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* [[The Master (Sympathy for the Devil)|The Master]] - Jonathan Clements <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/ | * [[The Master (Sympathy for the Devil)|The Master]] - Jonathan Clements <ref name="interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051216181439/http://muramasaindustries.com/other/interviews/bigfinish/bigfinish.html Interview] with writer [[Jonathan Clements]]</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the debut performance for [[David Warner]] as [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the parallel universe Doctor]]. | * This was the debut performance for [[David Warner]] as [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the parallel universe Doctor]]. | ||
* The dying Master regenerating into the Kisgart incarnation is intended to be the one protrayed by Delgado.<ref name=interview /> | |||
* This story has the first regeneration in audio. | * This story has the first regeneration in audio. | ||
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Keller Machine|mind parasites]] from the television story ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' in an audio drama. | * This story marks the first appearance of the [[Keller Machine|mind parasites]] from the television story ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' in an audio drama. | ||
* The original idea was drastically different: "My first idea was to do something that capitalised on the world over-run with Silurians and dinosaurs, with no plastics available; a kind of post-holocaust situation. I had this idea for an opening sequence inspired by Aliens, with a UNIT squad decimated by shrieking raptors, and a group of medics dragging a mortally wounded Brigadier to safety while an officer screams: "Somebody get me a doctor!" And then you hear the TARDIS materialising, and the theme music kicks in." <ref name="interview" | * The original idea was drastically different: "My first idea was to do something that capitalised on the world over-run with Silurians and dinosaurs, with no plastics available; a kind of post-holocaust situation. I had this idea for an opening sequence inspired by Aliens, with a UNIT squad decimated by shrieking raptors, and a group of medics dragging a mortally wounded Brigadier to safety while an officer screams: "Somebody get me a doctor!" And then you hear the TARDIS materialising, and the theme music kicks in." <ref name="interview" /> | ||
* Ling being from Slough but mistaken for a Hong Kong local (twice) is loosely based on a real incident Clements saw. The real girls were from Colchester but Clements thought Slough sounded funnier.<ref name="interview" /> | * Ling being from Slough but mistaken for a Hong Kong local (twice) is loosely based on a real incident Clements saw. The real girls were from Colchester but Clements thought Slough sounded funnier.<ref name="interview" /> | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[24 March (production)|24 March]] 2003. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[24 March (production)|24 March]] 2003. | ||
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* Alternate versions of Third Doctor stories include: the [[Auton]]s resulting in the "plastic purges", an economically damaging action; the there was an attack by the [[Silurian]]s ("the lizards"), stopped by [[Mike Yates]] travelling back in time to nuke the Silurians before they awoke in the [[1970s]] (at the cost of a crater in the middle of [[London]]); the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' lead to a line of mile-wide craters across the [[United States of America]]; Stahlman Gas ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') is still an ongoing project; lives lost whenever UNIT handled a peace conference, a dual reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' or ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''. | * Alternate versions of Third Doctor stories include: the [[Auton]]s resulting in the "plastic purges", an economically damaging action; the there was an attack by the [[Silurian]]s ("the lizards"), stopped by [[Mike Yates]] travelling back in time to nuke the Silurians before they awoke in the [[1970s]] (at the cost of a crater in the middle of [[London]]); the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' lead to a line of mile-wide craters across the [[United States of America]]; Stahlman Gas ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') is still an ongoing project; lives lost whenever UNIT handled a peace conference, a dual reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' or ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* Every alien attack has been repulsed by more draconian and destructive methods than in the show, leaving the Brigadier disgraced due to the lack of evidence of alien threats. Brimmicombe-Wood states that the Brigadier also once ordered the saturation bombing of Surrey, that he's known for "a mad story about ''dinosaurs''" to describe the London crater, and that tabloid ''The Daily Mail'' had a headline "Barmy Brig in Fake Flower Fiasco" (referring to the events [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''). Notably, Brimmicombe-Wood doesn't believe the stories about aliens, despite being a high-ranking UNIT officer. | * Every alien attack has been repulsed by more draconian and destructive methods than in the show, leaving the Brigadier disgraced due to the lack of evidence of alien threats. Brimmicombe-Wood states that the Brigadier also once ordered the saturation bombing of Surrey, that he's known for "a mad story about ''dinosaurs''" to describe the London crater, and that tabloid ''The Daily Mail'' had a headline "Barmy Brig in Fake Flower Fiasco" (referring to the events [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''). Notably, Brimmicombe-Wood doesn't believe the stories about aliens, despite being a high-ranking UNIT officer. | ||
* Clements has stated [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' is "the critical moment" in the alternate timeline | * Clements has stated [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' is "the critical moment" in the alternate timeline<ref name=interview/> The Master defected to China after the (alternate) events of this story, the Mind parasites are the same creatures used in the [[Keller Machine]], and the Master's alias (Ke Le) is a Chinese version of his "Emil Keller" one. | ||
* As established ''The Mind of Evil'', the Doctor once knew [[Mao Tse-Tung|Chairman Mao]]. There, while talking to a Chinese ambassador, the Doctor claims he was with Mao on the Long March in [[1936]]. However, the Doctor says he only knew Mao as a librarian, indicating he was lying in ''The Mind of Evil'' to get into the ambassador's good graces. The Master informs the Doctor that Mao "spoke ever so highly of ''you''", and the Doctor's reply indicates that he knew about Mao's future when he met him. | * As established ''The Mind of Evil'', the Doctor once knew [[Mao Tse-Tung|Chairman Mao]]. There, while talking to a Chinese ambassador, the Doctor claims he was with Mao on the Long March in [[1936]]. However, the Doctor says he only knew Mao as a librarian, indicating he was lying in ''The Mind of Evil'' to get into the ambassador's good graces. The Master informs the Doctor that Mao "spoke ever so highly of ''you''", and the Doctor's reply indicates that he knew about Mao's future when he met him. | ||
* The Master, upon entering what he thinks is the Doctor's TARDIS, mutters "a new TARDIS ... at last", referring to [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' where he mutters "a new body ... at last" upon possessing [[Tremas]]. | * The Master, upon entering what he thinks is the Doctor's TARDIS, mutters "a new TARDIS ... at last", referring to [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' where he mutters "a new body ... at last" upon possessing [[Tremas]]. | ||
