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|cd name        = Forty-Five
{{Infobox Audio Series
|series          = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas | Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
|image             = Forty-Five cover.jpg
|number          = 115
|release count    = 1
|doctor         = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|story count      = 4
|companions      = [[Ace]] <br/> [[Hex]]
|release year      = 2008
|enemy          = Neutralisation Robots <br/> Mrs. Crisp <br/> [[The Forge]] <br/> Nobody No-One
|first story      = False Gods (audio story)
|year            = [[Earth]], [[Egypt]]<br>[[Earth]], [[London]], [[1945]]<br>[[Earth]], [[Antarctica]]
|only release      = [[November (releases)|November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|writer          = [[Mark Morris]] <br/> [[Nick Scovell]] <br/> [[Mark Michalowski]] <br/> [[Steven Hall]]
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|companion        = Ace
|producer        = [[Richard Fox[[ & [[Lauren Yason]] (False Gods and Order of Simplicity, [[Matthew Cochrane]] (Casualties of War), [[Steve Foxon]] (The War Lord)
|companion2        = Hex
|publisher       = [[Big Finish]]
|producer          = David Richardson
|release date    = [[November]] [[2008]]
|script ed        = Alan Barnes
|format          = 4 Individual Episodes on 2 CDs
|exec prod        = Nicholas Briggs
|production code = 7W/H
|exec prod2        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-324-8
|music            = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]], [[Thea Cochrane]], [[Steve Foxon]]
|previous story  = [[Brotherhood of the Daleks]]
|sound            = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]], [[Thea Cochrane]], [[Steve Foxon]]
|next story      = [[The Raincloud Man]]
|cover            = [[Simon Holub]]
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and fifteenth release in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. The four stories were written by [[Mark Morris]], [[Nick Scovell]], [[Mark Michalowski]] and [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] respectively and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]].


==Publisher's Summary==
The number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories and was intended to celebrate the 45th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
''Four, self-contained, 25-minute episodes, featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.''


'''1. False Gods'''
== Publisher's summary ==
by [[Mark Morris]]
In Egypt, archaeologist Howard Carter unearths an ancient secret buried in the Valley of the Kings. On an island of Mendolovinia, a deranged academic attempts to push back the frontiers of the human mind. In war-torn London, a cockney spiv takes possession of a bizarre alien object. And in a military bunker in the cold heart of Antartica, the strangest and deadliest of the Doctor's many enemies lies in wait...


In the blistering heat of the [[Egypt|Egyptian desert]] [[Howard Carter]] and his team search for [[the lost tomb of Userhat]], a servant of the god [[Amun]]. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.
IN DETAIL


'''2. Order of Simplicity'''  
1. ''[[False Gods (audio story)|FALSE GODS]]'' by [[Mark Morris]]
by [[Nick Scovell]]


[[Dr. Verryman]] has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help - if he puts his mind to it.
In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.


'''3. Casualties of War'''  
2. ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|ORDER OF SIMPLICITY]]'' by [[Nick Scovell]]
by [[Mark Michalowski]]


Opportunity knocks in postwar [[London]]. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.
Dr. Verryman has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help - if he puts his mind to it.


'''4. The Word Lord'''  
3. ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|CASUALTIES OF WAR]]'' by [[Mark Michalowski]]
by [[Steven Hall]]


In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the [[Antarctic]] ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of [[Earth]]. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?
Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.


==Cast==
4. ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|THE WORD LORD]]'' by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
'''False Gods'''
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
* [[Howard Carter]] - [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]
* [[Jane Templeton]] - [[Lucy Adams]]
* [[Robert Charles]]/Robot - [[Paul Lincoln]]
* [[Creodont]] - [[Jon Glover]]


'''Order of Simplicity'''
In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
* Dr [[Verryman]] - [[Jon Glover]]
* [[Mrs Crisp]] - [[Lucy Adams]]
* Thing 2 - [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]
* Thing 1 - [[Paul Lincoln]]


'''Casualties of War'''
== Stories ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
{| {{prettytable}}
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released || Pr. code
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
|-
* [[Joey Carlisle]] - [[Paul Reyolds]]
|45.1
* May - [[Linda Marlowe]]
|''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]''
* [[Audrey]]/[[Miss Merchant]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
|[[Mark Morris]]
* [[PC Miller]] - [[Andrew Dickens]]
|rowspan=4|[[Ken Bentley]]
|rowspan=4|[[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|rowspan=4|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|rowspan=4|7W/H
|-
|45.2
|''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]]''
|[[Nick Scovell]]
|-
|45.3
|''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]''
|[[Mark Michalowski]]
|-
|45.4
|''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]''
|[[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
|}


'''The Word Lord'''
== Gallery ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
Forty-Five cover.jpg|Original cover art
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
Forty-Five.jpg|Textless cover art
* Commander [[Claire Spencer]] - [[Linda Marlowe]]
DWM115 45.jpg|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 402]] by [[Anthony Dry]]
* [[Nobody No-One]] - [[Paul Reyolds]]
</gallery>
* Captain [[James Hurst]] - [[Andrew Dickens]]
* Private [[Fenton (Forty-Five)|Fenton]] - [[Paul Lincoln]]
* System - [[Beth Chalmers]]


