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|anthology    = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two]]''
|anthology    = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
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|series      = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|series      = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|number       = 4
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|series in range = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
|number in series = 4
|doctor      = Eighth Doctor
|doctor      = Eighth Doctor
|featuring    = Ollistra
|featuring    = [[War Ollistra]]
|featuring2  = Vashta Nerada{{!}}Vashta Nerada
|enemy        = [[Nerada Vashta]], [[Vashta Nerada]], [[Dendry]]
|enemy        =
|setting      = [[Synthesis Station]], [[Last Great Time War]]
|setting      =  
|writer      = Matt Fitton
|writer      = [[Matt Fitton]]
|director    = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|director    = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer    = [[David Richardson]]
|producer    = [[David Richardson]]
|music        = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music        = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound        = [[David Richardson]]
|sound        = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|cover        = [[Tom Webster]]
|cover        = [[Tom Webster]]
|publisher    = Big Finish Productions
|publisher    = Big Finish Productions
|release date = [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date = 27 July 2017
|format      = 1 episodes on 1 CD
|format      = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories
|isbn        =  
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-78575-427-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-428-9 (digital)
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|production code = BFPDWNEWMON02
|epcount = 1
|series2 = Classic Series - Special Releases
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume Two]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
As the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] rages, [[Lord Cardinal|Cardinal]] [[Ollistra]] of [[Gallifrey]] seeks to create ever more dangerous [[weapon]]s to deploy against [[Dalek|the enemy]].
As the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] rages, [[Lord Cardinal|Cardinal]] [[War Ollistra|Ollistra]] of [[Gallifrey]] seeks to create ever more dangerous [[weapon]]s to deploy against [[Dalek|the enemy]].


When [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] stumbles across [[Synthesis Station]], he discovers that the [[Time Lord]]s have sponsored a project to weaponise already-lethal creatures. But in doing so, [[Eva Morrison]] and her team have unwittingly used a colony of [[Vashta Nerada]] with a very unfortunate history of humanoid contact.
When [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] stumbles across [[Synthesis Station]], he discovers that the [[Time Lord]]s have sponsored a project to weaponise already-lethal creatures. But in doing so, [[Eva Morrison]] and her team have unwittingly used a colony of [[Vashta Nerada]] with a very unfortunate history of humanoid contact.
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Ollistra]] - [[Jacqueline Pearce]]
* [[War Ollistra|Ollistra]] - [[Jacqueline Pearce]]
* Dr. [[Eva Morrison]] - [[Jan Ravens]]
* Dr. [[Eva Morrison]] - [[Jan Ravens]]
* Biotech [[Dendry]] - [[Himesh Patel]]
* Biotech [[Dendry]] - [[Himesh Patel]]
* Commander [[Roxita]]/ Security Chief [[Raldon]] - [[Tim Wallers]]
* Commander [[Roxita]] / Security Chief [[Raldon]] - [[Tim Wallers]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Eva's team create the [[Nerada Vashta]], which thrive in the light.
* Eva's team create the [[Nerada Vashta]], which thrive in the light.
* The Time Lords intend for the Vashta Nerada to be engineered with the ability to consume [[Dalekanium]], planning to unleash them on [[Dalek]] [[Dalek Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] and ultimately [[Skaro]] itself.
* Dendry plans to sip [[cocktail]]s at [[Dorium Maldovar]]'s [[Maldovarium]].
* As the survivors prepare to return to [[Gallifrey]], the Doctor comments that he has half a mind to drop the [[War Ollistra]] on [[Pluto]] and have her walk the rest of the way.
* Ollistra describes [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] as "an antiquated contraption".
* The TARDIS does not have a [[Zero Room]] "at the moment."
* The Doctor ejects his [[Fledershrew]]s from the TARDIS alongside the Vashta Nerada.
* The survivors take refuge in the [[TARDIS control room#Second control room|secondary control room]].
* The Doctor acquired three [[space suit]]s from one of the [[Apollo mission]]s: "[[Apollo 32|32]], [[Apollo 33|33]], I forget." Ollistra refers to them as [[Bronze Age]].
* A [[Guard (Day of the Vashta Nerada)|guard]] is devoured by the Vashta Nerada.
* The Doctor mentions [[dignity]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously encountered the Vashta Nerada on [[Funworld]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]'') He would later face them in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] incarnations. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Space Oddity (comic story)|Space Oddity]]'')
* The Doctor mentions his encounter with the Vashta Nerada on [[Funworld]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* The Doctor met Ollistra's previous regeneration in [[New York City]] in the [[1970s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
* Ollistra travelled to Synthesis Station in a [[Battle TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'')
* The Doctor met Ollistra's previous incarnation in [[New York City]] in the [[1970s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
* The Doctor refuses to fight in the Time War. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)|The Sontaran Ordeal]]'')
* Following the deaths of [[Georgia Donnelly]] and the Funworld's skeleton crew, the project was abandoned and the world became known as Theta 49. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* Dendry mentions "[[Dorium Maldovar|Maldovar]]'s [[The Maldovarium|bar]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* Defending the Vashta Nerada experiments being conducted off [[Gallifrey]], Ollistra comments that there are enough [[Cloister Wraith|shadows]] in the [[Cloisters]] as it is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
* Ollistra refers to the Time Lords' [[War Council]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'')
* Roxita mentions that TARDISes exist in a state of [[temporal grace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* The Doctor's TARDIS currently lacks a Zero Room. Its original Zero Room was ejected shortly after the Doctor's [[regeneration]] into his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') It was eventually reconstructed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zaltys (audio story)|Zaltys]]'', ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor notes that the secondary control room has wood panelling. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', et. al)
* The Doctor notes that he has allowed the Fledershrews to live in the TARDIS for many years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'', ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'', ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]'', ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'')
* Offering the remaining [[space suit]]s to the others, the Doctor assures that he will simply hang onto the TARDIS shell as he is ejected into the [[Time Vortex]] before it returns to real space only for Roxita to point out that such an act would be impossible. Nevertheless, this feat would be achieved by the [[immortal]] [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]], reviving shortly after it killed him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') The Doctor would eventually find himself successfully holding onto the TARDIS exterior to escape a [[pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
* The Doctor remembers taking space suits from either [[Apollo 32]] or [[Apollo 33]]. [[Apollo 34]] would establish [[Bowie Base One]] on [[Mars]] in the late [[2050s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
* The Doctor tells Ollistra that he is not a warrior. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor would later face the Vashta Nerada again during his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'') and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnations]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Space Oddity (comic story)|Space Oddity]]'')


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Day of the Vashta Nerada was the fourth and final story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.

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

As the Time War rages, Cardinal Ollistra of Gallifrey seeks to create ever more dangerous weapons to deploy against the enemy.

When the Doctor stumbles across Synthesis Station, he discovers that the Time Lords have sponsored a project to weaponise already-lethal creatures. But in doing so, Eva Morrison and her team have unwittingly used a colony of Vashta Nerada with a very unfortunate history of humanoid contact.

The Doctor finds himself leading a desperate race for survival, in which the shadows may be the least of their worries...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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