Master (audio story)
Publisher's summary
Many years ago, on a dark and stormy night, the disfigured and enigmatic Doctor John Smith invited his closest friends, Inspector Victor Schaeffer and his wife, to a dinner to celebrate his birthday. A mere few hours later all the occupants in that house had been changed -- some were dead, others mentally scarred forever by the events of that night.
So, what happened to the distinguished dinner guests on that evening? Perhaps we'll never know. But two clues have led to much speculation -- found outside the study window, a charred umbrella with a curved red handle and found inside the house, a blood-stained copy of Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
For one person, this night represented an ending: an ending to one thousand years of darkness and an ending to ten years of light.
But for everyone else, is there no ending of this one night of Hell?
Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- The Master - Geoffrey Beevers
- Victor Schaeffer - Philip Madoc
- Jacqueline Schaffer - Anne Ridler
- Jade - Charlie Hayes
- The Man - Daniel Barzotti
- Child - Joe Bassett
- (Whispering Voices) - Gary Russell
References
- Death makes an appearance.
- The Doctor and the Master were bullied as children by Torvic.
- John Smith owns books by Dr Julia Steer (The Divided Self), Professor Summerfield (Man, Two Hearts in One Mind), Dostoevsky, Stevenson, Welsh.
- The planet that Perfugum on is a Human colony, and an Empress is mentioned. As well as knowledge that a Professor Summerfield has written at least one book in this era, it can be assumed that it was either Bernice Summerfield, or a relative, who lived in the era of the Earth Empire. So, it is likely that this story occurs at some point during the Earth Empire's reign.
Notes
- This story marks the first appearance of Death in an audio drama.
- This is the first Big Finish audio drama since BFA: The Sirens of Time to feature the Seventh Doctor travelling alone.
- This would the final audio drama to feature the Master until BFA: Trail of the White Worm in May 2012.
Continuity
- This incarnation of the Master first appeared in BFA: Dust Breeding.
- The Doctor uses the name "Vaughn Sutton" as a pseudonym. (BFA: Excelis Decays)
- Death refers to how the Doctor used to play with his spoons and mix up his metaphors (DW: Time and the Rani), but how he is now too busy destroying planets and wiping out old foes (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks, DW: Silver Nemesis).
Timeline
- Master occurs after BFA: A Death in the Family
- Master occurs before BFA: Return of the Daleks
External links
- Official Master page at bigfinish.com
- Master at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Master at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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