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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image | |image = The Eternal Battle (audio story).jpg | ||
|series | |series = ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|range = Fourth Doctor Adventures | |range = The Fourth Doctor Adventures | ||
|series in range = Series 6 (4DA) | |series in range = Series 6 (4DA) | ||
|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|number | |number = 6.02 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = [[Sontaran]]s | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Sycon Computer]] | ||
|setting | |setting = {{il|[[Planet (The Eternal Battle)|Unnamed planet]]|[[Centre of Academic Excellence]], [[far future]]}} | ||
|writer | |writer = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright | ||
| | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
| | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|music | |music = [[Jamie Robertson]] | ||
|sound | |sound = Jamie Robertson | ||
|cover | |cover = [[Anthony Lamb]] | ||
|publisher | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date | |release date = 15 February 2017 | ||
|format | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|production code = BFPTOMCD039 | |production code = BFPTOMCD039 | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-711-3 (physical); 978-1-78178-712-0 (digital) | ||
|prev | |prev = The Beast of Kravenos (audio story) | ||
|next | |next = The Silent Scream (audio story) | ||
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|epcount = 2 | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the [[Series 6 (4DA)|sixth series]] of | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the [[Series 6 (4DA)|sixth series]] of ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
En route to the [[Lake District]], the Doctor, Romana and K9 find themselves on a desolate, rain-sodden world along with a squad of battle-weary Sontarans. | |||
The Sontarans are fighting a campaign on two fronts: Against crazed, undead humans on one side, and crazed, undead Sontarans - their former allies - on the other. | |||
Strange lights appear sporadically in the sky, but the Sontarans seem completely unaware of them. | |||
When the TARDIS goes missing, the Sontarans agree to join forces with the time travellers. | |||
Using a Sontaran communicator, the Doctor is able to detect chronon pulses coming from the likely relocation of the TARDIS - behind enemy lines. The Doctor and Major Stom set off in a Sontaran tank to retrieve it. | |||
Meanwhile, Romana and K9 examine the recently deceased body of Sontaran trooper Varn, detecting some sort of time element to the zombie disease. As they continue the examination, the undead Sontaran suddenly reanimates and attacks. | |||
The Doctor and Stom arrive at their intended location, but instead of finding the TARDIS, they find a transmitter - a projection node - buried in the mud. | |||
A platoon of human soldiers suddenly appears, and their leader gives the order to execute. | |||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
' | Using the projection node, the Doctor transports himself and Stom to a control centre operated by the Sycon - alien beings from the far, far future. | ||
The Sycon have time-looped hundreds of battles and skirmishes throughout history, to teach their society the futility of war. | |||
However, after operating for thousands of years, the battle matrix is out of sync. Instead of the time-bubbles being reset, the dead combatants are respawning as undead monsters. | |||
The TARDIS is also at the Sycon control centre. When it detected it had landed in a time bubble, it activated emergency maneuvers, then contacted the Doctor through the time bubble's projection node. | |||
Lenk rescues Romana and K9 from the undead Sontaran, while the human soldiers requisition the abandoned Sontaran tank and launch an attack on the Sontaran base. Lenk resolves to destroy the entire base in a bid to wipe everyone out. | |||
The Doctor reveals the truth to the Sycon AI - the Sycon themselves were wiped out in a war long ago, their planet too is now just a desolate wasteland. | |||
The Sycon resolves to shut down the time-bubbles, destroying all within. The Doctor convinces the Sycon AI to instead deactivate itself, saving the combatants within the bubbles. | |||
The Doctor and Stom rescue Romana and K9 before the Sontaran base explodes. | |||
Stom and the survivors of the time bubbles must now make the abandoned Sycon planet their new home. Stom allows himself to be rendered unconscious by the Doctor, allowing the time travellers to leave in peace. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]] | * [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]] | ||
* [[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] | * [[K9 Mark II|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] | ||
* Field Major [[Lenk (The Eternal Battle)|Lenk]]/Sergeant Major [[Stom]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | * Field Major [[Lenk (The Eternal Battle)|Lenk]] / Sergeant Major [[Stom]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
* Captain [[Nina Albiston]]/ [[Sycon Computer]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | * Captain [[Nina Albiston]] / [[Sycon Computer]] - [[Jane Slavin]] | ||
* [[Brennan]]/[[Trooper]] [[Varn (The Eternal Battle)|Varn]] - [[John Banks]] | * [[Brennan]] / [[Trooper]] [[Varn (The Eternal Battle)|Varn]] - [[John Banks]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Romana refers to the savage creatures as [[zombie]]s and [[revenant]]s. | * Romana refers to the savage creatures as [[zombie]]s and [[revenant]]s. | ||
* K9 triangulates a temporal waveform to detect [[chronon]]s. He later detects low level chronons in the undying Varn's brain. | * K9 triangulates a temporal waveform to detect [[chronon]]s. He later detects low level chronons in the undying Varn's brain. | ||
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=== Sycons === | === Sycons === | ||
* The [[Sycon]] race is from [[far future|millennia in the future]], from the [[universe]]'s "twilight years, | * The [[Sycon]] race is from [[far future|millennia in the future]], from the [[universe]]'s "twilight years", when the Sontarans are [[Extinction|extinct]]. The Doctor describes them as [[peace]]-loving. | ||
* By the new [[calendar]], the [[Centre of Academic Excellence]] was established in the year [[97391]]. | * By the new [[calendar]], the [[Centre of Academic Excellence]] was established in the year [[97391]] in [[New New Canada]]. | ||
* To illustrate "the futility of [[war]]," subjects were gathered by technology similar to a [[Time Scoop]], taken from [[battle]]s throughout [[history]], but no major wars, so as not to attract attention. Visitors from every major race in the cosmos were to be invited to observe. | * To illustrate "the futility of [[war]]," subjects were gathered by technology similar to a [[Time Scoop]], taken from [[battle]]s throughout [[history]], but no major wars, so as not to attract attention. Visitors from every major race in the cosmos were to be invited to observe. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:The Eternal Battle textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover.]] | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Romana is familiar with [[Sontaran]]s from [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|their invasion of]] [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') | * Romana is familiar with [[Sontaran]]s from [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|their invasion of]] [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Rutan Host]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') and [[vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'') | * The Doctor mentions the [[Rutan Host]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') and [[vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Dunkirk]]. The [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s were present at Dunkirk. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Byzantium!]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]'') | * The Doctor mentions [[Dunkirk]]. The [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s were present at Dunkirk. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]'') | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] would later encounter scared Sontarans | * The [[Seventh Doctor]] would later encounter another group of scared Sontarans. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror of the Sontarans (audio story)|Terror of the Sontarans]]'') | ||
* The Doctor comments that he's never had a Sontaran as a [[companion]]. He'd later befriend the Sontaran nurse [[Strax]] | * The Doctor comments that he's never had a Sontaran as a [[companion]]. He'd later befriend the Sontaran nurse [[Strax]], ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', et al.) and travel with him in the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Gentlemen, Please! (comic story)|Time Gentlemen, Please!]]'') | ||
* Albiston believes in a [[goddess]], as did [[Benny Summerfield]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') | * Albiston believes in a [[goddess]], as did [[Benny Summerfield]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') | ||
* The Doctor says some of his best friends are soldiers, including [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', et al) | * The Doctor says some of his best friends are soldiers, including [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et al) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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