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number= 139 | | number= 139 | | ||
doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]]| | doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]]| | ||
companions= [[Ace]] | companions= [[Ace]], [[Hex]] | | ||
enemy= [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]] | enemy= [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]], The [[The Forge|Forge]] | | ||
year= [[London]], [[April]] to [[May]] [[2025]] | | year= [[London]], [[April]] to [[May]] [[2025]] | | ||
writer= [[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]] | | writer= [[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]] | | ||
director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | ||
post production= [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | | |||
cover=[[Simon Holub]]| | |||
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] | | publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] | | ||
release date= [[September]] [[2010]] | | release date= [[September]] [[2010]] | | ||
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next= A Death in the Family (audio story) | next= A Death in the Family (audio story) | ||
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'''''Project: Destiny''''' was the one hundred and thirty-ninth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was a direct sequel, leading directly on from [[June]] [[2009]]'s ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'' the last [[Seventh Doctor]] story featuring [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]]. It was also the third in the "Project:" series of audio stories ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'' (which featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]) and ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (which featured the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s). | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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'''[[2025]]''': Now. In a [[London]] ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits. | '''[[2025]]''': Now. In a [[London]] ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits. | ||
==Plot== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* | *[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ||
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | * [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | * [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | ||
* Sir [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]] - [[Stephen Chance]] | * Sir [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]] - [[Stephen Chance]] | ||
* Captain [[Lysandra Aristedes]] - [[Maggie O'Neill]] | * Captain [[Lysandra Aristedes]] - [[Maggie O'Neill]] | ||
* Sergeant Jarrod - [[Philip Dinsdale]] | * Sergeant [[Jarrod]] - [[Philip Dinsdale]] | ||
* Helen/The Oracle - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | * [[Helen (Project Destiny)|Helen]]/The Oracle - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* The | ===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]=== | ||
* The Doctor's files concerning "Project: Twilight" are listed under "T" in the TARDIS' filing cabinet. | |||
===[[:Category:Culture|Culture]]=== | |||
* Ace refers to Nimrod as "[[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]]" and Lysandra as "Rambo". | |||
===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]=== | |||
* Nimrod refers to [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|Internal Counter-Intelligence Service (ICIS)]], a British ultra-nationalistic group which served as a rival organisation to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] until it was closed down in [[2005]] following its involvement in ethnic cleansing and an attempted coup. | |||
===[[:Category:Politics|Politics]]=== | |||
* In 2025, the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] is a woman. | |||
===[[:Category:Science|Science]]=== | |||
* It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate [[Cassandra Schofield]]'s dusty remains into a body. | * It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate [[Cassandra Schofield]]'s dusty remains into a body. | ||
===[[:Category:Species|Species]]=== | |||
* The "contagion" aliens exist as a [[hive mind]]. | * The "contagion" aliens exist as a [[hive mind]]. | ||
* | |||
* | ===[[:Category:Substances|Substances]]=== | ||
* The | * The Forge archive is reinforced with [[Dalekanium]]. | ||
===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]=== | |||
* Ace looks for the [[TARDIS key]] in the cubby-hole above the "P" in "Police Box" on the roof of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. | |||
* The [[Seal of Rassilon]] is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* According to writers [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]], this story was at one point written with [[Elizabeth Klein]] as the director of the Forge. This had to be rewritten after the character was brought back to serve as the Doctor's companion in [[BFA]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)|A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''.<ref>''Project: Destiny'' - CD Extras, [[2010]], CD, Big Finish Productions</ref> | * According to writers [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]], this story was at one point written with [[Elizabeth Klein]] as the director of the Forge. This had to be rewritten after the character was brought back to serve as the Doctor's companion in [[BFA]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)|A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''.<ref>''Project: Destiny'' - CD Extras, [[2010]], CD, Big Finish Productions</ref> | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 April|26]] and [[27 April]] [[2010]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[26 April|26]] and [[27 April]] [[2010]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The events of [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in [[2008]]. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the [[Web of Time]]. | * The events of [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in [[2008]]. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the [[Web of Time]]. | ||
* The | * The Seal of Rassilon is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS as is seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', confirming that the console room now looks as it did in the TVM. | ||
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously visited London on [[30 January]] [[2025]] in the company of [[Leela]]. On that occasion, he encountered the [[Dalek]]s. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'') | * The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously visited London on [[30 January]] [[2025]] in the company of [[Leela]]. On that occasion, he encountered the [[Dalek]]s. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present during the [[Charnage Hospital]] incident in the north of [[France]] during [[World War I]] in [[1917]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]'') | * The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present during the [[Charnage Hospital]] incident in the north of [[France]] during [[World War I]] in [[1917]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{bigfinish|139-Doctor-Who-Project-Destiny|Project: Destiny}} | * {{bigfinish|139-Doctor-Who-Project-Destiny|Project: Destiny}} | ||
* {{dwrefguide|who_bf139.htm|Project:Destiny}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_bf139.htm|Project: Destiny}} | ||
*{{tetrap|7/projectdestiny.html|Project: Destiny}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]], or {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny}} if making use of {{cite source}}.
