Subterfuge (audio story)

Subterfuge was the two hundred and sixty second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Helen Goldwyn and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill and Rufus Hound as the Monk.

	Seventh Doctor
	Winston Churchill
	The Monk, Lesley Kulcade
	London, 1945
	Big Finish Productions
	Helen Goldwyn
	Samuel Clemens
	David Richardson & Emma Haigh
	Steve Foxon
	Steve Foxon
	Simon Holub
	262
	17 March 2020
	BFPDWCD262
	978-1-78178-873-8
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Publisher's summary

London, 1945.Winston Churchill campaigns for re-election. His new strategic adviser assures him that Britain has a bright future under his continued leadership. It’s a vote he can’t possibly lose. But the Doctor knows that he must.

The Monk is meddling, altering history for his own selfish ends. With spies and aliens in the mix, Winston realises victory may not be so simple. But at least he can trust his old friend... can’t he?

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
• The Meddling Monk - Rufus Hound
• Lesley Kulcade - Brian Capron
• Edward Dowan - Philip Labey
• Alicia Dowan - Mimi Ndiweni
• Policeman / Mugger / Broadcaster / System - Jonathan Forbes
• Secretary 2 / Landlord / Borstal Boy / Driver - James Joyce

References

• The outcome of the 1945 general election is a fixed point in time.

Notes

Alternate cover.

• This features the first appearance for both Winston Churchill and Rufus Hound's Monk in Big Finish's monthly range, although each had previously made numerous appearances in other ranges.

Continuity

• From the Doctor's perspective, he last met Churchill in 1936 during "that business with Mrs Simpson." (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill) Churchill, meanwhile, has met many other Doctors between 1936 and the 1945 election:
  • The Sixth Doctor, also during the Simpson affair, (PROSE: Players) and subsequently in 1944. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)
  • The Eighth Doctor in 1940. (AUDIO: Their Finest Hour)
  • The Ninth Doctor in 1939, (AUDIO: The Oncoming Storm) 1941, (AUDIO: Human Conflict) 1942. (AUDIO: I Was Churchill's Double) and on VE Day. (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)
  • The Tenth Doctor in 1941 (AUDIO: Hounded) and also on VE Day. (AUDIO: Churchill Victorious)
  • The Eleventh Doctor in 1936 (COMIC: The Eagle of the Reich) and 1941. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
  • The Twelfth Doctor, via phone call, in 1941. (COMIC: The Instruments of War)
  • An unspecified incarnation, between the First and Sixth, after the Dunkirk evacuations in 1940. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure)
• The Seventh Doctor previously encountered the Monk (PROSE: No Future) This incarnation of the Monk has also had run-ins with the Second Doctor, (AUDIO: The Black Hole), the Third Doctor, (AUDIO: The Blame Game, The Rise of the New Humans) the Fourth Doctor (AUDIO: How to Win Planets and Influence People) and the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Side of the Angels)
• Churchill enters the election campaign full of confidence (AUDIO: Churchill Victorious) and is embittered by the result. (AUDIO: Living History)

External links

• Official Subterfuge page at bigfinish.com