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series=[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]|
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companions= [[Ace]]<br />[[Hex]] |
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enemy= [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]]<br />The [[The Forge|Forge]] |
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|enemy= [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]], [[The Forge]]
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year= [[London]], [[2025]] |
  
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writer= [[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]] |
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|setting= [[London]], [[April]] to [[May]] [[2025]]
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|writer= [[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]]
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|post production= [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
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|release date= [[September (releases)|September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
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}}'''''Project: Destiny''''' was the one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was a direct sequel, leading directly on from June 2009's ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'', the last [[Seventh Doctor]] story featuring [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]]. It was also the third in the "Project:" series of audio stories ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'' (which featured the [[Sixth Doctor]]) and ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (which featured the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s).
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
  
== Publisher's summary ==
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'''[[1999]]''': Leaving her infant son behind, a young mother named [[Cassandra Schofield]] departs Bolton, seeking a better life amid the lights of London.
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[[1999]]: Leaving her infant son behind, a young mother named [[Cassandra Schofield]] departs Bolton, seeking a better life amid the lights of London.
   
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'''[[2004]]''': Despite the best efforts of the time-travelling Doctor, 'Cassie' Schofield dies on Dartmoor, a vampirised victim of the sinister organisation called The Forge.
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[[2004]]: Despite the best efforts of the time-travelling Doctor, "Cassie" Schofield dies on Dartmoor, a vampirised victim of the sinister organisation called the Forge.
   
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'''[[2021]]''': All grown up, and a nurse at St Gart's Hospital, Thomas Hector Schofield, known as 'Hex', meets and becomes a companion to that time-travelling Doctor… but remains unaware that his alien friend knew his mother, and watched her die.
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[[2021]]: All grown up, and a nurse at St Gart's Hospital, Thomas Hector Schofield, known as "Hex", meets and becomes a companion to that time-travelling Doctor… but remains unaware that his alien friend knew his mother, and watched her die.
   
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'''[[1854]]''': In the [[Crimean War]], Hex takes a bullet, and is seriously injured. The Doctor promises to return him to St Gart's.
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[[1854]]: In the [[Crimean War]], Hex takes a bullet, and is seriously injured. The Doctor promises to return him to St Gart's.
   
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'''[[2025]]''': Now. In a [[London]] ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits.
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[[2025]]: Now. In a [[London]] ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits.
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== Plot ==
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''to be added''
   
 
== Cast ==
  
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* The [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
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*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
 
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
  
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
 
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
  
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]]
 
* Sir [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]] - [[Stephen Chance]]
  
* Sir [[William Abberton|William Abberton (Nimrod)]] - [[Stephen Chance]]
 
* Captain [[Lysandra Aristedes]] - [[Maggie O'Neill]]
  
* Captain [[Lysandra Aristedes]] - [[Maggie O'Neill]]
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* Sergeant Jarrod - [[Philip Dinsdale]]
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* Sergeant [[Jarrod]] - [[Philip Dinsdale]]
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* Helen/The Oracle - [[Ingrid Oliver]]
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* [[Helen (Project Destiny)|Helen]]/[[Oracle (the Forge)|Oracle]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]]
   
 
== References ==
  
== References ==
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=== The Doctor ===
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* The Forge archive is reinforced with [[Dalekanium]].
  
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* The Doctor's files concerning "[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twillight]]" are listed under "T" in the TARDIS' [[filing cabinet]].
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=== Cultural references to the real world ===
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* Ace refers to Nimrod as "[[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]]" and to Lysandra as "[[Rambo]]".
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* Ace always hated [[A-ha]].
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* She's also never seen ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]''.
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=== Organisations ===
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* Nimrod refers to [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|Internal Counter-Intelligence Service (ICIS)]], a British ultra-nationalistic group which served as a rival organisation to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] until it was closed down in [[2005]] following its involvement in ethnic cleansing and an attempted coup.
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=== People ===
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* [[Mark Matthias]] was one of [[Hex]]'s St Gart's associates.
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=== Politics ===
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* In 2025, the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] is a woman.
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=== Science ===
 
* It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate [[Cassandra Schofield]]'s dusty remains into a body.
  
* It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate [[Cassandra Schofield]]'s dusty remains into a body.
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=== Species ===
 
* The "contagion" aliens exist as a [[hive mind]].
  
* The "contagion" aliens exist as a [[hive mind]].
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* Nimrod refers to Nimrod as "[[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]]" and Lysandra as "Rambo".
  
   
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=== Substances ===
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* The Forge archive is reinforced with [[Dalekanium]].
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=== TARDIS ===
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* Ace looks for the [[TARDIS key]] in the cubby-hole above the "P" in "Police Box" on the roof of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
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* The [[Seal of Rassilon]] is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS.
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[[File:Project Destiny.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
 
== Notes ==
  
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* According to writers [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]], this story was at one point written with [[Elizabeth Klein]] as the director of the Forge. This had to be rewritten after the character was brought back to serve as the Doctor's companion in [[BFA]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''.<ref>''Project: Destiny'' - CD Extras, [[2010]], CD, Big Finish Productions</ref>
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* According to writers [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]], this story was at one point written with [[Elizabeth Klein]] as the director of the Forge. This had to be rewritten after the character was brought back to serve as the Doctor's companion in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)|A Thousand Tiny Wings]]''.<ref>''Project: Destiny'' - CD Extras, 2010, CD, Big Finish Productions</ref>
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* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 April|26]] and [[27 April]] [[2010]].
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* This audio drama was recorded on [[26 April (production)|26]] and [[27 April (production)|27 April]] 2010 at [[The Moat Studios]].
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* Ingrid Oliver would later play the role of [[Osgood (The Day of the Doctor)|Osgood]] in [[TV]]: [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|''The Day of the Doctor'']].
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* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story also received the audio short story ''[[Lepidoptery for Beginners (short story)|Lepidoptery for Beginners]]''.
   
