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|image          = 406-resurrectionofmars cover large.jpg
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|series in range = Series 4 (8DA)
|series number in range = 4
|number in series = 6
|series          = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|number          = 4.6
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|companions      = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]]
|enemy          = [[Ice Warrior]]s, {{Garden}}
|setting        = [[Deimos]], the [[23rd century]]
|writer          = Jonathan Morris
|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound          = Howard Carter
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|epcount        = 2
|release date    = 15 November 2010
|format          = 2 CDs<br/>Download<br/>Parts 3 & 4 of 4
|production code = BFPDWCDMG030
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-480-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-794-5 (digital)
|prev            = Deimos (audio story)
|next            = Relative Dimensions (audio story)
}}
'''''The Resurrection of Mars''''' was the sixth story in the [[Series 4 (8DA)|fourth series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Niky Wardley]] as [[Tamsin Drew]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


|image = [[File:ResurrectionofMarscover.png|250px]]
This story was a continuation from ''[[Deimos (audio story)|Deimos]]''.
|cd name = The Resurrection of Mars
 
|series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas#The_New_Eighth_Doctor_Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
== Publisher's summary ==
|number = 4.6
[[Deimos]], moon of [[Mars]] — where Lord [[Slaadek]]'s plans to revive the ancient [[Ice Warrior]] civilisation hang by a thread. Only [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] can stop him... but an {{Garden|n=old enemy}}, hiding in the catacombs, has an alternative plan, one that will test the Doctor's heroism to its limits. Just how far will the Doctor go to prevent the destruction and resurrection of Mars — on a day when his friends become enemies, and his enemies have right on their side?
|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]]
 
|companions = [[Tamsin Drew]], [[Lucie Miller]]
== Plot ==
|enemy = [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[The Monk]]
The Monk throws [[Lucie Miller]] out of his [[The Monk's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. Although she expected him to leave her in [[Blackpool]], he instead abandons her in the [[Deimos Moonbase|Deimos moonbase]].
|year = [[Deimos]]
 
|writer = [[Jonathan Morris]]
The Doctor and Professor [[Boston Schooner]] have sabotaged the [[atmospheric re-ioniser]] prior to the [[passenger rocket]]'s departure from Mars. However, the Doctor is uncertain that his plan is going to work, telling [[Temperance Finch]] that he has his fingers crossed.
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
 
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
The Monk travels to the passenger rocket in order to recruit [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]] as his new companion. He tells her that he was impressed with her during their encounter in the Abbey of Kells in [[Ireland]] in [[1006]] and that he was "injudicious in [his] choice of companion." He takes Tamsin to [[Halcyon (planet)|Halcyon]], a [[planet]] located 90 light-years from [[Earth]], in the [[33rd century]]. While there, he uses an "[[S.E.P filter]]" to disguise himself and Tamsin to the [[Halcyon (species)|Halcyon]].
|release date = [[November]] [[2010]]
 
|format = 1 CD - 2 parts
The Monk claims that Halcyon has a population of 20 billion, yet their entire population has all that they could want. On their return to his TARDIS, the Monk takes them one year forward in time, at which time the Ice Warriors have destroyed all life on the planet in their attempt to create a second Mars. The Monk blames this on the Doctor's interference with the Ice Warriors' plans on the Deimos moonbase a thousand years earlier. The Doctor later describes it as one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the universe but is powerless to prevent it as doing so would have major ramifications on the [[Web of Time]].
|production code = BFPDWCDMG030
 
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-480-1
The Doctor repairs the re-ioniser, which allows the Ice Warriors to destroy the passenger rocket and kill all 600 people aboard.
|previous story = [[Deimos (audio story)|Deimos]]
 
|next story = [[Relative Dimensions]]
During the Monk and Lucie's travels together, they subsequently visited a planet called [[Questus]] which was ruled by a dictator, who according to Lucie was "like [[Genghis Khan]] but with two beards". In order to prevent him from being born, the Monk arranged for his parents (as well as dozens of other innocent people) to be killed in an [[avalanche]]. After Lucie objected to this since she viewed it as being murder, the Monk materialised his TARDIS on Deimos and threw her out. He knew that Lucie's presence would prevent the Doctor from destroying the moonbase.
}}{{audio stub}}
 
== Synopsis ==
The Monk tells the Doctor that he altered the settings on the Ice Warriors' suspended animation chambers to ensure that they awoke in the [[23rd century]], several centuries earlier than in the original timeline.
Deimos, moon of Mars – where Lord [[Slaadek|Slaadek's]] plans to revive the ancient Ice Warrior civilisation hang by a thread. Only the Doctor can stop him… but an old enemy, hiding in the catacombs, has an alternative plan. A plan that will test the Doctor's heroism to its limits. Just how far will the Doctor go to prevent the destruction and resurrection of Mars – on a day when his friends become enemies, and his enemies have right on their side?
 
