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{{Infobox Story
|name = The Shadow Heart
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|image = Shadow Heart, The cover.jpg
|image = Shadow Heart, The cover.jpg
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|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories
 
|number = 167
|series =[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
 
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|range = Main Range
|anthology = <!--if story is in an anthology, put name of anthology here-->
 
|number = 167
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|number in range = 167
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
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|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions =
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|companions =
|enemy = [[Kylo Sorsha]]<br />[[Vienna Salavatori]]<br />[[The Wrath]]
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|enemy = [[Kylo Sorsha]], [[Vienna Salvatori]], [[Wrath]]
|setting = [[Temperance VII]]<br>The marsh moon of [[Magros V]]<br>[[Thagros]]
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|setting = {{il|[[Temperance VII]]|The marsh moon of [[Magros V]]|[[Thagros]]}}
|writer = [[Jonathan Morris]]
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|writer = [[Jonathan Morris]]
|director = [[Ken Bentley]]
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|director = [[Ken Bentley]]
|music = Wilfredo Acosta
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|music = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|sound = Wilfredo Acosta
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|sound = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|publisher = Big Finish Productions
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|cover = [[Alex Mallinson]]
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions
|release date = [[November]] [[2012]]
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|release date = [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|format = 2 CDs, 4 Parts
 
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|format = 2 CDs, 4 Parts
|production code = 7Z/I
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|production code = 7Z/I
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-021-3
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|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-021-3
|prev = The Acheron Pulse (audio story)
 
|next = 1001 Nights (audio story)
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|prev = The Acheron Pulse (audio story)
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|next = 1001 Nights (audio story)
}}'''''The Shadow Heart''''' was the third story in a [[2012]] multi-Doctor trilogy, beginning with the [[Fifth Doctor]] and ending with the [[Seventh Doctor]].
 
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|series2 = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases
 
|prev2 = The Acheron Pulse (audio story)
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|next2 = 1001 Nights (audio anthology)
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|soundcloudtrailer = soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-shadow-heart
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|producer = [[David Richardson]]}}
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'''''The Shadow Heart''''' was the one hundred and sixty-seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[John Dorney|Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]].
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It was the third story in a 2012 multi-Doctor trilogy, beginning with the [[Fifth Doctor]] and ending with the [[Seventh Doctor]].
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
 
== Publisher's summary ==
One [[Drashani Empire|empire]] has fallen and another has taken its place. The race known as The Wrath are expanding into new territory. Only the [[Earth Empire]] stands in their way.
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One [[Drashani Empire|empire]] has fallen and another has taken its place. The race known as the [[Wrath]] are expanding into new territory. Only the [[Earth Empire]] stands in their way.
   
 
It's been fifty years since the [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]] last visited this sector of space. And [[Kylo Sorsha|one man in particular]] has been awaiting his return. As the mistakes of his past come back to haunt him, and with a price on his head and bounty hunters on his tail, the Doctor is heading for a last reckoning.
 
It's been fifty years since the [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]] last visited this sector of space. And [[Kylo Sorsha|one man in particular]] has been awaiting his return. As the mistakes of his past come back to haunt him, and with a price on his head and bounty hunters on his tail, the Doctor is heading for a last reckoning.
   
The pieces are finally coming together. Somewhere deep within The Shadow Heart.
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The pieces are finally coming together. Somewhere deep within the Shadow Heart.
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== Plot ==
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=== Part one ===
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''to be added''
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=== Part two ===
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''to be added''
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=== Part three ===
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''to be added''
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=== Part four ===
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''to be added''
   
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
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* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
 
* [[Kylo Sorsha|Tenebris]] - [[James Wilby]]
 
* [[Kylo Sorsha|Tenebris]] - [[James Wilby]]
 
* [[Vienna Salvatori]] - [[Chase Masterson]]
 
* [[Vienna Salvatori]] - [[Chase Masterson]]
 
* [[Talbar]] - [[Eve Karpf]]
 
