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Gallifrey One 2018 Live Show

The Game of Rassilon's fourth live show took place at **The 29 Voyages of** ***Gallifrey One***, the 29th annual Gallifrey One Doctor Who fan convention at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel. This was the second live show to take place at a Gallifrey One event, and the fourth overall.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and his companions have a race against time - and their own dreams - to stop a race of aliens who feed on dream energy from invading Earth.

## Players

* Dan Peck as Captain Jack Harkness
* Michael Nixon as Turlough
* Joseph Scrimshaw as the First Doctor
* Christopher Jones as Nardole
* Ben Paddon as the Game Master

## Continuity

* This is the first appearance of the Somnivores. They later make their canonical debut in Lethargica, which makes an oblique reference to this live show.

## Production

* Michael Nixon's first contribution to The Game of Rassilon. He took the place of Lauren Bergher, who was credited to appear following her appearance the previous year, but who was unfortunately unable to attend due to illness.
* Second contributions of Christopher Jones and Joseph Scrimshaw.
* The general consensus among the players and the audience was that this show was an improvement over the previous year's offering.
* The first live show, and by extension the first Game of Rassilon adventure at all, to feature an original enemy.
Universe on Fire

***Universe on Fire*** is the third serial of season 3.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Travis, and Carrie are recruited by the mysterious Preservation Commission to save three items lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire – but can Team TARDIS defeat the flames of history?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon
* Special appearance by Dino Andrade as The Master

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional Music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## Continuity

* The Recruiter is revealed to be an alias of the Master, who toys with the Doctor and directly references the events of their last encounter. (*Family*)

## Production

* Recorded remotely in March 2021.
* This story is unique among Game of Rassilon serials in that it can be pinpointed down to a specific date, and even a specific time - the fire was visible to security at Universal Studios by 4:43am on June 1st, 2008, placing much of the first part prior to this time.

## Links

* Universe on Fire at TheGameofRassilon.com
The Search for Fnarg

***The Game of Rassilon Live! 2021*** took place on March 27th 2021 on the Game of Rassilon YouTube channel. It was the second live show, after *Roll for Initiative*, to feature the players as their podcast characters, and the live show debut of Châu Kate Lê as Carrie Vu. It also centered around the character Fnarg, who had gone missing. His son, Grarg, was trying to find him.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Travis, and Carrie are summoned into the middle of a dangerous investigation by the son of an old friend: Fnarg.

## Players

* Riley Silverman as the Doctor
* Dan Peck as Travis
* Châu Kate Lê as Carrie
* Michael Nixon as Grarg
* Ben Paddon as the Game Master

## NPCs

### Major

* Henri Benreigh
* Martin Freeman

## Continuity

* Fnarg first appeared in *The Cost of Progress*, and reappeared in *The Inside Job*. Since the events of the latter story, Fnarg has moved to the planet Trope and started a family.
* Fnarg's son, Grarg, is investigating his disappearance. Grarg was born when he budded off of Fnarg.
* Transmat is a common teleportation method in *Doctor Who*. The term made its debut in *The Ark in Space*, though the technology arguably dates back to the appearance of T-Mat in The Seeds of Death*.*

## Production

* This is the first ever streaming show put on by the podcast. It was decided to do a free streaming show due to the postponement of 2021's Gallifrey One event to the following year.
* This is Châu Kate Lê's first appearance in a live show.
* Prior to the stream beginning, a "starting shortly" screen was displayed, looping the "Previously On..." music by Luke Baldridge. This is the third time in the show's history that the theme has been used in full, and the first time where it was not used to score an episode.
* The team used Skype for this live show -- at several points, chat messages appear over players' webcam feeds during the game.
* Blue Box is both a reference to the Blue Apron brand of delivered meals and to the TARDIS itself. As a sort-of joke, the boxes are slightly smaller on the inside and thus cannot contain all of their ingredients.
* Martin Freeman is named for the British actor of the same name. Freeman has never appeared in *Doctor Who*.
	+ Freeman is the third character named for real-world persons, and the second named for an actor. The previous characters were Captain Greg Kinnear, who was named for the actor of the same name, and Russell Turner, whose name is a combination of past *Doctor Who* executive producers Russell T Davies and John Nathan-Turner.
A Third Doctor

***A Third Doctor*** (also known as the **Chicago Doctor**, the **Boston Doctor**, and the **East Coast Doctor**) is an alternate incarnation of the Third Doctor. He was played by Drew Hamilton during the Gallifrey One live show in February 2020.

