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|release year = 2008
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|first story = False Gods (audio story)
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|companions=[[Ace]], [[Hex]]
  
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|only release = [[November (releases)|November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
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|production code = 7W/H
  
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|producer = David Richardson
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|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-324-8
  
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|script ed = Alan Barnes
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|exec prod = Nicholas Briggs
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|exec prod2 = Jason Haigh-Ellery
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|music = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]], [[Thea Cochrane]], [[Steve Foxon]]
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|sound = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]], [[Thea Cochrane]], [[Steve Foxon]]
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|format = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Big Finish Productions]] anthological audio release in which the number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Hex]], and was intended to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and fifteenth release in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. The four stories were written by [[Mark Morris]], [[Nick Scovell]], [[Mark Michalowski]] and [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]] respectively and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]].
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The stories included were:
  
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The number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories and was intended to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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* ''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]'' by [[Mark Morris]]
  
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* ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]]'' by [[Nick Scovell]]
  
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== Publisher's summary ==
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* ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]'' by [[Mark Michalowski]]
  
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In Egypt, archaeologist Howard Carter unearths an ancient secret buried in the Valley of the Kings. On an island of Mendolovinia, a deranged academic attempts to push back the frontiers of the human mind. In war-torn London, a cockney spiv takes possession of a bizarre alien object. And in a military bunker in the cold heart of Antartica, the strangest and deadliest of the Doctor's many enemies lies in wait...
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* ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'' by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
  
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IN DETAIL
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1. ''[[False Gods (audio story)|FALSE GODS]]'' by [[Mark Morris]]
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In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.
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2. ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|ORDER OF SIMPLICITY]]'' by [[Nick Scovell]]
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Dr. Verryman has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help - if he puts his mind to it.
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3. ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|CASUALTIES OF WAR]]'' by [[Mark Michalowski]]
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Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.
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4. ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|THE WORD LORD]]'' by [[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
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In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?
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== Stories ==
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! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released || Pr. code
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|45.1
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|''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]''
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|[[Mark Morris]]
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|rowspan=4|[[Ken Bentley]]
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|rowspan=4|[[Ace]], [[Hex]]
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|rowspan=4|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
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|rowspan=4|7W/H
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|45.2
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|''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]]''
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|[[Nick Scovell]]
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|45.3
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|''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]''
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|[[Mark Michalowski]]
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|45.4
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|''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]''
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|[[Steven Hall (writer)|Steven Hall]]
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== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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[[File:Forty-Five.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
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* On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, the [[TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[Doctor Who (1996)|the Paul McGann movie]]. This contradicts the audio ''[[Excelis Decays]]'', in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] was depicted as reconfiguring the [[TARDIS]] into its TV movie form.
  
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* This is the second story to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 45th anniversary, the other being the comic story ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''.
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''It was later revealed in ''[[AUDIO]]:'' [[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]] that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between ''[[AUDIO]]:'' [[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]] and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.''
  
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[[File:DWM115 45.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 402]] by Gravis]]
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[[File:DWM115 45.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview from [[DWM 402]].]]
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* On the CD cover art and inside the booklet, [[the TARDIS]] interior shown is the one from [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie]], reflecting the sound effect which had been used since ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]''. Whilst this seemingly contradicted ''[[Excelis Decays]]'', in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] was depicted as reconfiguring [[the TARDIS]] into its TV Movie form, it was later revealed in ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' that the Doctor restored the TARDIS console room's original configuration at some point between ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'' and that story in order to differentiate it from that of the black TARDIS.
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* This is Big Finish's third anthology release, an annual trend which began with ''[[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]''. Anthologies have covered themes such as [[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|companions]] and [[Circular Time (audio anthology)|seasons]], but more recently stories have only been linked by Doctor and companion.
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* The number "45" is of thematic significance in each play:
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** In ''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]'', there are 45 statues.
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** In ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]]'', the Doctor reduces his IQ to 45.
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** ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]'' is set on [[VE Day]] [[1945]].
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** ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]'' is set in [[2045]], and explains the recurring number is due to [[Nobody No-One]]'s [[CORDIS]].
   
 
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Revision as of 16:07, 3 September 2020

RealWorld

Forty-Five was the one hundred and fifteenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. The four stories were written by Mark Morris, Nick Scovell, Mark Michalowski and Steven Hall respectively and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Philip Olivier as Hex.

The number "45" somehow figured into each of the four stories and was intended to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary

In Egypt, archaeologist Howard Carter unearths an ancient secret buried in the Valley of the Kings. On an island of Mendolovinia, a deranged academic attempts to push back the frontiers of the human mind. In war-torn London, a cockney spiv takes possession of a bizarre alien object. And in a military bunker in the cold heart of Antartica, the strangest and deadliest of the Doctor's many enemies lies in wait...

IN DETAIL

1. FALSE GODS by Mark Morris

In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.

2. ORDER OF SIMPLICITY by Nick Scovell

Dr. Verryman has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help - if he puts his mind to it.

3. CASUALTIES OF WAR by Mark Michalowski

Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.

4. THE WORD LORD by Steven Hall

In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?

Stories

# Title Author Director Featuring Released Pr. code
45.1 False Gods Mark Morris Ken Bentley Ace, Hex November 2008 7W/H
45.2 Order of Simplicity Nick Scovell
45.3 Casualties of War Mark Michalowski
45.4 The Word Lord Steven Hall

Notes

Forty-Five

Textless cover art

  • This is the second story to celebrate Doctor Who's 45th anniversary, the other being the comic story The Forgotten.
DWM115 45

Illustrated preview from DWM 402.

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