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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part | === Part one (white Disc) === | ||
The Doctor and Mel land on Puxatornee on Christmas Eve, 3090, in search of [[Leptonite crystal]]s. The Doctor is disturbed to find the war-ravaged colony on its last legs. | The Doctor and Mel land on Puxatornee on Christmas Eve, 3090, in search of [[Leptonite crystal]]s. The Doctor is disturbed to find the war-ravaged colony on its last legs. | ||
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Mel and Stewart are flung back to 3060 by Capra's machine, which then overloads and destroys Puxatornee in 3090. The Doctor and Reed escape in the TARDIS before that happens, but are too late to stop Stewart from killing Clarence, Bailey's supposed assassin. The Doctor can't bring himself to kill President Bailey to restore history. Reed and Stewart tell President Bailey that they came from a terrible future where war ruined Puxatornee, and they insist she make peace with the Slithergees at any cost. | Mel and Stewart are flung back to 3060 by Capra's machine, which then overloads and destroys Puxatornee in 3090. The Doctor and Reed escape in the TARDIS before that happens, but are too late to stop Stewart from killing Clarence, Bailey's supposed assassin. The Doctor can't bring himself to kill President Bailey to restore history. Reed and Stewart tell President Bailey that they came from a terrible future where war ruined Puxatornee, and they insist she make peace with the Slithergees at any cost. | ||
=== Part | === Part two (White Disc) === | ||
The Doctor takes Stewart and Reed forward to Christmas Day 3090 in the TARDIS, but history has now changed. President Bailey, the "Great Appeaser," has capitulated to all the Slithergees' demands, allowing them to occupy not only Puxatornee's moon but eventually the planet. Humans have become slaves, and their culture is being erased even as the Slithergees demand retribution for "hate crimes" and discrimination. | The Doctor takes Stewart and Reed forward to Christmas Day 3090 in the TARDIS, but history has now changed. President Bailey, the "Great Appeaser," has capitulated to all the Slithergees' demands, allowing them to occupy not only Puxatornee's moon but eventually the planet. Humans have become slaves, and their culture is being erased even as the Slithergees demand retribution for "hate crimes" and discrimination. | ||
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The Doctor and Mel realise that not only are there alternate versions of Potter, Stewart and Reed running around, but that their own counterparts will shortly materialise in the same place where they landed. Having secured the Leptonite crystals they need, they rush back to their TARDIS and dematerialise in the nick of time, trusting that the alternate Mel and Doctor will sort out Puxatornee. | The Doctor and Mel realise that not only are there alternate versions of Potter, Stewart and Reed running around, but that their own counterparts will shortly materialise in the same place where they landed. Having secured the Leptonite crystals they need, they rush back to their TARDIS and dematerialise in the nick of time, trusting that the alternate Mel and Doctor will sort out Puxatornee. | ||
=== Part | === Part three (Black Disc) === | ||
The alternate Doctor and Mel land on Puxatornee on Christmas Eve, 3090, in search of Leptonite Crystals. Mel is disturbed to find humans enslaved to the Slithergees. | The alternate Doctor and Mel land on Puxatornee on Christmas Eve, 3090, in search of Leptonite Crystals. Mel is disturbed to find humans enslaved to the Slithergees. | ||
Potter and his Slithergee master promptly arrest them as dissidents. He takes them to Professor Capra for interrogation. Two rebels, Stewart and Reed, burst in and free them. To Mel and the Doctor's surprise, the strangers seem to know who they are. They want to use the Doctor's time machine to go back in time and kill Bailey before she gives in to the Slithergees' demands. | Potter and his Slithergee master promptly arrest them as dissidents. He takes them to Professor Capra for interrogation. Two rebels, Stewart and Reed, burst in and free them. To Mel and the Doctor's surprise, the strangers seem to know who they are. They want to use the Doctor's time machine to go back in time and kill Bailey before she gives in to the Slithergees' demands. | ||
