The Shadow Play (audio story)

The Shadow Play
Script release:	online here
Main character(s):	Justine, Eliza
Main enemy:	Lolita, Sontarans
Key crew
Publisher:	BBV Productions
Writer:	Lawrence Miles
Director:	Nigel Fairs
Release details
Release number:	2
Release date:	October 2001
Format:	1 CD
ISBN:	none
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The Shadow Play was the second Faction Paradox story to be released, and the second part of the first chapter of The Faction Paradox Protocols.

Publisher's summary

Faction Paradox website

Justine finds out how well she fits the glass slipper; a baptism of fire turns into the agony of diplomacy; Miss Lolita gives a lesson in the correct use of weaponry; General Kine discovers that it's easier to disarm a Sontaran than a Cousin; Eliza becomes an accomplice to vehicle theft (on a grand scale); and one Great House falls while another one rises.

BBV Productions website

PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)
2: THE SONTARANS

Era: Last thirteen-million years.
Technology: Military (blatant), limited time-awareness.

It's perhaps unwise to think of the Sontarans as a species, as such. A homunculus breed, hatched by the million and engineered for full-engagement warfare, the Sontaran military machine is regarded by many time-active cultures as an "occupational hazard": a force of nature rather than a race, compelled by duty and genetics to acquire new technologies for its endless war effort. It should be remembered, however, that with the backing of a higher power even the crudest of breeds can become something quite different.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Cousin Justine - Suzanne Proctor
• Godfather Morlock - Ellis Pike
• Lolita - Caroline Burns-Cook
• Cousin Eliza / Godmother Quelch - Emma Kilbey
• Lord Ruthventracolixabaxil / General Kine - Nigel Fairs
• The Voice - Linda Bartram

Crew

to be added

References

• The Seventy-Ninth Sontaran Assault Corps are mentioned.
• House Tracolix is mentioned.

Notes

• The story was recorded on 14 July 2001. (REF: Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who)
• The letters "ISIN" were hidden in the skulls on the page for this story on the Faction Paradox website.

Continuity

• Lolita mentions that there are hundreds of shadowless agents of Faction Paradox who don't mix with the ones who have shadows. (PROSE: Unnatural History)
• Eliza says that the lions in Trafalgar Square "gave [her] the shits." (PROSE: Dead Romance)

External links

• Official The Shadow Play audio download page at bbvproductions.co.uk
• Official The Shadow Play CD page at bbvproductions.co.uk
• Script of The Shadow Play at factionparadox.co.uk
• The Shadow Play at the Faction Paradox wiki
• The Shadow Play at the Doctor Who Reference Guide