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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Unbound Doctor]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Unbound Doctor]] | ||
|enemy = [[Ghost]]s | |enemy = [[Ghost]]s | ||
|setting = [[ | |setting = [[City of Merin]] | ||
|writer = [[Guy Adams (writer)|Guy Adams]] | |writer = [[Guy Adams (writer)|Guy Adams]] | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
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|next = Asking for a Friend (audio story) | |next = Asking for a Friend (audio story) | ||
|producer = [[James Goss]] | |producer = [[James Goss]] | ||
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'''''The City and the Clock''''' was the first story in ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'' box set ''[[Ruler of the Universe (audio anthology)|Ruler of the Universe]]''. | '''''The City and the Clock''''' was the first story in ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'' box set ''[[Ruler of the Universe (audio anthology)|Ruler of the Universe]]''. | ||
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A group of chanting traditionalist [[Merin (species)|Merin]] led by [[Joto (Unbound Universe)|Joto]] protest the unearthing of [[City of Merin|an ancient city]] due to their belief that the [[archaeologist]]s have disturbed their earth [[god]]s and will bring destruction. Benny introduces the Doctor to their guide, [[Chamu (Unbound Universe)|Chamu]], and gets him to help dig for the Clock, the existence of which the Doctor is sceptical despite having sent Benny here. Whilst they are able to detect that something is buried there, sometimes causing [[vision]]s of the ancient dead, they cannot correctly identify what it is. | A group of chanting traditionalist [[Merin (species)|Merin]] led by [[Joto (Unbound Universe)|Joto]] protest the unearthing of [[City of Merin|an ancient city]] due to their belief that the [[archaeologist]]s have disturbed their earth [[god]]s and will bring destruction. Benny introduces the Doctor to their guide, [[Chamu (Unbound Universe)|Chamu]], and gets him to help dig for the Clock, the existence of which the Doctor is sceptical despite having sent Benny here. Whilst they are able to detect that something is buried there, sometimes causing [[vision]]s of the ancient dead, they cannot correctly identify what it is. | ||
A hooded man claiming to represent the True Saviour asks [[Leonard (Unbound Universe)|Leonard]], one of the Doctor's members of staff, if he is happy with the Doctor as President. Leonard is not interested in talking to him and leaves. | [[Hood (Unbound Universe)|A hooded man]] claiming to represent the True Saviour asks [[Leonard (Unbound Universe)|Leonard]], one of the Doctor's members of staff, if he is happy with the Doctor as President. Leonard is not interested in talking to him and leaves. | ||
Benny sees what she initially believes is a vision of a walking [[skeleton]] telling her that the dead will return. She runs into Joto, who shows her that one of the [[Jek]]s has torn itself apart with its [[tooth|teeth]] and [[claw]]s. She tells Chamu what she has seen and tries to tell the Doctor, but he is called away by work. | Benny sees what she initially believes is a vision of a walking [[skeleton]] telling her that the dead will return. She runs into Joto, who shows her that one of the [[Jek]]s has torn itself apart with its [[tooth|teeth]] and [[claw]]s. She tells Chamu what she has seen and tries to tell the Doctor, but he is called away by work and she ends up demanding that he leaves when he prioritises a call about [[plumbing]]. Later, the Doctor returns to look for Benny and finds Chamu being chased by one of the dead. | ||
Benny follows one of the dead towards the collapsed entrance to the Clock, which it is able to walk through. She accidentally causes a rockfall and gains entry. The Doctor joins her and they learn that the dead are planning on using the Clock to restore themselves to life, but the Doctor is hesitant to stop them and be responsible for wiping them out. Benny has fewer qualms and switches off the Clock. | |||
The Doctor believes that the Clock could be used to create a buffer against [[entropy]] to save a portion of the universe but was never intended to [[resurrection|resurrect]] individuals as it was trying to do with the Merin. He admits to Benny that he did not expect her to find anything here and only send her here for publicity. This angers her and calls him "Mr President", saying that he is not the Doctor anymore. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* The Doctor namedrops [[Bernard Quatermass|Professor Quatermass]]. | * The Doctor namedrops [[Bernard Quatermass|Professor Quatermass]]. | ||
* Chamu makes [[coffee]]. | * Chamu makes [[coffee]]. | ||
* The Doctor tells Joto to stop with his "[[cultural appropriation]] twaddle". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Benny mentions how the Doctor took her away from [[Peter Summerfield|her son]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library in the Body (audio story)|The Library in the Body]]'') | ||
* The Doctor asks if he has the right to wipe out the dead, just as the [[Fourth Doctor]] wondered if he had the right to kill the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||