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|image            = Theatre of War cover.jpg
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|range            = Novel Adaptations
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|setting          = [[Menaxus]], [[Heletia]] and the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[26th century]]
|setting          = [[Menaxus]], [[Heletia]] and the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[26th century]]
|writer            = [[Justin Richards]]
|writer            = Justin Richards
|contributors      = Based on a book and adapted for audio by [[Justin Richards]]  
|director          = [[Scott Handcock]]
|director          = [[Scott Handcock]]
|music            = [[Peter Doggart]]
|music            = [[Peter Doggart]]
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|cover            = [[Will Brooks]]
|cover            = [[Will Brooks]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date      = [[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|release date      = 9 December 2015
|format            = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|format            = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-699-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-700-7 (digital)
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-699-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-700-7 (digital)
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* Writer - [[Justin Richards]]
* Writer - [[Justin Richards]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Plays performed on [[Menaxus]] include ''[[Hamlet]], [[The Myth of Artificial Intelligence]]'' and ''[[The Good Soldiers]]''.
* Plays performed on [[Menaxus]] include ''[[Hamlet]], [[The Myth of Artificial Intelligence]]'' and ''[[The Good Soldiers]]''.


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* In the interviews section, Richards says he wrote the adaptation freshly from his original outline, rather than adapting dialogue from the original novel itself.
* In the interviews section, Richards says he wrote the adaptation freshly from his original outline, rather than adapting dialogue from the original novel itself.
* In the interviews, Aldred says that this is "early Ace" and she therefore plays her as younger, but that Ace's character in the story has still "come a long way."
* In the interviews, Aldred says that this is "early Ace" and she therefore plays her as younger, but that Ace's character in the story has still "come a long way."
* This story was recorded on [[4 June (production)|4]] and [[7 June (production)|7 June]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[The Moat Studios|the Moat Studios]].
* This story was recorded on [[4 June (production)|4]] and [[7 June (production)|7 June]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[the Moat Studios]].


=== Deviations from the original novel ===
=== Deviations from the original novel ===
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Theatre of War was the seventh story in Big Finish Productions' Novel Adaptations range. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Justin Richards and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.

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

Years ago, an archaeological expedition came to Menaxus to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. All but one of the team died. Now the only survivor has returned, determined to uncover the theatre's secrets.

But then the deaths begin again.

The Doctor, Ace and Benny find themselves caught up in the very real events of Shakespeare's greatest play. When they finally reach the theatre on Menaxus, the Doctor begins to realise that the truth about the planet may be far stranger than anyone imagined. With Benny doing research at the Braxiatel Collection, the Doctor and Ace head straight into an interplanetary war...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first of two novel adaptations to have been adapted by its original author. The second was Cold Fusion.
  • In the interviews section, Richards says he wrote the adaptation freshly from his original outline, rather than adapting dialogue from the original novel itself.
  • In the interviews, Aldred says that this is "early Ace" and she therefore plays her as younger, but that Ace's character in the story has still "come a long way."
  • This story was recorded on 4 and 7 June 2015 at the Moat Studios.

Deviations from the original novel[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the novel, Benny travels to Menaxus on a break from her travels in the TARDIS, and is only later joined by Ace and the Doctor. In the audio, she comes there with the Doctor and Ace. This is how it was in Richards' original proposal, but was altered to tie-in with events from Legacy.
  • While the original novel was set in 3985, in the audio Benny and Gilmanuk are already acquainted, implying that it is set in Benny's home time period.
  • No reference is made to Braxiatel's familial relationship with the Doctor.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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