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The Horror

Main setting:

Shoreditch, Saturday, November (Barber-Surgeon's Dimension)

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Robert Valentine

Director:

Louise Jameson

Producer:

David Richardson

Music:

Howard Carter

Sound:

Howard Carter

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

4.3

Part of:

He Who Fights With Monsters

Release date:

13 December 2022

Format:

1 CD
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Part 3 of 3

Production code:

BFPDWWARB04

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-83868-554-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-555-3 (digital)

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The Horror was the third and final story in the audio anthology He Who Fights With Monsters, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Robert Valentine and featured Jonathon Carley as the War Doctor, Ken Bones as The General and Nicholas Le Prevost as the Barber-Surgeon.

Synopsis

The Doctor is missing in action. As Gallifrey and Skaro face total destruction, Time Lord and Dalek forces converge on the realm of the Barber-Surgeon. From his junkyard fortress in a lost dimension, the renegade warmonger is about to create his ultimate weapon...Who or what can possibly stop him?

Plot

to be added

Cast

The War Doctor - Jonathon Carley
The General - Ken Bones
The Barber-Surgeon - Nicholas Le Prevost
Dalek Hunter-Killer - Jason Merrells
The Constable / Comms Officer - Richie Daysh
The Companion / Time Lord Navigator - Paksie Vernon
The Daleks / D9 - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

Script Editor - Matt Fitton
Writer - Robert Valentine
Senior Producers - David Richardson and John Ainsworth
Director - Louise Jameson
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
Producer - David Richardson
Daleks created by Terry Nation

Worldbuilding

The Doctor calls out to Susan, Sarah, Leela, Romana and Ace.
The Constable sings "Here we go round the prickly pear at five o’clock in the morning" which is a quotation from The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot, the same poem which the Barber-Surgeon referenced in The Mission.
The Constable uses matches that don't go out, and claims that 'the Foreman' invented them.
The Constable refers to the Barber-Surgeon as 'the Foreman'.
The Hunter-Killer orders Daleks to consult the Pathweb.
The Dalek Emperor sends Special Weapons Daleks to destroy the Dalek Time Strategist.
The Barber-Surgeon's ultimate weapon is a temporal obliterator called 'the Unforgiving Minute' which he described as a 'trap for fools' that the Doctor must flee with 'sixty seconds' worth of distance run'; all quotes from the poem If— by Rudyard Kipling.
The Barber-Surgeon provides the War Doctor with a Time Ring to escape from his domain.
The Doctor reasons that, now that the Barber-Surgeon has been wiped from history, his campaign and the deaths he brought about have been averted as well.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

The Barber-Surgeon has set up base in Totter's Yard. (TV: An Unearthly Child et al.)
The Barber-Surgeon has previously met a version of the Doctor who met Ian and Barbara at Barnes Common after a car crash, rather than Totter's Lane. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks)
The Doctor and the Barber-Surgeon discuss the Surgeon's killing of the War Master. (AUDIO: The Abyss)
The Barber-Surgeon mentions the Doctor and the Master's battles during his "UNIT days". (TV: Terror of the Autons)
The Dalek Emperor considers itself a god. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
As he dies the Barber-Surgeon notes that "the moment has been prepared for", (TV: Logopolis) which the Doctor later ponders if it was a hint towards the end of the War. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

External links

Official The Horror page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The War Doctor Rises	Morbius the Mighty • Unknown Soldiers

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

Reflections	Nowhere, Never • The Road Untravelled • Cass-cade • Borrow or Rob

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Future Phantoms	His Close Companions • The Foxglove Cylinders • The Sitter • Signal and I'll Come to You

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

Grandfather Time	The Last of the Kaleds • The Voord Alliance

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins • In Name Only

Dalek audio stories

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Main Range

The Genocide Machine • The Apocalypse Element • The Mutant Phase • The Time of the Daleks • Jubilee • The Juggernauts • Terror Firma • Renaissance of the Daleks • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Enemy of the Daleks • Patient Zero • Plague of the Daleks • The Curse of Davros • Daleks Among Us • Masters of Earth • We Are The Daleks • Order of the Daleks • Alien Heart / Dalek Soul • Emissary of the Daleks • Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • Interlude • Effect and Cause

Bernice Summerfield

Death and the Daleks

I, Davros

Innocence • Purity • Corruption • Guilt • The Davros Mission

Bonus Releases

Return of the Daleks • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

Eighth Doctor Adventures

Blood of the Daleks • Lucie Miller / To the Death • The Great War • Fugitives • Tangled Web • X and the Daleks • The Traitor • The Monster of Montmartre • Master of the Daleks • Eye of Darkness • The Dalek Trap • Paradox of the Daleks • The Stuff of Legend

The Companion Chronicles

Fear of the Daleks • Across the Darkened City • The Death of the Daleks

The Stageplays

The Ultimate Adventure • Seven Keys to Doomsday • The Curse of the Daleks

Doctor Who Unbound

Masters of War

Doctor of War

Dust Devil • Aftershocks • The Key To Key To Time

The Lost Stories

The Destroyers • The Elite • Daleks! Genesis of Terror

Fourth Doctor Adventures

Energy of the Daleks • The Dalek Contract / The Final Phase • The Dalek Protocol

Gallifrey

Extermination • Ascension • Soldier Obscura • Desperate Measures • Unity • Dissolution • Homecoming • The First Days of Phaidon • Remnants • Ambition's Debt

The New Adventures
of Bernice Summerfield

Good Night, Sweet Ladies • The Lights of Skaro

The War Doctor

The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle • Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen • The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony • Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

The War Doctor Begins	The Shadow Squad • Destroyer • Saviour • Temmosus • Rewind • The Abyss • The Horror • Berserker • Memnos • The Hybrid's Choice • Exit Strategy

The War Doctor Rises	Morbius the Mighty • Unknown Soldiers

The Churchill Years

Living History

The Third Doctor Adventures

The Conquest of Far • Poison of the Daleks

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life • The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard • Palindrome • Restoration of the Daleks • Previously, Next Time

UNIT: The New Series

The Dalek Transaction

The War Master

Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins • The Wrath of Medusa • Runtime

Class: The Audio Adventures

In Remembrance

The Early Adventures

The Dalek Occupation of Winter • Daughter of the Gods • After the Daleks

The First Doctor Adventures

Return to Skaro • Fugitive of the Daleks

The New Counter-Measures

The Dalek Gambit

Susan's War

Sphere of Influence • The Shoreditch Intervention • The Last of the Kaleds • The Voord Alliance

The Tenth Doctor Adventures

Out of Time

Dalek Universe

The Wrong Woman • Cycle of Destruction • The Trojan Dalek • The First Son • The Dalek Defence • The Triumph of Davros

Time Lord Victorious

The Enemy of My Enemy • Mutually Assured Destruction • Genetics of the Daleks

Master!

Vengeance

The Fifth Doctor Adventures

Nightmare of the Daleks

The Audio Novels

Watchers • Emancipation of the Daleks

The Second Doctor Adventures

The Final Beginning

The Seventh Doctor Adventures

Scream of the Daleks

The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles

Daleks Victorious • The Last Stand of Miss Valarie Lockwood / Victory of the Doctor

The Sixth Doctor Adventures

The Trials of a Time Lord

Once and Future

A Genius for War

BBC Doctor Who audio stories

Escape the Daleks! • Agent of the Daleks

The Fugitive Doctor

Fast Times

Others

The Daleks • Glorious Goodwood • The Dalek Conquests • Incoming Transmission

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