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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one (white Disc) === | === 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. | ||
Security agents Stewart and Reed promptly arrest them as self-confessed Slithergee spies. To their surprise, they are soon rescued from jail by an entirely ''different'' Stewart and Reed who are killed before the Doctor and Mel can ask what's going on and why everyone seems to know them. | Security agents Stewart and Reed promptly arrest them as self-confessed Slithergee spies. To their surprise, they are soon rescued from jail by an entirely ''different'' Stewart and Reed who are killed before the Doctor and Mel can ask what's going on and why everyone seems to know them. | ||
Confusion ensues, with paranoid President Mitchell ordering his security forces from one side of the city to the other chasing conflicting reports of the escapees' whereabouts. Meanwhile, Mel and the Doctor discover the laboratory of Professor Capra, inventor of a one-way time machine. The Doctor vows to stop the humans from meddling with their own history. | Confusion ensues, with paranoid President Mitchell ordering his security forces from one side of the city to the other chasing conflicting reports of the escapees' whereabouts. Meanwhile, Mel and the Doctor discover the laboratory of Professor Capra, inventor of a one-way time machine. The Doctor vows to stop the humans from meddling with their own history. | ||
Mitchell plans to send Lieutenant Stewart and Lieutenant Reed back in time to save President Bailey, whose assassination 30 years ago led to war with the Slithergees. The humans won that war, but at great cost. Radiation, poisoned fields and martial law have made life on Puxatornee unbearable. | Mitchell plans to send Lieutenant Stewart and Lieutenant Reed back in time to save President Bailey, whose assassination 30 years ago led to war with the Slithergees. The humans won that war, but at great cost. Radiation, poisoned fields and martial law have made life on Puxatornee unbearable. | ||
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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. | ||
Officers Stewart and Reed are horrified. This is not the future they wanted. They demand the Doctor take them back to the previous night, Christmas Eve 3090, to stop themselves just before they embarked on their mission to save Bailey. He complies, but he can't return them to the timeline they've erased. Stewart and Reed are killed by Potter, an officer who served under them in their own history, but who is working for the Slithergees in this one. The Doctor and Mel, meanwhile, re-encounter the alternate Stewart and Reed, rebels against Slithergee occupation. The rebels don't recognise them, but learn from a careless comment of Mel's that the Doctor has a time machine. | Officers Stewart and Reed are horrified. This is not the future they wanted. They demand the Doctor take them back to the previous night, Christmas Eve 3090, to stop themselves just before they embarked on their mission to save Bailey. He complies, but he can't return them to the timeline they've erased. Stewart and Reed are killed by Potter, an officer who served under them in their own history, but who is working for the Slithergees in this one. The Doctor and Mel, meanwhile, re-encounter the alternate Stewart and Reed, rebels against Slithergee occupation. The rebels don't recognise them, but learn from a careless comment of Mel's that the Doctor has a time machine. | ||
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. | ||
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* 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]]. | * 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. | ||
*On the White disc, while explaining the hazards of time travel to Mel while being transported in a vehicle for interrogation, the Doctor compares encountering effect before cause to tripping over one’s own footprints. At the equivalent point on the Black disc, while explaining the hazards of time travel to Mel as they are escorted on foot, the Doctor trips over something which is never explicitly identified. | * On the White disc, while explaining the hazards of time travel to Mel while being transported in a vehicle for interrogation, the Doctor compares encountering effect before cause to tripping over one’s own footprints. At the equivalent point on the Black disc, while explaining the hazards of time travel to Mel as they are escorted on foot, the Doctor trips over something which is never explicitly identified. | ||
* 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. | ||
