The Magician's Oath (audio story)

The Magician's Oath
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jo
Featuring:	The Brig, Mike Yates, Benton
Main enemy:	Diamond Jack
Main setting:	London, the 1970s
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writers:	Scott Handcock
Director:	Nigel Fairs
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Rob Thrush
Read by:	Richard Franklin
Release details
Release number:	3.10
Release date:	April 2009
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPDWCC18
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-379-8
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The Magician's Oath was the eighteenth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the tenth story of season 3. It was written by Scott Handcock and featured Mike Yates.

Publisher's summary

"You must never tell. Not a soul. That's the magician's oath."

A heatwave in July and a tube train is discovered buried in twenty inches of snow. A Saturday afternoon in Hyde Park and scores of people are instantly frozen to death where they stand while the sun beats down from the sky. Freak weather conditions in London, and the Third Doctor and UNIT are called in to find the cause.

Meanwhile, a street magician, who was witnessed at the scene of the tragedy, entertains crowds in Covent Garden. As Jo Grant and Mike Yates disobey orders and investigate alone, they discover an enemy wth terrifying powers. And they may not live to share his secrets...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
• Diamond Jack - Michael Chance

References

• Mike met up with Jo Grant recently.
• One Saturday afternoon in July during the 1970s, Hyde Park completely froze over over the course of several minutes. Hundreds of people were killed. Mike found it extremely disturbing but fascinated. He wondered how UNIT was able to cover it up, given the scale of the incident in a very public place.
• The Doctor attempted to revive several of the frozen Hyde Park victims using alien cryogenic technology but his efforts were unsuccessful as they were too far gone.
• The Doctor drives Bessie.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 13 June 2008.

Continuity

• This story is set amid the "freak weather conditions" that occurred around the events of TV: The Claws of Axos.
• Mike comments that UNIT "doesn't even mean the same thing anymore," referring to the fact that its name was changed from "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce" to the "Unified Intelligence Taskforce." (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky)
• Diamond Jack refers to Jo's uncle, a senior figure in UNIT. (TV: Terror of the Autons)
• Diamond Jack refers to the fact that the Doctor was exiled to Earth by the Time Lords. (TV: The War Games, Spearhead from Space)

External links

• Official The Magician's Oath page at bigfinish.com
• The Magician's Oath at the Doctor Who Reference Guide