As the events of this live show are not considered canon, neither is this incarnation of the Doctor.

## Character

After the Second Doctor was shot and killed by the Daleks while trying to infiltrate one of their prison camps, he regenerated in a Third Doctor, who used his excess regeneration energy to destroy the Daleks.

This Doctor spoke exclusively in Russian, which was translated by the TARDIS telepathic circuits into English by way of an East Coast American accent. His appearance is never described.

## Companions

* Ian Chesterton
* Tegan Jovanka
* Craig Owens and Stormageddon

## Notes

* Though this Third Doctor is the first non-canonical iteration of the Doctor to appear on the podcast, an adventure featuring almost exclusively non-canonical Doctors occurred at the previous year's Gallifrey One live show.
Dan Peck

***Dan Peck*** is one of the players of The Game of Rassilon, playing as Travis. He also provided the voices for the Entity in its initial form, and the other Travis.

Peck has also guest-GM'd for Saving Throw's Starfinder livestreams.

Outside of tabletop RPG content, Peck is the credited writer of the *Family Guy* episodes "Bookie of the Year", "Start Me Up", and "Must Love Dogs", the latter of which earned Peck a nomination in the Animation category of the 2022 WGA Awards.

## External Links

* Dan Peck on IMDb
* Dan Peck on Twitter
Drew Krassowski

***Drew Krassowski*** is a musician credited for the show's theme music. He also participated in the SD Who Con 2018 live show, the last prior to the launch of the podcast.

Outside of The Game of Rassilon, he has a number of TV and film credits under his belt for both original music and orchestrations, including projects such as *Oddbods*, *Deadpool 2*, *Castle*, *Get Out*, and *Guardians of the Galaxy* Vols 1 and 2. He has also provided music for video games including the MMO *Wildstar* and *God of War: Ascension*.

## External links

* DrewKrassowski.com
* Drew Krassowski on IMDb
Lauren Bergher

***Lauren Bergher***, formerly Lauren Peck, was one of the players at the Game of Rassilon live show held at Gallifrey One: 28 Years Later in Los Angeles, California. She was also initially billed as appearing at the Gallifrey One game the following year, but had to bow out due to illness and was replaced by Michael Nixon.

In the 2017 live show, Bergher played as River Song where she gunned down the main human villain of the story before he had a chance to explain his motivations in working with the Weeping Angels. It is not known who her choice of Doctor was, nor who she would have chosen for the 2018 show.
Data Mine

***Data Mine*** is the tenth episode of season 4. A "companion-lite" story, it features the series debut of Melisa Phoenix, and the final appearance of Parker Killian.

## Synopsis

The Doctor arrives in the Database – a hidden data repository for the universe – and finds himself in the middle of the ultimate data heist.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dan Peck
* Liev Decker - Châu Kate Lê
* Decker Liev  - Ben Paddon
* Engineer, Ker Lievdec - Michael Nixon
* Game Missy, Parker Killian - Riley Silverman

## NPCs

### Major

* Melisa Phoenix
* Ker Livdec
* Parker Killian (hologram)

## Continuity

* Parker's hologram reveals the outcome of the Doctorate Program - a Civil Time War, culminating with Ro locking Gallifrey away in a parallel pocket universe where they continue to fight.
* Julie d'Aubigny is revealed to be the Corsair II, daughter of the original Corsair and a Time Lord in hiding using a Chameleon arch.

## Production

* Liev Decker's death marks the first Player Character death in the entire series.
Devils From The Deep

***Devils From The Deep*** is the fifth serial in the first season of The Game of Rassilon. It was announced on Twitter by GM Ben Paddon, along with the release date and the album artwork.

## Synopsis

A short break on a sunny Hawaiian beach soon turns sinister when a lone soldier approaches them seeking help.

