Day of the Master (audio story)

Day of the Master
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Liv, Helen
Featuring:	The Bruce Master, the Bruce Master, the War Master, Missy
Main enemy:	The Eleven, Ravenous
Main setting:	The Master's way station Kolstan Earth, distant past London, far future Crucible of Souls
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	John Dorney
Director:	Ken Bentley
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Benji Clifford
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Release number:	4.3/4
Part of:	Ravenous 4
Release date:	9 October 2019
Format:	1 X 1 hour
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG046
ISBN:	978-1-78703-556-0
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Day of the Master was the third and final story in the audio anthology Ravenous 4, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair and Mark Bonnar as the Eleven.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor investigates a mystery in the vortex, Liv follows the trail of their enemy, and Helen searches for a god. Everywhere they go there is a Master or Mistress, but is the Doctor's oldest enemy there to hinder them, or to help? With the TARDIS crew scattered and lost, only a miracle can save the universe. And for that to happen someone is going to have to die.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
• The Eleven - Mark Bonnar
• Missy - Michelle Gomez
• The War Master - Derek Jacobi
• The Bruce Master - Eric Roberts
• The Bruce Master - Geoffrey Beevers
• Artron / Cadrin - Robert Whitelock
• Ravenous - George Asprey and Susie Emmett

References

• When working out his identity, Liv believes the Master to be an incarnation of the Eleven, guessing he is the Four, the Six, the Twelve and the Thirteen.
• The Doctor thinks Missy could be an incarnation of the Rani, saying that the Master and the Rani have worked together in the past.
• When the Master suggests wiping his body-snatching incarnation's mind and throwing him into the vortex, Missy mentions River Song, and states that she wouldn't object to trying her methods of mind wiping on the "Bruce" incarnation.

Notes

• Regarding the War Master and Missy being in Ravenous 4, Dorney said there would be no amnesia involved. Indeed, the Doctor never meets them in person, nor does he learn they are future incarnations of the Master. Although Liv describes the War Master, it is a vague enough description for the Doctor to not be able to recognise him, while Helen only ever discovers Missy a a Time Lady who knew the Doctor, and the Doctor theories she may be the Rani.

Continuity

• The Doctor notes that the Master and the Rani have worked together in the past. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
• River Song once teasingly mistook Missy for the Rani. (AUDIO: The Bekdel Test)
• The Crucible of Souls is used by the Ravenous and the Eleven in their grand plan. The Crucible was previously a part of a plan by the Nine and the Doom Coalition. (AUDIO: The Crucible of Souls)

External links

• Official Day of the Master page at bigfinish.com