The Ideal Quarry (audio story)

The Ideal Quarry

Main character(s):

The Spy Master

Featuring:

Vegg

Key crew

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

2.2

Release date:

25 September 2025

Format:

1 CD
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2nd of 3 stories

Production code:

BFPDWMASTSDBOX2

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-83868-933-9 (physical)
ISBN 978-1-83868-934-6 (digital)

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The Ideal Quarry was the second story in the audio anthology Monsters, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jody Houser and featured Sacha Dhawan as the Spy Master.

Publisher's summary[]

To make his journey more interesting, the Master has decided to take on a travelling companion - disgraced Sontaran Vegg, who is keen to get home for his execution. But soon the Master and his escort are marooned on a world where they are not the only hunters. In fact, they are the quarry...

Plot[]

to be added

Cast[]

The Master - Sacha Dhawan
Vegg - Dan Starkey
Sir Florencia Fang - Jacqueline King
Host / Bell / List - Rameet Rauli

Crew[]

to be added

Worldbuilding[]

to be added

Notes[]

to be added

Continuity[]

to be added

External links[]

Official The Ideal Quarry page at bigfinish.com

v • e Big Finish Call Me Master

Inner Demons	Self-Help • The Clockwork Swan • The Good Life

Monsters	The Craft of Corruption • The Ideal Quarry • Reformation

v • e Spy Master stories

Television	Spyfall • The Timeless Children • The Power of the Doctor

Audio	Self-Help • The Clockwork Swan • The Good Life • The Craft of Corruption • The Ideal Quarry • Reformation

Prose	The Doctor vs the Master • The Master and Margarita

Considered not part of the DWU	The Daft Dimension (551 • 567 • 569)

Substantial appearances only; see a full list of appearances here

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video

Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • Sibling Rivalry / Children of the Revolution • In Name Only • The Armageddon Chair • Borrow or Rob • Rhubarb • Spoil of War • The First Forest • The Ideal Quarry • The Winter's Tale

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • Legacy • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances