The Same Face (audio story)

 was the sixth story of the ninth season of Big Finish Productions Short Trips series.

Publisher's summary
No one survives in politics on Samael. Felicity Morgan has learnt this the hard way, as she keeps being assassinated. However, she has a secret. A secret that has kept her alive. A secret that has propelled her to the top job. When the Doctor and Jo arrive on Samael, they learn the impossible truth.

One woman. One face. Many lives.

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Jo Grant
 * The Minister / Felicity Morgan

Continuity

 * The Celestial Intervention Agency performed genetic tampering on The Minister, allowing her to regenerate but maintain the same face. This was something the Tenth Doctor was only able to do with the help of his severed hand. (TV: Journey's End)
 * The Minister uses regenerations to alter her personality to better suit her role as a different government ministers, such as having a more war-like demeanour as Minister for War and a diplomatic attitude as Minister for foreign affairs. The Eighth Doctor also did a similar thing at the end of his life, asking the Sisterhood of Karn to shape his personality to be more war-like before his regeneration into the War Doctor. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)
 * The Minister suffered post-regenerative issues similar to the Doctor's symptoms following their regenerations, including confusion, erratic behaviour, extended periods of unconsciousness and memory loss. (TV: Spearhead from Space, Robot, Castrovalva, Doctor Who, The Christmas Invasion, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake, et al.) Like the Doctor, she needed to be brought back to the TARDIS for her regeneration to be successful. (TV: Castrovalva, AUDIO: The Black Hole, X and the Daleks)
 * The Master hypnotised The Minister after her regeneration and while she was still suffering from amnesia, similar to how the Rani was able to effectively brainwash the Seventh Doctor after the latter's regeneration. (TV: Time and the Rani)
 * Jo was able to talk the Minister through her post-regenerative amnesia to help her remember who she is. The value of companions helping the Doctor through his regenerations is clearly important, most notably Clara Oswald being asked by the Eleventh Doctor to help his next incarnation through the process. (TV: Deep Breath)
 * The Minister has a crisis of faith as she realises that her next regeneration will have a different face, but emphasises that despite her not wearing the same face, she won't stop being the Minister. The Doctor also shared similar concerns as to his future selves and regenerations. (TV: The Doctor Falls, The Time of the Doctor, Twice Upon a Time, PROSE: Head Games)