The Beginning (audio story): Difference between revisions

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|image           = The beginning cover.jpg

|range           = The Companion Chronicles

|series in range = Series 8 (CC)

|number in series = 5

|series         = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''

|doctor         = First Doctor

|companions     = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]

|enemy           = [[Archaeon]]s, [[Stoyn]]

|setting         = [[Gallifrey]]; [[The Moon]], the [[distant past]]

|writer         = [[Marc Platt]]

|director       = [[Lisa Bowerman]]

|read by        = [[Carole Ann Ford]], [[Terry Molloy]]

|music           = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]

|sound           = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]

|cover           = [[Damien May]]

|publisher       = Big Finish Productions

|release date   = [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]

|format         = 2 Parts, 1 CD

|production code = BFPDWCC73

|isbn           =  

|prev = Ghost in the Machine (audio story)

|next = The Dying Light (audio story)

On [[Gallifrey]], the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] are being pursued by several armed guards through a [[TARDIS]] repair shop. Determined to leave their home, the Doctor and Susan steal a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|faulty old TARDIS]], although the Doctor has very limited [[knowledge]] on how to properly operate one.

As the Archaeons fire upon Earth, Stoyn leads the Doctor and Susan back to the TARDIS, its engines now fully regenerated, where he tries to convince the Doctor to give him the dematerialisation circuit. As they argue, they come to realise that the humans are launching a retaliatory missile strike at the Archaeons. The Archaeons' power begins to fail, at which point the Doctor decides to help them, thinking that the Time Lords will look more favourably upon them for restoring order when they catch up with them. The Doctor and Stoyn convince the Archaeons to let them use the TARDIS to power up their systems. When the Doctor refuses to turn the dematerialisation circuit over to Stoyn, he takes Susan as his hostage, offering to take her with him in the TARDIS, leaving the Doctor to face judgment at the hands of the Archaeons. As the Archaeons prepare to resume their bombardment, the Doctor cuts the cable, leaving the Archaeons defenceless. Susan gets away from Stoyn and runs back into the TARDIS where they close the doors on him. Stoyn begs to be let into the TARDIS, but both the Doctor and Susan decide it best to leave him behind. Stoyn vows to get his revenge on the Doctor.

* [[Susan Foreman]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]]

* [[Quadrigger Stoyn]] / The [[First Propagator]] - [[Terry Molloy]]

== References ==

* This story was recorded on [[17 July (production)|17 July]] [[2012 (production)|2012]].

* The original cover of the audio put up on the [[Big Finish]] website illustrated [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]' original form as a [[pyramid]]. The image was altered after ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', with the pyramid replaced with that episode's depiction of the ship's natural form.

* Susan refers to herself as "Susan" and her grandfather as "the Doctor", which contradicts [[PROSE]]: ''[[Frayed]]'', that establishes them assuming those aliases.

* In a behind the scenes interview included on the CD, [[Marc Platt]] cites the television story ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' as an influence in characterising the Doctor's love towards the TARDIS, and its own authority.

* Before the Doctor departed Gallifrey, he possessed a [[Type 50]] [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|TARDIS]] but abandoned it. His first TARDIS eventually escaped Gallifrey on its own and made its way to [[Valderon (planet)|Valderon]] in the [[36th century]], where it again encountered the Doctor, who was by then in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of Fate (audio story)|Prisoners of Fate]]'')

* Susan enters another [[TARDIS (The Name of the Doctor)|time capsule]] but the Doctor does not follow. He briefly speaks with [[Clara Oswald|someone]] outside, before pulling Susan out and entering [[The Doctor's TARDIS|another]] parked alongside it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')

* There are sentient chairs on Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'')

* The TARDIS again assumed the form of a boulder on [[Iwa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frayed (novel)|Frayed]]'')

* In his capacity as [[Lord Burner]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] was ordered by [[Lord President]] [[Pandad VII]] to burn "an old man" and "his granddaughter," who are implied to be the Doctor and Susan, from history. He disobeyed this order and the intended victims stole a TARDIS and fled Gallifrey. The very same day, Pandad died when a power relay in his office overloaded. An inquiry headed by Braxiatel found that this was an accident. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'')

* The [[Fourth Doctor]] later told [[Adric]] that there were "pressing reasons" for his departure from Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')

* The TARDIS previously belonged to [[Marianna]]. The Doctor would not learn until his fourth incarnation that she had been in the TARDIS for the entire time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Abandoned (audio story)|The Abandoned]]'') The [[Time Lord]] [[Marnal]] was another of its previous owners. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')

* Susan mentions that an [[Hand of Omega|old trunk]] followed them as they went to the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')

* Stoyn says that no one has grandfathers anymore. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')

* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/the-beginning-756|The Beginning}}