The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)

The Monster of Montmartre
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Liv Chenka
Main enemy:	Dalek Time Controller
Main setting:	Paris, 1921
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matt Fitton
Director:	Ken Bentley
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Release number:	4.2
Part of:	Dark Eyes 4
Release date:	2 March 2015
Format:	1 X 1 hour
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-306-1
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The Monster of Montmartre was the second audio story in the anthology Dark Eyes 4. It starred Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor and Liv's investigations bring them to Paris, where a monster stalks the streets.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Dalek Time Controller, Dalek Time Strategists, other Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
• The Reborn Master - Alex Macqueen (uncredited)
• Adelaine Dutemps - Rachael Stirling
• Mademoiselle - Camilla Power
• Georges Legrand - Blake Ritson
• Christian Favreau/Thug/Waiter - Alex Wyndham

References

• The Doctor recalls that a friend once said "Paris is always a good idea."
• Facing the Dalek Time Controller, the Doctor quips that Thomas Appleton was wrong: "he should have said 'when good Daleks die, they go to Paris.'"

Notes

• In the behind-the-scenes documentary, Matt Fitton cites the film Moulin Rouge! as inspiration for the story, a film which similarly follows a young artist struggling in Montmartre in the early 20th century.
• This is the first Dark Eyes to feature the Daleks since Eyes of the Master and as the main enemy since The Traitor.

Continuity

• The Doctor mentions meeting Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec four lifetimes ago. (AUDIO: The Demon of Paris)
• The Dalek Time Controller plans to create a New Dalek Paradigm. (TV: Victory of the Daleks, PROSE: The Dalek Generation)
• The Doctor had previously been to Montmartre in the company of Lucie Miller whilst it was occupied by the Nazi's (AUDIO: The Scapegoat)
• The TARDIS was stolen in London during the events of AUDIO: A Life in the Day.
• The Doctor mentions educating the Dalek Time Controller. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
• Christian Favreau was humming Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly when the Doctor met him. (TV: Doctor Who)
• The Dalek Time Controller asks Liv about the war with the Eminence. (AUDIO: Rule of the Eminence)

External links

• Official Dark Eyes 4 page at bigfinish.com