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|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
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|featuring      = Fourth Doctor
|featuring      = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[River Song|River]]
|enemy          = [[The Union (The Union)|The Union]]
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|setting        = [[Diamond Array]]
|setting        =  
|writer          = Matt Fitton
|writer          = Matt Fitton
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound          = [[Howard Carter]]
|sound          = Howard Carter
|cover          = [[Lee Johnson]]
|cover          = [[Lee Johnson]]
|epcount        = 1
|epcount        = 1
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions  
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions  
|release date    = October 2023
|release date    = 25 October 2023
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>7th of 8 stories
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>7th of 8 stories
|production code = BFPDW60OAFCD07
|production code = BFPDW60OAFCD07
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-80240-088-5 (physical)<br>ISBN 978-1-80240-089-2 (digital)
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-80240-088-5 (physical)<br>ISBN 978-1-80240-089-2 (digital)
|trailer        = Doctor Who – Once and Future- The Union
|series          = ''[[Once and Future]]''
|series          = ''[[Once and Future]]''
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|prev            = Time Lord Immemorial (audio story)
|next            = Coda - The Final Act (audio story)
|next            = Coda - The Final Act (audio story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' will be the seventh story in the ''[[Once and Future]]'' audio series, produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] in celebration of the [[List of anniversaries|60th Anniversary]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story in the ''[[Once and Future]]'' audio series, produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] in celebration of the [[List of anniversaries|60th Anniversary]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eigth Doctor]], [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Carole Ann Ford]] as [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]].
It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Carole Ann Ford]] as [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]].
 
It is set to be released in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. [[The Doctor]] has been injured and brought to a [[Time Lord]] [[Time Lord field hospital|field hospital]]. His body glows with [[Regeneration energy|energy]], but this is no [[regeneration]] into a future form – instead, the Doctor’s past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between [[incarnation]]s…
The [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a [[Time Lord]] [[Time Lord field hospital|field hospital]]. His body glows with [[Regeneration energy|energy]], but this is no [[regeneration]] into a future form – instead, the Doctor's past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between [[incarnation]]s...


Staggering to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘[[degeneration]]’. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the [[Earth]] to the [[star]]s, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...
Staggering to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his '[[degeneration]]'. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the [[Earth]] to the [[star]]s, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...


The Doctor responds to a distress call from his granddaughter, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], taking him to the [[Diamond Array]]: a huge [[multidimensional]] [[space station]]. Once there, his instability increases, as the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s discover the Array’s terrible purpose.
The Doctor responds to a distress call from his granddaughter, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], taking him to the [[Diamond Array]]: a huge [[multidimensional]] [[space station]]. Once there, his instability increases, as the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s discover the Array’s terrible purpose.


Meanwhile, [[River Song]] has made a deadly alliance to try to save her [[husband]]. And the truth about the Doctor’s [[degeneration]] will finally be revealed.
Meanwhile, [[River Song]] has made a deadly alliance to try to save her [[husband]]. And the truth about the Doctor's [[degeneration]] will finally be revealed.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[The Union (The Union)|The Union]] - [[Maureen O'Brien]]
* [[The Two|Operator Zero / The Two]] - [[Michael Maloney]]
* [[The Monk (The Black Hole)|The Monk]] - [[Rufus Hound]]
* The [[War Doctor]] - [[Jonathon Carley]]
* The [[First Doctor]] - [[Stephen Noonan]]
* The [[Second Doctor]] - [[Michael Troughton]]
* The [[Third Doctor]] - [[Tim Treloar]]
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] / The [[Twelfth Doctor]] - [[Jacob Dudman]]
 
== Crew ==
* Senior Producer - [[John Ainsworth]]
* Cover Art - [[Lee Johnson]]
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Robert Valentine]]
* Writer - [[Matt Fitton]]