* [[Talbar]] - [[Eve Karpf]]
 
* [[Horval]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]
 
* [[Horval]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* [[Captain Webster]] / [[Starbaff]] / [[Wrath Emperor]] - [[John Banks]]
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* [[Webster (The Shadow Heart)|Captain Webster]] / [[Starbaff]] / [[Wrath Emperor]] - [[John Banks]]
* [[Dervish|Lt. Dervish]] - [[Jaimi Barbakoff]]
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* [[Dervish (The Shadow Heart)|Lt. Dervish]] - [[Jaimi Barbakoff]]
 
* [[Aliona]] - [[Kirsty Besterman]]
 
* [[Aliona]] - [[Kirsty Besterman]]
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* The Wrath War was fought approximately fifty years earlier, shortly after the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s departure from [[Cawdor]]. As he programmed them to uphold the rule of law no matter what, the Wrath Justice Fleet attacked and invaded any planet which they considered unjust. It is rumoured that they have abducted thousands of people and transported them to the Wrath homeworld which is known as the Shadow Heart.
 
* The Wrath War was fought approximately fifty years earlier, shortly after the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s departure from [[Cawdor]]. As he programmed them to uphold the rule of law no matter what, the Wrath Justice Fleet attacked and invaded any planet which they considered unjust. It is rumoured that they have abducted thousands of people and transported them to the Wrath homeworld which is known as the Shadow Heart.
* According to the bounty hunter [[Vienna Salvatori]], the Doctor is the "most wanted man in the twelve constellations."
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* According to the bounty hunter [[Vienna Salvatori]], the Doctor is the "most wanted man in the twelve constellations."
 
* Earlier in his personal timeline, the Doctor met a future version of Vienna on the planet [[Thagros]].
 
* Earlier in his personal timeline, the Doctor met a future version of Vienna on the planet [[Thagros]].
 
* Horval describes the Magros swamp as smelling like "an [[Ogron]]'s armpit."
 
* Horval describes the Magros swamp as smelling like "an [[Ogron]]'s armpit."
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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* When the Doctor 'wakes up' after temporarily stopping his hearts, he states that he was merely 'pining for the fjords', a reference to the "Dead Parrot" sketch by British comedy act ''Monty Python''.
* [[Jaimi Barbakoff]] (Lt. Dervish) previously played Supreme Councillor Geflo in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]''.
 
 
* Even before the release of this story, a series featuring the character of [[Vienna Salvatori]], appropriately titled ''Vienna'', was announced, and started with ''The Memory Box'' in February 2013. However, Big Finish's David Richardson has stated in a podcast that he does not consider the series to be a spin-off, but rather a new series that is not connected to the [[DWU]].
* [[Kirsty Besterman]] reprises her role as [[Aliona|Princess Aliona]] from [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Burning Prince (audio story)|The Burning Prince]]''. In the interim, she played her cousin Empress Cheni in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Acheron Pulse (audio story)|The Acheron Pulse]]''.
 
 
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 May (production)|16]] and [[17 May (production)|17 May]] 2012.
* [[Chase Masterson]] (Vienna Salvatori) would later play [[Peggy Brooks]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Stormcrow (audio story)|Night of the Stormcrow]]''.
 
* Even before the release of this story, a series featuring the character of [[Vienna Salvatori]], appropriately titled ''Vienna'', starting with ''The Memory Box'' in [[February]] [[2013]]. However, Big Finish do not consider the series to be a spin-off, but rather a new series that is not set in the [[DWU]] at all.
 
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 May|16]] and [[17 May]] [[2012]].
 
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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* It has been 80 years since the [[Fifth Doctor]] visited [[Sharnax]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Burning Prince (audio story)|The Burning Prince]]'') and 50 years since the [[Sixth Doctor]] visited [[Cawdor]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Acheron Pulse (audio story)|The Acheron Pulse]]''). Both planets were located in the [[Drashani Empire]], which has since fallen to the Wrath. Vienna uses a [[memory sifter]] to ascertain his identity.
 
