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It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

The Fourth Doctor, traveling alone in the TARDIS, arrives on a mysterious jungle planet. He soon encounters Leela, a savage from the local tribe, who denounces him as the Evil One of fable amongst her people. She has been exiled from her tribe, the Sevateem, for profaning their god, the mysterious Xoanon, which speaks to them through the tribe’s shaman, Neeva. Her father, tribal elder Sole, tried to intervene to protect her but died when taking the Test of the Horda on her behalf. Now Leela is an outcast beyond the invisible barrier around her tribal home. Neeva, meanwhile, has sent two men to murder her, an action witnessed by Leela's friend Tomas, who kills one of the men as Leela dispatches the other. In the jungle beyond that she encounters the Doctor soon wins her over by defending her from invisible monsters that rampage about, attracted by vibration of any kind. Exploring further, the Doctor finds a sophisticated sonic disruptor which creates the forcefield that keeps the creatures from attacking the village itself. Leela regales him with more folklore of her people: the god Xoanon is kept prisoner by the Evil One and his followers, the Tesh, beyond a strange black wall. The Sevateem have meanwhile decided to launch an attack on the domain of the Tesh to free their god. They are led by the combative Andor, who is determined to free his god, and also believes that an attack will unite the people. Andor suspects Neeva of being a false prophet, and Tomas tells him of Neeva's assassination attempt against Leela. Still, Andor believes the attack will succeed and is prepared to go ahead. Two warriors are scouring the jungle when they find the Doctor, and they too call him the Evil One, making a protective hand gesture which the Doctor interprets as the sequence for checking the seals on a Starfall Seven spacesuit. The warriors seize the Doctor, but not Leela, and take him to the village council, where his face is shown to all the tribe. Andor is convinced the prisoner is the Evil One, and has him confined. However, Leela manages to free him by using poisonous Janis thorns, which paralyze, then kill the victim. The Doctor is horrified by this and instructs her "No more Janis thorns, Ever". The pair flee the village and head to a clearing beyond, in which the Doctor is greeted with a stunning sight: carved into a mountain nearby is an impression of his own face. The Doctor cannot recall clearly why his face is depicted so, and persuades Leela to return to the village to find out more, despite the death sentence upon them. They return to Neeva’s holy tent and the Doctor inspects the ancient tribal relics, recognising them as artifacts from an Earth survey expedition. He also finds a transceiver used by Neeva to hear the commands of Xoanon. It speaks with the Doctor’s own voice, conveying exhilaration on hearing the Doctor that "At least we are here. At last I shall be free of us." They then head off to inspect the dark Wall that stands at the entrance to the realm of the Evil One. The Doctor deduces it is a primitive time barrier, and is convinced the Sevateem warriors will be massacred if they attack the fortress of their enemy, the Tesh. From a distance they see the massacre unfold, as laser beams cut down warriors armed only with crossbows and other basic tribal weapons. Half the tribe is lost in the assault and one of the elders, the devious Calib, is first back at the camp where he finds the Doctor and Leela. He is evidently intent on using the Doctor to break Neeva’s hold on the tribe by exposing the faith in Xoanon as misplaced mythology. Leela’s friend Tomas also arrives, and is appalled to find Calib has stabbed Leela with a Janis thorn to prevent her exposing his schemes. The Doctor gets Tomas to help him move Leela to Neeva’s tent, where he uses a bio-analyzer to synthesise an antidote to the poison. When the surviving warriors return, the Doctor, Leela and Tomas are invited to address the tribal elders in defence of their lives. Leela makes matters worse when she accuses Xoanon of causing the trap at the Wall. Calib intervenes to suggest the Doctor is not the Evil One, and this can be proven by getting him to take the fabled Test of the Horda. In the centre of the village is a pit full of Horda, two-foot-long worms which hunt in packs and react to the movements of their prey. They are reputed to strip flesh from a man in an instant. The Sevateem evolved the Test of the Horda as a measure of justice and bravery. It involves suspension on a rope above the pit, and accused characters are gradually lowered into the pit by means of a rope. The Doctor is given a crossbow which has to be fired at the exact moment to sever the rope without causing him to fall into the pit – which is, of course, the fate of the guilty. The Doctor succeeds, and is therefore presumed to be a non-malign influence and freed. He proceeds to examine some relics of the tribe and repairs a disruptor gun. He also tells some of the tribe that the Sevateem are the descendants of a “survey team” which left a Starfall Seven Earth colony ship. The Doctor and Leela then go to examine the face in the mountain, and they climb into the face by scaling the Doctor’s teeth. Neeva returns to his tent, where the voice of Xoanon tells him that the tribe will be destroyed, and the mysterious being then causes the sonic disruptor to shut down, leaving the village open to attack from the invisible beings. These descend on the village, killing indiscriminately, including crushing Andor to death. Tomas uses the disruptor gun built by the Doctor to expose the true appearance of the invisible beings: they are ferocious, angry depictions of the Doctor’s own face as shown in the picture. Leela and the Doctor notice a figure in a space suit in the “mouth” entrance and follow it through a projection of