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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image | |image = The Sontaran Project audio cover.jpg | ||
|series | |series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | ||
|audio anthology | |audio anthology = ''[[Encounters (audio anthology)|Encounters]]'' | ||
|range | |range = UNIT: The New Series | ||
|series in range | |series in range = Encounters (audio anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 5 | |series number in range = 5 | ||
|number in series = 3 | |number in series = 3 | ||
|main character | |main character = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = [[Vikram Shindi|Shindi]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[The Auctioneers]], [[John Torrance]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Ardennes Forest]] and [[London]], [[2010s]] | ||
|writer | |writer = [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | ||
|director | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|music | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|sound | |sound = [[Benji Clifford]] | ||
|cover | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|epcount | |epcount = 1 | ||
|publisher | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date | |release date = [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | ||
|format | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code | |production code = BFPUNS05 | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78575-967-3 (physical); 978-1-78575-966-6 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = Invocation (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = False Negative (audio story) | ||
}}{{Audio stub}} | }}{{Audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the audio anthology, ''[[Encounters (audio anthology)|Encounters]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]], [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]] and [[Ramon Tikaram]] as [[Vikram Shindi]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the audio anthology, ''[[Encounters (audio anthology)|Encounters]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]], [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]] and [[Ramon Tikaram]] as [[Vikram Shindi]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
On a routine reconnaissance mission, [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] finds more than he bargains for in the Forest of | On a routine reconnaissance mission, [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] finds more than he bargains for in the [[Ardennes Forest|Forest of Ardennes]]. Back in [[England]], [[John Torrance|an old colleague]] makes [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] an offer she cannot refuse. The chance to take part in an exciting new scientific advance. Before long, [[UNIT]] is on collision course with a force of [[Sontaran|alien clones]], and [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] must forge an unlikely alliance. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Sontaran escapee|A Sontaran]] escapes from his confinement and is cornered by [[John Torrance|Professor John Torrance]] and [[Christine Colley]]. He refuses to return with them and, deemed too resistant, Torrance [[execution|executes]] him. Christine decides that it is time to go ahead with Torrance's suggestion and bring in his former colleague and protégée, [[Petronella Osgood]]. | ||
With [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] still missing and [[Vikram Shindi|Shindi]] being in [[Brussels]], [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] asks the Colonel to visit the [[Ardennes Forest]] following reports of lights in the [[sky]] almost three months ago. He finds residual ionising radiation, indicating the presence of [[alien]] technology, and lets her know by [[hologram projector]] before going in search of its source. Meanwhile, Kate is informed that [[Madley Tracking Station]] has detected a [[spacecraft]] heading for the Ardennes Forest and has [[UNIT Brussels]] to get a team to the area. | |||
[[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] is at the [[New Science Conference]] as [[UNIT]]'s delegate and is approached by Torrance, who tells her about his work in [[gene]] [[cloning]] and invites her to his facility. He introduces her to Christine and [[Max (The Sontaran Project)|Max]], a cloned [[monkey]], before showing her the body of a Sontaran. Osgood examines him and, realising that it is a clone that Torrance and Christine have made, she tries to leave. Torrance holds her at [[gun]]point and shows her the faulty Sontaran clones growing in [[amniotic fluid]], telling her that she will help them create viable ones before sedating her. | |||
Appearing to Shindi via the projector, Kate helps him uncover a [[Sontaran scout ship]] sending out a [[distress call]]. [[Skar (The Sontaran Project)|Marshal Skar]] of the [[Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] arrives and, after recovering [[Merx|Commander Merx]]'s [[biotracker]], sets the ship to self-destruct. The explosion damages the hologram projector and Kate tries to contact Shindi, but he is unconscious and taken away by the Sontarans into low [[orbit]]. Skar [[torture]]s him for information on Merx's whereabouts before accepting that he has no knowledge of him. He shows Vindi where Merx has been located: the Ardennes, Brussels, [[Leipzig]], [[Vienna]] and near [[Sevenoaks]] in [[Kent]]. | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]] | * [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]] | ||
* [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | * [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | ||
* | * [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Shindi]] - [[Ramon Tikaram]] | ||
* | * [[Skar (The Sontaran Project)|Marshal Skar]] / [[Merx|Commander Merx]] / [[Sontaran escapee|Sontaran Escapee]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
* [[Professor | * [[John Torrance|Professor John Torrance]] - [[James Wilby]] | ||
* [[Christine Colley]] - [[Beth Goddard]] | * [[Christine Colley]] - [[Beth Goddard]] | ||
* [[Overseer (The Sontaran Project)|Overseer]] - [[Matthew Cottle]] | * [[Overseer (The Sontaran Project)|Overseer]] - [[Matthew Cottle]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* Skar and Merx | * [[UNIT Brussels]] have had almost three months to inspect the Ardennes Forest. | ||
* Kate and Shindi communicate using a [[hologram projector]]. Osgood has been improving it. | |||
* UNIT receive a report from [[Madley Tracking Station]] in [[Herefordshire]], who detected the heat signature of a shielded [[spacecraft]]. | |||
* Osgood and Torrance worked for [[Dstl]]. Torrance gave Osgood a reference when she left and joined UNIT. | |||
* Torrance is the founding manager of the [[Torrance Research Foundation]]. | |||
* Osgood records her report on the [[New Science Conference]] and uploads it to the [[UNIT Cloud]]. | |||
* Skar and Merx belong to the [[Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet]]. | |||
* Torrance does research on [[cystic fibrosis]]. | |||
* Shindi mentions [[Hever Castle]] in [[Kent]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] is still missing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'', ''[[Invocation (audio story)|Invocation]]'') | |||
* Kate recalls the [[Sontaran]]s' recent [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|attempt]] to turn [[Earth]] into a [[Sontaran breeding planet]] through alteration of its [[atmosphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | * Kate recalls the [[Sontaran]]s' recent [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|attempt]] to turn [[Earth]] into a [[Sontaran breeding planet]] through alteration of its [[atmosphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
* [[The Auctioneers]] operate a [[black market]] dealing in [[alien]] material on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | * [[The Auctioneers]] operate a [[black market]] dealing in [[alien]] material on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | ||
* [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] has had all UNIT personnel | * [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] has had all UNIT personnel immunised against the effects of known extraterrestrial pathogens and narcotics, like the Veralium truth serum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||