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|series          = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
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|number          = 62
|number          = 62
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|companions      = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]
|companions      = [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[C'rizz]]
|enemy          = [[Excelsior]]
|featuring      = [[Kro'ka]]
|enemy          = [[Excelsior (The Last)|Excelsior]]
|setting        = [[Bortresoye]], the [[Divergent Universe]]
|setting        = [[Bortresoye]], the [[Divergent Universe]]
|writer          = [[Gary Hopkins]]
|writer          = Gary Hopkins
|director        = [[Gary Russell]]
|director        = [[Gary Russell]]
|post production = [[David Darlington]]
|producer        = Gary Russell, [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
|music          = [[David Darlington]]
|music          = [[David Darlington]]
|sound          = [[David Darlington]]
|cover          = [[Steve Johnson]]
|cover          = [[Steve Johnson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|release date    = 18 October 2004
|format          = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code = [[List of production codes|8T]]
|production code = [[List of production codes|8T]]
|isbn            = ISBN 1-84435-102-5
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-102-2 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-762-5 (digital)
|prev            = Faith Stealer (audio story)
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|epcount = 4
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-second [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-second story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Gary Hopkins]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[India Fisher]] as [[Charlotte Pollard]], [[Conrad Westmaas]] as [[C'rizz]] and [[Stephen Perring]] as The [[Kro'ka]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Trapped on a dying world, the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] come face-to-face with those responsible for the war to end all [[war]]s, while [[C'rizz]] tries to understand what has happened and learns the terrible truth.
Trapped on a dying world, the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] come face-to-face with those responsible for the war to end all [[war]]s, while [[C'rizz]] tries to understand what has happened and learns the terrible truth.


Powerful forces are at work on [[Bortresoye]] that not even a [[Nuclear war|nuclear holocaust]] can tame; natural forces that have excited the interest of [[Excelsior]], the self-proclaimed saviour of her people.
Powerful forces are at work on [[Bortresoye]] that not even a [[Nuclear war|nuclear holocaust]] can tame; natural forces that have excited the interest of [[Excelsior (The Last)|Excelsior]], the self-proclaimed saviour of her people.


With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.
With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
'''''The Last''''' began with [[Excelsior (The Last)|Excelsior]], [[Voss (The Last)|Minister Voss]], and [[Tralfinial|Minister Tralfinial]] discussing a war they planned to engage in, and [[Excelsior]]'s announcement of the coming war to the people of [[Bortresoye]]. Excelsior gave her speech from their underground [[bunker]], and then ordered the [[Death sentence|execution]] of her [[Make-up assistant (The Last)|make-up assistant]].
 
Then it cut to the Doctor in the [[Interzone]], where the [[Kro'Ka]] shows him [[Adric]] and [[Katarina]]. He was upset to see them. He then arrived on Bortresoye, which had been utterly destroyed in a nuclear war. The Doctor, Charley, and C'rizz took cover in a building, which soon collapsed down on them. The Doctor was completely buried in the rubble, Charley was [[paralysis|paralysed]] from the neck down, and C'rizz left to get help.
 
C'rizz found [[Requiem (The Last)|Requiem]], who he assumes to be a survivor, and leads him back to where he left Charley and the Doctor, only to find them gone. Meanwhile, Charley and the Doctor are taken to the underground bunker by [[Landscar]]. The Doctor finds Charley, who tells him that she has damage to her spine and is likely permanently paralysed.
 
C'rizz followed Requiem to the [[archive]] where they worked, and found fifty survivors. Together, they set off for the underground bunker. When they arrived, the Doctor insisted on letting C'rizz in, but no one could see the survivors, including Requiem. It was theorised that they were either [[ghost]]s or [[hallucination]]s.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* [[C'rizz]] - [[Conrad Westmaas]]
* The [[Kro'ka]] - [[Stephen Perring]]
* The [[Kro'ka]] - [[Stephen Perring]]
* [[Excelsior]] - [[Carolyn Jones]]
* [[Excelsior (The Last)|Excelsior]] - [[Carolyn Jones]]
* Minister [[Voss (The Last)|Voss]] - [[Ian Brooker]]
* Minister [[Voss (The Last)|Voss]] - [[Ian Brooker]]
* Minister [[Tralfinial]] - [[Robert Hines]]
* Minister [[Tralfinial]] - [[Robert Hines]]
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* [[Make-up assistant (The Last)|Make-Up Assistant]] - [[John Dorney]]
* [[Make-up assistant (The Last)|Make-Up Assistant]] - [[John Dorney]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Steve Johnson]]
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[David Darlington]]
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Writer - [[Gary Hopkins]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Voss is the Bortresoye Minister of War while Tralfinial is the Minister of Peace.
* Voss is the Bortresoye Minister of War while Tralfinial is the Minister of Peace.
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* The Doctor refers to Katarina as "the little handmaiden from [[Troy]]." He regrets taking her away from her own time and giving her hope, only for her to be killed shortly afterwards.
* The Doctor refers to Katarina as "the little handmaiden from [[Troy]]." He regrets taking her away from her own time and giving her hope, only for her to be killed shortly afterwards.
* The Doctor quotes [[Dante]]'s "Inferno".
* The Doctor quotes [[Dante]]'s "Inferno".
* The Doctor states that he doesn't consider himself to be suicidal.