a wall. Beyond this barrier is a rocket, which the Doctor recalls as belonging to the Mordee Expedition, his memory of events earlier in his regeneration now returning. Xoanon has detected the Doctor nearby, and when he reaches the ship the god-creature is both ecstatic that "We are here” while also manically pledging that "We must destroy us." The Doctor and Leela now meet three representatives of the Tesh, who serve and worship Xoanon. They are human too, but technologically advanced and possessing telepathic abilities. The Doctor deduces both Sevateem and Tesh are descendants of the same crew from the Mordee Expedition, with the Tesh (or technicians) involved in the same deadly eugenics exercise as the Sevateem (or survey team). The invisible creatures that attacked the Sevateem are also part of the same deranged scheme: Xoanon is a highly sophisticated computer, designed to think independently. The Doctor had once repaired Xoanon but forgot to wipe his personality print from the data core, leaving the computer with a split personality. The Doctor and Leela are soon imprisoned but evade their captors and find the remote communications device used to communicate with Neeva. The Doctor, speaking as Xoanon, instructs Neeva to tell Calib, who is now tribal leader, to lead the Sevateem survivors through the mouth of the carved face in the mountain. Calib accepts this instruction and leads them into the safety of the mouth, where the invisible beings can no longer threaten the tribe. With Leela keeping guard and holding the Tesh at bay with a disruptor gun, the Doctor ventures into the computer room of the ship to confront Xoanon. He blames himself for creating the maddened split personality of the computer and now attempts to persuade it to shut down. When Xoanon refuses it channels a vicious mental assault at the Doctor, causing him to collapse. As the Doctor writhes on the floor, Xoanon booms: "Who am I?" Leela rescues the Doctor from the mental assault, and as he recovers he warns her of Xoanon’s power. Moments later they realise the computer has electrified the walls to try to kill them, and the Tesh become more purposeful in tracking them down within the spaceship. The Tesh also come under attack from Calib, Tomas and the survivors of the Sevateem, who now reach the spaceship too. This diverts the Tesh while the Doctor and Leela return to the computer room, where Xoanon briefly takes control of Leela’s mind. Most of the Sevateem come under the telepathic control of the computer too. The Tesh and Sevateem soon converge on the computer room too and interrupt the Doctor as he tries to repair Xoanon, realising the computer has now triggered the countdown to an atomic explosion. Elsewhere in the ship Neeva is alone but crazed, his faith in Xoanon shattered. The shaman uses the disruptor gun against one of the images of Xoanon/the Doctor projected through a wall. The ensuing blast kills Neeva but also interrupts Xoanon’s control of its subjects, allowing the Doctor to resume and complete his repairs. Xoanon’s circuits explode, knocking the Doctor out. Two days later the Doctor wakes up to find himself aboard the spaceship in the care of Leela. She explains Xoanon has been quiet and he interprets this as success for his extraction experiment. They visit the computer room and find Xoanon’s identity and sanity restored. The computer confirms it was running a eugenics experiment and thanks the Doctor for his repair work. The Doctor then contacts the survivors of the Tesh and Sevateem and tells them Xoanon is now cured and able to support their new society. He then heads off to the TARDIS followed by Leela. She insists she join him on his travels, and when he refuses she jumps into the TARDIS with him and starts the dematerialisation process. [edit] Continuity The story does not explicitly explain when the Fourth Doctor repaired the Starfall Seven's computer. The novelisation suggests that the earlier visit to the planet of the Sevateem took place during the story Robot, in the moment when Sarah sees him begin to leave in the TARDIS but calls for him to stay. [edit] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 1 January 1977 24:58 10.7 "Part Two" 8 January 1977 24:58 11.1 "Part Three" 15 January 1977 24:40 11.3 "Part Four" 22 January 1977 24:46 11.7 [1][2][3] Working titles for this story included The Day God Went Mad. [edit] Cast notes See also: List of guest appearances in Doctor Who The actors credited as Xoanon do not appear onscreen; only their voices were used. Features guest appearances by Pamela Salem (voice only) and Leslie Schofield. Lloyd McGuire later played Generalleutnant Tendexter in the audio play The Architects of History. [edit] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in January 1978. Doctor Who book Doctor Who and the Face of Evil Series Target novelisations Release number 25 Writer Terrance Dicks Publisher Target Books Cover artist Jeff Cummins ISBN 0-426-20006-3 Release date 19 January 1978 Preceded by ' Followed by ' [edit] DVD & VHS release This story was released on VHS in May 1999 The story was released on DVD on 5 March 2012[4] [edit] References ^ Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). "The Face of Evil". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ "The Face of Evil". Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). "The Face of Evil". A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/05/dwn030511125312-dvd-schedule-update.html [edit] External links The Face of Evil at BBC Online The Face of Evil at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) The Face of Evil at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Fan reviews The Face of Evil reviews at Outpost Gallifrey The Face of Evil reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Face of Evil reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide On Target — Doctor Who and the Face of Evil [hide] v t e Doctor Who

