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{{Infobox Story
|image           = The Macros cover.jpg
|image             = The Macros cover.jpg
|adapted from   = The Macro Men (TV story)
|adapted from     = The Macro Men (TV story)
|range           = The Lost Stories
|range             = The Lost Stories
|series in range = Series 1 (TLS)
|series in range   = Series 1 (TLS)
|series number in range = 1
|series number in range = 1
|number in series = 8
|number in series = 8
|series         = [[The Lost Stories]]
|series           = [[The Lost Stories]]
|number         = 1.08
|number           = 1.08
|doctor         = Sixth Doctor
|doctor           = Sixth Doctor
|companions     = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|companions       = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|enemy           = [[Osloo|Presidenta Osloo]]
|enemy             = [[Osloo|Presidenta Osloo]]
|setting         = [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']], [[Philadelphia Bay]], [[28 October]] [[1943]];<br/>[[Capron (planet)|Capron]];<br/>[[Washington DC]], [[26 October]] [[1943]]
|setting           = [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']], [[Philadelphia Bay]], [[28 October]] [[1943]];<br/>[[Capron (planet)|Capron]];<br/>[[Washington DC]], [[26 October]] [[1943]]
|writer         = [[Ingrid Pitt]] and [[Tony Rudlin]]
|writer           = [[Ingrid Pitt]] & [[Tony Rudlin]]
|director       = [[John Ainsworth]]
|director         = [[John Ainsworth]]
|producer       = [[David Richardson]]
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
|music           = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|music             = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|sound           = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]
|sound             = Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|cover             = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|release date   = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date     = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code = [[List of production codes|6Y/AH]]
|production code   = [[List of production codes|6Y/AH]]
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-451-1  
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-84435-451-1  
|prev           = The Song of Megaptera (audio story)
|prev             = The Song of Megaptera (audio story)
|next           = Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)
|next             = Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)
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|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-macros-trailer
|epcount = 2}}{{audio stub}}
|epcount = 2}}{{audio stub}}
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'''''The Macros''''', based on the unproduced TV story ''[[The Macro Men (TV story)|The Macro Men]]'', is the eighth ''[[The Lost Stories|Lost Story]]'' of [[Season 23]] to be developed into an audio play. It stars [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eighth and final story in the [[Series 1 (TLS)|first series]] of ''[[The Lost Stories]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was adapted by [[Ingrid Pitt]] and [[Tony Rudlin]], from their original script, and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] materialises on the [[USS Eldridge]], after the [[Philadelphia Experiment]] has gone disastrously wrong. Most of the crew are dead, the ship is disintegrating, and the Doctor soon realises that the problem comes from another [[dimension]]...
[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] materialises on the [[USS Eldridge]], after the [[Philadelphia Experiment]] has gone disastrously wrong. Most of the crew are dead, the ship is disintegrating, and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] soon realises that the problem comes from another [[dimension]]...


As they attempt to find a way to get the ship home, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] visit the distant [[planet]] [[Capron (planet)|Capron]] and meet its tyrannical ruler [[Osloo]]. But the search for a possible solution only creates increasingly dire problems. Osloo's horizons have been widened – and space and time are hers for the taking...
As they attempt to find a way to get the ship home, the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] visit the distant [[planet]] [[Capron (planet)|Capron]] and meet its tyrannical ruler [[Osloo]]. But the search for a possible solution only creates increasingly dire problems. Osloo's horizons have been widened – and space and time are hers for the taking...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] – [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] – [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Peri Brown]] – [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Peri Brown]] – [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Osloo|Presidenta Osloo]]/[[Anne Tessler]] - [[Linda Marlowe]]
* [[Osloo|Presidenta Osloo]] / [[Anne Tessler]] - [[Linda Marlowe]]
* [[Ezz|Commander Ezz]] / [[Steward (The Macros)|Steward]] - [[Jack Galagher]]
* [[Ezz|Commander Ezz]] / [[Steward (The Macros)|Steward]] - [[Jack Galagher]]
* [[Yka|Lady Yka]] - [[Rachael Elizabeth]]
* [[Yka|Lady Yka]] - [[Rachael Elizabeth]]
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