## Summary

### Part 1

The TARDIS materializes on a beach in Kauai, Hawaii on a clear day, and the Doctor decides that Team TARDIS should enjoy a day at the beach. Before long, however, a dog runs up to them. The Doctor is able to tell that the dog is asking for help, and immediately follows. After passing a small minefield, the Doctor finds a small speedboat containing the dead body of a UNIT officer killed by what would appear to be a Silurian weapon.

Out in the ocean, a small cluster of rigs are visible, and the Doctor, Travis, Milley and the dog (identified as a UNIT officer named Sergeant Puppers), head out in the speedboat.
Along the way, however, they are attacked by a giant crab. Travis recalls that crabs are sensitive to light and fires a flare gun in its direction, temporarily blinding it.

They arrive at the rig to find a small troop of UNIT soldiers - Corporals Barton and Hartley, and Sergeant Tombs. The rigs make up PACMISS, the Pacific Missile Control Station, formerly a launch site for a nearby nuclear missile silo, now decommissioned. The troop was there to "Doctor-proof" it, preventing the Doctor from accessing it and denying UNIT future access to the missiles. However, the base is no longer under UNIT control - it has been occupied by the Sea Devils.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis - Dan Peck
* Millie - Melinda-Catherine Gross
* Roman, Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon
* Producers - Melinda-Catherine Gross, Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## NPCs

### Major

* Corporal Barton
* Corporal Hartley
* Sergeant Tombs
* Sergeant Puppers
* Sea Devils
* Giant Crab

## Continuity

* Riley compares the giant crab to the Macra, a race of giant grabs previously encountered by the Second and Tenth Doctors.
* Barton and Sgnt. Puppers reappear in *The Russian Worm*.
* This is the last of Roman's end-of-episode cameos during season 1.
* Travis later receives the receives the spacetime coordinates for Roman to rescue Millie in *Family*.

## Production

* This is the first serial where the title and album artwork for a forthcoming serial has been revealed ahead of time. They were revealed, along with the release date, by Ben Paddon on June 4th 2019 via Twitter.(Link)
* This serial uniquely uses two pieces of cover art. The first depicts the UNIT patch, while the second shows the Sea Devils - the first use of a classic monster on the cover album art.

## Links

* Devils From The Deep at TheGameOfRassilon.com
Sea Devils

The ***Sea Devils*** are amphibian lifeforms native to the planet Earth. Like their distant cousins, the Silurians, they lived on the Earth millenia ago before placing themselves into suspended animation to avoid a great cataclysm.

## Background

*The Sea Devils' history prior to their appearance in* The Game of Rassilon *can be found on the TARDIS Data Core.*
*To be added.*
Terms of Service

***Terms of Service*** is the third episode of season 4. It serves as a loose sequel to *Swipe Right*, and the first true standalone episode of the series. It also sees the debut of Torchwood in the podcast.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Carrie, and newcomer Lita take the newly-restored TARDIS on a test drive to a fab iconic street in London, and right into the hands of a foe seeking revenge.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* Lita - Ben Paddon
* Jane Tanner, Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Missy, Gwen Cooper, all other characters - Riley Silverman

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - Ben Paddon
* Theme music arrangement - Adam Sakellarides
* Story - Riley Silverman, Michael Nixon

## NPCs

### Minor

* Gwen Cooper
* Maxwell Silverhammer
* Store clerk
* Unnamed American

## Continuity

* Gwen Cooper appears, now Director of Torchwood.
* The Stonehenge incident is discussed during the meeting in the cold open. It is revealed in this meeting that the world still remembers the Master as the latest incarnation of the Doctor, with the Riley!Doctor still believed to have been the Master. (*The Enemy Within*)
* Jane Tanner is Zane Tanner's sister. She has been seeking revenge against the Doctor and Carrie for the death of her brother. (*Swipe Right*)
* Doctor in Distress, a very real charity single that was released during the *Doctor Who* production hiatus in the mid-80s, plays over one of the Speakr drones.

## Production

* There are multiple references to The Beatles in this episode.
* Among the various pieces of music heard playing over the Speakr drones is "Phoenix Rising", a piece originally used for the season 4 trailer and heard, in parts, during the preceding two episodes.

