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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth story of the seventh season of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] series.


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This is just the first in a sequence of predicaments facing Susan — and the connection between them will shape the rest of her life.
This is just the first in a sequence of predicaments facing Susan — and the connection between them will shape the rest of her life.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
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=== Susan ===
=== Susan ===
* Susan remembers reading ''[[King Lear]]'' almost 250 years ago, and telling the teacher it was nothing like what had really happened.
* Susan remembers reading ''[[King Lear]]'' almost 250 years ago, and telling the teacher it was nothing like what had really happened.
* She doesn't require as much sleep as humans, but tries to get four or five hours a night.
* She tries to act like her grandfather, and look like she knows what she's doing.
* She used to listen to the [[radio]] and read the pop magazines. She loved [[The Beatles]]' vitality and optimism, but would sometimes mention songs they hadn't written yet.
* She used to listen to the [[radio]] and read the pop magazines. She loved [[The Beatles]]' vitality and optimism, but would sometimes mention songs they hadn't written yet.
* Susan doesn't get [[hay fever]].
* Susan doesn't get [[hay fever]].
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* The Doctor programs the synthesiser to generate a yellow, viscous liquid: [[custard]].
* The Doctor programs the synthesiser to generate a yellow, viscous liquid: [[custard]].
* He then makes an asteroid appear on collision course with [[Earth]], then makes it vanish.
* He then makes an asteroid appear on collision course with [[Earth]], then makes it vanish.
* He then creates partly mechanical, partly organic black and orange [[spider]]s bigger than a hand. They move fast and leap, but are harmless.  
* He then creates partly mechanical, partly organic black and orange [[spider]]s bigger than a hand.  
* He makes Susan a cup of [[tea]].
* He makes Susan a cup of [[tea]].
* He has a tea chest with the number "76" on it.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* Earth has been using salvaged Dalek technology like [[power generator]]s and [[chemical synthesiser]]s, which are security equipped to prevent being used by anyone who's not a Dalek.
* Earth has been using salvaged Dalek technology like [[power generator]]s and [[chemical synthesiser]]s.
* The synthesiser Susan's working on is kept in a warehouse in [[King's Cross]], suspended by virtual cable rooters. It glows purple when in operation.
* The synthesiser Susan's working on is kept in a warehouse in [[King's Cross]], suspended by virtual cable rooters.
* A "bubble" is sent to take Susan from her flat.
* Susan uses a [[binary feedback oscillator]]. It knocks out most things based on electronic circuits.  
* Susan uses a [[binary feedback oscillator]]. It knocks out most things based on electronic circuits.  
* Since the second invasion, many people still carry weapons.
* Susan uses the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]] to discover he's controlling the spiders.
* Susan uses the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]] to discover he's controlling the spiders.


=== The Time War ===
=== The Time War ===
* Susan receives a white cube, a [[Hypercube|tesseract]], from [[Gallifrey]]. The hay fever feeling is a way of saying the message is urgent, to avoid the recipient from delaying. It's her "call-up papers" — "Gallifrey needs you to fight the Daleks." The Doctor was creating the diversions so that he could remove the cubes from her flat, although the hay fever still remained.
* Susan receives a white cube, a [[Hypercube|tesseract]], from [[Gallifrey]].  
* The Time Lords feel if they don't stop the Daleks, no one will.
* The Doctor claims the Time Lords asked him to join the Time War, saying they got "desperate."
* He says neutral territories have been annexed.
* Susan believes the Time Lords have contacted her now because she's done all she can on Earth.
* She puts her reply into the tesseract and sends it back. Moments later, [[TARDIS (All Hands on Deck)|a TARDIS]] comes for Susan, disguised as a [[wardrobe]].
* She puts her reply into the tesseract and sends it back. Moments later, [[TARDIS (All Hands on Deck)|a TARDIS]] comes for Susan, disguised as a [[wardrobe]].


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[[Category:Stories set in the Last Great Time War]]
[[Category:Stories set in the Last Great Time War]]
[[Category:Stories set in Shoreditch]]
[[Category:Stories set in Shoreditch]]
[[Category:Susan Foreman audio stories]]
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