The Conscript (audio story)

 was the third story in the audio anthology The Eighth Doctor: The Time War 1, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Rakhee Thakrar as Bliss.

Publisher's summary
Cardinal Ollistra has a new tactic to persuade the Doctor to join his people’s fight. With his friends locked away, he has been conscripted alongside fellow Gallifreyans to train for the front lines of battle.

Commandant Harlan has a reputation – his camp’s regime is harsh. He believes the Time Lords must adapt to win this war, but the Doctor is not easily intimidated.

Can there be any place for dissent when the Time War looms so close?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Cardinal Ollistra - Jacqueline Pearce
 * Captain Tamasan - Karina Fernandez
 * Commander Harlan - Nick Brimble
 * Veeda - Katy Sobey
 * Norvid - Okezie Morro
 * Bliss - Rakhee Thakrar
 * Rupa Maguire - Nimmy March
 * Quarren Maguire - David Ganly
 * Dalek drone/The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

 * This story follows on directly from Echoes of War.
 * There are rumours that the Doctor drove Borusa mad. (TV: The Five Doctors)
 * The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to detonate explosives. (TV: The Sea Devils)
 * The Doctor mentions the continent of Wild Endeavour and the mountains of Solace and Solitude. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
 * The Doctor considered his sonic screwdriver to be a very old friend. (TV: The Visitation)
 * The Doctor asks Veeda if she is from a noble family like Brightshore (PROSE: Divided Loyalties, AUDIO: Enemy Lines) or Mirraflex. (PROSE: The Book of the War, Of the City of the Saved..., Warlords of Utopia)
 * Harlan mentions Arcadia and the sky trenches, as well as the War Council. (TV: Doomsday, The Last Day, The Day of the Doctor)
 * The Doctor previously met a Time Lord who died from a regeneration inhibitor. (AUDIO: The Starship of Theseus)
 * During a "sound off" by chapter as part of a marching chant the Gallifreyan soldiers reference the Prydonian Chapter, the Arcalian Chapter, the Scendeles Chapter and the Dromeian Chapter. (TV: The Deadly Assassin, PROSE: Lungbarrow, The Ancestor Cell)