It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

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It was just Valentine's Day so to celebrate it we are devoting our show to our most loved characters from Doctor Who (not including The Doctor). The four cohosts (Mark, Trish, Eduardo, and Christian) pick their favorites from 50 years of Doctor Who history. We also cover all the latest news and answer more of our listener's questions to us via social media. All this plus learn how our showrunner screwed with the timelines by visiting Christopher Columbus, changing Earth's history for good (or bad as the case may be)!

Season 2 Episode 2. This week The Companion Randomizer dredges up Adric, Steve & Shannon talk about Verity Lambert and Bernice Summerfield. We take a look at the Episode: Planet of Giants and unveil a new segment; The Death Zone.

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and <em>Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide</em> authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and <em>Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide</em> authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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The year's most anticipated event on the calendar of the Three Who Rule and many thousands other Doctor Who fans has come and gone as Gallifrey One: 25 Glorious years has now concluded! Over 3700 attendees, guests, and volunteers enjoyed the event, and Radio Free Skaro was proud to be able to bring a little bit go Gally to you all each day. On this final episode from Gallifrey One, we interview Series 8 writer Phil Ford, "Closing Time" director Steve Hughes, Gallifrey One program director Shaun Lyon, and Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide authors Paul Cornell and Keith Topping. We also announce our plans for the next few weeks while we all wait for Series 8 to premiere! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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Classic Big Finish Main Range (1-50)  002 Phantasmagoria   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     Phantasmagoria Big Finish Productions audio play Series Doctor Who Release number 2 Featuring Fifth DoctorVislor Turlough Writer Mark Gatiss Director Nicholas Briggs Producer(s) Gary RussellJason Haigh-Ellery Executive producer(s) Stephen Cole Set between Resurrection of the Daleks andLoups-Garoux Length 1 hr 29 mins Release date 4 October 1999 Preceded by The Sirens of Time Followed by Whispers of Terror Phantasmagoria is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Peter Davison and Mark Strickson. It was recorded between 26–27 June 1999.   Contents   [hide]  1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Plot 4 References 5 External links   Synopsis[edit] The Fifth Doctor and Turlough investigate mysterious goings-on at the Diabola Club in London, 1702, where patrons are disappearing after losing at cards to the mysterious Sir Nikolas Valentine. Cast[edit] The Doctor — Peter Davison Turlough — Mark Strickson Henry Gaunt — Nicholas Briggs Quincy Flowers — David Walliams Edmund Carteret — Jonathan Rigby Jasper Jeake — Mark Gatiss Poltrot/Librarian/Major Billy Lovemore — Jez Fielder Sir Nicholas Valentine — David Ryall Dr Samuel Holywell — Steven Wickham Hannah Fry — Julia Dalkin Plot[edit] In the opening scene, Jasper Jeake, Quincy Flowers, Edmund Carteret and a fourth person are playing whist and discussing the coming succession of Queen Anne, at the Diabola Club (apparently a similar institution to the Hellfire Club). They argue and Carteret storms off, claiming a desire for adventure and excitement. Carteret is then approached by the sinister Sir Nicholas Valentine (introduced as a scholar, landowner and astrologer), and they agree to play cards. Carteret is later heard leaving alone furtively and acting "very queer". The following morning Valentine is heard to remark that he had good luck at cards the previous evening and inviting a down-at-heel school teacher to play with him the following evening. Meanwhile, in the Tardis, the Doctor tries to teach Turlough the rules of