The Seeds of War (audio story)

The Seeds of War
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mel
Main enemy:	The Eminence
Main setting:	Kalsos Ridius
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matt Fitton & Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Music:	Andy Hardwick
Sound:	Andy Hardwick
Cover by:	Mark Plastow
Release details
Release number:	171
Release date:	7 March 2013
Format:	2 CDs, 4 Parts
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-053-4
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The Seeds of War was the third story in the 2013 trilogy featuring the Sixth Doctor and Melanie "Mel" Bush. This story was a sequel/prequel to Destroy the Infinite which featured the Fourth Doctor. It was a prequel as when it was released Destroy the Infinite had not been released, but a sequel in terms of the Doctor's personal timeline (and the order in which the stories were recorded).

Publisher's summary

Humanity is emerging from a long, exhausting war. Against an enemy so powerful, so implacable, it seemed unstoppable — right up until the moment it stopped.

Now, despite its "victory", the human race is on its knees. The Doctor and Mel join its struggle for survival to try to ensure it has a future.

A race against time takes them from the Great Tower of Kalsos to the Reliquaries of Earth. In an epic journey across the ten systems, their fates are intertwined with one family. The Tevelers are to feel the effects of war more than most…

The Doctor has a plan. Mel is sure he can save the day. But something is lurking. Watching. Waiting. A presence the Doctor knows of old. But just how far does its influence pervade?

The Eminence awaits...

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
• Barlow Teveler - Ray Fearon
• Sisrella Teveler - Ony Uhiara
• Helgert Teveler/Kenneth/Trooper/Docking - Stuart Organ
• Trellak/Thief/DDC-GTU-159 - Lucy Russell
• Elkinar/CRT-JCE-006 - John Banks
• TV Anchor/Pilot/Elevator - Beth Chalmers
• The Eminence/Kalsos Computer - David Sibley

References

• Mel sings a line from "Big Yellow Taxi", which she says was sung by Joni Mitchell.
• The Eminence travels in teleportation caskets which it calls "infinity caskets" and which Elkinar thinks are baroque.
• Ridius is in the Seventh System, with a hundred colonies between it and Earth.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 3 and 4 September 2012 at The Moat Studios.
• Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story The Young Lions.

Continuity

• The Doctor tells Mel that he once visited the Great Space Elevator of Sumatra "a few lifetimes ago." (AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator)
• When pretending to the Eminence to be working for it, the Doctor says, "I am your servant" just as the Daleks did on Vulcan. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)
• This story must take place in or after the 30th century as the work of agronomist Lasky is documented, which the Doctor thinks is best to stay away from. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids)
• Mel looks for the "mythical" TARDIS swimming pool. (TV: Paradise Towers)
• The Doctor previously encountered the Eminence on Delafoss during his fourth incarnation. (AUDIO: Destroy the Infinite) He encountered it again on multiple occasions during his eighth incarnation (AUDIO: Time's Horizon, Eyes of the Master, The Death of Hope, The Reviled, Masterplan, Rule of the Eminence, Eye of Darkness).

External links

• Official The Seeds of War page at bigfinish.com