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* In the [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], [[2044]] is the 100th year of the Golden Age of the Galactic Reich | * In the [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], [[2044]] is the 100th year of the Golden Age of the Galactic Reich. | ||
* Oberst Klein and Major Richter are the director and assistant director respectively of Temporal Affairs of the Reich. | |||
* Klein has managed to bring about the defeat of the [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Dalek]]s in the alternative timeline. Dalek technology has been integrated into the Reich ships being built at the [[Moonbase]]. | * Klein has managed to bring about the defeat of the [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Dalek]]s in the alternative timeline. Dalek technology has been integrated into the Reich ships being built at the [[Moonbase]]. | ||
* Klein and | * Klein and Richter travelled back in time to the Moonbase in order to arrest a traitor, Karen Montoya, before she had a chance to betray the Reich. They were authorised to do so by a future version of General-Lieutenant Adolf Tendexter, the commander of the Moonbase. | ||
* In the alternative timeline, the Doctor and Klein first met in his cell on the Moonbase several months earlier. She tells him that, in another timeline, they travelled together in the TARDIS. | * In the alternative timeline, the Doctor and Klein first met in his cell on the Moonbase several months earlier. She tells him that, in another timeline, they travelled together in the TARDIS. | ||
* After gaining possession of the TARDIS, Klein attempted to restore her timeline (which she regards as the original one) but the TARDIS would not allow her to cross her own [[time track]]. | * After gaining possession of the TARDIS, Klein attempted to restore her timeline (which she regards as the original one) but the TARDIS would not allow her to cross her own [[time track]]. | ||
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* The Moonbase's operations centre is reinforced by 20 metre [[Dalekanium]] bulkheads. | * The Moonbase's operations centre is reinforced by 20 metre [[Dalekanium]] bulkheads. | ||
* In the alternative timeline, Rachel was working in a garage on [[Earth]] when she met the Doctor and became his companion. Together, they fought the Daleks on more than one occasion, the Sontarans, the Selachians and the [[Auton]]s. The last time that they fought the Daleks, they threatened the entire universe. He eventually returned her to her old life but ensured that she would be reassigned to the Moonbase within days. Once on the Moon, she found that the Doctor was a prisoner and that he had left her a list of instructions. According to Rachel, their plan was to meet at Hangar 14 after the Selachian incursion. | * In the alternative timeline, Rachel was working in a garage on [[Earth]] when she met the Doctor and became his companion. Together, they fought the Daleks on more than one occasion, the Sontarans, the Selachians and the [[Auton]]s. The last time that they fought the Daleks, they threatened the entire universe. He eventually returned her to her old life but ensured that she would be reassigned to the Moonbase within days. Once on the Moon, she found that the Doctor was a prisoner and that he had left her a list of instructions. According to Rachel, their plan was to meet at Hangar 14 after the Selachian incursion. | ||
* The alternative Doctor provided the [[Selachian Empire]] with the technology to reach to the Moonbase and explicit instructions on how to conquer it. He made a deal with the Selachian Supreme Leader that Klein would be turned over to him. | * The alternative Doctor provided the [[Selachian Empire]] with the technology to reach to the Moonbase and explicit instructions on how to conquer it, telling him that they should destroy the protective dome surrounding the base. He made a deal with the Selachian Supreme Leader that Klein would be turned over to him. | ||
* Klein tells the Doctor that she has performed hundreds of revisions to the timeline. | * Klein tells the Doctor that she has performed hundreds of revisions to the timeline. | ||
* Rachel tells Sam that the Selachians are all equipped with organically grown [[transmat]] modules which are reminiscent of [[worm]]s and have a distinctly unpleasant smell. The [[Zygon]]s have a similar technology. | * Rachel tells Sam that the Selachians are all equipped with organically grown [[transmat]] modules which are reminiscent of [[worm]]s and have a distinctly unpleasant smell. The [[Zygon]]s have a similar technology. | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 10 April 2012
Publisher's summary
The year is 2044. Earth is enjoying a Golden Age of peace, prosperity and technological advancement… but somebody is plotting to destroy all that. The Selachians, shark-like alien monsters, launch a crippling attack on Earth’s Moonbase, using deadly weapons from the future.
Help is at hand. A police telephone box appears in a Moonbase hangar. A time-travelling hero has returned in the hour of Earth’s greatest need. Now, Elizabeth Klein must fight to save not only the Galactic Reich but Time itself from the mysterious prisoner who has orchestrated these fateful events... the Doctor.
Cast
- Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
- Rachel Cooper - Lenora Crichlow
- Sam Kirke - Ian Hayles
- Major Richter - Jamie Parker
- General-Lieutenant Tendexter - Lloyd McGuire
- The Selachian Leader - Chris Porter
- Feldwebel/Computer Voice - Rachel Laurence
- Pilot/Selachian - David Dobson
References
- In the alternative timeline, 2044 is the 100th year of the Golden Age of the Galactic Reich.
- Oberst Klein and Major Richter are the director and assistant director respectively of Temporal Affairs of the Reich.
- Klein has managed to bring about the defeat of the Sontarans and the Daleks in the alternative timeline. Dalek technology has been integrated into the Reich ships being built at the Moonbase.
