart in the TARDIS, with the Doctor suggesting to the [[tracer]] a number of names beginning with 'A' for her to adopt.
 
Arriving on [[Mars]], the Doctor christens his new companion [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]], not entirely to her liking. They encounter a [[Martian]], who despite the Doctor's fears has no understanding of the word "warrior", let alone adopts the title of [[Ice Warrior]]. The Doctor and Amy attend a Martian market, which lies beneath an under-construction pyramid. Amy senses that the Key to Time is at the top of the pyramid, when there is a sudden earthquake in which several Martians are killed. The Doctor tends to the wounded, while Amy aids the rescue efforts.
 
The two are then arrested, accused of being thieves, and delivered to a [[Isskar|magistrate]], whom the Doctor cheerfully engages in conversation. After being warned to stay away from the pyramid, they are freed. When attempting to sneak into the pyramid's construction site, amongst further earthquakes, they encounter the thieves for whom they were mistaken - Amy's [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|"sister"]], another tracer sent to find the other three segments, and her associate [[Harmonious 14 Zink]]. As Amy tries to help them escape capture by a Martian guard, Harmonious kills the guard, much to Amy's horror. Amy's sister recognises the Doctor, who the Grace told them to avoid, and mocks her sister's new name. The Doctor quickly christens her [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]], and disposes of Harmonious' gun.
 
While climbing the pyramid, pursued by another Martian guard, Zara tells Amy that the Doctor will leave her once he finds out that she has lied to him. When they reach the top of the pyramid, the four discover that the segment is decaying, rendering it destructive and highly dangerous. As they are accosted by a guard, the Doctor warns that the destruction of Mars by the segment would pale in comparison to the destruction of the universe which could be caused by the collapsing Key to Time...
 
=== Part Two ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part Three ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part Four ===
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Amy]] - [[Ciara Janson]]
* [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Amy]] - [[Ciara Janson]]
* [[Zara]] - [[Laura Doddington]]
* [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]] - [[Laura Doddington]]
* [[Isskar]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Isskar]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Harmonious 14 Zink]] - [[Andrew Jones]]  
* [[Harmonious 14 Zink]] - [[Andrew Jones]]
* [[Mesca]] - [[Raquel Cassidy]]  
* [[Mesca Amuntic|Mesca]] - [[Raquel Cassidy]]
* [[Thetris]] - [[Jeremy James]]  
* [[Thetris]] - [[Jez Fielder|Jeremy James]]
* [[Wembik]] - [[Heather Wright]]
* [[Wembik]] - [[Heather Wright]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Amy's nose tickles when in the presence of a segment of the [[Key to Time]], in this case, the form of a [[compass]], the [[capstone]] of a [[pyramid]] on [[Mars]] and a [[castle]] on [[Safeplace]].
* The Doctor mentions that he "used to know a [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]".
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Key 2 Time The Judgement of Isskar cover.jpg|Original cover art
Dwm404iskaar.jpg|Preview by [[Brian Williamson]] from [[DWM 404]]
</gallery>


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 April (production)|24]] and [[25 April (production)|25 April]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story 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>
* This story is narratively linked to the audio story ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]'', which was likewise released in January 2009.
* An illustrated preview by [[Brian Williamson]] was printed in [[DWM 404]].
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Black Guardian]] in an audio drama.
* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20090129161508/http://bigfinish.com:80/news Big Finish news for January 2009] featured the writing log of Simon Guerrier and an interview with Laura Doddington.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Due to the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s previous DIY combining of the [[Key to Time]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}, the segments are now beginning to decay.
* The Doctor mentions a British mission to [[Mars]] in the [[2000s]] after the [[Ice Warrior]]s left the planet, which he and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] joined in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Red Dawn (audio story)}}.
* Also in ''Red Dawn'', the story of [[Izdaal|Lord Izdaal]], the greatest warrior in Ice Warrior society, was first told to listeners. In this story, [[Isskar]] tells of how he witnessed the moment Lord Izdaal stepped outside the shelter and sacrificed himself to the [[Ultraviolet|Red Dawn]].
* The Doctor recalls [[Nyssa]]'s first taste of [[chocolate]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Elite (audio story)}}.
* In the later story [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deimos (audio story)}}, it is established that, following the destruction of Mars' atmosphere, the Ice Warriors fled to [[Deimos]], one of the planet's moons, where they constructed catacombs and placed themselves in [[suspended animation]] in the hope of one day either reclaiming Mars or conquering [[Earth]]. Millions of years later, after Mars had been colonised by humans, large sections of the catacombs were open to the public in the museum in the Deimos moonbase in the [[23rd century]].
* In the parallel release [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)}}, earlier in her personal timeline, [[Zara]] encountered the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] on [[Erratoon]]. However, she did not realise that the Fifth and Seventh Doctors were the same individual. On that occasion, she obtained the first piece of the Key to Time that she already has in her possession in this story.


