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''''' | '''''The Conscript''''' was the third story in the audio anthology ''[[The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Matt Fitton]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Rakhee Thakrar]] as [[Bliss]], [[Karina Fernandez]] as [[Fourth Tamasan|Captain Tamasan]] and [[Jacqueline Pearce]] as [[War Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[ | [[War Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]] has a new tactic to persuade [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] to join [[Time Lord|his people]]'s fight. With his friends locked away, he has been conscripted alongside fellow [[Gallifreyan]]s to train for the front lines of battle. | ||
[[Harlan (The Conscript)|Commandant Harlan]] has a reputation – his | [[Harlan (The Conscript)|Commandant Harlan]] has a reputation – his camp's regime is harsh. He believes the Time Lords must adapt to win this war, but the Doctor is not easily intimidated. | ||
Can there be any place for dissent when the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] looms so close? | Can there be any place for dissent when the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] looms so close? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | Whilst watching [[the Matrix|Matrix]] footage of [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s recent adventures, [[War Ollistra|Cardinal Ollistra]] is informed by [[Fourth Tamasan|Captain Tamasan]] that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] has been put into stasis in [[Moon of Tenacity|Tenacity]]'s [[TARDIS]] bays and that the refugees have been secured pending examination to ensure that they are not contaminated by the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. She has assigned Tamasan as one of [[Harlan (The Conscript)|Commandant Harlan]]'s drill instructors and, should she complete her mission, she will be promoted to [[Major]]. According to Ollistra, Commander Harlan is the one person who might be able to convince the Doctor to fight. | ||
On Tenacity, the Doctor meets fellow new recruits [[Veeda]] and [[Norvid]] and is knocked to the ground by Tamasan when he responds glibly to Harlan. Harlan has him brought to his office and tells him that his friends are detained in the nearby Internment Tower, being questioned by representatives of the [[War Council]], and implies that their treatment will depend on the Doctor's behaviour. | |||
[[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]] refuses to answer any of Ollistra's questions, but she already knows who she is from her [[Luna University]] records and from a [[biodata]] search in the Matrix, which is tracing her entire [[timeline]]. Despite Ollistra telling her that nobody in the universe knows that she is here and that the [[Time Lord]]s can do what they like to her, Bliss remains steadfast. | |||
At breakfast, the Doctor tells Veeda and Norvid that he spent the night checking the camp's security. The three of them are taken for a weapons drill with the rest of Red Seven. | |||
[[Rupa Maguire|Rupa]] and [[Quarren Maguire|Quarren]] have their biodata samples taken by Ollistra, who says that she is ensuring that they are safe from contamination to the Time War. | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Rupa Maguire]] - [[Nimmy March]] | * [[Rupa Maguire]] - [[Nimmy March]] | ||
* [[Quarren Maguire]] - [[David Ganly]] | * [[Quarren Maguire]] - [[David Ganly]] | ||
* [[Dalek drone]] / | * [[Dalek drone]] / [[Dalek|The Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* Ollistra views recent events via [[the Matrix]], retrieved through the Doctor's TARDIS. | * Ollistra views recent events via [[the Matrix]], retrieved through the Doctor's TARDIS. | ||
* Ollistra does not want the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|CIA]] anywhere near her detainees. | |||
* Tamasan has recently experienced her third [[regeneration]]. | * Tamasan has recently experienced her third [[regeneration]]. | ||
* Ollistra traces Bliss's entire timeline via her [[biodata]], finding her ancestry is from the South [[Asia]] subcontinent. | * Ollistra traces Bliss's entire timeline via her [[biodata]], finding her ancestry is from the South [[Asia]] subcontinent. | ||