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{{Cleanup|It is being currently discussed whether or not the events of this story and rest of the ''Genesis'' boxset takes place in a separate universe to [[N-Space]] or a diverging fork from it, on [[Talk:Dust Devil (audio story)|the talk page]]; please do not add any information about, for example, the Fourth Doctor, to either [[Fourth Doctor]] ''or'' [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)]] until this matter has been resolved.}} | |||
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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Genesis (audio anthology) | ||
|number = 1.1 | |number = 1.1 | ||
|range = Doctor of War (audio series) | |range = Doctor of War (audio series) | ||
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|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Aridius]], [[London]], [[Gallifrey]], [[Skaro]], [[Last Great Time War]] | |setting = [[Aridius]], [[London]], [[Gallifrey]], [[Skaro]], [[Last Great Time War]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Dorney | ||
|director = [[Barnaby Kay]] | |director = [[Barnaby Kay]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|sound = [[Jack Townley]] | |sound = [[Jack Townley]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 13 April 2022 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>1st of 3 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWUNCD09 | |production code = BFPDWUNCD09 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-843-1 (physical) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-843-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-844-8 (digital) | ||
|series = ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' | |series = ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' | ||
|prev = Masters of War (audio story) | |prev = Masters of War (audio story) | ||
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|next2 = Aftershocks (audio story) | |next2 = Aftershocks (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Genesis (audio anthology)|Genesis]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and introduced Colin Baker as [[The Warrior]], [[Seán Carlsen]] as [[Narvin (The Warrior's universe)|Narvin]], [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]], [[Sadie Miller]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith (The Warrior's universe)|Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Christopher Naylor]] as [[Harry Sullivan (The Warrior's universe)|Harry Sullivan]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[Genesis (audio anthology)|Genesis]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and introduced Colin Baker as [[The Warrior]], [[Seán Carlsen]] as [[Narvin (The Warrior's universe)|Narvin]], [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]], [[Sadie Miller]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith (The Warrior's universe)|Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Christopher Naylor]] as [[Harry Sullivan (The Warrior's universe)|Harry Sullivan]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On the planet [[Skaro]], during the events of the [[Creation of the Daleks]], the [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]] has set up explosives to destroy the incubator chamber of the [[Dalek]]s. All he has to do is touch two wires together and the Daleks are finished. But | On the planet [[Skaro]], during the events of the [[Creation of the Daleks]], the [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]] has set up explosives to destroy the incubator chamber of the [[Dalek]]s. All he has to do is touch two wires together and the Daleks are finished. But does he have the right? [[Sarah Jane Smith (The Warrior's universe)|Sarah Jane Smith]] is certain he must do this, and complete his mission for the [[Time Lord]]s. Thinking it over, the Doctor realises his life has led him to this moment, and that maybe this is his punishment for his constant interfering in the universe. Now certain that Sarah is right and that he must do this, he sends Sarah and [[Harry Sullivan (The Warrior's universe)|Harry Sullivan]] to the laboratory to retrieve the [[Time Ring]] and the tapes of the Doctor's interrogation. He waits until the two leave, before touching the wires together. The incubation chamber is destroyed, and time reels from what has just happened. | ||
In the lab, Harry finds the Time Ring, but Sarah feels off, realising her memories are warping and distorting. A prototype Dalek arrives, and so does the Doctor, having realised the trio need to leave now, with the temporal shockwave being greater than he expected. The Dalek immediately exterminates both Sarah and Harry, before turning its gun on the Doctor. The Doctor tells the Dalek it has lost. With the incubation chamber destroyed and the Dalek being only a prototype, the Daleks have no future anymore. With his friends dead, the Doctor accepts his death at the hands of the Dalek, who shoots him. | In the lab, Harry finds the Time Ring, but Sarah feels off, realising her memories are warping and distorting. A prototype Dalek arrives, and so does the Doctor, having realised the trio need to leave now, with the temporal shockwave being greater than he expected. The Dalek immediately exterminates both Sarah and Harry, before turning its gun on the Doctor. The Doctor tells the Dalek it has lost. With the incubation chamber destroyed and the Dalek being only a prototype, the Daleks have no future anymore. With his friends dead, the Doctor accepts his death at the hands of the Dalek, who shoots him. | ||
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Back on Aridius, the Doctor gets lost in his mind remembering the past. The Diviner, [[Talarn]], arrives. Their crew of six people begin traverse the desert, searching for the tomb. | Back on Aridius, the Doctor gets lost in his mind remembering the past. The Diviner, [[Talarn]], arrives. Their crew of six people begin traverse the desert, searching for the tomb. | ||
