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{{Infobox | |||
|image = | |image = | ||
|series = [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] | |range = Short Trips (series) | ||
|anthology | |series in range = Short Trips - Volume I | ||
|series number in range = 1 | |||
|number in series = 4 | |||
|series = ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' | |||
|audio anthology = Short Trips - Volume I | |||
|number = | |number = | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Leela]] | |companions = [[Leela]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[ | |setting = [[Planet (Death-Dealer)|Unnamed market world]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Damian Sawyer | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|read by = [[Louise Jameson]] | |read by = [[Louise Jameson]] | ||
|music = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |music = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|sound = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |sound = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|publisher = | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 5 November 2010 | ||
|format = 1 X 10 min. | |format = 1 X 10 min. | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-547-1 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-547-1 | ||
| | |prev = A True Gentleman (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = The Deep (audio story) | ||
}}'''''Death-Dealer''''', also known as '''''The Death-Dealer''''', was | }}{{Spotify|album=6vq69dSPv9AMFVvCRaFdjx|height=350}} | ||
'''''Death-Dealer''''', also known as '''''The Death-Dealer''''', was an audio story read by [[Louise Jameson]] and featuring [[Leela]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It is by far the shortest of the stories on the anthology release ''[[Short Trips - Volume I]]'' and recounts the time when Leela unwittingly paid to be killed. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
On an arid market world, not dissimilar to a middle-eastern bazaar on [[Earth]], the Doctor treats Leela to a day of shopping. | On an arid market world, not dissimilar to a middle-eastern bazaar on [[Earth]], [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] treats [[Leela]] to a day of shopping. | ||
== Plot == | |||
Leela struggles to understand the fundamentals of commerce during a shopping trip on a market world with the Doctor. Then, she spots a knife that appeals to her. Paying the merchant, she is slain by his knife. The Doctor discovers her dead body and demands answers. A local policeman explains that no laws have been transgressed; Leela has bought a [[death-dealing|legal death experience]], instead of the knife. Soon, she springs back to life. Jason, the merchant, explains that the knife's edge contained not only a fast acting poison, but also restorative microscopic robots. Whole again, Leela returns to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with the Doctor, musing on the newfound appreciation she has for life now that she has died. The Doctor, having [[regeneration|come back from the dead]] himself, can appreciate her point. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Leela]] | * [[Leela]] | ||
* [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] | * [[Jason (Death-Dealer)|Jason]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Leela has no concept of [[money]]. The unit of currency on the unnamed world is the [[credit]]. | * Leela has no concept of [[money]]. The unit of currency on the unnamed world is the [[credit]]. | ||
* The Doctor wonders if the market world sells [[jelly baby|jelly babies]]. | * The Doctor wonders if the market world sells [[jelly baby|jelly babies]]. | ||
* The world is populated by many different species, including [[human]]s. | * The world is populated by many different species, including [[human]]s. | ||
* Leela threatens Jason with a [[janis thorn]] to his throat. | * Leela threatens Jason with a [[janis thorn]] to his throat. | ||
* The "microscopic healer robots" which restore Leela to life are not actually called [[nanogene]]s, but they work in exactly the same way. | * The "microscopic healer robots" which restore Leela to life are not actually called [[nanogene]]s, but they work in exactly the same way. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Though advertised on the Big Finish website, the CD jacket, and elsewhere as ''Death-Dealer'', [[Louise Jameson]] clearly calls the story '''''The''' Death-Dealer'' when she begins her reading. | * Though advertised on the Big Finish website, the CD jacket, and elsewhere as ''Death-Dealer'', [[Louise Jameson]] clearly calls the story '''''The''' Death-Dealer'' when she begins her reading. | ||
* The story employs a | * The story employs a {{w|limited third person}} perspective, focused mostly on Leela, except for the period of time she is dead. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * [[Leela]] had previously explored the experience of her own death in [[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' and would later re-examine it [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'', ''[[Empathy Games (audio story)|Empathy Games]]'' and ''[[The Time Vampire (audio story)|The Time Vampire]]''. | ||
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