* It has been 80 years since the [[Fifth Doctor]] visited [[Sharnax]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Burning Prince (audio story)|The Burning Prince]]'') and 50 years since the [[Sixth Doctor]] visited [[Cawdor]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Acheron Pulse (audio story)|The Acheron Pulse]]''). Both planets were located in the [[Drashani Empire]], which has since fallen to the Wrath. Vienna uses a [[memory sifter]] to ascertain his identity.
 
* The Doctor tells Talbar and Horval that he survived the crash-landing of another ship during his fifth incarnation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Burning Prince (audio story)|The Burning Prince]]'')
 
* The Doctor tells Talbar and Horval that he survived the crash-landing of another ship during his fifth incarnation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Burning Prince (audio story)|The Burning Prince]]'')
* Kylo tells Aliona that the Doctor has [[Regeneration|changed his face]] once again since they last met. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
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* Kylo tells Aliona that the Doctor has [[Regeneration|changed his face]] once again since they last met. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]'')
 
* Kylo used the traces of Aliona's [[DNA]] contained in the royal carcanet, which was given to him by the Sixth Doctor fifty years earlier, to [[Cloning|clone]] her 54 times. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Acheron Pulse (audio story)|The Acheron Pulse]]'')
 
* Kylo used the traces of Aliona's [[DNA]] contained in the royal carcanet, which was given to him by the Sixth Doctor fifty years earlier, to [[Cloning|clone]] her 54 times. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Acheron Pulse (audio story)|The Acheron Pulse]]'')
 
* Vienna refers to the [[Earth Empire]]'s corrective institutions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
 
* Vienna refers to the [[Earth Empire]]'s corrective institutions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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Revision as of 09:11, 20 February 2020

RealWorld

The Shadow Heart was the one hundred and sixty-seventh story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

It was the third story in a 2012 multi-Doctor trilogy, beginning with the Fifth Doctor and ending with the Seventh Doctor.

Publisher's summary

One empire has fallen and another has taken its place. The race known as the Wrath are expanding into new territory. Only the Earth Empire stands in their way.

It's been fifty years since the Doctor last visited this sector of space. And one man in particular has been awaiting his return. As the mistakes of his past come back to haunt him, and with a price on his head and bounty hunters on his tail, the Doctor is heading for a last reckoning.

The pieces are finally coming together. Somewhere deep within the Shadow Heart.

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

  • The Wrath War was fought approximately fifty years earlier, shortly after the Sixth Doctor's departure from Cawdor. As he programmed them to uphold the rule of law no matter what, the Wrath Justice Fleet attacked and invaded any planet which they considered unjust. It is rumoured that they have abducted thousands of people and transported them to the Wrath homeworld which is known as the Shadow Heart.
  • According to the bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori, the Doctor is the "most wanted man in the twelve constellations."
  • Earlier in his personal timeline, the Doctor met a future version of Vienna on the planet Thagros.
  • Horval describes the Magros swamp as smelling like "an Ogron's armpit."
  • The Wrath have offered a substantial reward for the capture of Kylo Sorsha.
  • Kylo's palace on Thagros is an exact replica of the Sorshan Royal Palace, which was destroyed by Princess Aliona eighty years earlier.
  • The Doctor comments that his voice sounds nothing like that of his sixth incarnation.
  • The Earth Empire war galleon Trafalgar is the flagship of the Seventeenth Earth Fleet.

Notes

  • When the Doctor 'wakes up' after temporarily stopping his hearts, he states that he was merely 'pining for the fjords', a reference to the "Dead Parrot" sketch by British comedy act Monty Python.
  • Even before the release of this story, a series featuring the character of Vienna Salvatori, appropriately titled Vienna, was announced, and started with The Memory Box in February 2013. However, Big Finish's David Richardson has stated in a podcast that he does not consider the series to be a spin-off, but rather a new series that is not connected to the DWU.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 16 and 17 May 2012.

Continuity

External links