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Big Finish Call Me Master 2 Monsters

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Monster and Commander

Sacha Dhawan meets a Sontaran, and plenty of other baddies, in Call Me Master: Monsters, a brand-new box set of full-cast audio drama from The Worlds of Doctor Who, released today.

The Master (Sacha Dhawan) is back causing havoc across time and space in three brand-new adventures, as the second volume in his eponymous audio drama series is released today.

With no Doctor around to stop him, the Master is let loose on the universe, picking up allies and enemies along the way. Plenty of these are the most brutal and vicious folk the universe has to offer, but is the Master still the greatest monster of all?

Over the three episodes, the renegade Time Lord passes time on an interstellar cruise liner in the destructive way only he can, teams up with a Sontaran to escape a dangerous hunter, and faces the greatest threat of all – his own conscience.

The Worlds of Doctor Who – Call Me Master: Monsters box set is now available to purchase for just £18.99 (download to own) or £22.99 (download to own + collector’s edition 3-disc CD), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and will not be re-pressed.

The Master’s three new adventures are:

The Craft of Corruption by Alison Winter

• The Master is posing as ship’s counsellor on an interstellar cruise liner: the fastest transport in a galaxy where lightspeed travel is outlawed by the overbearing Interstellar Protection Corps. All he needs to do is keep out of trouble until the ship crosses into a sector outside IPC jurisdiction. But trouble abhors a vacuum.

The Ideal Quarry by Jody Houser

• 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…

Reformation by Lisa McMullin

• The Master is incarcerated in a reformation chamber where only his own moral conscience can free him. He’s in big trouble.

Joining Sacha Dhawan in Call Me Master: Monsters are regular Sontaran actor Dan Starkey as disgraced warrior Vegg, Jacqueline King (known to Doctor Who fans as Sylvia Noble) as the lupine predator Sir Florencia Fang, and Daisy Head (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Shadow and Bone) as prisoner Renata, whose true nature will truly shock the Master.

The guest cast also includes Anna Spearpoint, Kitty O’Sullivan, Mark Elstob, Tom Kiteley, and Rameet Rauli.

Lead actor Sacha Dhawan said: “It’s such a joy jumping back into the Master’s voice. I love all the scripts. Each episode that we’ve done for this series has been so different.

“What you’ll see is he will always find some kind of partner in crime, like the Sontaran played by Dan Starkey. The Master’s a lone wolf, but getting to spar off someone is his speciality. I wouldn’t say companion, more of a toy or a plaything he can mess around with! There’s always an underlying agenda in there that will be revealed.”

Praise for the previous Call Me Master volume, Inner Demons:

“Sacha Dhawan revelled in the freedom audio gave him. I can’t wait to hear what he does next.” – Sci-Fi Pulse

“There isn’t a single dull moment in Inner Demons, because Sacha steals every moment.” – Who Review

“Joyously over-the-top.” – Doctor Who Magazine

Big Finish listeners can save money by purchasing Call Me Master: Monsters as a multi-buy bundle with Inner Demons, which was released in February, for just £36 (download to own) or £44 (download to own + collector’s edition CD).

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