==Timeline==
== Footnotes ==
* The Judgement of Isskar occurs after: [[Mission of the Viyrans]]
{{Reflist}}
* The Judgement of Isskar occurs before: [[The Key 2 Time - The Destroyer of Delights]]


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The Judgement of Isskar was the one hundred and seventeenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, introduced both Ciara Janson as new companion, Amy and Laura Doddington as Zara.

It was the first of the three The Key 2 Time audio stories (named as such for acting as a sequel to the original Key to Time arc in Season 16 in the Fourth Doctor's era). It was the first performed story to feature the Black Guardian since 1983's Enlightenment.

The story was unique in that it portrays a different account in the Ice Warrior's early history, demonstrating a point in their life where they were a species of internal traders rather than warriors.

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

A new adventure in time and space for the Fifth Doctor and his new companion, Amy, as they search for the Key to Time.

On a planet where Time stands still, the Doctor meets a woman who is just a few minutes old. She is a Tracer, sent into our universe by her makers to locate the six segments of the Key to Time. This being without a name wants the Doctor to be her assistant, but she doesn't tell him the whole truth. Not at first.

Their first port of call is Mars, where a society that one day will become Ice Warriors lives in peace and civility. But the Doctor's arrival will change all that. The universe is dying, a choice must be made, and the Judgement of Isskar will be declared. The price must be paid - even if it takes centuries...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS is drawn to an unnamed planet, where the Fifth Doctor is searching for Peri (who has already left the TARDIS) in the rain. Time is frozen by a freshly-created female humanoid, who explains to the Doctor that she has been sent by The Grace to recover three of the six segments of the Key to Time. She requests the Doctor's help "as a sort of assistant", due to the fact that he has experience in such matters and her own naïvety. After a brief period of wariness, he gives her what he believed to be a compass, but turns out to be a segment of the Key to Time. She stores it in a bag, the contents of which are stored in another universe, and agrees a compromise with the Doctor - she will return him to the planet once they have found one more segment. They depart in the TARDIS, with the Doctor suggesting to the tracer a number of names beginning with 'A' for her to adopt.

Arriving on Mars, the Doctor christens his new companion Amy, not entirely to her liking. They encounter a Martian, who despite the Doctor's fears has no understanding of the word "warrior", let alone adopts the title of Ice Warrior. The Doctor and Amy attend a Martian market, which lies beneath an under-construction pyramid. Amy senses that the Key to Time is at the top of the pyramid, when there is a sudden earthquake in which several Martians are killed. The Doctor tends to the wounded, while Amy aids the rescue efforts.

The two are then arrested, accused of being thieves, and delivered to a magistrate, whom the Doctor cheerfully engages in conversation. After being warned to stay away from the pyramid, they are freed. When attempting to sneak into the pyramid's construction site, amongst further earthquakes, they encounter the thieves for whom they were mistaken - Amy's "sister", another tracer sent to find the other three segments, and her associate Harmonious 14 Zink. As Amy tries to help them escape capture by a Martian guard, Harmonious kills the guard, much to Amy's horror. Amy's sister recognises the Doctor, who the Grace told them to avoid, and mocks her sister's new name. The Doctor quickly christens her Zara, and disposes of Harmonious' gun.

While climbing the pyramid, pursued by another Martian guard, Zara tells Amy that the Doctor will leave her once he finds out that she has lied to him. When they reach the top of the pyramid, the four discover that the segment is decaying, rendering it destructive and highly dangerous. As they are accosted by a guard, the Doctor warns that the destruction of Mars by the segment would pale in comparison to the destruction of the universe which could be caused by the collapsing Key to Time...

Part Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part Four[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Due to the Fourth Doctor's previous DIY combining of the Key to Time in TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"], the segments are now beginning to decay.
  • The Doctor mentions a British mission to Mars in the 2000s after the Ice Warriors left the planet, which he and Peri joined in AUDIO: Red Dawn [+]Loading...["Red Dawn (audio story)"].
  • Also in Red Dawn, the story of Lord Izdaal, the greatest warrior in Ice Warrior society, was first told to listeners. In this story, Isskar tells of how he witnessed the moment Lord Izdaal stepped outside the shelter and sacrificed himself to the Red Dawn.
  • The Doctor recalls Nyssa's first taste of chocolate in AUDIO: The Elite [+]Loading...["The Elite (audio story)"].
  • In the later story AUDIO: Deimos [+]Loading...["Deimos (audio story)"], it is established that, following the destruction of Mars' atmosphere, the Ice Warriors fled to Deimos, one of the planet's moons, where they constructed catacombs and placed themselves in suspended animation in the hope of one day either reclaiming Mars or conquering Earth. Millions of years later, after Mars had been colonised by humans, large sections of the catacombs were open to the public in the museum in the Deimos moonbase in the 23rd century.
  • In the parallel release AUDIO: The Prisoner's Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)"], earlier in her personal timeline, Zara encountered the Seventh Doctor and Ace on Erratoon. However, she did not realise that the Fifth and Seventh Doctors were the same individual. On that occasion, she obtained the first piece of the Key to Time that she already has in her possession in this story.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

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