== References ==
== Notes ==
*Jane is a [[Time Lord]], a student.
* This is the second story to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 45th anniversary, the other being [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}}.
*Jane says the punishment for interference is [[vaporisation]].
* This anthology was recorded at [[the Moat Studios]].
*[[Claire Spencer]] has met the Doctor before, in her past but his future.
* On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie]], reflecting the sound effect which had been used since [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Settling (audio story)}}. Whilst this seemingly contradicted [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Excelis Decays (audio story)}}, in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] was depicted as reconfiguring [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] into its TV Movie form, it was later revealed in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black and White (audio story)}} that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Death in the Family (audio story)}} and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.
*A Professor [[A. St. John D. Caldera|Caldera]] is mentioned by the Doctor and Dr [[Verryman]].
* This is Big Finish's third anthology release, an annual trend which began with ''[[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]''. Anthologies have covered themes such as [[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|companions]] and [[Circular Time (audio anthology)|seasons]], but more recently stories have only been linked by the combination of Doctor and companion(s) featured therein.
*The Doctor mentions (and describes) [[The Forge]].
* The number "45" is of thematic significance in each play:
==Notes==
** In [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|False Gods (audio story)}}, there are 45 statues and Jane said she was belonged to the 45th class at the [[Time Lord Academy]].
*Star Wars and David Attenborough seem to still be famous in the 2020s.
** In [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Order of Simplicity (audio story)}}, the Doctor reduces his IQ to 45.
*McDonald's Happy Meals seems to still made in the 2020s.
** [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Casualties of War (audio story)}} is set on [[VE Day]] [[1945]].
*Stephen Hawking is still known about in the 31st century. However, Dr. [[Verryman]] may think [[Ace]] is refering to another person called Stephen Hawking.
** [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Word Lord (audio story)}} is set in [[2045]], and explains that the recurring number is due to [[Nobody No-One]]'s [[CORDIS]].
*[[Hex]] is good at making tea, and doesn't like basements.
*[[Anthony Dry]] did an illustrated preview of this story in [[DWM 402]].
*As the title suggests, this audio drama is made to celebrate Doctor Who's 45th birthday.


==Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors==
== External links ==
*[[Hex]] doesen't know about VE Day, but he surely must, as he would have learnt about it in school in 2005. Perhaps [[Hex]] wasn't lying when he said he must've been off sick.
{{bigfinish|releases/v/forty-five-281|Forty-five}}
*[[Jane]] is famillar with the word [[TARDIS]], instead of the proper Gallifreyan name for time machines (T.T Machines, which simpily means Time Machine). Perhaps she learnt the word [[TARDIS]] from one of the Doctor's relatives.
{{dwrefguide|who_bf115.htm|Forty-five}}
== Continuity ==
* {{tetrap|7/fortyfive.html|Forty-five}}
*Ace meets her mother as a young child whom she previously encountered as a baby in [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''.
*The Doctor last mentioned The Forge to Hex and Ace in [[BFA]]: ''[[No Man's Land]]''.
*On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the [[TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[The TV Movie]], which contradicts the audio [[Excelis Decays]], when the [[Seventh Doctor]] reconfigures the [[TARDIS]] into its form in [[The TV Movie]]. Perhaps before this, the [[Seventh Doctor]] reconfigured the [[TARDIS]] to that version, then to the classic series version, and then back to [[The TV Movie]] one.
== Timeline ==
Forty Five occurs after: [[The Dark Husband]]


Forty Five occurs before: [[The Magic Mousetrap ]]
{{BFA monthly}}
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==External Links==
[[Category:Main Range audio anthologies]]
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/115-Doctor-Who-Forty-Five Big Finish '''Forty Five''' page]
[[Category:2008 anthologies]]
[[Category:Seventh Doctor audio plays]]
[[Category:Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:2008 audio plays]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in Egypt]]
[[Category:Stories set in Antarctica]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1945]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 21st century]]

Latest revision as of 22:53, 29 August 2024

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Forty-Five was the one hundred and fifteenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. The four stories were written by Mark Morris, Nick Scovell, Mark Michalowski and Steven Hall respectively and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Philip Olivier as Hex.

The number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories and was intended to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Doctor Who.

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

In Egypt, archaeologist Howard Carter unearths an ancient secret buried in the Valley of the Kings. On an island of Mendolovinia, a deranged academic attempts to push back the frontiers of the human mind. In war-torn London, a cockney spiv takes possession of a bizarre alien object. And in a military bunker in the cold heart of Antartica, the strangest and deadliest of the Doctor's many enemies lies in wait...

IN DETAIL

1. FALSE GODS by Mark Morris

In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.

2. ORDER OF SIMPLICITY by Nick Scovell

Dr. Verryman has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help - if he puts his mind to it.

3. CASUALTIES OF WAR by Mark Michalowski

Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.

4. THE WORD LORD by Steven Hall

In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Director Featuring Released Pr. code
45.1 False Gods Mark Morris Ken Bentley Ace, Hex November 2008 7W/H
45.2 Order of Simplicity Nick Scovell
45.3 Casualties of War Mark Michalowski
45.4 The Word Lord Steven Hall

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the second story to celebrate Doctor Who's 45th anniversary, the other being COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"].
  • This anthology was recorded at the Moat Studios.
  • On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the TARDIS interior shown is the one from the TV Movie, reflecting the sound effect which had been used since AUDIO: The Settling [+]Loading...["The Settling (audio story)"]. Whilst this seemingly contradicted AUDIO: Excelis Decays [+]Loading...["Excelis Decays (audio story)"], in which the Seventh Doctor was depicted as reconfiguring the TARDIS into its TV Movie form, it was later revealed in AUDIO: Black and White [+]Loading...["Black and White (audio story)"] that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between AUDIO: A Death in the Family [+]Loading...["A Death in the Family (audio story)"] and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.
  • This is Big Finish's third anthology release, an annual trend which began with Circular Time. Anthologies have covered themes such as companions and seasons, but more recently stories have only been linked by the combination of Doctor and companion(s) featured therein.
  • The number "45" is of thematic significance in each play:
  • Anthony Dry did an illustrated preview of this story in DWM 402.

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