The Shadow Master (audio story)

 was the second story in the audio anthology Escape from Reality, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Lizzie Hopley and featured Derek Jacobi as the War Master.

Publisher's summary
As the Master plunders inconceivable artefacts from an impossible universe, he encounters a figure that may prove his greatest threat: his own Shadow.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Master - Derek Jacobi
 * The Shadow - Gethin Anthony
 * Hecate - Pauline Eyre
 * Herman - Tom Alexander
 * Poetry - Jessye Romeo
 * The Devil - Sam Stafford

Worldbuilding

 * The majority of the fiction seen in this story from Hans Christian Andersen stories. The Hobgoblin and the Demon Forge are from The Snow Queen, the Sea Witch is from The Little Mermaid, and the main plot of the story is inspired by The Shadow.
 * The Devil giving someone magic bullets that never miss, except for the last which is controlled by the Devil, is from Freischutz, a piece of German folklore that has had several iterations.

Continuity

 * The Master is based on Mount Olympus and has killed the gods. (AUDIO: The Wrath of Medusa)
 * Hecate mentions Medusa, whom the Master reminds her he gave freedom. (AUDIO: The Wrath of Medusa)