Bailey, meanwhile, has lost faith in her deputy, Mitchell, whom she suspects has been serving the Slithergees all along. She believes he staged the assassination attempt 30 years ago and hired two imposters to dissuade her from war. The quarrel ends with Bailey dead. Suicide, Mitchell tells the Slithergee Community Leader, although she apparently tried to shoot him. The Community Leader hails Mitchell as the new president, but soon kills him, making Puxatornee the "Planet of the Slithergees. | Bailey, meanwhile, has lost faith in her deputy, Mitchell, whom she suspects has been serving the Slithergees all along. She believes he staged the assassination attempt 30 years ago and hired two imposters to dissuade her from war. The quarrel ends with Bailey dead. Suicide, Mitchell tells the Slithergee Community Leader, although she apparently tried to shoot him. The Community Leader hails Mitchell as the new president, but soon kills him, making Puxatornee the "Planet of the Slithergees". | ||
After Stewart threatens to shoot Mel, the Doctor has no choice but to take him and his associate back to 3060. Stewart and Reed kill Bailey's secretary, Clarence, then execute President Bailey for crimes she has yet to commit. Stewart leaves the gun with Clarence to make it look like a murder-suicide. | After Stewart threatens to shoot Mel, the Doctor has no choice but to take him and his associate back to 3060. Stewart and Reed kill Bailey's secretary, Clarence, then execute President Bailey for crimes she has yet to commit. Stewart leaves the gun with Clarence to make it look like a murder-suicide. | ||
=== Part | === Part four (Black Disc) === | ||
The Doctor takes Stewart and Reed forward to Christmas Day 3090, but history has now changed. Choosing to believe Clarence was a Slithergee agent, Mitchell declared war on the Slithergees in retribution. The war left Puxatornee a toxic wasteland, with starving humans eking out a miserable existence under martial law. | The Doctor takes Stewart and Reed forward to Christmas Day 3090, but history has now changed. Choosing to believe Clarence was a Slithergee agent, Mitchell declared war on the Slithergees in retribution. The war left Puxatornee a toxic wasteland, with starving humans eking out a miserable existence under martial law. | ||
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=== Musical groups === | === Musical groups === | ||
* [[Pakafroon Wabster]] had their first number one hit single in [[3012]]. | * [[Pakafroon Wabster]] had their first number one hit single in [[3012]]. | ||
=== Substances === | === Substances === | ||
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=== Time travel === | === Time travel === | ||
* The Doctor and Mel experience (and become part of) events locked in a [[time loop]] | * The Doctor and Mel experience (and become part of) events locked in a [[time loop]]. | ||
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* The planet's name ''Puxatornee'' is an in-joke reference to the movie ''[[Groundhog Day]]''. | * The planet's name ''Puxatornee'' is an in-joke reference to the movie ''[[Groundhog Day]]''. | ||
* This is another of Big Finish's experiments. A black disc and a white disc comprise the adventure. They can be listened to in either order and the story can still make sense. | * This is another of Big Finish's experiments. A black disc and a white disc comprise the adventure. They can be listened to in either order and the story can still make sense. | ||
* Professor Capra is named for {{w|Frank Capra}}, director of the classic Christmas movie ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''. The other characters are also named for characters and actors in ''It's a Wonderful Life''. | * Professor Capra is named for {{w|Frank Capra}}, director of the classic Christmas movie ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''. The other characters are also named for characters and actors in ''It's a Wonderful Life''. | ||
* The [[anti-radiation glove]]s, which the Doctor claims were created by [[First Doctor|one of his previous incarnations]], is a reference to a so-called "[[Hartnellism]]" in | * The [[anti-radiation glove]]s, which the Doctor claims were created by [[First Doctor|one of his previous incarnations]], is a reference to a so-called "[[Hartnellism]]" in the television story ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', where [[William Hartnell]] was supposed to say "anti-radiation drugs" but instead said "anti-radiation ''gloves''." | ||
* The first and second halves of this story take place at the same time. The same is true of | * The first and second halves of this story take place at the same time. The same is true of the audio stories ''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]'' and ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]''. This is the only one of the three stories not to feature [[Peri Brown]]. | ||
* This is one of a few stories in which almost all the characters, except for the Doctor and his companions, die. | * This is one of a few stories in which almost all the characters, except for the Doctor and his companions, die. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 March (production)|16]] and [[17 March (production)|17 March]] 2003. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[16 March (production)|16]] and [[17 March (production)|17 March]] 2003. | ||
