Darkness and Light (audio story)

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Darkness and Light

Main character(s):

Featuring:

Eighth Doctor, Mandrake

Main enemy:

Main setting:

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

David Llewellyn

Director:

Producer:

Music:

Sound:

Release details

Number of parts:

1

Release number:

4

Part of:

Rage of the Time Lords

Release date:

Format:

1 CD
Download
4th of 4 stories

Production code:

BFPDWWMAR03

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-78703-664-2

*The War Master*
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Darkness and Light was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Rage of the Time Lords, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured Derek Jacobi as the War Master and Paul McGann as the Doctor.

It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in The Missing Link.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | edit source]

With the Master's plans near completion, his victory is threatened by the presence of his greatest friend and enemy: the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | edit source]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | edit source]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | edit source]

Mandrake reports to a Celestial Intervention Agency base on Mount Perdition.
The Doctor and the Master shared an adventure on Machasma in their youth which involved using sonic agitation.

Notes[[edit] | edit source]

Crantz and Stern as a pairing are a clear allusion to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Hamlet.

Continuity[[edit] | edit source]

The Master uses a genetic loom. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible et al.)
Rassilon discovered the secret of immortality. (TV: The Five Doctors)
The War Council asked The Master for anything that could win the war. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
The Master has come to the conclusion that the universe is far more interesting with The Doctor in it. (TV: The Five Doctors)

External links[[edit] | edit source]

Official Darkness and Light page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Related

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins

War Master stories

Television

Utopia

Webcast

15 Years of the War Master!

Audio

The Devil You Know • Master of Worlds • Concealed Weapon • Day of the Master • Masterful

The War
Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Prose

Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe

Comics

Fast Asleep

* Substantial appearances only; see a full list of appearances here

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