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doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
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|series number in range = 3
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|number in series = 7
writer= [[Eddie Robson]]|
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director= [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
|number         = 3.7
year= London, 2015 |
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
producer= [[Martin Johnson]] |
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
publisher= [[Big Finish]]|
|enemy           = [[Headhunter]], [[Karen Coltraine]], [[Eight Legs]]
release date= [[September]] [[2009]]|
|setting        = [[London]] and [[Buckinghamshire]], [[21 October|21]]-[[22 October]] and [[14 November|14]]-[[15 November]] [[2015]]  
format= 1 CD |
|writer          = Eddie Robson
production code=BFPDWCDMG023 |
|director       = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-399-6 |
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
previous story=[[The Cannibalists]]|
|music          = [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]]
next story= [[Worldwide Web]]
|sound          = Martin Johnson
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|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|epcount        = 2
|release date   = 30 May - 6 June 2009
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Parts 1 and 2 of 4
|production code = BFPDWCDMG023  
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-399-6  
|prev            = The Cannibalists (audio story)
|next            = Worldwide Web (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Eddie Robson]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


==Publisher's Summary==
This is the first story to feature the [[Eight Legs]] since the 1999 short story ''[[Return of the Spiders (short story)|Return of the Spiders]]''. They were first introduced in [[Jon Pertwee]]'s final ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story, ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', broadcast in 1974.
London, 2015. The Doctor’s looking for a lost space probe. Lucie Miller’s feeling just plain lost, on a world she no longer quite belongs to.


Perhaps there’s someone who can help. A chance encounter with an old sparring partner leads Lucie to the Eightfold Truth – a bunch of crystal-bearing cranks who reckon a rebel sun is on its way to purge the Earth. As if!
The story continues in ''[[Worldwide Web (audio story)|Worldwide Web]]''.


But what if they’re right?
== Publisher's summary ==
[[London]], [[2015]]. [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s looking for a lost space probe. [[Lucie Miller]]'s feeling just plain lost, on a world she no longer quite belongs to.


The apocalypse is upon us. As humankind counts down the last days of its existence, the Doctor races to unmask the Eightfold Truth – and uncovers an old and deadly enemy.
Perhaps there's someone who can help. A chance encounter with an old sparring partner leads Lucie to the [[Eightfold Truth]] — a bunch of [[Metebelis crystal|crystal]]-bearing cranks who reckon [[Stellar manipulator|a rebel sun]] is on its way to purge the [[Earth]]. As if!


==Cast==
But what if they're right?
 
The apocalypse is upon us. As [[human]]kind counts down the last days of its existence, the Doctor races to unmask the Eightfold Truth — and uncovers [[Eight Legs|an old and deadly enemy]].
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* Clark Goodman - [[Stephen Moore]]
* [[Clark Goodman]] - [[Stephen Moore]]
* Kelly Westwood - [[Sophie Winkleman]]
* [[Kelly Westwood]] - [[Sophie Winkleman]]
* Dr. Avishka Sangakkara - [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]]
* Dr [[Avishka Sangakkara]] - [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]]
* The Headhunter - [[Katarina Olsson]]
* The [[Headhunter]] - [[Katarina Olsson]]
* Karen - [[Kerry Godliman]]
* [[Karen Coltraine]] - [[Kerry Godliman]]
* Rob - [[Richard Earl]]
* [[Rob (The Eight Truths)|Rob]] - [[Richard Earl]]
* David - [[Anthony Spargo]]
* [[David (The Eight Truths)|David]] - [[Anthony Spargo]]
* Queen - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Queen (The Eight Truths)|Queen]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* Newsreader - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Newsreader (The Eight Truths)|Newsreader]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* In [[2015]], relations between the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Cuba]] remain tense.
* The [[Eightfold Truth]] was founded by [[Clark Goodman]] in [[1987]]. It has 244 million members worldwide. Its membership has increased fivefold since [[2010]]. Its headquarters, known as the [[Centre of Balance]], is the former [[BBC Television Centre]], which they purchased three years earlier, in [[2012]].
* The [[United Kingdom]]'s space programme is fully operational but retains an reputation for amateurism.
* The Doctor uses his [[UNIT]] credentials to gain access to the information about the space probe.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
[[File:The Eight Truths.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* Although the story description and the textless cover art give a date of [[2015]], the newspaper on the finished cover has the date [[9 November]] [[2012]].
* The story begins on [[21 October]] 2015. This is the same future date to which [[Marty McFly]] and {{iw|bttf|Emmett Brown|Doc Brown}} travelled in the [[1989]] film ''[[Back to the Future|Back to the Future Part II]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 September (production)|25 September]] and [[23 October (production)|23 October]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[30 May (releases)|30 May]] and [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].
* Goodman mentions buying the [[BBC Television Centre]] "three years ago". In the real world, the BBC vacated the building as their headquarters in 2012 and it has since been used for commercial and residential purposes (though television production resumed again in 2017).


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
* From the perspective of the villains, this story is a direct sequel to [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''.  The [[Eight Legs]]' surprise over the fact that the Doctor is still alive indicates the Doctor has not encountered the Eight Legs since his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]].
* Kelly Westwood mentions the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]], previously shown (in the DWU) in the novel {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}} and the television story {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}
* The Doctor uses his [[UNIT]] connections to gain access to the Terra Nova facility, headed by Dr. Avishka Sangakkara.
* The story features the [[Eight Legs]] and [[Metebelis crystal]]s. The Doctor also alludes to [[Third Doctor|his third incarnation]]'s death from radiation poisoning, which occured in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* He references a [[stellar manipulator]], similar to the [[Hand of Omega]] seen in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
* The Doctor refers to [[Orbis]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'')
* The Doctor indicates he's learned how to protect himself from  radiation poisoning by suspending his respiratory system — a lesson learned from the incident in ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'' which triggered the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[regeneration]].


==Timeline==
== External links ==
* The Eight Truths occurs after: [[The Cannibalists]]
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* The Eight Truths occurs before: [[Worldwide Web]]
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.bigfinish.com/37-Doctor-Who-The-Eight-Truths '''The Eight Truths''']
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor audio plays]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2015]]
[[Category:Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:Eight Legs stories]]
[[Category:2009 audio plays]]
[[Category:Stories set in Buckinghamshire]]

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The Eight Truths was the seventh story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Eddie Robson and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

This is the first story to feature the Eight Legs since the 1999 short story Return of the Spiders. They were first introduced in Jon Pertwee's final Doctor Who television story, Planet of the Spiders, broadcast in 1974.

The story continues in Worldwide Web.

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

London, 2015. The Doctor's looking for a lost space probe. Lucie Miller's feeling just plain lost, on a world she no longer quite belongs to.

Perhaps there's someone who can help. A chance encounter with an old sparring partner leads Lucie to the Eightfold Truth — a bunch of crystal-bearing cranks who reckon a rebel sun is on its way to purge the Earth. As if!

But what if they're right?

The apocalypse is upon us. As humankind counts down the last days of its existence, the Doctor races to unmask the Eightfold Truth — and uncovers an old and deadly enemy.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover art

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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