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|writer         = [[Nev Fountain]]
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|director       = [[Scott Handcock]]
|director               = [[Scott Handcock]]
|music           = [[Andy Hardwick]]
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|cover          = [[Will Brooks]]
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|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|publisher             = Big Finish Productions
|release date   = [[13 August (releases)|13 August]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
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'''''Conflict Theory''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]''. It was written by [[Nev Fountain]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri]].
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'''''Conflict Theory''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nev Fountain]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Concerned by the Doctor’s increasing over-protectiveness, Peri presents him with an ultimatum: either they seek counselling or she leaves the TARDIS permanently. Reluctant to lose one of his closest friends, the Doctor seeks out one of the finest psychoanalysts in the universe: Dr Sigmund Freud.
Concerned by [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s increasing over-protectiveness, [[Peri Brown|Peri]] presents him with an ultimatum: either they seek counselling or she leaves [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] permanently. Reluctant to lose one of his closest friends, the Doctor seeks out one of the finest psychoanalysts in the universe: [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|Dr Sigmund Freud]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] takes [[Peri Brown|Peri]] to a mental health facility run by [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|robot Sigmund Freuds]], so that they can both receive [[therapy]]. Receiving therapy from separate Freuds, the Doctor believes that their relationship has been healthy until recently and that Peri enjoys [[fishing]] and playing [[chess]] with him, whilst Peri believes that their relationship is difficult and states that she does not enjoy either activity very much.
 
''[[The Complex]] attack a library whilst Peri hides with the [[librarian]], [[Milo (Conflict Theory)|Dodo]]. The Doctor attempts to surrender by waving a [[handkerchief]] in the open and sends Peri to man a [[laser cannon]] to blast a tower to fall on top of the [[spacecraft]] when it approaches. The plan is successful.''
 
Freud notes the danger of the Doctor and Peri's relationship and asks her if she sees putting herself in harm's way and obeying the Doctor as ways of sustaining their friendship, both of which she denies. However, Freud suggests that she is drawn to situations which can only be solved by [[violence]] and that, subconsciously, she invites her own destruction time and time again.
 
''The Doctor, Peri and Dodo examine the partially-robotic pilot, which repeats that "inferiority must be removed", but they are forced to flee to a subway tunnel and leave him behind when they come under fire. Peri's arm is bleeding because of damage caused by debris; the Doctor decides to staunch it with his handkerchief.''
 
Freud claims that the Doctor feels that he has to feed Peri's craving for danger and that Peri has told her Freud that she is concerned about his overprotectiveness, but the Doctor says that Peri is mentally unstable and is being manipulative so that she can get what she wants.
 
''The Doctor finds that his handkerchief is missing. He and Peri spot Dodo in the open, waving the handkerchief around, and he is quickly killed.''
 
Freud mentions the fact that Dodo shared his name with one of the Doctor's [[companion]]s, [[Dodo Chaplet]], although the Doctor believes that this is irrelevant. Peri says that, after Dodo's [[death]], "nothing happened" for months and they realised that they had a problem.
 
''In [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], Peri finds the Doctor looking at a [[Barvan scout ship]] in a [[jungle]] on the [[TARDIS scanner]] and says that they have to stop them from invading. The Doctor refuses to get involved, saying that it is too dangerous, and dematerialises the ship. Not having left the TARDIS for months, Peri demands to be taken to [[Baltimore]] in the mid-[[1990s]], refuses his alternative of living her life in a capsule and threatens him with [[Peri Brown's bow|a bow]], leading him to connect himself to the [[telepathic circuits]] to take them where would be best. Although he believes that the TARDIS is making a joke by taking them to the Freuds, Peri insists that they go.''
 
Peri asks if her relationship with the Doctor is worth saving and goes on a walk with her Freud. Freud tells the Doctor that meeting this other Dodo caused a breakdown; he travelled with [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Katarina]] because he felt that he was saving them like he did [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. Peri, like Dodo Chaplet, was not in any danger when she joined him and he says that he cannot understand why she has travelled with him for twelve years.
 
Freud suggests to Peri that the Doctor's neuroses would best be resolved through [[exposure therapy]]; she is accosted by a [[Rorschach]], a black cloud which can uncover subconscious thoughts and forcibly takes her to the Complex via a [[transmat]] cubicle. The Complex contact the Freuds' bridge and demands to know why they sent Peri to them. Freud explains that the Doctor has to witness Peri's death in order to get over his overprotectiveness. The Doctor agrees and says that he will allow Peri to take responsibility for her own welfare.
 
One of the Complex is ordered to throw Peri from the [[airlock]], but Peri upsets him by discussing his weight before offering to throw herself from the airlock whilst he composes himself. When she is chased, she begins a discussion between the two pursuers by claiming that one had said that the other was too needy. Meanwhile, the Doctor tells his Freud that he has more to get off of his chest.
 