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
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=== Conflicts ===
=== Conflicts ===
* Following the [[nuclear war]], Voss reports that 60 million of Bortresoye's population of 75 million have been killed. However, Tralfinial believes that the death toll is even higher than that.
* Following the [[nuclear war]], Voss reports that 60 million of Bortresoye's population of 75 million have been killed. However, Tralfinial believes that the death toll is even higher than that.
== Gallery ==
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The Last cover.jpg|Original CD cover art
Thelastpreview.jpg|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 349]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Thelastpreview.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] from [[DWM 349]].]]
* An illustrated preview for this story appeared in [[DWM 349]] by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* An illustrated preview for this story appeared in [[DWM 349]] by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* A deleted scene from Episode 4 with the Eighth Doctor was included with [[Big Finish Magazine]] #6. The clip had been removed for time and pacing considerations. It is 1:59 in length.
* A deleted scene from Episode 4 with the Eighth Doctor was included with [[Big Finish Magazine]] #6. The clip had been removed for time and pacing considerations. It is 1:59 in length.
* The working titles for this story were ''Would The Last Person To Leave The Planet Please Switch Off The Light?'' and ''Last''.
* The working titles for this story were ''Would The Last Person To Leave The Planet Please Switch Off The Light?'' and ''Last''.
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the last such story in the main range until [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in September 2005.
* This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the last such story in the main range until [[AUDIO]]: ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[9 June (production)|9]] and [[10 June (production)|10 June]] 2004.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[9 June (production)|9]] and [[10 June (production)|10 June]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor encounters the shades of his deceased companions [[Katarina]] and [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') He refers to the former sacrificing her life to save his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] and [[Steven Taylor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* The Doctor encounters the shades of his former companions [[Katarina]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'' et al.) and [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' et al.) He refers to the fact that they both died while travelling with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
* C'rizz wears a moon stone around his neck which was given to him by his father [[Guidance]] on the day of his wedding to [[L'da]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'', ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'')
* C'rizz wears a moon stone around his neck which was given to him by his father [[Guidance (The Next Life)|Guidance]] on the day of his wedding to [[L'da]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'', ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'')
* C'rizz and Charley discuss the fate of L'da. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'')
* C'rizz and Charley discuss the fate of L'da. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/the-last-228|The Last}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095459/http://www.chakoteya.net/8Doctor/main62.html The Last Transcript]
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The Last was the sixty-second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Gary Hopkins and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard, Conrad Westmaas as C'rizz and Stephen Perring as The Kro'ka.

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

Trapped on a dying world, the Doctor and Charley come face-to-face with those responsible for the war to end all wars, while C'rizz tries to understand what has happened and learns the terrible truth.

Powerful forces are at work on Bortresoye that not even a nuclear holocaust can tame; natural forces that have excited the interest of Excelsior, the self-proclaimed saviour of her people.

With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.

But who will be the last to leave the planet? Who will have to stay behind? And will the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz live long enough to find out?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Last began with Excelsior, Minister Voss, and Minister Tralfinial discussing a war they planned to engage in, and Excelsior's announcement of the coming war to the people of Bortresoye. Excelsior gave her speech from their underground bunker, and then ordered the execution of her make-up assistant.

Then it cut to the Doctor in the Interzone, where the Kro'Ka shows him Adric and Katarina. He was upset to see them. He then arrived on Bortresoye, which had been utterly destroyed in a nuclear war. The Doctor, Charley, and C'rizz took cover in a building, which soon collapsed down on them. The Doctor was completely buried in the rubble, Charley was paralysed from the neck down, and C'rizz left to get help.

C'rizz found Requiem, who he assumes to be a survivor, and leads him back to where he left Charley and the Doctor, only to find them gone. Meanwhile, Charley and the Doctor are taken to the underground bunker by Landscar. The Doctor finds Charley, who tells him that she has damage to her spine and is likely permanently paralysed.

C'rizz followed Requiem to the archive where they worked, and found fifty survivors. Together, they set off for the underground bunker. When they arrived, the Doctor insisted on letting C'rizz in, but no one could see the survivors, including Requiem. It was theorised that they were either ghosts or hallucinations.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Voss is the Bortresoye Minister of War while Tralfinial is the Minister of Peace.
  • The Kro'ka presents the Doctor with visions of Katarina and Adric, two of his companions who died while under his care.
  • Most of C'rizz' family and friends were killed when the Kromon invaded Eutermes.
  • Charley believes that all war is a crime.

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

  • The Doctor refers to Katarina as "the little handmaiden from Troy." He regrets taking her away from her own time and giving her hope, only for her to be killed shortly afterwards.
  • The Doctor quotes Dante's "Inferno".
  • The Doctor states that he doesn't consider himself to be suicidal.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor believes that the Kro'ka may have moved the TARDIS off-world.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Conflicts[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Following the nuclear war, Voss reports that 60 million of Bortresoye's population of 75 million have been killed. However, Tralfinial believes that the death toll is even higher than that.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]


Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • An illustrated preview for this story appeared in DWM 349 by Martin Geraghty.
  • A deleted scene from Episode 4 with the Eighth Doctor was included with Big Finish Magazine #6. The clip had been removed for time and pacing considerations. It is 1:59 in length.
  • The working titles for this story were Would The Last Person To Leave The Planet Please Switch Off The Light? and Last.
  • This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the last such story in the main range until AUDIO: LIVE 34 in September 2005.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 9 and 10 June 2004 at The Moat Studios.
  • This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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