cricket with the aid of a 1928 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and attempts to work out their time location from clues from the house they find themselves in. They are confronted by the home's owner, Dr Samuel Holywell, whom they deduce to be an antiquarian; they explain their presence on the pretext that they were delivering him the Tardis to form part of his collection. While the Doctor distracts Holywell, Turlough notices that some of his books are connected with necromancy. It then becomes apparent that the protagonists are being observed by an advanced intelligence, not from their current era. That evening, while the Doctor and Turlough are being entertained by Holywell, Jeake and Flower are robbed by Major Billy Lovemore (a highwayman) and lose their winnings from the previous night. Later Ned Cotton (a drunken watchman) encounters Holywell's maid, Hannah Fry, outside Holywell's house and assaults her. Hearing her cries, Turlough comes to her rescue. Inside the house, Holywell informs the doctor that he has practical proof of the existence of ghosts and is in regular contact with them. Before Turlough can fight save Hannah from Cotton, they are distracted by a man running towards them as if chased invisible pursuers; he drops dead with a playing card in his hand. The Doctor puts the card into his Almanack. Holywell blames himself, believing the death to be a result of his contact with the ghosts. In an aside, to the background of screams of torment, Valentine is heard to comment that only a little time remains until his work is complete. Following the altercation between Turlough and Cotton, Turlough has gone missing and the Doctor attempts to locate him. He notes that the dead man has numerous coins and promissory notes in his pockets and Holywell informs him that there have been a number of disappearances like Turlough's recently. Holywell claims that he has been able to contact the spirits of these missing persons through his experiments. Turlough, it becomes apparent, has fallen and injured his head but has been rescued by Flowers and Jeake. Holywell tells the doctor that twenty-four people have gone missing within a mile of the Diabola Club. Meanwhile, Lovemore murders Cotton, citing vengeance as the reason. In the Diabola Club, Poltrot is playing cards with Valentine and notes that Valentine never removes his gloves. This is dismissed by Valentine as a gambler's superstition. Flowers confronts Valentine about Carteret's disappearance. Valentine claims that Carteret left after a few hands, and invites Flowers to play with him and Poltrot. Later Jeake and Turlough see Flowers leaving the club, looking pale and avoiding them. Holywell, the Doctor and Hannah hold a seance in an attempt to locate the missing persons. They hear sounds that remind them of the death outside Holywell's house, and represent a series of numbers. Meanwhile, Turlough and Jeake decide to follow Flowers. They catch up with him and he asks for help, claiming that he is pursued by devils and a thousand voices. The voices are calling out numbers which the Doctor recognises as radio signals; he believes the Tardis can locate the source. Meanwhile Valentine is heard telling Carteret that he will be used for "restoration". In the Tardis the Doctor discovers that the source of the radio signal has been blocked. The Doctor instructs Holywell and Fry to look into the disappearances to find a pattern. Holywell discovers that a spate of young men in their prime disappearing in the area has happened every thirty years and finally connects this with the Diabola Club. It becomes apparent that outside observers are looking for someone and have noticed the presence of the Doctor in addition to their quarry. The Doctor and Holywell arrive at the club (leaving Fry behind) to find Valentine playing cards with Pultrot, who is quickly dismissed; the Doctor takes over playing with Valentine. The Doctor wins with an Ace of Hearts and Valentine tells him to keep the card. The Doctor decides to retire, leaving Turlough and Jeake in the Diabola. They follow Valentine after he leaves the club. Meanwhile, Lovemore is heard