- Klein and Richter travelled back in time to the Moonbase in order to arrest a traitor, Karen Montoya, before she had a chance to betray the Reich. They were authorised to do so by a future version of General-Lieutenant Adolf Tendexter, the commander of the Moonbase.
- In the alternative timeline, the Doctor and Klein first met in his cell on the Moonbase several months earlier. She tells him that, in another timeline, they travelled together in the TARDIS.
- After gaining possession of the TARDIS, Klein attempted to restore her timeline (which she regards as the original one) but the TARDIS would not allow her to cross her own time track.
- Klein tells the Doctor that, in 2044, a unified Earth government has eradicated famine, averted wars and repelled alien invasions.
- Prior to her arrival on the Moonbase, Klein's last encounter with Tendexter in her personal timeline was in 2048.
- The Selachians are walking armoured sharks who are ruthless and entirely without pity. They were the scourge of their galaxy and it took Klein many months and many trips in the TARDIS to prevent them from conquering the Milky Way Galaxy. In 2044, they had not developed either their armoured suits or space travel. They refer to humans as "plankton." The design of their ships is likewise reminiscent of sharks.
- In the current timeline, Tendexter was decorated for his role in the Dalek War. In the previous timeline, however, he cracked under pressure when the Dalek fleet arrived at the Moonbase. In another timeline, he reacted in a similar manner when the Sontarans arrived.
- Richter set course for the Central Records Office in 2144 in order to learn the outcome of the Selachian incursion on the Moonbase. However, the device which Rachel had Sam Kirke place on the TARDIS, anchored it to 2044, triggering the Cloister Bell. It eventually rematerialised 100 metres away from its previous location. The internal dimensions of the TARDIS were torn from its external dimensions, turning it into an ordinary police box.
- The Doctor remembers Klein stealing his TARDIS on the Vrill colony and time reshaping itself around him over and over again until he found himself in his cell on the Moonbase three days earlier. He has no memory of his alternative self's intentions or actions prior to his consciousness asserting itself in the current timeline. Consequently, he is unaware of the location of his alternative self's TARDIS.
- Richter's weapon, which fires plasma bullets, was "built by the finest weapon-smiths of the 31st century." His body armour is from the same era and is able to withstand the full force of Selachian weapons fire.
- The Moonbase's operations centre is reinforced by 20 metre Dalekanium bulkheads.
- In the alternative timeline, Rachel was working in a garage on Earth when she met the Doctor and became his companion. Together, they fought the Daleks on more than one occasion, the Sontarans, the Selachians and the Autons. The last time that they fought the Daleks, they threatened the entire universe. He eventually returned her to her old life but ensured that she would be reassigned to the Moonbase within days. Once on the Moon, she found that the Doctor was a prisoner and that he had left her a list of instructions. According to Rachel, their plan was to meet at Hangar 14 after the Selachian incursion.
- The alternative Doctor provided the Selachian Empire with the technology to reach to the Moonbase and explicit instructions on how to conquer it, telling him that they should destroy the protective dome surrounding the base. He made a deal with the Selachian Supreme Leader that Klein would be turned over to him.
- Klein tells the Doctor that she has performed hundreds of revisions to the timeline.
- Rachel tells Sam that the Selachians are all equipped with organically grown transmat modules which are reminiscent of worms and have a distinctly unpleasant smell. The Zygons have a similar technology.
- In the proper timeline, Dr. Elizabeth Klein became known for her triumphs working for UNIT. Her personality appeared to be the same except that she devoted her talents to the protection of Earth. Upon meeting the Doctor in 1962, she did recognise him slightly despite the fact that the experiences of the alternative Klein involving him had been erased from history.
- Klein mentions the Doctor's visits to Kenya in 1953 and Colditz Castle in October 1944.
Notes
- Steve Lyons is also the author of BFA: Colditz and the creator of the character of Klein.
- Lloyd McGuire (Tendexter) played Lugo in DW: The Face of Evil.
- Lenora Crichlow (Rachel Cooper) previously played Cheen in DW: Gridlock.
- Ian Hayles (Sam Kirke) previously played Kevin Lee in BFU: Snake Head and Lance-Corporal Burridge in BFA: No Man's Land.
- Jamie Parker (Major Richter) previously played Wulfric in BFA: Leviathan.
- This story marks the first appearance of the Selachians in an audio drama.
- This audio drama was recorded on 1 and 2 August 2009.
Continuity
- The Doctor mentions Klein's lover Major Jonas Faber from her original timeline in 1965. (BFA: Klein's Story)
- The Doctor refers to his and Klein's encounter with the Cheylis in British Kenya in 1953 (BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings) and their visit to the Hatching Yard of the Vrill colony (BFA: Survival of the Fittest).
- In the proper timeline, the Second Doctor encountered the Selachians on at least three occasions. (PDA: The Murder Game, CC: The Selachian Gambit, PDA: The Final Sanction)
- In the proper timeline, Klein refers to the Doctor's visit to Kenya in 1953 (BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings) and Colditz Castle in October 1944 (BFA: Colditz).
Timeline
- The Architects of History occurs after BFA: Survival of the Fittest
- The Architects of History occurs before TN: Companion Piece
External links
- The Architects of History at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Official The Architects of History page at bigfinish.com