 
== Continuity ==
  
== Continuity ==
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* The events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in [[2008]]. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the [[Web of Time]].
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* [[Ace]] looks for the [[TARDIS key]] in the cubby-hole above the "P" in "Police Box" on the roof of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'', [[DW]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' (1996)]])
  
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* The Seal of Rassilon is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS as is seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', confirming that the console room now looks as it did in the TVM.
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* The events of [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in [[2008]]. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the [[Web of Time]].
  
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* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously visited London on [[30 January]] [[2025]] in the company of [[Leela]]. On that occasion, he encountered the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'')
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* The [[Seal of Rassilon]] is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' (1996)]])
  
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* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously visited London in 2025 in the company of [[Leela]]. On that occasion, he encountered the [[Dalek]]s. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'')
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* The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present during the [[Charnage Hospital]] incident in the north of [[France]] during [[World War I]] in [[1917]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]'')
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* The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present in [[Charnage Hospital]] in the north of [[France]] during [[World War I]] in [[1917]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]'')
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* Ace mentions that on their previous visit to [[St. Gart's Brookside Hospital]], when the Doctor mentions her fire safety training, that she was the one in Human Resources and he was the caretaker, so there was no need to quote the book at her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'')
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* [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] had records of Ace's involvement in this incident. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Signs and Wonders (audio story)|Signs and Wonders]]'')
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* Nimrod refers to [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|Internal Counter-Intelligence Service (ICIS)]], a British ultra-nationalistic group which served as a rival organisation to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] until it was closed down in [[2005]] following its involvement in ethnic cleansing and an attempted coup. ([[BFU]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'', [[BFU]]: ''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]'', [[BFU]]: ''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]'')
  
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== Timeline ==
  
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* ''Project: Destiny'' occurs immediately after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]''
  
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* ''Project: Destiny'' occurs immediately before [[BFA]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]''
  
   
 
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* {{bigfinish|139-Doctor-Who-Project-Destiny|Project: Destiny}}
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* {{bigfinish|releases/v/project-destiny-305|Project: Destiny}}
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* {{tetrap|7/projectdestiny.html|Project: Destiny}}
   
 
== Footnotes ==
  
== Footnotes ==
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Project: Destiny was the one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was a direct sequel, leading directly on from June 2009's The Angel of Scutari, the last Seventh Doctor story featuring Philip Olivier as Hex and Sophie Aldred as Ace. It was also the third in the "Project:" series of audio stories Project: Twilight (which featured the Sixth Doctor) and Project: Lazarus (which featured the Sixth and Seventh Doctors).

Publisher's summary

1999: Leaving her infant son behind, a young mother named Cassandra Schofield departs Bolton, seeking a better life amid the lights of London.

2004: Despite the best efforts of the time-travelling Doctor, "Cassie" Schofield dies on Dartmoor, a vampirised victim of the sinister organisation called the Forge.

2021: All grown up, and a nurse at St Gart's Hospital, Thomas Hector Schofield, known as "Hex", meets and becomes a companion to that time-travelling Doctor… but remains unaware that his alien friend knew his mother, and watched her die.

1854: In the Crimean War, Hex takes a bullet, and is seriously injured. The Doctor promises to return him to St Gart's.

2025: Now. In a London ravaged by a deadly contagion… destiny awaits.

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

The Doctor

Cultural references to the real world

Organisations

People

  • Mark Matthias was one of Hex's St Gart's associates.

Politics

Science

  • It requires just a drop of family-blood to regenerate Cassandra Schofield's dusty remains into a body.

Species

Substances

TARDIS

Project Destiny

Textless cover art

Notes

Continuity

  • The events of AUDIO: Project: Lazarus (to which this story serves as a sequel) are in the past but are in the Doctor's personal future. Nimrod informs the Doctor that he was present at the destruction of the Forge's alpha facility in 2008. The Doctor attempts to prevent Nimrod from telling him too much about his personal future so as not to disrupt the Web of Time.
  • The Seal of Rassilon is displayed above the inner doors of the TARDIS as is seen in TV: Doctor Who, confirming that the console room now looks as it did in the TVM.
  • The Fourth Doctor previously visited London on 30 January 2025 in the company of Leela. On that occasion, he encountered the Daleks. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)
  • The Forge's files on Hex state that he was present during the Charnage Hospital incident in the north of France during World War I in 1917. (AUDIO: No Man's Land)
  • Ace mentions that on their previous visit to St. Gart's Brookside Hospital, when the Doctor mentions her fire safety training, that she was the one in Human Resources and he was the caretaker, so there was no need to quote the book at her. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
  • UNIT had records of Ace's involvement in this incident. (AUDIO: Signs and Wonders)

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Project: Destiny - CD Extras, 2010, CD, Big Finish Productions
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