## Links

* Terms of Service on TheGameOfRassilon.com
SD Who Con 2017 Live Show

The Game of Rassilon's third live show took place at ***SD Who Con 2017***. This was the second live show to take place at SD Who Con, and the third overall. It is also the first time that an adventure from a previous live show had been rerun, with the campaign largely mirroring the one used at Gallifrey One earlier that year.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and his companions have arrived at a large museum starship just in time for the unveiling of a new statue - a Weeping Angel.

## Players

* Ray Bender as the Captain Jack Harkness
* Mazz Mazzacano as Amy Pond
* Paul J. Salamoff as the Fourth Doctor
* Ben Paddon as the Game Master

## Continuity

* The Weeping Angels would later appear in Where Angels Fear To Trek.
* Ray Bender and Mazz Mazzacano are the first people to make multiple performances in the pre-podcast version of the live show, and Ray is the first person to play the same character in two consecutive shows.
* This adventure features the Fourth Doctor acting distinctly out-of-character, with Paul J. Salamoff having the Doctor physically attack an enemy using a Jelly Baby.

## Production

* This is the first of two "rerun" live shows, both of which took place at SD Who Con.
Evolve or Die

***Evolve or Die*** is the fifth serial of Season 2.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis - Dan Peck
* Charles Darwin, Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## Production

* This is the first serial to be recorded remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

## Links

* "Evolve or Die" at TheGameOfRassilon.com
Rassilon

***Rassilon*** was one of the founding members of Time Lord society, and has served as President, Lord President, and "God Emperor" of Gallifrey on multiple occasions.

## History

*Rassilon's history prior to their appearance in The Game of Rassilon can be found on the TARDIS Data Core.*
At some point, Rassilon returned to Gallifrey where he once again became President.

Rassilon appeared at Colony 47 to intervene when the colony began to collapse the boundaries between realities. Once there, he arrested the Doctor, Travis and Millie. He revealed that Colony 47 was, in fact, Skaro - Rassilon had erased the Daleks from history, "because [he] cannot be stopped." (*Getaway*)

He took the trio back to Gallifrey, where he tortured the Doctor, imprisoned Travis, and returned Millie to her own time, bringing her death forward from 1937 to 1932. (*Active Decay*)

During this time he also found the other Travis inside the Matrix, the other Travis having piggybacked into their reality in Travis' mind, then jumping into the Matrix from there. (*Both Ends Burning*) Rassilon appointed the other Travis as Keeper of the Matrix, and presumably set him to work building the Perfector. (*Perfection*)

With the Perfector complete and his victory assured, Rassilon sat in his throne room eating oranges, believing that when the Perfector was fully activated whoever sat on the throne would become "it." By this time, he was referring to his position as "God Emperor of the Time Lords".

## Behind the Scenes

* Rassilon has only appeared in two serials - *Getaway* and *The Enemy of the Good*. All other appearances have been flashbacks.
* In both appearances, Rassilon appeared only in the last episode of each serial.
Joan Hodgman

***Dr. Joan Hodgman*** was an the head of Research & Development for the Staycation Dome. While there she worked to refine, improve and enhance the Reality Engine, the technology that allowed vacationers to travel to alternate realities.

## Background

### The Staycation Dome

In reality, Hodgman was in fact from a parallel universe and had replaced the Hodgman of this universe in order to take over and control the Staycation Dome.

Hodgman stated she'd figured out how to permanently kill a Time Lord using the Reality Engine, although it took her a couple of goes.

Ultimately, Hodgman lost control of the Reality Engine and the Staycation Dome when, due to the thinning of the Web of Time surrounding Colony 47, the membrane of reality tore causing parallel versions of Staycation employees, including Hodgman herself, to manifest within the facility. Many of them were feral. The colony was collapsed, in part due to the space-time rifts but also due to the interference of Rassilon, who arrived to mend reality and take the Doctor and her companions into custody. Hodgman is presumed to have died when the colony collapsed.(*Getaway*)

### Dalek Puppet Doppelganger

Colony 47 was revealed to actually be a version of Skaro after the Time Lords had eliminated the Daleks from history. (*Getaway*) When the Doctor stopped Rassilon and the Keeper from activating the Perfector and destroying all of reality, the Daleks were restored to their rightful point in space and time. (*The Enemy of the Good*)

However, a handful of survivors from the Colony 47 event remained on Skaro after the timeline was restored, and they were consequently captured and turned into Dalek Puppets. A parallel-universe version of Hodgman was used by the Daleks to reverse-engineer the prototype version of the Perfector that had been used to remove the Daleks from history, with the end goal of replacing every planet in the universe with a copy of Skaro.

