The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)

The Monster of Montmartre was the second story in the audio anthology Dark Eyes 4. It was written by Matt Fitton starred Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka.

	Eighth Doctor
	Liv
	Reborn Master
	Dalek Time Controller, Adelaine Dutemps
	Montmartre, Paris, 1921
	Big Finish Productions
	Matt Fitton
	Ken Bentley
	David Richardson
	Howard Carter
	Howard Carter
	Tom Webster
	1
	4.2
	Dark Eyes 4
	2 March 2015
	1 CD Download 2nd of 4 stories
	BFPDWCDMG036
	ISBN 978-1-78178-306-1 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78703-925-4 (digital)
Dark Eyes (audio series)
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Publisher's summary

The Doctor and Liv's investigations bring them to Paris, where a monster stalks the streets.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
• Dalek Time Controller, Dalek Time Strategists, other Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
• Adelaine Dutemps - Rachael Stirling
• Mademoiselle - Camilla Power
• Georges Legrand - Blake Ritson
• Christian Favreau/Thug/Waiter - Alex Wyndham

Crew

• Cover Art - Tom Webster
• Director - Ken Bentley
• Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
• Producer - David Richardson
• Writer - Matt Fitton

Worldbuilding

• Facing the Dalek Time Controller, the Doctor quips that Thomas Appleton was wrong: "he should have said 'when good Daleks die, they go to Paris.'"

Notes

• In the behind-the-scenes documentary, Matt Fitton cites the film Moulin Rouge! as inspiration for the story, a film which similarly follows a young artist struggling in Montmartre in the early 20th century.
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  CD Booklet interior illustration of a rusted Dalek amidst factory pipes on the left and the Doctor in the Red Pagoda on the right.
  This is the first Dark Eyes story to feature the Daleks since Eyes of the Master and the first to feature them as the main enemy since The Traitor.

Continuity

• The Doctor mentions meeting Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec four lifetimes ago. (AUDIO: The Demon of Paris)
• The Dalek Time Controller plans to create a New Dalek Paradigm. (TV: Victory of the Daleks, PROSE: The Dalek Generation)
• The Doctor had previously been to Montmartre in the company of Lucie Miller whilst it was occupied by the Nazis. (AUDIO: The Scapegoat)
• The TARDIS was stolen in London during the events of AUDIO: A Life in the Day.
• The Doctor mentions educating the Dalek Time Controller. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
• Christian Favreau was humming Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly when the Doctor met him. (TV: Doctor Who)
• The Dalek Time Controller asks Liv about the war with the Eminence. (AUDIO: Rule of the Eminence)

External links

• Official The Monster of Montmartre page at bigfinish.com