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|image = Game Theory (audio story).jpg | |image = Game Theory (audio story).jpg | ||
|series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | |series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Cyber-Reality (audio anthology) | ||
|range = UNIT: The New Series | |range = UNIT: The New Series | ||
|series in range = Cyber-Reality (audio anthology) | |series in range = Cyber-Reality (audio anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 6 | |series number in range = 6 | ||
|number in series = 1 | |number in series = 1 | ||
|main character = [[Kate Stewart]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] | |main character = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]], [[Sam Bishop|Sam]], [[Vikram Shindi|Shindi]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Josh Carter|Josh]] | ||
|enemy = [[Julia Hartley-Price|Julia]] | |||
| | |setting = [[England]] and [[Super Soldier Sam|virtual reality game]], [[2010s]] | ||
|enemy = | |writer = Matt Fitton | ||
|setting = [[ | |||
|writer = | |||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|music = | |music = Howard Carter | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |epcount = 1 | ||
|production code = | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 4 stories | ||
|isbn = | |release date = 10 May 2018 | ||
|production code = BFPUNS06 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78575-969-7 | |||
|prev = False Negative (audio story) | |prev = False Negative (audio story) | ||
|next = Telepresence (audio story) | |next = Telepresence (audio story) | ||
}}{{you may|game logic}} | }}{{you may|game logic}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology, ''[[Cyber-Reality (audio anthology)|Cyber-Reality]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]] | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology, ''[[Cyber-Reality (audio anthology)|Cyber-Reality]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]], [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]], [[James Joyce (actor)|James Joyce]] as [[Josh Carter]], [[Ramon Tikaram]] as [[Vikram Shindi]] and [[Warren Brown]] as [[Sam Bishop]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Sam Bishop]] is missing. Lost at [[sea]], imprisoned with a valuable hostage, [[UNIT]] | [[Sam Bishop]] is missing. Lost at [[sea]], imprisoned with a valuable hostage, [[UNIT]]'s troubleshooter will need all his skills to survive. To save their comrade, [[Kate Stewart]] and [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] are offered a deadly challenge. But this game might be impossible to win... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | Months after his disappearance, [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] and [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] receive a recording from [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] in which he goes to an [[the Auctioneers|Auctioneer]] [[warehouse]] in the [[Mendips]] before being shot. They go in search of him, alone despite [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]]'s concerns, and find that the warehouse has been emptied. The Overseer contacts them on Osgood's supposedly undetectable communicator and commands them to enter a control suite and insert [[earpiece]]s before destroying the communicator, threatening Sam's life. They order Osgood to put on [[gaming visor|virtual reality goggles]] and shows her information including a countdown and coordinates for a location near [[Bristol]]. | ||
Sam wakes up in a [[crate]] with [[Julia Hartley-Price]], whom he pats down for [[weapon]]s, and picks the lock using her [[hairpin]]. They explore the [[ship]] that they are on, crewed by men with blank faces, and discover that they are in the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. Sam defeats three men and Julia shoots him with a [[gun]], telling him that he is moving onto Level 20. He wakes up back in the crate with Julia and no [[memory]] of his recent experience. | |||
Kate and Osgood arrive at a communications mast and are informed that the small capsule attached to it contains an [[alien]] [[virus]], a form of intelligent [[rust]] which will dissolve the mast before spreading and destroying Bristol within hours. They climb the mast and Osgood puts on the gaming visor, giving her a virtual view of the capsule which allows her to disarm it. The Overseer sends them to switch off an emitter at [[Heathrow Airport]] which will soon cause every aircraft within a fifty-mile radius to fall out of the [[sky]] and forbids them from getting help from [[UNIT]]. | |||
Sam feels a sense of [[déjà vu]] when he sees the men without faces and knows that he and Julia will find [[chart]]s showing that they are in the Bermuda Triangle. The room keeps flashing and Sam takes a gun from Julia, knowing that she would pull it on him. She has the faceless men beat him up, telling him that he will get all the answers, and resets the loop. This time, Julia acknowledges that they have done this before and Sam realises that they are in a [[video game]]. She ends the game, saying that they have all the data they need, and the faceless men take on Sam's appearance and attack. | |||
Unable to get to Heathrow in [[time]], Osgood realises that they have to return to the warehouse and use the virtual reality technology there. Kate keeps an eye on the real world whilst Osgood flies a virtual [[jet]] to Heathrow and turns off the emitter. The Overseer congratulates them and removes the voice filter, revealing that they are Julia, before directing them to a communicator as a reward. Shindi makes contact, having received a coded message on Osgood's communicator, and tells Kate that a container with a countdown has appeared at [[Windsor Castle]]. | |||
