Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)
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| Sympathy for the Devil | ||
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| Main character(s): | The Doctor | |
| Featuring: | Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound) | |
| Main enemy: | The Master (Unbound) | |
| Main setting: | Hong Kong, 30 June to 1 July 1997 | |
| Key crew | ||
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions | |
| Writer: | Jonathan Clements | |
| Director: | Gary Russell | |
| Producer: | Gareth Jenkins | |
| Release details | ||
| Release number: | 2 | |
| Release date: | June 2003 | |
| Format: | 1 CD | |
| Production code: | DWUN02 | |
| ISBN 1-84435-013-4 | ||
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Contents |
Publisher's summary 
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1997... and a lone exile arrives on Earth, years later than planned.
On the eve of the Handover, an advanced Chinese stealth bomber crashes in the hills above Hong Kong. The discredited United Nations Intelligence Taskforce has just 24 hours to steal the technology, rescue the passenger and flee to international waters.
Down by the harbour, there’s big trouble in Little England -- a bar owned by an old soldier who simply wants to forget the past. But an ancient evil is stirring in a place of peace.
The Doctor finds a world on the brink of terror. A world that has lived without him for years. A world that is frighteningly like our own...
Plot Edit
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Cast Edit
- The Doctor - David Warner
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood - David Tennant
- The Master (Colonel Ke Le) - Sam Kisgart
- Ling - Liz Sutherland
- The Abbot - Trevor Littledale
- Marcus - Mark Wright
- Captain Zerdin - Peter Griffiths
- Adam - Stuart Piper
References Edit
The Doctor Edit
- The Doctor says he can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Manchu, Mongolian and Haikun.
- To the Chinese, he is known as Hu: the Tiger, for his courage; Hu: the Fox, for his cunning and Xue: Doctor (he who tends to the sick). The last is his personal favourite.
History Edit
- The Boxer Rebellion is said to have been the result of the mind parasites.
The Master Edit
- The Master briefly worked as a United Nations advisor before defecting to China.
- The defection, along with UNIT trying to seize Chinese technology, imply China has left the UN.
Notes Edit
- This is the first on audio regeneration.
- The original idea was drastically different: "My first idea was to do something that capitalised on the world over-run with Silurians and dinosaurs, with no plastics available; a kind of post-holocaust situation. I had this idea for an opening sequence inspired by Aliens, with a UNIT squad decimated by shrieking raptors, and a group of medics dragging a mortally wounded Brigadier to safety while an officer screams: "Somebody get me a doctor!" And then you hear the TARDIS materialising, and the theme music kicks in." [1]
- This audio drama was recorded on 24 March 2003.
External links Edit
- Official Sympathy for the Devil page at bigfinish.com
- Detailed synopsis of Sympathy for the Devil at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Sympathy for the Devil at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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