Back in the TARDIS, Sixth Doctor tells Peri they were nearly temporally displaced, and since he experienced it differently than here, something must be pursuing him through time. The Doctor tries to find a temporal trail but [[TARDIS console]] begins emanating a shrieking noise. The TARDIS takes off on its own, with no clear | Back in the TARDIS, Sixth Doctor tells Peri they were nearly temporally displaced, and since he experienced it differently than here, something must be pursuing him through time. The Doctor tries to find a temporal trail but the [[TARDIS console]] begins emanating a shrieking noise. The TARDIS takes off on its own, with no clear destination — Peri suggests it is running away from something. Temporal waves begin washing over Peri, so the Doctor attempts to short-circuit the TARDIS. | ||
Hiking on Aridius, the Doctor notes the world is more mountainous and begins to lose his patience. He can't remember a sense of time of their trip. He notices a figure following them in the distance. The Aridians dispute the possibility of this. One Aridian, [[Draylan]], is sent back to inspect the figure. After a while, Talarn finds a tomb, and she discovers a body. Somehow, it is the body of Draylan, long dead and with two bullet wounds. Just then, a particularly large [[Mire Beast (Dust Devil)|Mire Beast]] senses the body, but it takes only the corpse and does not feed on the travellers. | Hiking on Aridius, the Doctor notes the world is more mountainous and begins to lose his patience. He can't remember a sense of time of their trip. He notices a figure following them in the distance. The Aridians dispute the possibility of this. One Aridian, [[Draylan]], is sent back to inspect the figure. After a while, Talarn finds a tomb, and she discovers a body. Somehow, it is the body of Draylan, long dead and with two bullet wounds. Just then, a particularly large [[Mire Beast (Dust Devil)|Mire Beast]] senses the body, but it takes only the corpse and does not feed on the travellers. | ||
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The Doctor and the travelling crew arrive at the ruins of an Aridian city. The Doctor is unsure if it was the one he saw on his prior visit. They still do not know about the mysterious figure they spotted. Talarn determines the tomb the Doctor seeks is buried beneath them. She finds it strange their search should have been taken days, but is certain it only took hours despite the Doctor's sense otherwise. Talarn asks whose tomb it is the Doctor seeks. He answers that it is his own. | The Doctor and the travelling crew arrive at the ruins of an Aridian city. The Doctor is unsure if it was the one he saw on his prior visit. They still do not know about the mysterious figure they spotted. Talarn determines the tomb the Doctor seeks is buried beneath them. She finds it strange their search should have been taken days, but is certain it only took hours despite the Doctor's sense otherwise. Talarn asks whose tomb it is the Doctor seeks. He answers that it is his own. | ||
London is being destroyed, but someone arrives with a [[vortex manipulator]] and [[temporal shield]] to save the Doctor and Peri. She is [[Thayla]] from the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], though the Doctor doesn't recognize her uniform. The voices the Doctor heard are now audible to everyone, demanding to be let in. They appear as bullets to Peri, and Thayla them "[[temporal bullet]]s". | London is being destroyed, but someone arrives with a [[vortex manipulator]] and [[temporal shield]] to save the Doctor and Peri. She is [[Thayla]] from the [[Celestial Intervention Agency (The Warrior's universe)|Celestial Intervention Agency]], though the Doctor doesn't recognize her uniform. The voices the Doctor heard are now audible to everyone, demanding to be let in. They appear as bullets to Peri, and Thayla dubs them "[[temporal bullet]]s". | ||
Talarn asks the Doctor who he is. He says he doesn't know, his own past and present seem unclear. The digging machinery begins operating, though Talarn finds this strange as there hasn't been ample time for it to been set up. The | Talarn asks the Doctor who he is. He says he doesn't know, his own past and present seem unclear. The digging machinery begins operating, though Talarn finds this strange as there hasn't been ample time for it to been set up. The Doctor thinks they have been there for hours, but she says she is certain it is otherwise. Suddenly, Talarn is shot. The Doctor and Chooban hide behind the machinery. Chooban sees the shooting is coming from a tower, and the Doctor suspects it is the figure they saw earlier. They believe they can't be reached, and grenades begin being launched. The Doctor realises this isn't to hit them, but to draw the attention of the Mire Beast. The Doctor tells Chooban to aim a [[hoversled]] at the tower, in order to draw the Mire Beast over to it. The Warrior runs to divert the gunfire, and the tower collapses, with both making it out alive. They witness the Mire Beast entirely destroy the city, but the Doctor realises this eliminates the need for digging. Chooban decides to come with him into the depths. | ||
Thayla explains the temporal bullets have latched on to the Doctor and will follow him anywhere through time and space. They were causing ruptures in time, including what happened on Gallia. Peri correctly guesses the weapons were created on [[Gallifrey]], and the agent tells them Gallifrey has changed. The bullets disappear, meaning there is not much time left, and Thayla tells the Doctor the only way to evade them is to find his own future corpse and trick them into targeting it. The Doctor asks why he is wanted dead, and why Gallifrey changed. The agent says it started on Skaro, and suddenly is struck by the bullets. The Doctor takes [[Thayla's vortex manipulator]] and notices Peri has disappeared. He dematerialises. | Thayla explains the temporal bullets have latched on to the Doctor and will follow him anywhere through time and space. They were causing ruptures in time, including what happened on Gallia. Peri correctly guesses the weapons were created on [[Gallifrey]], and the agent tells them Gallifrey has changed. The bullets disappear, meaning there is not much time left, and Thayla tells the Doctor the only way to evade them is to find his own future corpse and trick them into targeting it. The Doctor asks why he is wanted dead, and why Gallifrey changed. The agent says it started on Skaro, and suddenly is struck by the bullets. The Doctor takes [[Thayla's vortex manipulator]] and notices Peri has disappeared. He dematerialises. | ||