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
 
* River Song and Susan Foreman are both immune to degeneration energies; River attributes her case as to her not being a Time Lord, but doesn't elaborate on why Susan might be.
** Her immunity doesn't extend to side effects of others' degenerations, as she is able to glimpse future memories with the Twelfth Doctor upon his degeneration.
*The [[Raxas Alliance]] is made up of a twin system with two suns.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was recorded on [[16 November (production)|16 November]] [[2021 (production)|2021]] at [[the Soundhouse]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Union mentions the [[Chumblies]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'')
* Susan recognises River from when she taught her at [[Coal Hill School]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Unearthly Woman (audio story)|An Unearthly Woman]]'')
* River sees a future memory of [[Darillium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
* River leaves for a date with [[Jim the Fish]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* The Fourth Doctor remembers recently meeting the Two, and how he was wearing the [[Sixth Doctor's coat]] at the time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Two's Company (audio story)|Two's Company]]'')
* The Eighth Doctor recalls painful memories from his previous meeting with Susan. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* The Tenth Doctor doesn't know what happened to Susan after the Time War. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* The Eighth Doctor accepts that he has to regenerate into the War Doctor, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') and the War Doctor says that he still has the Doctor inside him, despite rejecting it for the war effort, just as [[the Moment]] will tell him during [[last day of the Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Eighth Doctor feels that he has more regenerations beyond the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')
* The Eighth Doctor notices that the Union has traces of [[the Nine]]'s kleptomania. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Time (audio story)|Relative Time]]'')
* The Monk manipulates the War Doctor to help out in one of his previous schemes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Past Lives (audio story)|Past Lives]]'')
* The Union is capturing renegades to use her degeneration gun on, such as [[the Master]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 (audio story)|The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50]]'') and [[the Corsair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* The Union trusts River because she reportedly murdered the Doctor, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', [[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]) though the Doctor tells her that River lies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* River sent the message from Susan that the Ninth Doctor received after restoring the [[Sands of Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Lord Immemorial (audio story)|Time Lord Immemorial]]'')
* The First Doctor tells Susan that he is proud of her, and that she has proved that he was not mistaken in his beliefs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* The Monk was so scared of the Time War that he removed it from the memory of his other selves - this is why [[The Nun|the Nun]], the successor of the "Hound" Monk, doesn't know what the Time War is. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]'', ''[[The Wrong Woman (audio story)|The Wrong Woman]]'')
 
== Cover gallery ==
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Once and Future The Union.jpg|Standard Edition cover
The Union Alt.jpg|Standard Edition alternate cover
Once and Future The Union textless.jpg|Standard Edition textless cover
The Union Limited.jpg|Limited Edition cover
The Union Limited textless.jpg|Limited Edition textless cover
</gallery>


== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 01:04, 22 October 2024

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The Union was the seventh story in the Once and Future audio series, produced by Big Finish Productions in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan and Alex Kingston as River Song.

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

The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form – instead, the Doctor's past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations...

Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his 'degeneration'. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...

The Doctor responds to a distress call from his granddaughter, Susan, taking him to the Diamond Array: a huge multidimensional space station. Once there, his instability increases, as the Fourth and Eighth Doctors discover the Array’s terrible purpose.

Meanwhile, River Song has made a deadly alliance to try to save her husband. And the truth about the Doctor's degeneration will finally be revealed.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • River Song and Susan Foreman are both immune to degeneration energies; River attributes her case as to her not being a Time Lord, but doesn't elaborate on why Susan might be.
    • Her immunity doesn't extend to side effects of others' degenerations, as she is able to glimpse future memories with the Twelfth Doctor upon his degeneration.
  • The Raxas Alliance is made up of a twin system with two suns.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Standard Edition cover

    Standard Edition cover

  • Standard Edition alternate cover

    Standard Edition alternate cover

  • Standard Edition textless cover

    Standard Edition textless cover

  • Limited Edition cover

    Limited Edition cover

  • Limited Edition textless cover

    Limited Edition textless cover

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

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