The Doctor detonates the explosive device placed in the moonbase by Grenville, leading to the facility's destruction. This results in the moon being converted into a miniature sun, which provides the necessary heat to power the atmospheric re-ioniser. He then uses the re-ioniser to [[terraform]] Mars so that its atmosphere is composed of 80% [[nitrogen]] and 20% [[oxygen]]. Consequently, the planet is made habitable for humans as was the intention of the scientists and engineers who designed the re-ioniser prior to the [[Great Recession]]. The Doctor claims that doing so was consistent with recorded history and therefore did not damage the Web of Time.
 
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Tamsin Drew]] - [[Niky Wardley]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* {{Garden|c}} - [[Graeme Garden]]
* [[Margaret (Deimos)|Margaret]] - [[Susan Brown]]
* [[Temperance Finch]] - [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]]
* [[Harold (Deimos)|Harold]] - [[Nick Wilton]]
* The [[Ice Warrior]]s - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Captain (Deimos)|Pilot]] - [[Jack Brown]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producers - Barnaby Edwards and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Writer - [[Jonathan Morris]]
* Ice Warriors created by [[Brian Hayles]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor asks Lucie if she wants to visit the glass deserts of [[Marinus]].
* Lucie encountered the [[Roman Empire|Roman Emperor]] [[Caligula]] during her travels with the Monk.
* Lucie encountered the [[Sensorite]]s during her travels with the Monk.
* The Doctor tells Lucie that he loves [[dinosaur]]s.
 
=== The Monk ===
* During his travels, the Monk has collected a sculpture of [[Michelangelo]], several [[Fabergé egg]]s, two paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]], a [[Blu-ray]] copy of ''[[Something's Got to Give]]'' and footage of [[the Beatles]]' appearance on ''[[Juke Box Jury]]''.
 
=== The Monk's TARDIS ===
* After [[Materialise|materialising]] on Halcyon, the Monk's TARDIS, which has an operational [[chameleon circuit]], disguises itself as a ''[[Punch and Judy]]'' stall. It also features a [[perception filter]].
* The Monk reflects that the [[Mark IV]] has a smooth materialisation action compared to the Doctor's TARDIS.
* The Monk's TARDIS has a [[Time-Space Visualiser]], which he uses to show Tamsin the Doctor repairing the Re-Ionsiser.


==Cast==
=== Media ===
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* Lucie mentions that, during her travels with the Monk, she attended the final of ''[[Thordon's Got Talent]]'' which was won by a singing [[Slithergee]].
*[[Tamsin Drew]] - [[Niky Wardley]]
*[[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
*[[The Monk]] - [[Graeme Garden]]
*Professor Boston Schooner - [[David Warner]]
*Gregson Grenville - [[Nicky Henson ]]
*Margaret - [[Susan Brown]]
*Temperance Finch - [[Tracy Ann Oberman]]
*Harold - [[Nick Wilton]]
*[[Ice Warrior]]s - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
*Pilot - [[Jack Brown]]


==References==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
[[File:Cd-bfresurectionmars.jpg|thumb|Dummy cover to the story, removing the characters of Lucie and the Monk.]]
* To keep [[Lucie Miller]]'s appearance in this audio drama secret, Big Finish released a fake cover on their website.
* This audio was recorded on [[19 August (production)|19]] and [[20 August (production)|20 August]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* The story was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]].
* This story was originally released on CD and download on [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101120031353/http://bigfinish.com/whatsnew.aspx LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 20-02-2010]</ref>


==Notes ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor mentions that he has not seen Lucie since [[25 December]] [[2009]]. However, he believes that it may have been [[2006]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'')
* Tamsin asks the Monk if he is "fed up of skulking around monasteries, trying to pilfer illuminated manuscripts". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')
* The Monk tells Tamsin that he was the time traveller who organised the companion auditions in [[London]] in [[2010]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Situation Vacant (audio story)|Situation Vacant]]'')
* [[The Monk's TARDIS]] is damaged after the Doctor stole its directional unit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')
* This is not the first time that the Monk has used the Ice Warriors in his plans. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)|4-Dimensional Vistas]]'')
* The Doctor discovers that Lucie was the Monk's accomplice "Brother Lucianus" at the Abbey of Kells while Lucie learns that the Doctor was the apothecary who was assisting "Sister Maria". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')
* During their travels together, Lucie and the Monk met the Sensorites. During his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], the Doctor, his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] encountered them in their native [[Sense Sphere]] in the [[28th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'')
* The Monk and Lucie travelled to [[Questus]] to kill a dictator's parents before he was even born. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once presented a hypothesis of murdering a child who would become evil while he was hesitating to destroy the [[Daleks]] at the moment of [[Creation of the Daleks|their creation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor tells Lucie that he used to be "the [[Seventh Doctor|man]] with a master plan" who arranged the destruction of his enemies and the toppling of dictatorships in order to serve the greater good to the point where he began to countenance sacrificing the lives of the few to save the many. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et al.) He eventually began travelling on his own as he was no longer willing to risk the lives of his companions after an incident which he does not want to discuss. Following his [[regeneration]] into his eighth incarnation in [[San Francisco]] on [[30 December]] [[1999]], the Doctor abandoned these tendencies and vowed that he would never travel alone again as he did not want to forget how precious life is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Monk tells Tamsin that he intends to forge an alliance with "[[Dalek|old friends]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') who also have a few scores to settle with the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]''/''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'')
* Lucie refers to the death of her aunt [[Patricia Ryder]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]'') Given that his presence ruined her last [[Christmas]], the Doctor decides to make it up to her by giving her the perfect Christmas. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'')
* The Doctor tells Tamsin that he was present for the burning of the [[Library of Alexandria]] in the [[5th century]] but was unable to prevent it from happening due to the [[Web of Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library of Alexandria (audio story)|The Library of Alexandria]]'')