Project: Destiny was the one hundred and thirty-ninth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was a direct sequel, leading directly on from June 2009's The Angel of Scutari the last Seventh Doctor story featuring Philip Olivier as Hex and Sophie Aldred as Ace. It was also the third in the "Project:" series of audio stories Project: Twilight (which featured the Sixth Doctor) and Project: Lazarus (which featured the Sixth and Seventh Doctors).
Publisher's summary
1999: Leaving her infant son behind, a young mother named Cassandra Schofield departs Bolton, seeking a better life amid the lights of London.
2004: Despite the best efforts of the time-travelling Doctor, 'Cassie' Schofield dies on Dartmoor, a vampirised victim of the sinister organisation called The Forge.
2021: All grown up, and a nurse at St Gart's Hospital, Thomas Hector Schofield, known as 'Hex', meets and becomes a companion to that time-travelling Doctor… but remains unaware that his alien friend knew his mother, and watched her die.
1854: In the Crimean War, Hex takes a bullet, and is seriously injured. The Doctor promises to return him to St Gart's.
2025: Now. In a London ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits.
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Hex - Philip Olivier
- Sir William Abberton (Nimrod) - Stephen Chance
- Captain Lysandra Aristedes - Maggie O'Neill
- Sergeant Jarrod - Philip Dinsdale
- Helen/The Oracle - Ingrid Oliver
References
The Doctor
- The Doctor's files concerning "Project: Twilight" are listed under "T" in the TARDIS' filing cabinet.
Culture
- Ace refers to Nimrod as "Dracula" and Lysandra as "Rambo".
Organisations
- Nimrod refers to Internal Counter-Intelligence Service (ICIS), a British ultra-nationalistic group which served as a rival organisation to UNIT until it was closed down in 2005 following its involvement in ethnic cleansing and an attempted coup.
Politics
- In 2025, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a woman.
Science
- It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate Cassandra Schofield's dusty remains into a body.
Species
- The "contagion" aliens exist as a hive mind.
Substances
- The Forge archive is reinforced with Dalekanium.
TARDIS
- Ace looks for the TARDIS key in the cubby-hole above the "P" in "Police Box" on the roof of the TARDIS.
- The Seal of Rassilon is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS.
Notes
- According to writers Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, this story was at one point written with Elizabeth Klein as the director of the Forge. This had to be rewritten after the character was brought back to serve as the Doctor's companion in BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings.[1]
- This audio drama was recorded on 26 and 27 April 2010 at The Moat Studios.
Continuity
- The events of BFA: Project: Lazarus (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in 2008. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the Web of Time.
- The Seal of Rassilon is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS as is seen in DW: Doctor Who, confirming that the console room now looks as it did in the TVM.
- The Fourth Doctor previously visited London on 30 January 2025 in the company of Leela. On that occasion, he encountered the Daleks. (BFA: Energy of the Daleks)
- The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present during the Charnage Hospital incident in the north of France during World War I in 1917. (BFA: No Man's Land)
External links
- Official Project: Destiny page at bigfinish.com
- Project: Destiny at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Project: Destiny at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
