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|writer = [[John Dorney]] | |writer = [[John Dorney]] | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | |music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | ||
|sound = [[Benji Clifford]] | |sound = [[Benji Clifford]] | ||
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|prev = The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story) | |prev = The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story) | ||
|next = Ship in a Bottle (audio story) | |next = Ship in a Bottle (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Doom Coalition 3]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]], [[Hattie Morahan]] as [[Helen Sinclair]] and [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology ''[[Doom Coalition 3]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]], [[Hattie Morahan]] as [[Helen Sinclair]] and [[Alex Kingston]] as [[River Song]]. | ||
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[[The Clocksmith|A life]] has been taken and [[The Nine|a maniac]] is on the loose. | [[The Clocksmith|A life]] has been taken and [[The Nine|a maniac]] is on the loose. | ||
With the TARDIS crew separated and in terrible trouble, will today be the day the bad guys win? | With the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew separated and in terrible trouble, will today be the day [[Doom Coalition|the bad guys]] win? | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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The Nine kills four Time Lords aboard the Crucible despite Helen's attempts to warn them. He tells Helen that he plans to use the Crucible to become [[immortality|immortal]] and never have to regenerate again before hearing the arrival of two TARDISes. | The Nine kills four Time Lords aboard the Crucible despite Helen's attempts to warn them. He tells Helen that he plans to use the Crucible to become [[immortality|immortal]] and never have to regenerate again before hearing the arrival of two TARDISes. | ||
The Doctor and River exit the Clocksmith's TARDIS and meet with Padrac and Liv, who is recovering from being stunned. The captain reports that "the Doctor" has locked himself in the control room and killed the staff, leading the Doctor to conclude that it is not a future version of himself. | The Doctor and River exit the Clocksmith's TARDIS and meet with Padrac and Liv, who is recovering from being stunned. The captain reports that "the Doctor" has locked himself in the control room and killed the staff, leading the Doctor to conclude that it is not a future version of himself. Padrac contacts the Nine and threatens to kill Liv if he does not present himself, but he refuses and activates both the automatic defence systems, which shoot at the Time Lords, and the Crucible. | ||
Padrac tells the Doctor and River what the Nine has done and explains to the latter that the Crucible will, once the future is destroyed, convert the life in the remainder of time into [[regeneration energy]] to keep the Time Lords from death. The Doctor uses [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to shut down the Crucible, making Liv realise who he really is. The Nine emerges with Helen and tries to kill them, but the Doctor activates the [[temporal grace circuit]]. After hitting the captain with his gun, the Nine flees. | |||
Padrac tells the Doctor to take Liv and Helen and wire them up to the Crucible's systems so that their [[life energy|life energies]] might be taken. Liv convinces Helen to go along with it and asks Padrac to tell them why he is doing what he is: he says that he found that in all [[The Matrix|Matrix]] projections but one, Gallifrey was destroyed and that he has gathered allies to ensure that all other life is wiped out and Gallifrey survives. He reveals that he recognised the Nine and knows that "the Clocksmith" is the Doctor. | |||
' | On Padrac's orders, the captain arrests River. He tells the Doctor that he, Liv and Helen are in an [[emergency escape shuttle]]s and ejects them into [[non-time|the nonexistent future]]. He says to River that he has won. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* Veklin travels in [[Battle TARDIS Δ]]. | * Veklin travels in [[Battle TARDIS Δ]]. | ||
* The [[regen gun]] is a Time Lord weapon. | * The [[regen gun]] is a Time Lord weapon. | ||
* The Crucible has a [[temporal grace circuit]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||