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|image          = All Hands on Deck.jpg
|image          = All Hands on Deck.jpg
|range          = Short Trips (series)
|series in range = Series 7 (ST)
|series number in range = 7
|number in series = 10
|series          = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|series          = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]''
|number          = 7.10
|number          = 7.10
|doctor          =
|main character = [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]]
|main character = [[Susan Foreman]]
|featuring      = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|featuring      = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], late [[October]], circa [[2213]]
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], late [[October]], [[2210s]]
|release date    = [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date    = 3 October 2017
|writer          = [[Eddie Robson]]
|writer          = Eddie Robson
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer        = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|read by        = [[Carole Ann Ford]]
|read by        = [[Carole Ann Ford]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
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|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|production code = BFMSTDL34
|production code = BFMSTDL34
|isbn            = 978-1-78575-125-7  
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-125-7  
|prev            = A Heart on Both Sides (audio story)
|prev            = A Heart on Both Sides (audio story)
|next            = The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius (audio story)
|next            = The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Everyone [[Susan Campbell]] cared about has gone. Most of them died in the second [[Dalek]] invasion, and her grandfather never visits. She's living in what used to be [[Coal Hill School]], helping [[Earth]] rebuild again.
Everyone [[Susan Foreman|Susan Campbell]] cared about has gone. Most of them died in the [[2180s Dalek invasion of Earth|second Dalek invasion]], and [[Eighth Doctor|her grandfather]] never visits. She's living in what used to be [[Coal Hill School]], helping [[Earth]] rebuild again.


Then, one night, she's called away to help with an emergency. A piece of appropriated Dalek technology is malfunctioning, and everyone's afraid of what it might do...
Then, one night, she's called away to help with an emergency. A piece of appropriated Dalek technology is malfunctioning, and everyone's afraid of what it might do...
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This is just the first in a sequence of predicaments facing Susan — and the connection between them will shape the rest of her life.
This is just the first in a sequence of predicaments facing Susan — and the connection between them will shape the rest of her life.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Susan ===
=== Susan ===
* Susan remembers reading ''[[King Lear]]'' almost 250 years ago, and telling the teacher it was nothing like what had really happened.
* Susan remembers reading ''[[King Lear]]'' almost 250 years ago, and telling the teacher it was nothing like what had really happened.
* She doesn't require as much sleep as humans, but tries to get four or five hours a night.
* She tries to act like her grandfather, and look like she knows what she's doing.
* She used to listen to the [[radio]] and read the pop magazines. She loved [[The Beatles]]' vitality and optimism, but would sometimes mention songs they hadn't written yet.
* She used to listen to the [[radio]] and read the pop magazines. She loved [[The Beatles]]' vitality and optimism, but would sometimes mention songs they hadn't written yet.
* Susan doesn't get [[hay fever]].
* Susan doesn't get [[hay fever]].
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=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* [[Coal Hill School]] was converted into flats over 100 years ago (before [[2113]]), and survived the first and second Dalek invasions.
* [[Coal Hill School]] was converted into flats over 100 years ago (before [[2113]]), and survived the first and second Dalek invasions.
* The playground torn up and a garden planted. Someone planted an [[oak tree]] in memory of [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. The plaque doesn't say when they died.  
* The playground torn up and a garden planted. Someone planted an [[oak tree]] in memory of [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. The plaque doesn't say when they died.
* The airspace command centre is located in [[Greenwich]].
* The airspace command centre is located in [[Greenwich]].


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* The Doctor programs the synthesiser to generate a yellow, viscous liquid: [[custard]].
* The Doctor programs the synthesiser to generate a yellow, viscous liquid: [[custard]].
* He then makes an asteroid appear on collision course with [[Earth]], then makes it vanish.
* He then makes an asteroid appear on collision course with [[Earth]], then makes it vanish.
* He then creates partly mechanical, partly organic black and orange [[spider]]s bigger than a hand. They move fast and leap, but are harmless.  
* He then creates partly mechanical, partly organic black and orange [[spider]]s bigger than a hand.
* He makes Susan a cup of [[tea]].
* He makes Susan a cup of [[tea]].
* He has a tea chest with the number "76" on it.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* Earth has been using salvaged Dalek technology like [[power generator]]s and [[chemical synthesiser]]s, which are security equipped to prevent being used by anyone who's not a Dalek.
* Earth has been using salvaged Dalek technology like [[power generator]]s and [[chemical synthesiser]]s.
* The synthesiser Susan's working on is kept in a warehouse in [[King's Cross]], suspended by virtual cable rooters. It glows purple when in operation.
* The synthesiser Susan's working on is kept in a warehouse in [[King's Cross]], suspended by virtual cable rooters.
* A "bubble" is sent to take Susan from her flat.
* Susan uses a [[binary feedback oscillator]]. It knocks out most things based on electronic circuits.
* Susan uses a [[binary feedback oscillator]]. It knocks out most things based on electronic circuits.
* Susan uses [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] to discover he's controlling the spiders.
* Since the second invasion, many people still carry weapons.  
* Susan uses the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]] to discover he's controlling the spiders.