Osgood opens the container and finds Sam inside with a visor on. Julia appears as a [[hologram]] and tells them that Sam has been used to make a first-person shooter and that today has been a show of power. She disappears and Osgood traces the source of the [[transmission]], but Shindi reports that the Auctioneers have disappeared once again. Osgood examines the technology and comes to believe that it might have been created in a [[parallel universe]] and is tapping into another power source. Sam, recovering from malnutrition, thanks Osgood for saving him. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] - [[Ramon Tikaram]] | * [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] - [[Ramon Tikaram]] | ||
* [[Josh Carter]] - [[James Joyce (actor)|James Joyce]] | * [[Josh Carter]] - [[James Joyce (actor)|James Joyce]] | ||
* [[Julia Hartley-Price | * [[Julia Hartley-Price|Julia Hartley-Price / The Overseer]] - [[Kerry Fox]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * UNIT have previously found Auctioneer bases in [[Vienna]], [[Stockholm]] and [[Tangier]], amongst other places. | ||
* Julia claims to have been on [[Julia Hartley-Price's father|her father]]'s [[yacht]]. | |||
* Julia's [[hairpin]] has a [[diamond]]. | |||
* [[Sam Bishop's father|Sam's father]] is an [[accountant]] and [[Sam Bishop's mother|his mother]] is a [[teacher]]. He says that they are normal and good people. | |||
* [[Sam Bishop's great-grandfather|Sam's great-grandfather]] fought in [[World War II]]. | |||
* Sam has had first-hand experience with the [[Bermuda Triangle]], also known as the Devil's Triangle. | |||
* Kate and Osgood found a [[Krillitane]] detonator in a power station last year. | |||
* Sam has seen [[time loop]]s before. | |||
* Sam enjoyed playing secret agent [[video game]]s as a child. | |||
* [[Malcolm Taylor]] tries scanning the shipping container but gets no signals. | |||
* Sam has to use [[crutch]]es. | |||
* [[Josh Carter|Josh]] takes Kate back to [[UNIT HQ]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* Osgood recalls the encounter with [[the Auctioneers]] in [[Vienna]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sontaran Project (audio story)|The Sontaran Project]]'') | * Osgood recalls the encounter with [[the Auctioneers]] in [[Vienna]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sontaran Project (audio story)|The Sontaran Project]]'') | ||
* Sam recalls his [[Sam Bishop's great-grandfather|great-grandfather]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Earthfall (audio story)|Earthfall]]'') | * Sam recalls his [[Sam Bishop's great-grandfather|great-grandfather]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Earthfall (audio story)|Earthfall]]'') | ||
* The Auctioneers intend to exact revenge upon UNIT for interfering in prior operations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Project (audio story)|The Sontaran Project]]'') | * The Auctioneers intend to exact revenge upon UNIT for interfering in prior operations, including [[Monte Bosque]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Project (audio story)|The Sontaran Project]]'') | ||
* Colonel Shindi has [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] examine the mysterious object left by the Auctioneers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | * Colonel Shindi has [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] examine the mysterious object left by the Auctioneers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | ||
* The object gives Colonel Shindi bad memories of the [[Shakri cube]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | * The object gives Colonel Shindi bad memories of the [[Shakri cube]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/unit---cyber-reality-1532}} | |||
{{BFU}} | {{BFU}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Cyber-Reality audio stories]] | [[Category:Cyber-Reality audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in virtual realities]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:36, 6 April 2024
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Game Theory was the first story in the audio anthology, Cyber-Reality, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood, James Joyce as Josh Carter, Ramon Tikaram as Vikram Shindi and Warren Brown as Sam Bishop.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sam Bishop is missing. Lost at sea, imprisoned with a valuable hostage, UNIT's troubleshooter will need all his skills to survive. To save their comrade, Kate Stewart and Osgood are offered a deadly challenge. But this game might be impossible to win...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Months after his disappearance, Kate and Osgood receive a recording from Sam in which he goes to an Auctioneer warehouse in the Mendips before being shot. They go in search of him, alone despite Colonel Shindi's concerns, and find that the warehouse has been emptied. The Overseer contacts them on Osgood's supposedly undetectable communicator and commands them to enter a control suite and insert earpieces before destroying the communicator, threatening Sam's life. They order Osgood to put on virtual reality goggles and shows her information including a countdown and coordinates for a location near Bristol.