On Aridius, the Doctor and Chooban arrive at the tomb. He notes the vortex manipulator no longer works and he has resorted to only space travel, hoping the | On Aridius, the Doctor and Chooban arrive at the tomb. He notes the vortex manipulator no longer works and he has resorted to only space travel, hoping the rumours of his tomb's location are true to avoid the temporal bullets. They find a hatchway which the Doctor finds familiar somehow. On the other end, they find the tomb is actually the ship the Doctor arrived in, having been there for at least a thousand years. The Doctor dejectedly determines his corpse is not there. He realises it still may be tomb, because it may be where he himself dies. Someone arrives and kills Chooban. She takes off her helmet and the Doctor recognizes Peri, but she does not know that name, identifying as [[Miss Brown]]. She says she met a different version of him with the same face, and that he interfered with the [[creation of the Daleks]], ruining the chain of causality and spawning [[The Warrior's universe|a new reality]] that became the "main" one. The Warrior of this reality sees the Doctor, who should not exist, as a threat. He gifted the temporal bullets to Miss Brown, who furthermore killed the Aridians for sport. Preparing to kill the Doctor, the Mire Beast senses the corpse of Chooban and lets the Doctor escape with Miss Brown in pursuit. The Doctor hopes the other version of him will work for the temporal bullets, and runs into a strange wall of glass, beyond which space can be seen. Miss Brown's weapon is out of power, and fires the temporal bullets, but they are sucked into the vortex to catch up with the Doctor later. The Mire Beast eats Miss Brown and the Doctor prepares for the same fate, before a Dalek saucer rescues him. The temporal bullets catch up with the Doctor again. | ||
Narvin tells the Warrior the Doctor is dead, the last of the " | Narvin tells the Warrior the Doctor is dead, the last of the "aberrations". The Warrior is unfazed, saying he "wasn't him", and Narvin wants to leave to determine what the Dalek saucer was up to. Before they leave, the Warrior pulls up a view of Aridius, and wonders how the planet, once a water world, became arid and was named such in advance. Below Aridius, they spot another vague sphere. The Warrior claims Aridius is not just drifting towards its suns, but being taken out of the universe by more powerful beings, but there is nothing to be done. Then, the two depart. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] / [[The Warrior]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] / [[The Warrior]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] / [[Miss Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown|Peri]] / [[Miss Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | * [[Chooban]] / [[Temporal bullet|Bullet 1]] / Driver - [[David Holt]] | ||
* [[Talarn]] / [[Temporal bullet|Bullet 2]] / [[Thayla]] - [[Sasha Behar]] | |||
* [[Fourth Doctor (The Warrior's universe)|Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | |||
* [[Harry Sullivan (The Warrior's universe)|Harry Sullivan]] - [[Christopher Naylor]] | |||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith (The Warrior's universe)|Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Sadie Miller]] | |||
* [[Narvin (The Warrior's universe)|Narvin]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | * [[Narvin (The Warrior's universe)|Narvin]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Dalek (The Warrior's universe)|The Daleks]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | == Crew == | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | * Script Editor - [[Tim Foley]] | ||
* Writer - [[John Dorney]] | |||
* Sound Designer & Remote Recording Dialogue Assembly - [[Jack Townley]] | |||
* Cover Art - [[Claudia Gironi]] | |||
* Director - [[Barnaby Kay]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Music - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Daleks created by [[Terry Nation]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Fourth Doctor mentions the [[Grandfather Paradox Protocols]]. | |||
* The Doctor has taken Peri to a [[convent]] and the caverns of [[Larisus]]. | * The Doctor has taken Peri to a [[convent]] and the caverns of [[Larisus]]. | ||
* Instead of [[ice cream]], [[Gallia]] has a nonfat treat called [[torbone]]. | * Instead of [[ice cream]], [[Gallia]] has a nonfat treat called [[torbone]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Fourth Doctor's last words before regenerating into the Warrior are "Not an end, but a beginning. And the moment has been—" before being cut off. This mirrors his last words in [[N-Space]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'': "It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for." | * The Fourth Doctor's last words before regenerating into the Warrior are "Not an end, but a beginning. And the moment has been—" before being cut off. This mirrors his last words in [[N-Space]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'': "It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for." | ||
* This story marks the first appearance of the [[Aridian]]s in any medium since [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor has been to [[Aridius]] before, "in another life". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') | * The Doctor has been to [[Aridius]] before, "[[First Doctor|in another life]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
* The Sixth Doctor remembers having not | * The Sixth Doctor remembers having not averted the Daleks' creation on Skaro. This was changed in the timeline Thayla came from. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Warrior's assertion that the Doctor "wasn't him" echoes the Sixth Doctor's own belief regarding [[the Valeyard]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]].'' | |||
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