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|image= Empathy Games cover.jpg
|image           = Empathy Games cover.jpg
|series=[[The Companion Chronicles]]  
|range            = The Companion Chronicles
|number= 3.4
|series in range  = Series 3 (CC)
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|series number in range = 3
|companions= [[Leela]]
|number in series = 4
|enemy= [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]]
|series           = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|setting= [[Paxis Majoritis]], [[Synchronis]]
|number           = 3.4
|writer= [[Nigel Fairs]]
|main character  = [[Leela]]
|read by= [[Louise Jameson]], [[David Warner]]
|featuring        = [[Fourth Doctor]]
|music= [[Nigel Fairs]]
|enemy           = [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]]
|sound= [[Nigel Fairs]]
|setting         = [[Paxis Majoritis]], [[Synchronis]]
|director= [[Nigel Fairs]]
|writer           = Nigel Fairs
|cover= [[Simon Holub]]
|director        = Nigel Fairs
|publisher= Big Finish Productions  
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|release date= [[October (releases)|October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|music           = Nigel Fairs
|format= 1 CD  
|sound           = Nigel Fairs
|production code= BFPDWCC12
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-353-8  
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|prev= The Doll of Death (audio story)
|release date     = October 2008
|next= Home Truths (audio story)
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC12
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-353-8
|prev             = The Doll of Death (audio story)
|next             = Home Truths (audio story)
|epcount = 2
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'''''Empathy Games''''' was the twelfth release in [[the Companion Chronicles]] audio range. It was the fourth story of season 3. It was written by [[Nigel Fairs]] and featured [[Leela]].
'''''Empathy Games''''' was the fourth story of the [[Series 3 (CC)|third series]] of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nigel Fairs]], narrated by [[Louise Jameson]] (in-character as [[Leela]]) and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
''to be added''
=== Part Two ===
''to be added''
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* [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]] - [[David Warner]]
* [[Vilor Angell|Co-ordinator Angell]] - [[David Warner]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* In the fire which destroys the secondary console room, the edges of the Doctor's [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] are burned.
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Writer, Music, Sound Design & Director - [[Nigel Fairs]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* In the fire which destroys [[TARDIS control room (The Masque of Mandragora)|the secondary console room]], the edges of the Doctor's [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] are burned.
* The Waters of Empathy is one of the [[Wonders of the Universe|700 Wonders of the Universe]].
* The Waters of Empathy is one of the [[Wonders of the Universe|700 Wonders of the Universe]].
* When an elder of the [[Sevateem]] dies, it is customary for other warriors to guard their body in order to protect their soul from evil spirits until sunrise.
* When an elder of the [[Sevateem]] dies, it is customary for other warriors to guard their body in order to protect their soul from evil spirits until sunrise.
* The Doctor is able to induce himself into a coma.
* As a child, Leela saw her mother struck down and killed by an animal on Mount Kremnon while protecting her.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 July (production)|22 July]] 2008.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[22 July (production)|22 July]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This story takes place between [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] and [[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]].
* This story takes place between [[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}} and {{cs|Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)}}.
* This story was told from Leela's perspective.
[[File:Empathy Games clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
[[File:Empathy Games clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'')
* Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai in her previous ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' story, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Catalyst (audio story)}}.
* The Doctor tells Leela that he was once saw an [[Inferno Earth|entire planet]] destroyed by fire many years earlier. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
* The Doctor tells Leela that he once saw an [[Inferno Earth|entire planet]] destroyed by fire many years earlier. He is referring to the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Inferno (TV story)}}.
* The secondary control room is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control room again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* The [[TARDIS control room (The Masque of Mandragora)|secondary control room]] is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control room again. This explains the fact that in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}}, the Doctor is using the original control room.
* Leela refers to [[Xoanon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* Leela refers to [[Xoanon]], the insidious creator of her society introduced alongside her in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Face of Evil (TV story)}}.
* [[Time Lord]]s have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily, as first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}.
* Leela recalls hunting with [[Tomas (The Face of Evil)|Tomas]] on [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|her home planet]] during their childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'')
* The Doctor leaves Leela a psychic message telling her to "''Wait for [him]''". The [[Twelfth Doctor]] left the same message in the subconscious of [[Bill Potts]] when she was dying in [[TV]]: {{cs|World Enough and Time (TV story)}}.
* Leela recalls hunting with [[Tomas (The Face of Evil)|Tomas]] on [[Planet (The Face of Evil)|her home planet]] during their childhood. Tomas appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Face of Evil (TV story)}}.


== External links ==
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Empathy Games was the fourth story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs, narrated by Louise Jameson (in-character as Leela) and featured the Fourth Doctor and Leela.

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

The present: Leela is doomed, trapped inside a prison cell of a dead race.

The past: After a disaster aboard the TARDIS, the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrive at the capital city of Synchronis, a world renowned for peace and civility. But an attack by a vicious creature leaves the Doctor in a coma, and Leela is persuaded to fight in the forthcoming Empathy Games, where she discovers that nothing on this world is as it seems.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

to be added

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

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Leela refers to her imprisonment by the Z'nai in her previous Companion Chronicles story, AUDIO: The Catalyst [+]Loading...["The Catalyst (audio story)"].
  • The Doctor tells Leela that he once saw an entire planet destroyed by fire many years earlier. He is referring to the events of TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"].
  • The secondary control room is completely destroyed. The Doctor tells Leela that there are plenty of other control rooms, prompting him to start using the original control room again. This explains the fact that in TV: The Invisible Enemy [+]Loading...["The Invisible Enemy (TV story)"], the Doctor is using the original control room.
  • Leela refers to Xoanon, the insidious creator of her society introduced alongside her in TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"].
  • Time Lords have the ability to place themselves in a coma voluntarily, as first seen in TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"].
  • The Doctor leaves Leela a psychic message telling her to "Wait for [him]". The Twelfth Doctor left the same message in the subconscious of Bill Potts when she was dying in TV: World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"].
  • Leela recalls hunting with Tomas on her home planet during their childhood. Tomas appeared in TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"].

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