Sam wakes up in a crate with Julia Hartley-Price, whom he pats down for weapons, and picks the lock using her hairpin. They explore the ship that they are on, crewed by men with blank faces, and discover that they are in the Bermuda Triangle. Sam defeats three men and Julia shoots him with a gun, telling him that he is moving onto Level 20. He wakes up back in the crate with Julia and no memory of his recent experience.
Kate and Osgood arrive at a communications mast and are informed that the small capsule attached to it contains an alien virus, a form of intelligent rust which will dissolve the mast before spreading and destroying Bristol within hours. They climb the mast and Osgood puts on the gaming visor, giving her a virtual view of the capsule which allows her to disarm it. The Overseer sends them to switch off an emitter at Heathrow Airport which will soon cause every aircraft within a fifty-mile radius to fall out of the sky and forbids them from getting help from UNIT.
Sam feels a sense of déjà vu when he sees the men without faces and knows that he and Julia will find charts showing that they are in the Bermuda Triangle. The room keeps flashing and Sam takes a gun from Julia, knowing that she would pull it on him. She has the faceless men beat him up, telling him that he will get all the answers, and resets the loop. This time, Julia acknowledges that they have done this before and Sam realises that they are in a video game. She ends the game, saying that they have all the data they need, and the faceless men take on Sam's appearance and attack.
Unable to get to Heathrow in time, Osgood realises that they have to return to the warehouse and use the virtual reality technology there. Kate keeps an eye on the real world whilst Osgood flies a virtual jet to Heathrow and turns off the emitter. The Overseer congratulates them and removes the voice filter, revealing that they are Julia, before directing them to a communicator as a reward. Shindi makes contact, having received a coded message on Osgood's communicator, and tells Kate that a container with a countdown has appeared at Windsor Castle.
Osgood opens the container and finds Sam inside with a visor on. Julia appears as a hologram and tells them that Sam has been used to make a first-person shooter and that today has been a show of power. She disappears and Osgood traces the source of the transmission, but Shindi reports that the Auctioneers have disappeared once again. Osgood examines the technology and comes to believe that it might have been created in a parallel universe and is tapping into another power source. Sam, recovering from malnutrition, thanks Osgood for saving him.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Lt Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
- Colonel Shindi - Ramon Tikaram
- Josh Carter - James Joyce
- Julia Hartley-Price / The Overseer - Kerry Fox
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- UNIT have previously found Auctioneer bases in Vienna, Stockholm and Tangier, amongst other places.
- Julia claims to have been on her father's yacht.
- Julia's hairpin has a diamond.
- Sam's father is an accountant and his mother is a teacher. He says that they are normal and good people.
- Sam's great-grandfather fought in World War II.
- Sam has had first-hand experience with the Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle.
- Kate and Osgood found a Krillitane detonator in a power station last year.
- Sam has seen time loops before.
- Sam enjoyed playing secret agent video games as a child.
- Malcolm Taylor tries scanning the shipping container but gets no signals.
- Sam has to use crutches.
- Josh takes Kate back to UNIT HQ.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Osgood recalls the encounter with the Auctioneers in Vienna. (AUDIO: The Sontaran Project)
- Sam recalls his great-grandfather. (AUDIO: Earthfall)
- The Auctioneers intend to exact revenge upon UNIT for interfering in prior operations, including Monte Bosque. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction, The Sontaran Project)
- Colonel Shindi has Malcolm examine the mysterious object left by the Auctioneers. (TV: Planet of the Dead)
- The object gives Colonel Shindi bad memories of the Shakri cubes. (TV: The Power of Three)
- Though not present for those events, Sam has been made aware of the encounter with the parallel universe. (AUDIO: False Negative)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Game Theory page at bigfinish.com
