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|image          = A Heart on Both Sides cover.jpg
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|range          = Short Trips (series)
|range          = Short Trips (series)
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|main character  = [[Nyssa]]
|main character  = [[Nyssa]]
|featuring      = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|featuring      = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|enemy          = [[Isherwood]]
|setting        = [[Reave]]
|setting        = [[Reave]]
|release date    = [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date    = 27 September 2017
|writer          = [[Rob Nisbet]]
|writer          = Rob Nisbet
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|producer        = [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
|read by        = [[Sarah Sutton]]
|read by        = [[Sarah Sutton]]
|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 = BFMSTDL33
|production code = BFMSTDL33
|isbn            = 978-1-78575-124-0
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-124-0
|prev            = The British Invasion (audio story)
|prev            = The British Invasion (audio story)
|next            = All Hands on Deck (audio story)
|next            = All Hands on Deck (audio story)
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|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
After her medical work on [[Terminus]], [[Nyssa]] is now the controller of a hospital ship, the [[Traken (ship)|Traken]]. As the universe burns in the crossfire of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], she and [[Eighth Doctor|her assistant]] travel to a planet close to [[Gallifrey]] where they are needed more than ever. A long time ago, Nyssa knew a [[The Doctor|Time Lord]] and understood his people. But it seems they can change...
After her medical work on [[Terminus]], [[Nyssa]] is now the controller of a hospital ship, ''the Traken''. As the universe burns in the crossfire of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], she and [[Eighth Doctor|her assistant]] travel to a planet close to [[Gallifrey]] where they are needed more than ever. A long time ago, Nyssa knew a [[The Doctor|Time Lord]] and understood his people. But it seems they can change...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* Dr [[Isherwood]]
* Dr [[Isherwood]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Narrator - [[Sarah Sutton]]
* Cover Art - [[Tom Saunders]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer & Script Editor - [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]]
* Sound Design - [[Daniel Burnett]]
* Writer - [[Rob Nisbet]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Praxis gas]] can kill a [[Time Lord]] through an allergic reaction.
* [[Praxis gas]] can kill a [[Time Lord]] through an allergic reaction.
* The Traken is staffed by robot nurses called [[Sister (A Heart on Both Sides)|Sisters]] and sub-sisters. They look like columns.
* ''The Traken'' is staffed by robot nurses called [[Sister (A Heart on Both Sides)|Sisters]] and sub-sisters. They look like columns.
* The [[High Council]] sanctioned the attacks on Reave.
* The [[High Council]] sanctioned the attacks on Reave.
* ''The Traken ''has an [[Adric]] and a [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] ward.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[22 November (production)|22 November]] [[2016 (production)|2016]].
* This story was recorded on [[22 November (production)|22 November]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] at [[Ladbroke Audio]].
* Even though the [[Eighth Doctor]] is in the story, he travels incognito and is never directly referred to as "the Doctor" throughout the story. However, [[Nyssa]] recalls travelling with "[[Fifth Doctor|her Doctor]]" and in the story the Doctor identifies himself as being three [[regeneration]]s after travelling with Nyssa.
* Even though the [[Eighth Doctor]] is in the story, he travels incognito and is never directly referred to as "the Doctor" throughout the story. However, [[Nyssa]] recalls travelling with "[[Fifth Doctor|her Doctor]]" and in the story the Doctor identifies himself as being three [[regeneration]]s after travelling with Nyssa.
* Performed in the style of ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'', this story is told from Nyssa's perspective.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor wakes and sits upright, a stripe of light across his eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Doctor wakes and sits upright, a stripe of light across his eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Sisters bear the green medical crescent. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Whispering Forest (audio story)|The Whispering Forest]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* The Sisters bear the green medical crescent. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Whispering Forest (audio story)|The Whispering Forest]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* [[Praxis]] gas turns plants purple. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* [[Praxis]] gas turns plants purple. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* The Doctor explains that knowing something as a fact makes it a [[fixed point in time]] and space. Until then, it is still indeterminate and may never happen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')
* The Doctor explains that knowing something as a fact makes it a [[fixed point in time]] and space. Until then, it is still indeterminate and may never happen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')
* The Doctor kisses Nyssa on the cheek when they part. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')
* The Doctor kisses Nyssa on the cheek when they part. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')
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A Heart on Both Sides was the eighth story of the seventh season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

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

After her medical work on Terminus, Nyssa is now the controller of a hospital ship, the Traken. As the universe burns in the crossfire of the Time War, she and her assistant travel to a planet close to Gallifrey where they are needed more than ever. A long time ago, Nyssa knew a Time Lord and understood his people. But it seems they can change...

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