talking to the alien presence, stating that he believes Valentine is the person they are looking for and he will now cast off his fake identities and confront Valentine. It is revealed that both Lovemore and Fry are his fake identities. The Doctor discovers that the playing card he was given by Valentine is a tracking device, calling the 'spirits' to him, and realises that he must destroy it; this causes the 'spirits' to depart. Valentine is heard to comment that if he could have the Doctor's mind it would complete his work. The Doctor realises that Valentine is stealing his victims' consciousnesses; each card is tailored to its victim's touch, which is why Valentine wears gloves when playing cards. These trapped consciousnesses are the spirits or ghosts which are summoned to the card once it has been activated. The Doctor discovers a way to reprogram the card he took from the dead man to claim a new victim when he or she touches it, and conceals it in his Almanack. Hannah returns and reveals herself to be the same person as Lovemore and an alien, but justifies her criminal life as a response to the gender stereotypes of the era. She goes on to disclose that Valentine is in fact Carthok of Deodalis, a deranged tyrant who escaped execution; she has been hunting him in revenge for the death of her family at his hands. Meanwhile, Jeake and Turlough arrive at Valentines laboratory and are detained and disarmed by Valentine; in their cell they find Carteret, who appears to be bordering on insanity. The Doctor and Holywell contront Valentine, who admits his true identity the murder of Fry/Lovemore's parents, and explains that he needs the consciousness of his victims to power his bio-mechanical ship to escape from the earth where he has been trapped. He has been healing his ship every thirty years by feeding it people's minds. Fry/Lovemore tries to force Valentine to return to Deodalis to face his execution but she is disabled by Valentine's defence systems. Valentine then decides to use her brain (rather than the Doctor's) to complete his repairs, and she is placed in a machine. The Doctor pleads for her life in exchange for what he claims is an item of great power but is in fact his Almanack (which he refers to as "the Wisdens"). He pretends to try to escape with the Almanack, and when Valentine/Carthok opens the book he touches the concealed card-trap and the consciousness/spirits he uses to capture his victims turn on him and kill him, led by Fry/Lovemore who also dies in the struggle. External links[edit] Big Finish Productions – Phantasmagoria [hide] v t e Fifth Doctor audio dramas   Tegan, Nyssa & Adric The Darkening Eye Destiny of the Doctor: Smoke and Mirrors   Nyssa The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase Primeval Spare Parts Creatures of Beauty The Game Circular Time Renaissance of the Daleks Return to the Web Planet The Haunting of Thomas Brewster The Boy That Time Forgot Time Reef & A Perfect World Castle of Fear The Eternal Summer Plague of the Daleks The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories The Five Companions 1001 Nights 1963: Fanfare For The Common Men The Light at the End Moonflesh Tomb Ship Masquerade   Nyssa & Tegan The Elite Hexagora The Children of Seth   Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough Cobwebs The Whispering Forest The Cradle of the Snake Heroes of Sontar Kiss of Death Rat Trap The Emerald Tiger The Jupiter Conjunction The Butcher of Brisbane Eldrad Must Die! The Lady of Mercia Prisoners of Fate   Tegan & Turlough The Sirens of Time Excelis Dawns Ringpullworld Freakshow   Turlough Phantasmagoria Loups-Garoux Singularity   Peri Red Dawn Exotron & Urban Myths Peri and the Piscon Paradox   Peri & Erimem The Eye of the Scorpion The Church and the Crown No Place Like Home Nekromanteia The Axis of Insanity The Roof of the World Three's a Crowd The Council of Nicaea The Kingmaker Son of the Dragon The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Bride of Peladon   Amy The Judgement of Isskar The Destroyer of Delights The Chaos Pool   Other Zagreus Omega The Gathering Cuddlesome The Four Doctors The Burning Prince    