However, Hodgman and the Daleks were foiled by the Doctor, her companions, and her previous incarnation. The team are able to use a Mind Probe that this Hodgman had built to extract the Daleks' plans and find a way ti foil them. (*Recursion of the Daleks*)

## Behind the Scenes

* Hodgman is named for American author, podcaster and humorist John Hodgman. Another Staycation Dome employee, Jessie, is named for Jessie Thorne, with whom Hodgman cohosts the podcast *Judge John Hodgman*.
Previous Doctor

***The Previous Doctor*** is the incarnation that immediately precedes the Riley!Doctor.

## Biography

### The Plan

This incarnation of the Doctor, having learned of a divide between the Time Lords and the Sisterhood of Karn, opted to act on the information he had to try and repair the divide and stop Rassilon from achieving his ultimate goal. Believing that what he knew would make it impossible to stop him, however, the Doctor divised a plan, apparently at some point involving Roman. (*The Handheld War*) He opted to erase parts of his own memory, and prepare a Labyrinth where his memories would be returned and restored in his next incarnation. (*Perfection*)

### The Two Doctors

The Previous Doctor eventually met his next incarnation in person on an, at the time, unknown planet. He needed her presence to finish knitting together the Web of Time. However upon their journey from her TARDIS to his, they discovered they were on a fully-restored Skaro. There they learned that the Daleks were planning to use a warped version of Rassilon's Perfector to replace every planet in the universe with a copy of Skaro, populated with potentially billions of Daleks.

The two Doctors, along with Carrie and Travis, worked to stop this plan at the cost of the Previous Doctor's life. Together, they took him back to his TARDIS where they met Roman at the earliest point in his personal history. The next Doctor revealed the entirety of the plan to both of them, and left the TARDIS before the Previous Doctor regenerated into her. (*Recursion of the Daleks*)

### Undated events

At some point, this version of the Doctor had an encounter with the Master. Originally pitted against each other, their interests eventually dovetailed, requiring them to team up to stop the Slitheen. (*Family*)

## Alternate versions

In another timeline, this version of the Doctor was captured and tortured by a version of Maxil who had become Emperor of Gallifrey. Our Doctor materialized in the torture chamber in the Capitol, replacing her previous incarnation, whose coat she recognized laying upon a table, and whose cane lay broken on the floor.

## Personality

The Previous Doctor had a strong desire to keep moving forward, and advised the Riley!Doctor to keep doing the same. He was very receptive to advice and suggestion, taking onboard Carrie's advice about offering help to others. He liked cookies and granola bars.

## Behind the Scenes

The Previous Doctor is played by Joseph Scrimshaw, who appeared in the earliest versions of the live show at Gallifrey One. Scrimshaw has previously played as Peri and the First Doctor in these shows.
The Auditor

***The Auditor*** is a Time Lord and a trainee in the Doctorate Program. He is played by Casey Jones.

## Background

The Doctor, Travis and Millie first encounter the Auditor defending a planet from repeated Sontaran invasion. Tired and stressed, the Auditor was not able to leave the planet because each time he foiled the Sontaran invasion they would simply try again.

## Behind the Scenes

* Casey Jones is the originator of the Doctorate Program concept, a key element of their own home *Doctor Who Roleplaying Game* campaign (where there it is called the "Doctoral Program"). Casey's character, the Auditor, was lifted from their own campaign.
* Not counting Roman, the Auditor is the first Time Lord Guest PC.
Gunther

*You may be looking for Gunther (companion)*
***Gunther*** is the Doctor's cat, living with her aboard her TARDIS. She is female, and may be subconsciously named after a companion erased from history by a previous incarnation of the Doctor.

## Behind the Scenes

* Gunther shares her name with the barista at Central Perk in *Friends*.
The plan

Upon meeting the Doctor at T'zim-Shatons, her former Time Lord companion Roman alluded to "***the plan***". Assuming that Roman was to be trusted, this is a plot that the Doctor and Roman concocted together, or are at least both involved in, that partially required the Doctor not to have any memory of it. (*The Handheld War*).

