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|main character = [[Leela]] | |main character = [[Leela]] | ||
|featuring = [[Narvin]], [[ | |featuring = [[Narvin]], [[Eris (Havoc)|Eris]], [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]], [[Mantus]], [[Rayo]], [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]] | ||
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|setting = [[Deception field]], [[Gallifrey]] | |setting = [[Deception field]], [[Gallifrey]] | ||
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|next = Dissolution (audio story) | |next = Dissolution (audio story) | ||
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'''''Deception''''' was the first audio story in ''[[Time War: Volume Four]]'', the thirteenth series of ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]''. | '''''Deception''''' was the first audio story in ''[[Time War: Volume Four]]'', the thirteenth series of ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]''. | ||
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[[Mantus]] meets with [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]] uninvited and tells her that there are rumours of Romana having been captured and exterminated by the Daleks. He refuses to give Livia the identity of his source and gives her the opportunity to inform [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]] of the news, but she says that he takes no interest in affairs of state and likely will not care. She tells Mantus that she too has sources, namely a strategist in the resistance, and knows that they are aware of the deception fields, an experiment of Rassilon's which she disapproves of due to their risk to the innocent. | [[Mantus]] meets with [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]] uninvited and tells her that there are rumours of Romana having been captured and exterminated by the Daleks. He refuses to give Livia the identity of his source and gives her the opportunity to inform [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]] of the news, but she says that he takes no interest in affairs of state and likely will not care. She tells Mantus that she too has sources, namely a strategist in the resistance, and knows that they are aware of the deception fields, an experiment of Rassilon's which she disapproves of due to their risk to the innocent. | ||
''to be | Having learnt that Leela cannot fly a TARDIS, Eris dematerialises to take them to one of the resistance rendezvous points so that Leela can find out where Narvin and Rayo have been taken to. However, he finds that he cannot get a lock on any of them, so Leela suggests that she enter the deception field instead and ties him up when he says that she is too weak to handle its effects. Once he agrees to keep the TARDIS steady for her, she releases him. | ||
Filius and Castine worry about whether they are [[hallucination|hallucinating]] or if Rassilon has succeeded in obliterating the universe with [[chronium bomb]]s. Whilst trying to find the TARDIS, they hear the voice of the Neverman. | |||
Rassilon unexpectedly attends a meeting, surprising Livia and Mantus, and addresses the resistance, saying that those who are not in solidarity with the cause, united in the fight and loyal to their [[President of the High Council|President]] will be exterminated like [[vermin]]. Afterwards, Livia tells Mantus that she is concerned about the language that Rassilon chose and how he seems to be elevating himself above the practicalities of government. Mantus warns her that her rhetoric is beginning to sound dangerous and says that he will see her at the War Council. | |||
Leela walks down the air corridor into the deception field and sees multiple versions of [[Sholan]] on a battlefield, dying over and over. After losing audio contact, Eris contacts Yakob and asks him for advice; Yakob tells him to rescue Leela as she is more valuable than Filius and Castine, but he finds the harness empty when he pulls it up. Despite Castine urging him not to, Filius runs away and Leela hears her shout after him. | |||
On a secret communications line, Livia orders that somebody send her their data and asks about Filius and Castine's whereabouts. She is confused as there is no deception field in that position and says that Eris' TARDIS must be recalled, as they cannot afford to lose a TARDIS as well as four people. | |||
After Filius is swallowed up by the field, Leela hits Castine to make her more amenable to being carried to the air corridor. She tells her that the hallucinations cannot harm them if they fight against them, which she demonstrates by frightening away a vicious creature. They see the TARDIS, but it flies away. | |||
Rassilon makes another speech, announcing that the "ascension to the apex cannot now be halted", a phrase which means nothing to Livia or Mantus. He says that he will not speak again of dissent or discord as, he claims, all resistance has been crushed and all renegades chased down. The crowd cheer, but Livia and Mantus know that this is not the case. | |||
Eris returns and saves Leela and Castine. As the deception field was not on any of the charts, Eris says that they have to find out why one was here and takes them to an evacuation ship from Nisteria. Castine goes in search of Filius' friends whilst Eris finds Yakob and demands to know how he knew about the deception field when it was not on the chart that Eris supplied. Threatened, Yakob says that Livia told him about them and that she is with the resistance. In truth, Yakob is a double agent and is spying on Mantus and the resistance for Livia. Mantus now knows this and sends him a TARDIS which, rather than taking him to Gallifrey, takes him into the deception field. | |||
Leela and Eris search for Narvin on the evacuation ships without success. Having salvaged the plans for the attack on the Dalek stronghold, Castine will remain with the resistance rather than returning to [[the Capitol]] as Eris does not trust Livia. Narvin contacts the ship and tells them that he is on his way, although he has been separated from Rayo. Narvin says that disrupting the Time Lords and Daleks is no longer enough and that they have to destroy the Vortex by releasing the deception field toxins into the Untempered Schism. However, this will require them to return to Gallifrey. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | * [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | ||
* [[Narvin]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | * [[Narvin]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | ||
* [[Eris (Havoc)|Eris]] - [[Samuel Gosrani]] | * [[Eris (Havoc)|Eris]] - [[Samuel Gosrani]] | ||
* [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]] - [[Pippa Bennett-Warner]] | |||
* [[Mantus]] - [[Sam Clemens|Samuel Clemens]] | |||
* [[Rayo]] - [[Omar Austin]] | * [[Rayo]] - [[Omar Austin]] | ||
* [[Castine]] - [[Debbie Korley]] | * [[Castine]] - [[Debbie Korley]] | ||
* [[Filius]] - [[Steven Flynn]] | * [[Filius]] - [[Steven Flynn]] | ||
* [[Yakob]] - [[Francois Pandolfo]] | |||
* [[Andreas]] - [[Susie Emmett]] | |||
* [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]] - [[Richard Armitage]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* Leela meets someone from the [[Cornelius Complex]], which was purged. The survivors picked up the call from [[Ysalus]]. | * Leela meets someone from the [[Cornelius Complex]], which was purged. The survivors picked up the call from [[Ysalus]]. | ||
* Yakob sends [[Arkania]] to him. | * Yakob sends [[Arkania]] to him. | ||
* Leela has a [[Paluvian handclaw]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
