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|image        = Night of the Vashta Nerada.jpg
|image        = Night of the Vashta Nerada.jpg
|anthology    = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]]''
|anthology    = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
|series      = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|series      = ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]''
|range        = Classic Doctors, New Monsters
|range        = Classic Doctors, New Monsters
|series in range = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
|series in range = Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
|separator=;
|number in series = 1
|number in series = 1
|doctor      = Fourth Doctor
|doctor      = Fourth Doctor
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|enemy        = [[Vashta Nerada]]
|enemy        = [[Vashta Nerada]]
|setting      = [[Funworld]]
|setting      = [[Funworld]]
|writer      = [[John Dorney]]
|writer      = John Dorney
|director    = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|director    = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer    = [[David Richardson]]
|producer    = [[David Richardson]]
|music        = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music        = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
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|cover        = [[Tom Webster]]
|cover        = [[Tom Webster]]
|publisher    = Big Finish Productions
|publisher    = Big Finish Productions
|release date = [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date = 27 July 2017
|format      = 1 episodes on 1 CD (1st of 4 stories)
|format      = 1 episodes on 1 CD (1st of 4 stories)
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-78575-427-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-428-9 (digital)  
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-78575-427-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-428-9 (digital)  
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|next        = Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)
|next        = Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)
|trailer      =  
|trailer      =  
|production code = BFPDWNEWMON02}}{{audio stub}}
|production code = BFPDWNEWMON02
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]], ''produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]].


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* [[Phelan]] - [[Emma Lowndes]]
* [[Phelan]] - [[Emma Lowndes]]
* [[Bennetto]] - [[Matt Devitt]]
* [[Bennetto]] - [[Matt Devitt]]
=== Uncredited cast ===
=== Uncredited cast ===
* [[Grosta]] - [[Matt Devitt]] ([[BFX]]: ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]]'')
* [[Grosta]] - [[Matt Devitt]] ([[BFX]]: ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two]]'')


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* The Doctor says that his previous [[companion]] has just departed for "Pastures New."
* The Doctor says that his previous [[companion]] has just departed for "Pastures New."
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Night of the Vashta Nerada alternate cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover, with the 2018 [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]].]]
[[File:Night of the Vashta Nerada alternate cover.jpg|thumb|[[DWM 570]] digital promo cover]]
* This is one of the few instances in a [[Big Finish]] anthology release in which the [[Fourth Doctor]] is present in a story set alongside stories featuring other incarnations. In this case, the Fourth Doctor took the place of the [[Seventh Doctor]], who had [[Harvest of the Sycorax (audio story)|featured]] in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One|Volume One]]''.
* This is one of the few instances in a [[Big Finish]] anthology release in which the [[Fourth Doctor]] is present in a story set alongside stories featuring other incarnations. In this case, the Fourth Doctor took the place of the [[Seventh Doctor]], who had [[Harvest of the Sycorax (audio story)|featured]] in ''[[Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One|Volume One]]''.
* The Doctor describes Donnelly as a "{{w|Bandersnatch|frumious Bandersnatch}}", a reference to a creature from the 1872 novel ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]].
* The Doctor describes Donnelly as a "{{w|Bandersnatch|frumious Bandersnatch}}", a reference to a creature from the 1872 novel ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]].
* Commenting on Phelan against the rest of Steele's team, the Doctor comments that "one of these things is not like the other, one of these things doesn't belong", a reference to a regular song which appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' from 1969 - 2019.
* Phelan is offered a chance to travel in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] but dies before she has the opportunity to do so. The same fate also befell several characters in the revived series including [[Lynda Moss]], [[Madame de Pompadour]], [[Astrid Peth]], [[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]] and [[Zygon Osgood]].
* Phelan is offered a chance to travel in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] but dies before she has the opportunity to do so. The same fate also befell several characters in the revived series including [[Lynda Moss]], [[Madame de Pompadour]], [[Astrid Peth]], [[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]] and [[Zygon Osgood]].
* As part of the ''Classic Doctors, New Monsters'' boxset, ''Night of the Vashta Nerada'' was also bundled with ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'', featuring [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ''Day'' makes reference to the events of ''Night''.
* As part of the ''Classic Doctors, New Monsters'' boxset, ''Night of the Vashta Nerada'' was also bundled with ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'', featuring [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ''Day'' makes reference to the events of ''Night''.
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* Phelan refers to the fact that the Vashta Nerada exist on many planets, including [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'')
* Phelan refers to the fact that the Vashta Nerada exist on many planets, including [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'')
* The Doctor describes the Vashta Nerada as the piranhas of the air. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'')
* The Doctor describes the Vashta Nerada as the piranhas of the air. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'')
* The Doctor would later encounter the Vashta Nerada in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'') and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnations]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Space Oddity (comic story)|Space Oddity]]'')
* The Doctor would later encounter the Vashta Nerada in his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Operation Dusk (audio story)|Operation Dusk]]'') [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'') [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red Darkness (audio story)|Red Darkness]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 3 comic story)|Untitled]]'') and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnations]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Space Oddity (comic story)|Space Oddity]]'')
* The [[Gorlan Civil War]] is being fought. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'')
* The [[Gorlan Civil War]] is being fought. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'')
* Following the deaths of Donnelly and the skeleton crew, the Funworld project was abandoned and the world became known as Theta 49. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* Following the deaths of Donnelly and the skeleton crew, the Funworld project was abandoned and the world became known as Theta 49. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
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[[Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two audio stories]]
[[Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two audio stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor audio stories]]
[[Category:Vashta Nerada stories]]
[[Category:Vashta Nerada audio stories]]
[[Category:Audio stories that use Delia Derbyshire's 2nd theme]]
[[Category:Audio stories that use Delia Derbyshire's 2nd theme]]


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