## Background

Long ago, Rassilon started misusing the Matrix to predict the future and twist it in the Time Lords' favour, and, in the process, ended up torturing the Time Lord minds contained within it. A previous Doctor found out what Rassilon was doing, but the decision to do something about it was not made until the Previous Doctor, when he had finally figured out all the details of The Plan. He wanted to kill Rassilon and free the Time Lords. However, given his impulsive nature, he decided it best that his *next* incarnation (Riley!Doctor) should do it instead. The details of the plan are never explicitly stated, but rather, they unfold over several season 2 episodes, from Perfection to Recursion Of The Daleks.

At the beginning of season 1, Riley!Doctor awakes in her TARDIS wearing her predecessor's clothes with a note attached to her that simply says "run". She has no memory of how she regenerated, however her TARDIS had crashed in the early-to-mid 90s requiring her to repair it using the technology of the time. The TARDIS is fitted with a Randomiser, preventing the Doctor from setting a destination and ensuring her arrival points remain randomised. Throughout the first half of the first season, the purpose of the note and the Randomiser is unknown, though Roman described the setup as "the running phase". Its purpose is revealed when the Doctor learns who she is running from - the Time Lords, who have dispatched Maxil to track her down (*The Handheld War*). The Doctor regains her memories of The Plan when she is sent into the Labyrinth by the Sisterhood of Karn (*Perfection*).

The mystery of the note, memory loss, and Randomiser are resolved by the end of season 2. In order to protect themselves from Rassilon and the Time Lords finding out about The Plan and stopping them, the Previous Doctor regenerates with no memory of The Plan or the set up of The Plan. Between him, Riley!Doctor, and Roman, they ensure a Randomiser - a playlist, full of destinations that the Doctor has to get to - is fitted, and that a note that reads "run" is pinned to The Previous Doctor's clothes (Recursion Of The Daleks).

## The Doctor's Plans

Having been present when the Doctor explains the plan to a younger version of him, Roman knows all about The Plan (Recursion Of The Daleks). But, due to the nature of The Plan and the Doctor being unable to know about it for her safety, Roman is unable to tell her what The Plan is, despite alluding to it throughout seasons 1 and 2. However, at one point, he cheekily appeases her with his "3-part model" of "the plan", which he later admits was just a breakdown of all the Doctor's plans, and not The Plan (The Enemy of Good).

according to Roman, the Plan begins with "the Running Phase" and ends with what he referred to as "jazz with explosives."
Fourth Doctor

***The Fourth Doctor*** was the fourth incarnation of the Time Lord known as the Doctor.

## Within The Game of Rassilon

### Live Shows

This Doctor was involved in an adventure with the Somnivores.

## Behind the Scenes

* Paul J. Salamoff's portrayal of the Fourth Doctor was largely at odds with the version of the character in other mediums - he was violent, at one point attempting to kill a Somnivore using a Jelly Baby.
New Moon Rising

***New Moon Rising*** is the seventh serial of Season 2. It marks the debut of Kate Lê as a regular castmember, as opposed to her previous appearance in *Swipe Right* where she was billed as a special guest.

It also features the Cybermen in their second appearance this season, following a cameo appearance in the season premiere, and the second return of a classic series foe after the Master appeared in *Family*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Travis, and newcomer Carrie arrive on a strange moon that holds the secrets of a dead civilization.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Kate Lê
* Don Stanley, Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## NPCs

### Major

* Cyber-Keeper
* Shalhoub
* Anika Patel
* Zhenya Seleznyov
* Don Stanley

## Continuity

* This serial can be seen as a sequel of sorts to the TV stories The Tenth Planet and Kill the Moon.
* This is Carrie's first trip in the TARDIS, and also her first trip off-world, though the moon is still in orbit of Earth.
* Zhenya Seleznyov is the second NPC in the show's run to use gender-neutral they/them pronouns, the first being Barton from Devils From The Deep and The Russian Worm.
* Travis is once again influenced and possessed by an external technological source. (*Evolve or Die*)
* The Cyber-Keeper, a repository of all Cyberman knowledge, is similar in concept to the Cyberium, first seen in the TV story The Haunting of Villa Diodati. In Travis' mind, it takes the form of an 80s-era Cyberman, as seen from Earthshock to Silver Nemesis.
* Travis is able to reform a simulacrum of the Wire from his subconscious. (*Hard-Wired*)
* The Doctor specifically refers to the events of the TV stories World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls - the genesis of the Cybermen. The Cyber-Keeper responds by referring to the deaths of Bill Potts and, possibly, the Master.
* The Doctor references Bessie, the car she drove primarily in her third incarnation.
* The Doctor uses the TARDIS to pull Mondas' moon out of the Earth's orbit. (Journey's End)

