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{{Infobox Story | |series = [[Virgin Decalogs]] | ||
|main character={{Delgado|c}} | |||
|series=[[Virgin Decalogs]] | |featuring=[[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Chicago]], [[1930s]] | ||
| | |writer=Marc Platt | ||
|anthology = Decalog | |||
|setting=[[Chicago]], [[ | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|writer= | |release date=17 March 1994 | ||
|anthology= | |||
|prev=Fallen Angel (short story) | |prev=Fallen Angel (short story) | ||
|next=The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back (short story) | |next = The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back (short story) | ||
}}'''''The Duke of Dominoes''''' was the third story in the anthology ''[[Decalog (anthology)|Decalog]]''. It was written by [[Marc Platt]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | }}'''''The Duke of Dominoes''''' was the third story in the anthology ''[[Decalog (anthology)|Decalog]]''. It was written by [[Marc Platt]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Master's plans have gone wrong. He has been in [[Chicago]] for two months. He had gathered the shards of the [[Godhead]] and made a deal with [[Havuri-sss-Cazcim]] of [[Blue Profundis]]. He knows where the [[Thought Core]] is. However, his TARDIS has been stolen, so now he is stuck on Earth. | The Master's plans have gone wrong. He has been in [[Chicago]] for two months. He had gathered the shards of the [[Godhead]] and made a deal with [[Havuri-sss-Cazcim]] of [[Blue Profundis]]. He knows where the [[Thought Core]] is. However, his TARDIS has been stolen, so now he is stuck on Earth. | ||
As [[Sam Kulisa]] drives the Master to his hotel, they notice that there are few police in the streets. When they reach the hotel, they understand why. There are police waiting outside the hotel entrance, so the Master sneaks in through the kitchen. In his rooms, he finds his secretary, [[Margie del Monsalvat]], talking with police chief [[Mulligan (The Duke of Dominoes)|Mulligan]] but not giving him any answers. | As [[Sam Kulisa]] drives the Master, known as "Dook Domini," to his hotel, they notice that there are few police in the streets. When they reach the hotel, they understand why. There are police waiting outside the hotel entrance, so the Master sneaks in through the kitchen. In his rooms, he finds his secretary, [[Margie del Monsalvat]], talking with police chief [[Mulligan (The Duke of Dominoes)|Mulligan]] but not giving him any answers. | ||
Mulligan questions the Master, but gets little information. The Master suggests that Mulligan is in the pay of his rival, [[Joe Clementi]], but instead of offering more than Clementi pays, hypnotises Mulligan instead. | Mulligan questions the Master, but gets little information. The Master suggests that Mulligan is in the pay of his rival, [[Joe Clementi]], but instead of offering more than Clementi pays, hypnotises Mulligan instead. | ||
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Suddenly, Margie shoots Wainwright with the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], which the Master thought was in his stolen TARDIS. Clementi and his men arrive, and the Master learns Clementi is working for Margie. Clementi's men grab the Master, but he is able to escape. He leaves the museum, but he is mugged, losing his money and his watch. He did, however, manage to grab the [[armilla]], the device that Wainwright had been using to keep control of the Core. | Suddenly, Margie shoots Wainwright with the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], which the Master thought was in his stolen TARDIS. Clementi and his men arrive, and the Master learns Clementi is working for Margie. Clementi's men grab the Master, but he is able to escape. He leaves the museum, but he is mugged, losing his money and his watch. He did, however, manage to grab the [[armilla]], the device that Wainwright had been using to keep control of the Core. | ||
The Master ends up at the Mission Hall, where he spends the next four days helping to make [[soup]] and keeping silent. On the fourth day, hearing a voice in his head, he goes back to the museum and climbs up to a window on the first floor. Inside he sees Margie, Clementi and his men trying to get the Core. They spot him and try to kill him, shooting him as he runs away. He notices a star-like light approaching the museum, and realises it's his stolen TARDIS, under the control of the Core. It starts shooting at Clementi's men. The Master runs back to the Mission Hall and retrieves the armilla from his mattress. It is starting to sweat mercury, so he needs a container for it. | The Master ends up at the Mission Hall, where he spends the next four days helping to make [[soup]] and keeping silent. On the fourth day, hearing a voice in his head, he goes back to the museum and climbs up to a window on the first floor. Inside he sees Margie, Clementi and his men trying to get the Core. They spot him and try to kill him, shooting him as he runs away. He notices a star-like light approaching the museum, and realises it's his stolen TARDIS, under the control of the Core. It starts shooting at Clementi's men. The Master runs back to the Mission Hall and retrieves the armilla from his mattress. It is starting to sweat mercury, so he needs a container for it. | ||
He finds a phial of holy water and empties it. As he is letting drops of mercury fall into the phial, Father [[Sherrin]] walks in on him. He allows the Master to take the phial, saying the holy water is fake, and gives him the watch that he lost, but the Master kills him and leaves. Some of the mercury lies on the floor next to Sherrin's body. | He finds a phial of holy water and empties it. As he is letting drops of mercury fall into the phial, Father [[Sherrin]] walks in on him. He allows the Master to take the phial, saying the holy water is fake, and gives him the watch that he lost, but the Master kills him and leaves. Some of the mercury lies on the floor next to Sherrin's body. | ||
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* Father [[Sherrin]] | * Father [[Sherrin]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * At the mission, the Master makes [[soup]] with [[carrot]]s and [[turnip]]s. | ||
* The Master's men make [[alcohol]] out of [[potato]]es. | |||
* The Master is familiar with the [[Ministers of Grace]]. | |||
* [[Duke of Dominoes|The Duke of Dominoes]] was the trump card in an old [[Wallarian]] game of chance. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story primarily focuses on the Master. | * This story primarily focuses on the Master. | ||
* The Fourth Doctor and Sarah | * The Fourth Doctor and Sarah appear very briefly and only at the end of the story. | ||
* The stories in ''[[Decalog]]'' are linked by the story | * The stories in ''[[Decalog]]'' are linked by the story {{cs|Playback (short story)}}, in which psychic [[Silverman]] examines various items in the stranger's pockets. For this story, he examines the phial of [[Mercury (element)|mercury]]. | ||
* This story is initially dated to the 1930s, then mention is made of [[Al Capone]]'s recent tax evasion, which happened on March 13, 1931. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The [[Wallarian]] are mentioned. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Carnival of Monsters (TV story)}}) | ||
* The Master witnesses [[Gug-Trucker]]s in space. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Time Reef (audio story)}}, et al.) | |||
* In his childhood, the Master had a character-forming moment with [[scissor bug]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}, et al.) | |||
* [[Blue Profundis]] in the [[Sappho System]] is later mentioned in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{whoniverse|DEC1.php#story2|The Duke of Dominoes}} | * {{whoniverse|DEC1.php#story2|The Duke of Dominoes}} | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_dec1.htm#2|The Duke of Dominoes}} | |||
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