In this episode I discuss the latest Doctor who newsand I discuss my review of the sensorites.

Classic Big Finish Main Range (1-50)  002 Phantasmagoria   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     Phantasmagoria Big Finish Productions audio play Series Doctor Who Release number 2 Featuring Fifth DoctorVislor Turlough Writer Mark Gatiss Director Nicholas Briggs Producer(s) Gary RussellJason Haigh-Ellery Executive producer(s) Stephen Cole Set between Resurrection of the Daleks andLoups-Garoux Length 1 hr 29 mins Release date 4 October 1999 Preceded by The Sirens of Time Followed by Whispers of Terror Phantasmagoria is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Peter Davison and Mark Strickson. It was recorded between 26–27 June 1999.   Contents   [hide]  1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Plot 4 References 5 External links   Synopsis[edit] The Fifth Doctor and Turlough investigate mysterious goings-on at the Diabola Club in London, 1702, where patrons are disappearing after losing at cards to the mysterious Sir Nikolas Valentine. Cast[edit] The Doctor — Peter Davison Turlough — Mark Strickson Henry Gaunt — Nicholas Briggs Quincy Flowers — David Walliams Edmund Carteret — Jonathan Rigby Jasper Jeake — Mark Gatiss Poltrot/Librarian/Major Billy Lovemore — Jez Fielder Sir Nicholas Valentine — David Ryall Dr Samuel Holywell — Steven Wickham Hannah Fry — Julia Dalkin Plot[edit] In the opening scene, Jasper Jeake, Quincy Flowers, Edmund Carteret and a fourth person are playing whist and discussing the coming succession of Queen Anne, at the Diabola Club (apparently a similar institution to the Hellfire Club). They argue and Carteret storms off, claiming a desire for adventure and excitement. Carteret is then approached by the sinister Sir Nicholas Valentine (introduced as a scholar, landowner and astrologer), and they agree to play cards. Carteret is later heard leaving alone furtively and acting "very queer". The following morning Valentine is heard to remark that he had good luck at cards the previous evening and inviting a down-at-heel school teacher to play with him the following evening. Meanwhile, in the Tardis, the Doctor tries to teach Turlough the rules of cricket with the aid of a 1928 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and attempts to work out their time location from clues from the house they find themselves in. They are confronted by the home's owner, Dr Samuel Holywell, whom they deduce to be an antiquarian; they explain their presence on the pretext that they were delivering him the Tardis to form part of his collection. While the Doctor distracts Holywell, Turlough notices that some of his books are connected with necromancy. It then becomes apparent that the protagonists are being observed by an advanced intelligence, not from their current era. That evening, while the Doctor and Turlough are being entertained by Holywell, Jeake and Flower are robbed by Major Billy Lovemore (a highwayman) and lose their winnings from the previous night. Later Ned Cotton (a drunken watchman) encounters Holywell's maid, Hannah Fry, outside Holywell's house and assaults her. Hearing her cries, Turlough comes to her rescue. Inside the house, Holywell informs the doctor that he has practical proof of the existence of ghosts and is in regular contact with them. Before Turlough can fight save Hannah from Cotton, they are distracted by a man running towards them as if chased invisible pursuers; he drops dead with a playing card in his hand. The Doctor puts the card into his Almanack. Holywell blames himself, believing the death to be a result of his contact with the ghosts. In an aside, to the background of screams of torment, Valentine is heard to comment that only a little time remains until his work is complete. Following the altercation between Turlough and Cotton, Turlough has gone missing and the Doctor attempts to locate him. He notes that the dead man has numerous coins and promissory notes in his pockets and Holywell informs him that there have been a number of disappearances like Turlough's recently. Holywell claims that he has been able to contact the spirits of these missing persons through his experiments. Turlough, it becomes apparent, has fallen and injured his head but has been rescued by Flowers and Jeake. Holywell tells the doctor that twenty-four people have gone missing within a mile of the Diabola Club. Meanwhile, Lovemore murders Cotton, citing vengeance as the reason. In the Diabola Club, Poltrot is playing cards with Valentine and notes that Valentine never removes his gloves. This is dismissed by Valentine as a gambler's superstition. Flowers confronts Valentine about Carteret's disappearance. Valentine claims that Carteret left after a few hands, and invites Flowers to play with him and Poltrot. Later Jeake and Turlough see Flowers leaving the club, looking pale and avoiding them. Holywell, the Doctor and Hannah hold a seance in an attempt to locate the missing persons. They hear sounds that remind them of the death outside Holywell's house, and represent a series of numbers. Meanwhile, Turlough and Jeake decide to follow Flowers. They catch up with him and he asks for help, claiming that he is pursued by devils and a thousand