==Continuity==
== Footnotes ==
''to be added''
{{Reflist}}


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== External links ==
*The Resurrection of Mars occurs after [[BFA]]: [[Deimos (audio story)|''Deimos'']]
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*The Resurrection of Mars occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions|Relative Dimensions ]]''
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* {{tetrap|8/resurrectionofmars.html|The Resurrection of Mars}}
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The Resurrection of Mars was the sixth story in the fourth series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Niky Wardley as Tamsin Drew and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

This story was a continuation from Deimos.

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

Deimos, moon of Mars — where Lord Slaadek's plans to revive the ancient Ice Warrior civilisation hang by a thread. Only the Doctor can stop him... but an old enemy, hiding in the catacombs, has an alternative plan, one that will test the Doctor's heroism to its limits. Just how far will the Doctor go to prevent the destruction and resurrection of Mars — on a day when his friends become enemies, and his enemies have right on their side?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Monk throws Lucie Miller out of his TARDIS. Although she expected him to leave her in Blackpool, he instead abandons her in the Deimos moonbase.

The Doctor and Professor Boston Schooner have sabotaged the atmospheric re-ioniser prior to the passenger rocket's departure from Mars. However, the Doctor is uncertain that his plan is going to work, telling Temperance Finch that he has his fingers crossed.

The Monk travels to the passenger rocket in order to recruit Tamsin as his new companion. He tells her that he was impressed with her during their encounter in the Abbey of Kells in Ireland in 1006 and that he was "injudicious in [his] choice of companion." He takes Tamsin to Halcyon, a planet located 90 light-years from Earth, in the 33rd century. While there, he uses an "S.E.P filter" to disguise himself and Tamsin to the Halcyon.

The Monk claims that Halcyon has a population of 20 billion, yet their entire population has all that they could want. On their return to his TARDIS, the Monk takes them one year forward in time, at which time the Ice Warriors have destroyed all life on the planet in their attempt to create a second Mars. The Monk blames this on the Doctor's interference with the Ice Warriors' plans on the Deimos moonbase a thousand years earlier. The Doctor later describes it as one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the universe but is powerless to prevent it as doing so would have major ramifications on the Web of Time.

The Doctor repairs the re-ioniser, which allows the Ice Warriors to destroy the passenger rocket and kill all 600 people aboard.

During the Monk and Lucie's travels together, they subsequently visited a planet called Questus which was ruled by a dictator, who according to Lucie was "like Genghis Khan but with two beards". In order to prevent him from being born, the Monk arranged for his parents (as well as dozens of other innocent people) to be killed in an avalanche. After Lucie objected to this since she viewed it as being murder, the Monk materialised his TARDIS on Deimos and threw her out. He knew that Lucie's presence would prevent the Doctor from destroying the moonbase.

The Monk tells the Doctor that he altered the settings on the Ice Warriors' suspended animation chambers to ensure that they awoke in the 23rd century, several centuries earlier than in the original timeline.

The Doctor detonates the explosive device placed in the moonbase by Grenville, leading to the facility's destruction. This results in the moon being converted into a miniature sun, which provides the necessary heat to power the atmospheric re-ioniser. He then uses the re-ioniser to terraform Mars so that its atmosphere is composed of 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen. Consequently, the planet is made habitable for humans as was the intention of the scientists and engineers who designed the re-ioniser prior to the Great Recession. The Doctor claims that doing so was consistent with recorded history and therefore did not damage the Web of Time.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor asks Lucie if she wants to visit the glass deserts of Marinus.
  • Lucie encountered the Roman Emperor Caligula during her travels with the Monk.
  • Lucie encountered the Sensorites during her travels with the Monk.
  • The Doctor tells Lucie that he loves dinosaurs.

The Monk[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Monk's TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Media[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dummy cover to the story, removing the characters of Lucie and the Monk.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES - Archived on 20-02-2010

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

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