Never the End Is (audio story)

Never the End Is
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Keira
Main enemy:	Belias
Main setting:	Mariazell, Austria, 8 September 1677
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Ben Tedds
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Producer:	Alfie Shaw
Music:	Ioan Morris
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Part of:	You Only Die Twice
Release date:	26 March 2024
Format:	1 CD Download 2nd of 3 stories
Production code:	BFP12THCCD03
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-80240-016-8 (physical); ISBN 978-1-80240-017-5 (digital)
The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles
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Never the End Is was the second story of You Only Die Twice, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Ben Tedds and featured Jacob Dudman as the Twelfth Doctor and Bhavnisha Parmar as Keira Sanstrom.

Publisher's summary

Every day, pilgrims seek absolution at the Basilica of Mariazell. Like the painter who sees impossible things. Or the stranger who remembers people she's never met. Or the Time Agents trapped in the town that time forgot.

But Christoph Haizmann will have no absolution. Once, he made a deal, and at last the Devil has come to collect.

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Jacob Dudman
• Keira Sanstrom - Bhavnisha Parmar
• Christoph Haizmann / Young Christoph - Jack Forsyth-Noble

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Worldbuilding

• Keira insists that "Agent Doctor" is her intern, but he objects, pointing out that he's the one driving.
• Elinor Daxus has a reversion seal, which is standard Time Agent technology, used as a last resort. It traps its user in a time loop.
  • Elinor's reversion seal strongly resembles a rosary.
• "The Devil" is actually named Belias. He's a Discordia. On their first encounter, the Doctor calls him "Magical Mister Mephistopheles".
• The Time Agency puts its employees through sensitivity training. Keira also comments on their headquarters unflatteringly.
• Belias uses blood hypnosis, borrowed from the Sycorax, and reality modifiers.
  • He also has technology built by the Daleks, Thijarians and the Maya.
• The Doctor suggests that the people of Mariazel start a church or invent the snow globe to keep themselves occupied.

Notes

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Continuity

• Belias uses blood hypnosis, borrowed from the Sycorax, (TV: The Christmas Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) and technology stolen from the Daleks, (TV: The Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"] et al.) and the Thijarians. (TV: Demons of the Punjab ^[+]Loading...["Demons of the Punjab (TV story)"])

External links

• Official Never the End Is page at bigfinish.com