''Upon getting into the crashed spacecraft, the Doctor examines the pilot's [[headphones]] and finds that he was listening to motivational [[slogan]]s. He and Peri realise that the Complex see themselves as inferior to the [[Alicandron]]s and, when the attack continues, the two of them and Milo flee and find out who supplied the tape: the [[Freudian Institute]]. Realising that the Complex are neurotic robots built by the Freuds, the Doctor decides to manipulate the Freuds by misrepresenting adventures from the past to get Peri sent to the Complex.''
 
Freud questions the Doctor calling the man "Milo" rather than "Dodo", saying that his entire diagnosis was based around that premise. Peri has convinced the Complex to direct their attentions towards the therapists who failed them; the Complex attack and the Doctor, after deactivating the Rorschachs, and freezes the Freuds with an [[Oedipal complex]]. He plans to take them off-line, return them to the [[Space Medicine Institute]] and flush out the Complex's neuroses.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|The Freuds]] - [[David Sibley]]
* [[The Complex]] - [[Raj Ghatak]]
* [[Milo (Conflict Theory)|Dodo]] - [[George Naylor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* One of [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|Dr Freud 415]]'s patient's demons escapes and goes on a rampage through [[Atrium D]].
* Two of [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|Dr Freud 94]]'s patients believe that they are [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]. They fight in [[Atrium F]].
* [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|Dr Freud 324]] and [[Sigmund Freud (robot)|Dr Freud 326]] are the Doctor and Peri's allotted [[therapist]]s.
* Peri mentions the [[Eagles]].
* The Freud [[spacecraft]] is a [[psycho-cellular dampening field]] built around an [[orthogonal matrix array]].
* The Doctor says that he and Peri both enjoy [[fishing]] and playing [[chess]]. Peri says that she does not.
* The Doctor has a "well-thumbed" copy of [[P. G. Wodehouse]] which he says could [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]] this arm of the galaxy.
* [[Thanatos]] is a Greek god of death. He represents the death instinct in [[psychoanalysis]].
* The Doctor uses the TARDIS's [[telepathic circuits]].
* An [[Ice Warrior]] and a [[Venusian]] [[hexapod]] were in a relationship. The Venusian did not like that the Ice Warrior [[snoring|snored]] and the Ice Warrior resented the Venusian using [[Venusian aikido|aikido]] on him.
* The Doctor believes that the phrase "dead as a [[dodo]]" was popularised by ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* The Freuds have the Doctor's [[biography crystal]].
* The Doctor mentions his granddaughter [[Susan]], and former companions [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Katarina]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]], and [[Sarah Jane Smith]].
* Peri mentions the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Terrible Zodin]].
* The Doctor and Peri have travelled together for twelve [[year]]s.
* The Doctor complained to the [[Galactic Humanoid Rights Council]] about the creation of the Complex.
* The Institute published ''[[Studies in the Psychological Aspects of Conflict Theory: A Paper by the Freudian Institute]]''.
* The Complex attacked the [[Gardens of Holicron-B]], the [[Hanging City of Vionesis-Beta]] and the [[Library of Alicandros]].
* The Doctor was once infected by a [[Hypnotoad]].
* Peri was once controlled by a [[warlock]] from another [[dimension]] and the Doctor had to lock her in a [[cryotube]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Peri warns the Doctor that his erratic behaviour is reminiscent of his post-regeneration confusion, and refers to when he tried to strangle her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma}})
* Peri mentions her years as a a warrior queen on [[Krontep]], remembering how to build and use weapons, although she says it feels like a dream. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe}})
* The Doctor uses the [[TARDIS]]'s telepathic circuits to travel, allowing the TARDIS to read his mind and decide the correct destination to go. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Listen (TV story)|Listen}})
* Freud reminds the Doctor of the five years Peri spent at the mercy of the mind parasite [[Mandrake (The Widow's Assassin)|Mandrake]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Widow's Assassin (audio story)|The Widow's Assassin}}) and of his initial escape from [[Gallifrey]] with his granddaughter [[Susan]], placing her in danger. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}, {{cs|Home Again, Home Again (audio story)|Home Again, Home Again}})


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Conflict Theory was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nev Fountain and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

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

Concerned by the Doctor's increasing over-protectiveness, Peri presents him with an ultimatum: either they seek counselling or she leaves the TARDIS permanently. Reluctant to lose one of his closest friends, the Doctor seeks out one of the finest psychoanalysts in the universe: Dr Sigmund Freud.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor takes Peri to a mental health facility run by robot Sigmund Freuds, so that they can both receive therapy. Receiving therapy from separate Freuds, the Doctor believes that their relationship has been healthy until recently and that Peri enjoys fishing and playing chess with him, whilst Peri believes that their relationship is difficult and states that she does not enjoy either activity very much.

