Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)

Beneath the Viscoid
Main character(s):	The War Master
Main enemy:	Daleks
Main setting:	Gardezza, far future
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Scott Handcock
Producer:	Scott Handcock
Music:	Ioan Morris
Sound:	Peter Doggart
Cover by:	Stuart Manning
Release details
Release number:	1
Part of:	Only the Good
Release date:	14 December 2017
Format:	1 X 1 hour
Production code:	BFPDWWMAR01
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78703-394-8
The War Master
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Beneath the Viscoid was the first story in the audio anthology Only the Good, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Derek Jacobi as the War Master.

This was the first audio story to feature Jacobi as the Master, his first time reprising the role in a full cast story since appearing in TV: Utopia in 2007.

Publisher's summary

On the ocean planet Gardezza, deep beneath the Viscoid, a mysterious capsule is recovered from the Time War, and an equally mysterious stranger found within. The Doctor's reputation precedes him, even here… but can he be trusted?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The War Master - Derek Jacobi
• The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
• Nius - Jacqueline King
• Osen - Deirdre Mullins
• Glortz - Mark Elstob

References

• The Doctor visited Gardezza before the Time War.
• In a flashback, the Master gets caught in a temporal whirlpool.
• Due to the crash, the Master's TARDIS is leaking temporal energy, resulting in time distortion.

Notes

to be added

Textless cover.

Continuity

• The Master warns the Daleks that to assault his damaged TARDIS could potentially endanger the entire universe. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)
• Once again, the Master impersonates the Doctor because of his reputation as a "do-gooder". (AUDIO: Dominion) He would later do so again for different reasons. (TV: World Enough and Time)
• The Master briefly allies with the Daleks again. (TV: Frontier in Space, PROSE: The Not-So-Sinister Sponge, AUDIO: Master of the Daleks)

External links

• Official Beneath the Viscoid page at bigfinish.com