=== The Time War ===
=== Last Great Time War ===
* Susan receives a white cube, a [[Hypercube|tesseract]], from [[Gallifrey]]. The hay fever feeling is a way of saying the message is urgent, to avoid the recipient from delaying. It's her "call-up papers" — "Gallifrey needs you to fight the Daleks." The Doctor was creating the diversions so that he could remove the cubes from her flat, although the hay fever still remained.
* Susan receives a white cube, a [[Hypercube|tesseract]], from [[Gallifrey]].
* The Time Lords feel if they don't stop the Daleks, no one will.
* She puts her reply into the tesseract and sends it back. Moments later, [[Battle TARDIS (All Hands on Deck)|a TARDIS]] comes for Susan, disguised as a [[wardrobe]].
* The Doctor claims the Time Lords asked him to join the Time War, saying they got "desperate."
* He says neutral territories have been annexed.
* Susan believes the Time Lords have contacted her now because she's done all she can on Earth.
* She puts her reply into the tesseract and sends it back. Moments later, [[TARDIS (All Hands on Deck)|a TARDIS]] comes for Susan, disguised as a [[wardrobe]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was recorded on [[11 October (production)|11 October]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* While writing this story, [[Eddie Robson]] initially thought of it as [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]'s final story, chronologically, and he assumed Susan wouldn't survive the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[VOR 133]])
* Performed in the style of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', this story was told from Susan's perspective.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Susan notes that the Doctor hasn't regenerated since she last saw him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* Susan notes that the Doctor hasn't regenerated since she last saw him in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''.
* She also notes that his hair is shorter and his clothes look battered, as if he'd travelled a long way without a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')
* She also notes that his hair is shorter and his clothes look battered, as if he'd travelled a long way without a TARDIS, matching his appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''.
* Susan used to listen to the [[radio]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'')
* Susan used to listen to the [[radio]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hunters of Earth (audio story)|Hunters of Earth]]'')
* Susan says that she has fought the Daleks off Earth twice in the past, referring to the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|first and second invasions]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'', ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* Susan says that she has fought the Daleks off Earth twice in the past, referring to the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|first]] and [[2180s Dalek invasion of Earth|second invasions]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'', ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* The Doctor and Susan had not heard of the Daleks before they left Gallfirey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor and Susan had not heard of the Daleks before they left Gallifrey, and encountering them in [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''.
* Susan realises that the Time War started in part due to an attempt by the Time Lords to stop the Daleks [[creation of the Daleks|before they began]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* Susan realises that the Time War started in part due to an attempt by the Time Lords to stop the Daleks [[creation of the Daleks|before they began]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'')
* Susan still uses "Susan Campell," but neither name belongs to her. Different accounts have given her birth name as Larn ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]'') or Arkytior. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Roses (short story)|Roses]]'')
* Susan still uses "Susan Campbell," but neither name belongs to her. [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Roses (short story)|Roses]]'' give her birth name as Larn or Arkytior respectively
* The Doctor doesn't have a companion right now. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor doesn't have a companion right now. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')
* Susan reminds the Doctor that he decided she would stay on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan reminds the Doctor that he decided she would stay on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Susan reasons that the Daleks will return to Earth should the Time Lords fall. Indeed, as well as making incursions during the war itself in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Vortex (audio story)|The Shadow Vortex]]'', the Daleks will appear at several points in Earth's history following the Time War, starting with [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.


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All Hands on Deck was the tenth story of the seventh season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Susan Campbell.

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

Everyone Susan Campbell cared about has gone. Most of them died in the second Dalek invasion, and her grandfather never visits. She's living in what used to be Coal Hill School, helping Earth rebuild again.

Then, one night, she's called away to help with an emergency. A piece of appropriated Dalek technology is malfunctioning, and everyone's afraid of what it might do...

This is just the first in a sequence of predicaments facing Susan — and the connection between them will shape the rest of her life.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Susan[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Susan remembers reading King Lear almost 250 years ago, and telling the teacher it was nothing like what had really happened.
  • She used to listen to the radio and read the pop magazines. She loved The Beatles' vitality and optimism, but would sometimes mention songs they hadn't written yet.
  • Susan doesn't get hay fever.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Coal Hill School was converted into flats over 100 years ago (before 2113), and survived the first and second Dalek invasions.
  • The playground torn up and a garden planted. Someone planted an oak tree in memory of Ian and Barbara. The plaque doesn't say when they died.
  • The airspace command centre is located in Greenwich.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor programs the synthesiser to generate a yellow, viscous liquid: custard.
  • He then makes an asteroid appear on collision course with Earth, then makes it vanish.
  • He then creates partly mechanical, partly organic black and orange spiders bigger than a hand.
  • He makes Susan a cup of tea.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Last Great Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Susan receives a white cube, a tesseract, from Gallifrey.
  • She puts her reply into the tesseract and sends it back. Moments later, a TARDIS comes for Susan, disguised as a wardrobe.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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