The Complex attack a library whilst Peri hides with the librarian, Dodo. The Doctor attempts to surrender by waving a handkerchief in the open and sends Peri to man a laser cannon to blast a tower to fall on top of the spacecraft when it approaches. The plan is successful.

Freud notes the danger of the Doctor and Peri's relationship and asks her if she sees putting herself in harm's way and obeying the Doctor as ways of sustaining their friendship, both of which she denies. However, Freud suggests that she is drawn to situations which can only be solved by violence and that, subconsciously, she invites her own destruction time and time again.

The Doctor, Peri and Dodo examine the partially-robotic pilot, which repeats that "inferiority must be removed", but they are forced to flee to a subway tunnel and leave him behind when they come under fire. Peri's arm is bleeding because of damage caused by debris; the Doctor decides to staunch it with his handkerchief.

Freud claims that the Doctor feels that he has to feed Peri's craving for danger and that Peri has told her Freud that she is concerned about his overprotectiveness, but the Doctor says that Peri is mentally unstable and is being manipulative so that she can get what she wants.

The Doctor finds that his handkerchief is missing. He and Peri spot Dodo in the open, waving the handkerchief around, and he is quickly killed.

Freud mentions the fact that Dodo shared his name with one of the Doctor's companions, Dodo Chaplet, although the Doctor believes that this is irrelevant. Peri says that, after Dodo's death, "nothing happened" for months and they realised that they had a problem.

In the TARDIS, Peri finds the Doctor looking at a Barvan scout ship in a jungle on the TARDIS scanner and says that they have to stop them from invading. The Doctor refuses to get involved, saying that it is too dangerous, and dematerialises the ship. Not having left the TARDIS for months, Peri demands to be taken to Baltimore in the mid-1990s, refuses his alternative of living her life in a capsule and threatens him with a bow, leading him to connect himself to the telepathic circuits to take them where would be best. Although he believes that the TARDIS is making a joke by taking them to the Freuds, Peri insists that they go.

Peri asks if her relationship with the Doctor is worth saving and goes on a walk with her Freud. Freud tells the Doctor that meeting this other Dodo caused a breakdown; he travelled with Vicki, Steven and Katarina because he felt that he was saving them like he did Susan. Peri, like Dodo Chaplet, was not in any danger when she joined him and he says that he cannot understand why she has travelled with him for twelve years.

Freud suggests to Peri that the Doctor's neuroses would best be resolved through exposure therapy; she is accosted by a Rorschach, a black cloud which can uncover subconscious thoughts and forcibly takes her to the Complex via a transmat cubicle. The Complex contact the Freuds' bridge and demands to know why they sent Peri to them. Freud explains that the Doctor has to witness Peri's death in order to get over his overprotectiveness. The Doctor agrees and says that he will allow Peri to take responsibility for her own welfare.

One of the Complex is ordered to throw Peri from the airlock, but Peri upsets him by discussing his weight before offering to throw herself from the airlock whilst he composes himself. When she is chased, she begins a discussion between the two pursuers by claiming that one had said that the other was too needy. Meanwhile, the Doctor tells his Freud that he has more to get off of his chest.

Upon getting into the crashed spacecraft, the Doctor examines the pilot's headphones and finds that he was listening to motivational slogans. He and Peri realise that the Complex see themselves as inferior to the Alicandrons and, when the attack continues, the two of them and Milo flee and find out who supplied the tape: the Freudian Institute. Realising that the Complex are neurotic robots built by the Freuds, the Doctor decides to manipulate the Freuds by misrepresenting adventures from the past to get Peri sent to the Complex.

Freud questions the Doctor calling the man "Milo" rather than "Dodo", saying that his entire diagnosis was based around that premise. Peri has convinced the Complex to direct their attentions towards the therapists who failed them; the Complex attack and the Doctor, after deactivating the Rorschachs, and freezes the Freuds with an Oedipal complex. He plans to take them off-line, return them to the Space Medicine Institute and flush out the Complex's neuroses.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Peri warns the Doctor that his erratic behaviour is reminiscent of his post-regeneration confusion, and refers to when he tried to strangle her. (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)","The Twin Dilemma"])
  • Peri mentions her years as a a warrior queen on Krontep, remembering how to build and use weapons, although she says it feels like a dream. (TV: The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)","The Ultimate Foe"])
  • The Doctor uses the TARDIS's telepathic circuits to travel, allowing the TARDIS to read his mind and decide the correct destination to go. (TV: Listen [+]Loading...["Listen (TV story)","Listen"])
  • Freud reminds the Doctor of the five years Peri spent at the mercy of the mind parasite Mandrake, (AUDIO: The Widow's Assassin [+]Loading...["The Widow's Assassin (audio story)","The Widow's Assassin"]) and of his initial escape from Gallifrey with his granddaughter Susan, placing her in danger. (AUDIO: The Beginning [+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"], Home Again, Home Again [+]Loading...["Home Again, Home Again (audio story)","Home Again, Home Again"])

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

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