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False Gods was a 2008 Big Finish Productions full-cast audio short story featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.
It was notable for showing a Time Lord other than the Doctor confronting the legal ramifications of breaking the Laws of Time.
Publisher's summary
In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.
Plot
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Cast
References
Foods and beverages
- Ace mentions that Hex is better at making tea than she is.
Gallifreyan laws
- The story enumerates two specific criminal offences under Gallifreyan law. When a Time Lord sets her or himself up as a god in another culture, this is a "Class Two Intervention". Its penalty is vaporisation. Materially affecting the physical properties of a planet, such as its axial rotation, counts as a "Class One Intervention".
Planets
- In the far future, Earth's ozone layer is compromised to the extent that life can no longer be sustained on the planet.
TARDIS
- The way to kill a TARDIS is to pilot it into the heart of a star.
Time Lords
- Jane is a Time Lord, a Time Lord Academy student in "Year 45". At the time the Doctor meets her, she is in her thirteenth life, having used up her regenerations whilst stranded on Earth for thousands of years.
Notes
- Plans were in place for The Daily Telegraph to release this story as a free standalone download to accompany a feature article about the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories.[1] These plans were postponed.[2]
Continuity
- Ace once again observes that Hex is better at making tea than she is. (AUDIO: The Settling)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chuck Foster (October 25, 2010). The Telegraph: False Gods for download. Doctor Who News. Retrieved on 29th August 2012.
- ↑ Chuck Foster (October 27, 2010). Telelgraph Update. Doctor Who News. Retrieved on 29th August 2012.