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|image = Weapon of Choice cover.jpg | |image = Weapon of Choice cover.jpg | ||
|range = Gallifrey (audio series) | |range = Gallifrey (audio series) | ||
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|enemy = [[Nepenthe]] | |enemy = [[Nepenthe]] | ||
|setting = [[Gallifrey]], [[Gryben]] [[3553]] | |setting = [[Gallifrey]], [[Gryben]] [[3553]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Alan Barnes | ||
|director = [[Gary Russell]] | |director = [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Gary Russell]] | |producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Gary Russell]] | ||
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|cover = [[Lee Binding]] | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = March 2004 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|production code = BFPGALLCD01 | |production code = BFPGALLCD01 | ||
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|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Weapon of Choice''''' (identified on the cover simply as '''''Chapter One''''') was the first story of the [[Series 1 (Gallifrey)|first series]] of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'' audio series. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]]. | '''''Weapon of Choice''''' (identified on the cover simply as '''''Chapter One''''') was the first story of the [[Series 1 (Gallifrey)|first series]] of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'' audio series. It was written by [[Alan Barnes]] and featured [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]], [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark I]] and [[K9 Mark II|Mark II]], [[Miles Richardson]] as [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]], [[Lynda Bellingham]] as [[Darkel]] and introduced [[Seán Carlsen]] as [[Narvin]] and [[Andy Coleman]] as [[Andred (Weapon of Choice)|Torvald]]. | ||
This story also introduced the arc for the first series, including elements such as the [[Timonic Fusion Device]], [[Free Time]] and the tension between the [[Temporal Powers]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On the [[Third Moon of Kikrit]] in [[3553]] [[Sensorian Era]], a [[TARDIS]] materialises and [[Andred (Weapon of Choice)|Commander Torvald]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] steps out, joining [[Ba'aruk]] of the [[Monan Host]] and [[Scragbite]] of [[Nekkistan]] in investigating a facility believed to be the destination of a [[space-time vessel|time capsule]] intercepted by [[Vortex Ops]]. They are joined by a fourth assessor, [[Nepenthe|Sardinopoulos]] of [[Phaidon]], who is inhabiting the body of a [[human]] named Nepenthe, and enter the facility where they find a [[briefcase]] within a [[containment chamber]]. | On the [[Third Moon of Kikrit]] in [[3553]] [[Sensorian Era]], a [[TARDIS]] materialises and [[Andred (Weapon of Choice)|Commander Torvald]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] steps out, joining [[Ba'aruk]] of the [[Monan Host]] and [[Scragbite]] of [[Nekkistan]] in investigating a facility believed to be the destination of a [[space-time vessel|time capsule]] intercepted by [[Vortex Ops]]. They are joined by a fourth assessor, [[Nepenthe|Sardinopoulos]] of [[Phaidon]], who is inhabiting the body of a [[human]] named Nepenthe, and enter the facility where they find a [[briefcase]] within a [[containment chamber]]. | ||
Sardinopoulos enters the chamber and reveals that she is Nepenthe, taking a [[Timonic Fusion Device]] from the briefcase before teleporting away, shouting "[[Free Time]]". A countdown begins and an alarm sounds for the sterilisation of the building due to the destabilised containment field. Torvald, Ba'aruk and Scragbite escape before the facility explodes, after which the real [[Sardinopoulos]] arrives, curious about the absence of a building to assess. | Sardinopoulos enters the chamber and reveals that she is Nepenthe, taking a [[Timonic Fusion Device]] from the briefcase before teleporting away, shouting "[[Free Time]]". A countdown begins and an alarm sounds for the sterilisation of the building due to the destabilised containment field. Torvald, Ba'aruk and Scragbite escape before the facility explodes, after which the real [[Sardinopoulos]] arrives, curious about the absence of a building to assess. | ||
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* [[Outsider (Weapon of Choice)|Outsider]] - [[Trevor Littledale]] | * [[Outsider (Weapon of Choice)|Outsider]] - [[Trevor Littledale]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Arts and literature === | === Arts and literature === | ||
* K9 Mark II plays a "ghastly" recording of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' | * K9 Mark II plays a "ghastly" recording of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' | ||
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* Torvald mentions [[Vortex Ops]]. | * Torvald mentions [[Vortex Ops]]. | ||
* In the [[Drylands]] are [[pigbear]]s, [[horsecat]]s and [[batsnake]]s. | * In the [[Drylands]] are [[pigbear]]s, [[horsecat]]s and [[batsnake]]s. | ||
* Narvin mockingly suggests that someone should give Leela a [[Promaze]] bar. | |||
* Braxiatel says "[[Thalia]]'s bones". | * Braxiatel says "[[Thalia]]'s bones". | ||
* The [[Gryben Initiative]] was devised by Romana after outlawing the "far less civilised" process previously employed. | * The [[Gryben Initiative]] was devised by Romana after outlawing the "far less civilised" process previously employed. | ||
