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|image          = The Dark Flame cover.jpg
name= The Dark Flame |
|range          = Main Range
image=The_Dark_Flame_cover.jpg |
|number in range = 42
series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]|
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
number= 42 |
|number         = 42
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] |
|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
enemy= [[Villus Krull]], [[Cult of the Dark Flame]]|
|featuring      = [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]]
year= [[Orbos]] and [[Marran Alpha]], [[26th century]]|
|enemy           = [[Vilus Krull]], [[Cult of the Dark Flame]]
writer= [[Trevor Baxendale]] |
|setting        = [[Orbos]] and [[Marran Alpha]], [[26th century]]
director= [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] |
|writer          = Trevor Baxendale
post production=[[Gareth Jenkins]] @ ERS |
|director        = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
music=[[Andy Hardwick]] @ ERS |
|producer        = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
|sound          = [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]] @ [[ERS]]
cover=[[Lee Binding]]|
|music           = [[Andy Hardwick]] @ ERS
release date= [[March]] [[2003]] |
|cover           = [[Lee Binding]]
format= 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
production code= [[List of production codes|SS4]] |
|release date   = 28 March 2003
isbn= ISBN 1-84435-025-8 |
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
prev= Nekromanteia (audio story) |
|production code = [[Side Step (audio series)|SS4]]
next= Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio story)}}
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-025-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-84435-756-7 (digital)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty-second [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the second audio story to feature the "side step" into the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] played by [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Ace]] played by [[Sophie Aldred]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] played by [[Lisa Bowerman]].  
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty-second story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Trevor Baxendale]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]], [[Lisa Bowerman]] as [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Steven Wickham]] as [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]].
 
It was the second Main Range audio story to be branded a "''[[Side Step (audio series)|side step]]''" into the lore and storylines of the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series. It was also the final to do so until Benny's appearance in [[2009 (releases)|2009]]'s ''[[Benny's Story (audio story)|Benny's Story]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
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=== Part Two ===
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=== Part Three ===
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=== Part Four ===
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* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Joseph (The Dark Flame)|Joseph]] / [[Victor Farrison]] - [[Steven Wickham]]
* [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]] / [[Victor Farrison]] - [[Steven Wickham]]
* [[Remmnex]] / [[Villus Krull]] - [[Andrew Westfield]]
* [[Remnex]] / [[Vilus Krull]] - [[Andrew Westfield]]
* [[Slyde]] - [[Michael Praed]]
* [[Slyde]] - [[Michael Praed]]
* [[Lomar]] - [[Hannah Smith]]
* [[Lomar]] - [[Hannah Smith]]
* [[Broke]] - [[Toby Longworth]]
* [[Broke]] - [[Toby Longworth]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
=== [[:Category:Energy and radiation|Energy and radiation]] ===
 
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* Director - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Music - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producers - [[Gary Russell]] and Jason Haigh-Ellery
* Sound Design - [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
* Writer - [[Trevor Baxendale]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Energy and radiation ===
* [[Black light]] is defined as not the uv-light.
* [[Black light]] is defined as not the uv-light.
* The Doctor is sensitive to a [[parachronic]] time field.
* The Doctor is sensitive to a [[parachronic]] time field.
* The Doctor describes himself as the [[butterfly]] of the [[butterfly effect]].


=== [[:Category:Species|Species]] ===
=== Species ===
* The Doctor observes that "sleep is for [[Chelonian]]s."
* The Doctor observes that "sleep is for [[Chelonian]]s."
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Dark Flame cover.jpg|Original CD cover
DWM 328 DARKFLAME.jpg|Preview illustration by [[Martin Geraghty]] featured in [[DWM 328]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is part of Big Finish's '''Side Step into Virgin Territory'''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 January (production)|26]] and [[27 January (production)|27 January]] [[2003 (production)|2003]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 January|26]] and [[27 January]] [[2003]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* Big Finish's later ''New Adventures-''era stories would be ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'', ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'', [[Love and War (audio story)|novel adaptations]] or ''[[The Seventh Doctor: The New Adventures]]''.
* This story is set between the novels ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' and ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Black light as an energy source first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''.
* Black light as an energy source first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''.
* The Cult of the Dark Flame is revisited in the [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Draconian Rage (audio story)|The Draconian Rage]]''.
* The Cult of the Dark Flame is revisited in the [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Draconian Rage (audio story)|The Draconian Rage]]''.
* The Doctor recalls his former companion [[Melanie Bush]]'s departure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* The Doctor recalls his former companion [[Melanie Bush]]'s departure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* The Doctor refers to Ace's time with the military. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'')
* The Doctor refers to Ace's time with the military. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'')
* Benny mentions the [[Ogron]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
* Benny mentions the [[Ogron]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
 
* Waking Ace, the Doctor tells her "we've got work to do." ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
* ''The Dark Flame'' occurs before [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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