voices. The voices are calling out numbers which the Doctor recognises as radio signals; he believes the Tardis can locate the source. Meanwhile Valentine is heard telling Carteret that he will be used for "restoration". In the Tardis the Doctor discovers that the source of the radio signal has been blocked. The Doctor instructs Holywell and Fry to look into the disappearances to find a pattern. Holywell discovers that a spate of young men in their prime disappearing in the area has happened every thirty years and finally connects this with the Diabola Club. It becomes apparent that outside observers are looking for someone and have noticed the presence of the Doctor in addition to their quarry. The Doctor and Holywell arrive at the club (leaving Fry behind) to find Valentine playing cards with Pultrot, who is quickly dismissed; the Doctor takes over playing with Valentine. The Doctor wins with an Ace of Hearts and Valentine tells him to keep the card. The Doctor decides to retire, leaving Turlough and Jeake in the Diabola. They follow Valentine after he leaves the club. Meanwhile, Lovemore is heard talking to the alien presence, stating that he believes Valentine is the person they are looking for and he will now cast off his fake identities and confront Valentine. It is revealed that both Lovemore and Fry are his fake identities. The Doctor discovers that the playing card he was given by Valentine is a tracking device, calling the 'spirits' to him, and realises that he must destroy it; this causes the 'spirits' to depart. Valentine is heard to comment that if he could have the Doctor's mind it would complete his work. The Doctor realises that Valentine is stealing his victims' consciousnesses; each card is tailored to its victim's touch, which is why Valentine wears gloves when playing cards. These trapped consciousnesses are the spirits or ghosts which are summoned to the card once it has been activated. The Doctor discovers a way to reprogram the card he took from the dead man to claim a new victim when he or she touches it, and conceals it in his Almanack. Hannah returns and reveals herself to be the same person as Lovemore and an alien, but justifies her criminal life as a response to the gender stereotypes of the era. She goes on to disclose that Valentine is in fact Carthok of Deodalis, a deranged tyrant who escaped execution; she has been hunting him in revenge for the death of her family at his hands. Meanwhile, Jeake and Turlough arrive at Valentines laboratory and are detained and disarmed by Valentine; in their cell they find Carteret, who appears to be bordering on insanity. The Doctor and Holywell contront Valentine, who admits his true identity the murder of Fry/Lovemore's parents, and explains that he needs the consciousness of his victims to power his bio-mechanical ship to escape from the earth where he has been trapped. He has been healing his ship every thirty years by feeding it people's minds. Fry/Lovemore tries to force Valentine to return to Deodalis to face his execution but she is disabled by Valentine's defence systems. Valentine then decides to use her brain (rather than the Doctor's) to complete his repairs, and she is placed in a machine. The Doctor pleads for her life in exchange for what he claims is an item of great power but is in fact his Almanack (which he refers to as "the Wisdens"). He pretends to try to escape with the Almanack, and when Valentine/Carthok opens the book he touches the concealed card-trap and the consciousness/spirits he uses to capture his victims turn on him and kill him, led by Fry/Lovemore who also dies in the struggle. External links[edit] Big Finish Productions – Phantasmagoria [hide] v t e Fifth Doctor audio dramas   Tegan, Nyssa & Adric The Darkening Eye Destiny of the Doctor: Smoke and Mirrors   Nyssa The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase Primeval Spare Parts Creatures of Beauty The Game Circular Time Renaissance of the Daleks Return to the Web Planet The Haunting of Thomas Brewster The Boy That Time Forgot Time Reef & A Perfect World Castle of Fear The Eternal Summer Plague of the Daleks The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories The Five Companions 1001 Nights 1963: Fanfare For The Common Men The Light at the End Moonflesh Tomb Ship Masquerade   Nyssa & Tegan The Elite Hexagora The Children of Seth   Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough Cobwebs The Whispering Forest The Cradle of the Snake Heroes of Sontar Kiss of Death Rat Trap The Emerald Tiger The Jupiter Conjunction The Butcher of Brisbane Eldrad Must Die! The Lady of Mercia Prisoners of Fate   Tegan & Turlough The Sirens of Time Excelis Dawns Ringpullworld Freakshow   Turlough Phantasmagoria Loups-Garoux Singularity   Peri Red Dawn Exotron & Urban Myths Peri and the Piscon Paradox   Peri & Erimem The Eye of the Scorpion The Church and the Crown No Place Like Home Nekromanteia The Axis of Insanity The Roof of the World Three's a Crowd The Council of Nicaea The Kingmaker Son of the Dragon The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Bride of Peladon   Amy The Judgement of Isskar The Destroyer of Delights The Chaos Pool   Other Zagreus Omega The Gathering Cuddlesome The Four Doctors The Burning Prince    

