In Name Only (audio story)

In Name Only

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

John Dorney

Director:

Ken Bentley

Music:

Joe Kraemer

Sound:

David Roocroft

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

1.4

Release date:

17 April 2024

Format:

1 CD
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4th of 4 stories

Production code:

BFPDWSPSONVRUT0104

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-80240-374-9 (physical)
ISBN 978-1-80240-375-6 (digital)

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In Name Only was the fourth and final story in Sontarans vs Rutans, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Jonathon Carley as the War Doctor.

It was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sontarans and the first mention of the Rutans.

Publisher's summary

In the depths of the Time War, a Rutan attack on a Time Lord facility leads to Gallifrey declaring a vicious reprisal. But not all Time Lords support the action. One thinks there's more to the situation than meets the eye. And this Time Lord...was once called the Doctor.

Plot

to be added

Cast

The War Doctor - Jonathon Carley
Blaxill - Debbie Korley
Skole / Captain - Dan Starkey
Vrell / Technician - Christopher Ryan
Grix / Cadet / Cardinal / Skrine - John Banks

Worldbuilding

Blaxill plans to use an anomaly cage to preserve the results of their ongoing existence within the Web of Time, when going back in time to destroy them before their attack.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

Blaxill references the Doctor’s previous reluctance to fight, as first established in TV: The Night of the Doctor.
Blaxill reminds the War Doctor about the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey, depicted in TV: The Invasion of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion of Time (TV story)"].
The War Doctor wishes the technology behind anomaly cage had disappeared along with the Heretic, whose cult he encountered in AUDIO: The Two Masters ^[+]Loading...["The Two Masters (audio story)"].
The Doctor recalls his encounter with Sontaran-Rutan hybrids on Taxodon alongside Skole, in AUDIO: Born to Die ^[+]Loading...["Born to Die (audio story)"]. He reasons it was hybrids thrown back in time from the attack on Ruta III that his eighth incarnation encountered in Ireland, as depicted in AUDIO: The Battle of Giant's Causeway ^[+]Loading...["The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)"]. He also realises that the hybrid DNA was why the Rutans he once encountered as the Third Doctor, were interested in Ireland in AUDIO: The Children of the Future ^[+]Loading...["The Children of the Future (audio story)"].

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External links

Official In Name Only page at bigfinish.com

Classic Series - Special Releases

Excelis Saga

Excelis Dawns • Excelis Rising • Excelis Decays • The Plague Herds of Excelis

Bonus Releases

Shada • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

DWM Free Gifts

The Veiled Leopard

Classic Doctors,
New Monsters

Volume One	Fallen Angels • Judoon in Chains • Harvest of the Sycorax • The Sontaran Ordeal

Volume Two	Night of the Vashta Nerada • Empire of the Racnoss • The Carrionite Curse • Day of the Vashta Nerada

The Stuff of Nightmares	The House That Hoxx Built • The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much • Together in Eclectic Dreams • If I Should Die Before I Wake

Broken Memories	Invasion of the Body Stealers • The Queen of Clocks • The Silent Priest • The Silent City

Other releases

Single releases	The Light at the End

The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One	Doctor Who and the Iron Legion • Doctor Who and the Star Beast

The Legacy of Time	Prequel to The Legacy of Time • Lies in Ruins • The Split Infinitive • The Sacrifice of Jo Grant • Relative Time • The Avenues of Possibility • Collision Course

Peladon	The Ordeal of Peladon • The Poison of Peladon • The Death of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon

Sontarans vs Rutans	The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future • Born to Die • In Name Only

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Rutan stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Rutan story" is one in which one living, authentic Rutan plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television

Broadcast	Horror of Fang Rock

Home video	Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Battlefield

Audio

In 2 Minds • The Bellotron Incident • Castle of Fear • The First Sontarans • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • Blind Terror • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • Beast of Fang Rock • Fear of the Web

Comics

Pureblood • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War

Video games

The Gunpowder Plot

Complete list of appearances

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

Reflections	Nowhere, Never • The Road Untravelled • Cass-cade • Borrow or Rob

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins

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