## Production

* Around the 8:55 mark, Ben starts vocalizing the bass beat from "The System is Down" from Strong Bad Email #45.
* Shalhoub is named for Tony Shalhoub, who is known for playing the titular character of the TV series *Monk*. Other characters, particularly Don, occasionally refer to Shalhoub as "Mr. Monk" or "Mr. Shalhoub".
* In a rare peek behind the curtain, Ben reveals that the intent was not for the Cyber-Keeper to possess Travis, suggesting that the Cyber-Keeper may have been intended to possess someone else. Nevertheless, this does feed neatly into the ongoing arc of Travis' digitally augmented mind.
* Reference is made, once again, to "do the do".

## Links

* New Moon Rising at TheGameOfRassilon.com
The Sontaran Invasions

***The Sontaran Invasions*** is the fourth serial of season 3.

## Synopsis

Summoned to an alien world by a beleaguered young Time Lord (special guest player Casey Jones), Team TARDIS becomes embroiled in a final exam gone horribly awry.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* The Auditor - Casey Jones
* Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional Music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## Continuity

* This story follows on from the final moments of *Universe on Fire*.
* This serial marks the first appearance of the Sontarans within The Game of Rassilon. Coincidentally, the Sontarans would make their first reappearance in *Doctor Who* on 31st October 2021, nearly 5 months after the first episode of this serial was released, and 7 years since the last regular appearance of a Sontaran - specifically, Strax - on the show.

## Links

* The Sontaran Invasions at TheGameOfRassilon.com
The End of History

***The End of History*** is the seventh canonical serial in season 3, and the eighth overall.

The serial is notable as beinmg the last appearance of Travis Killian.

## Synopsis

Travis (Dan Peck) is forced to reckon with his past as the TARDIS materializes in a nuclear plant gone haywire.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis, Parker - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* Engineer, Elliott Killian, Norman - Michael Nixon
* Game Master, all other characters - Ben Paddon

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional Music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## NPCs

### Major

* Elliott Killian
* Maddox
* Parker

## Continuity

* Parker is now a part of the Doctorate Program and has his own TARDIS. (*The Enemy of the Good*)
* Parker also visits his and Travis' mom, although that possibly hasn't happened yet from their mom's perspective in 2002.
* This serial takes place on May 16th, 2002. Of note, this is the release date of *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones*.

## External Links

* The End of History on TheGameOfRassilon.com
Paul J. Salamoff

***Paul J. Salamoff*** played the Fourth Doctor in the SD Who Con 2017 live show.

Paul is perhaps best known as a special effects artist in the TV & film industry whose special effects credits include *Dogma*, *Batman & Robin*, and *The Tick* (2001). He is also a writer, having written the films *Alien Siege* and *The Last Breath*. In 2019 his feature film *Encounter*, which he wrote and directed, was released on home video.

Paul also wrote the Big Finish Short Trips audio adventure Collector's Item, released as a bonus audio for Main Range subscribers in March 2017.
Weeping Angels

The ***Weeping Angels*** are a quantum-locked species.

Nicknamed "the Quiet Assassins", a Weeping Angel is stone when observed and cannot move. When unobserved, however, a Weeping Angel can move incredibly fast. A touch from a Weeping Angel displaces you in time, and the Angel feeds on the "potential energy" of the time you would have lived in the present.