In this episode I discuss the latest Doctor who newsand I discuss my review of the sensorites.

The Wheel of Fortune selects the first missing story for Josh and Steven to try to recall in the form of the William Hartnell comedy The Myth Makers. Without any solid visual material to draw from, how will your intrepid hosts fare this week?

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The Wheel of Fortune selects the first missing story for Josh and Steven to try to recall in the form of the William Hartnell comedy The Myth Makers. Without any solid visual material to draw from, how will your intrepid hosts fare this week?

 

 

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The Wheel of Fortune selects the first missing story for Josh and Steven to try to recall in the form of the William Hartnell comedy The Myth Makers. Without any solid visual material to draw from, how will your intrepid hosts fare this week?

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First Doctor, Vicki, Ian, & Barbara

A couple of days early due to going to the States to watch a live redording of Sarcastic Voyage and Post Atomic Horror. Grab yourself some headache tablets and a few beers and join us as we talk about the Doctor Who episode The Space Museum. "The tardis lands on xeros, where a vast museum houses relics from the conquests of the mighty morok empire. Whilst they are exploring, the doctor and his three companions make a disturbing discovery: their future selves are preserved in the museum as exhibits in a display case! now the travellers all face a terrible dilemma: how can they escape their fate, when every decision they make could be taking them a step closer to it?" Episode 1: The Space Museum Episode 2: The Dimensions Of Time Episode 3: The Search Episode 4: The Final Phase Writer: Glyn Jones Director: Mervyn Pinfield Broadcast: 24th April - 15th May 1965 Links: Drunken Time Travel Website Girl On Book Action Article on LSD

Tom and Louis are randomly whisked away to the Seventh Doctor's era, picking up from their previous foray into Time and the Rani. Tom takes note of the punctuational music, and Louis wonders about Mel's appetite for cookies.

 

Tom and Louis are randomly whisked away to the Seventh Doctor's era, picking up from their previous foray into Time and the Rani. Tom takes note of the punctuational music, and Louis wonders about Mel's appetite for cookies.

 

Ian Todd talks to Andrew Hunt from the band Outfit about live shows,Doctor Who,Google,Liverpool and more.

Genesis of the Daleks by Terry Nation

Adam, Matthew, Robert, Rhys, Mary and Kirby talk about the best Doctor Who story of all time?

We also have news, feedback and this week's edition of You Won't Get This One.

Michele is back with yet more DWP listeners covering day three of Gallifrey One 25 in Los Angeles.

Michele is back with yet more DWP listeners covering day three of  Gallifrey One 25 in Los Angeles.

Michele is back with yet more DWP listeners covering day three of  Gallifrey One 25 in Los Angeles.

In this week’s show we are one co-host short. Shaun is off in California for Gallifrey One, the premiere Doctor Who convention. So, Keith and I are holding down the fort here at home, and couldn’t go week without indulging in our own Doctor Who. So, this time we are doing book reviews! First, Keith gives his impressions on the Third Doctor and UNIT story, Harvest Of Time. Then, I give my review of the Tenth Doctor story, The Resurrection Casket.

Also, we’ll look at some of the news announced this week.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

In this week's show we are one co-host short. Shaun is off in California for Gallifrey One, the premiere Doctor Who convention. So, Keith and I are holding down the fort here at home, and couldn't go week without indulging in our own Doctor Who. So, this time we are doing book reviews! First, Keith gives his impressions on the Third Doctor and UNIT story, Harvest Of Time. Then, I give my review of the...
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Sadly, Gallifrey 2014 has wrapped and is now in the books, but Shaun, Mel and Michelle have one last look at the festivities of this year’s con. Here is a look at the final day of the premiere Doctor Who convention that has been going on all weekend in sunny California.

 

Enjoy!

Sadly, Gallifrey 2014 has wrapped and is now in the books, but Shaun, Mel and Michelle have one last look at the festivities of this year's con. Here is a look at the final day of the premiere Doctor Who convention that has been going on all weekend in sunny California.   Enjoy! The post Gallifrey 2014 – Day 3 – It Came From the Belly of the M appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

Genesis of the Daleks by Terry Nation

Adam, Matthew, Robert, Rhys, Mary and Kirby talk about the best Doctor Who story of all time?

We also have news, feedback and this week's edition of You Won't Get This One.

Michele is back with yet more DWP listeners covering day three of Gallifrey One 25 in Los Angeles.