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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 | 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. | ||
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=== Part two (White Disc) === | === 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, | 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. | ||
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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 | 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. | ||
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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. | ||
Mel and the Doctor are arrested as "enemy agents" by officer Potter. He is tricked into handing over his prisoners to the rebel Stewart and Reed, who pretend to be | Mel and the Doctor are arrested as "enemy agents" by officer Potter. He is tricked into handing over his prisoners to the rebel Stewart and Reed, who pretend to be Potter's superiors, Lieutenant Stewart and Reed. | ||
The dissidents are horrified. This is not the future they wanted. They demand the Doctor take them back to the previous night, Christmas Eve 3090, so as to stop themselves before they embark on their quest to kill Bailey. The Doctor drops them off on the previous night as requested, but it's the new, postwar timeline. The rebels wander off and become lost. | The dissidents are horrified. This is not the future they wanted. They demand the Doctor take them back to the previous night, Christmas Eve 3090, so as to stop themselves before they embark on their quest to kill Bailey. The Doctor drops them off on the previous night as requested, but it's the new, postwar timeline. The rebels wander off and become lost. | ||
The Doctor and Mel, meanwhile, run into all the security agents again— for the first time, from the POV of Officers Potter, | The Doctor and Mel, meanwhile, run into all the security agents again— for the first time, from the POV of Officers Potter, Stewart and Reed. In order to preserve history, the Doctor and Mel confess that they are Slithergee spies, since they know Potter will arrest them as such tomorrow morning. | ||
Mel points out that there must be another Doctor and Mel in this timeline, and the Doctor realises they need to dematerialise before their counterparts arrive. Having secured the Leptonite crystals they need, they rush back to their TARDIS and leave, trusting that the alternate Mel and Doctor will sort out Puxatornee. | Mel points out that there must be another Doctor and Mel in this timeline, and the Doctor realises they need to dematerialise before their counterparts arrive. Having secured the Leptonite crystals they need, they rush back to their TARDIS and leave, 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. | ||
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