## Background

*The Weeping Angels' history prior to their appearance in* The Game of Rassilon *can be found on the TARDIS Data Core.*
Three Weeping Angels, one of which was pregnant, were found at a dig site in the year 2533. They found their way onto the *UBD Patriach* where they attempted to gain access to the ship's Q-MAD drive with the goal of feeding on the energy to nurture the newborn Angels. However they were stopped by the Doctor. Travis, and Millie. (*Where Angels Fear To Trek*)
The Russian Worm

***The Russian Worm*** is the third serial of Season 2.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Travis, and Roman are summoned by two old friends from UNIT to the Red Archive in Chernobyl, Russia, to fend off an alien incursion. But all is not what it seems.

## Crew

* Editing and Sound Design - David King
* Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
* Additional music - Luke Baldridge
* Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

## NPCs

### Major

* Corporal Harris
* Corporal Weaver
* Sergeant Barton
* Sergeant Puppers

## Continuity

* Barton and Sgnt. Puppers return following their appearance in *Devils From The Deep*. Both have received promotions, and are continuing the work of their former parent organization, UNIT.
* The Red Archive is the Russian counterpart to the Black Archive in London.

## Production

* Recorded in one session at Geeky Teas & Games in February 2020.
	+ Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the first episode opens with an introduction reassuring listeners that the episode was recorded in advance and that they are isolated and safe.

* The name "Russian Worm" comes from a pole dance floorwork move combining the worm with a kip-up. Michael Nixon and Ben Paddon heard of the name during a conversation at Gallifrey One: 30 Years in the TARDIS, to which Michael noted that it sounded like a Doctor Who monster.
Season 5

***Season 5*** is debuted on June 14, 2023.

## Announcement

At Gallifrey One in 2023, the crew announced that the fifth season of the show would be the last regular series of the podcast, citing a desire to take a break and to create something they had full ownership of. They stated that the live shows would continue as long as Gallifrey One would have them.

The release date was announced via social media one month prior.[1]

## Hiatus and Return

On July 27th 2023, GM Riley Silverman announced that recording of the series would go on hiatus due to the SAG-AFTRA Strike, writing on the official Game of Rassilon Discord #announcements channel that "*the added detail of Doctor Who becoming a show distributed by Disney+ this year throws it into a grey area, because Disney is being struck. I don't know if our show even counts as "promotion" for DW, but since I've reached out to my union and haven't gotten a clear answer yes or no, I'm deciding to err on the side of caution. As such, I will not be able to record any future episodes of our show until the strikes are resolved.*"

Episodes recorded prior to the strike continued to be released, culminating in episode 10, "Bootstraps", on Octoebr 18th, 2023. As a result, there were no Doctor Who Day or Christmas Specials in 2023.

The SAG-AFTRA Strike officially ended on November 3rd. On January 3rd 2024, Riley posted a new announcement stating that "*[the] final recording of season 5 [is] scheduled very soon*," additionally noting that the show's traditional Gallifrey One live show would be returning. Ten days later, it was reported that the "final episodes" of season 5 had been recorded, though no release date has been announced yet.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dan Peck
* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* Stanley - Ben Paddon

* Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Missy - Riley Silverman
Stowaways

***Stowaways*** is the ninth episode of season 4. It sees the reappearance of the Player Characters from *Total K-OS*, and it set after the events of that Patreon adventure (but does not require the listener to be familiar with those events). It's also the first "Doctor-lite" episode of the podcast since *Both Ends Burning*.

## Synopsis

Abandoned by the Doctor, Lita and Carrie survive together on a luxury starship where all is not as it seems…

## Cast

* Carrie - Châu Kate Lê
* Lita - Ben Paddon
* "Grift Scofflaw" - Dan Peck
* Engineer, "Helpsphere", Elliott Killian - Michael Nixon
* Game Missy, "Captain", "Chet Vagabond" - Riley Silverman

## NPCs

### Major

* "Captain"
* "Grift Scofflaw"
* Elliott Killian

### Minor

* Sonique Thunderstone
* "Helpsphere"
* "Chet Vagabond"

*To be added*

## Continuity

* The crew from *Total K-OS* returns, having formed a small media empire with its core operations located in Sheffield, NJ.
* Elliott Killian, father to previous companion Travis, makes an appearance. He mentions that Travis recently accepted a job offer, placing this story after the Earthbound elements of *Epilogue: The Last Travis Killian Story*. He gives Carrie and Lita a Game Boy, left by Travis "just in case", which they use to summon the Doctor.

## Production

* Despite being a "Doctor-lite" episode, Dan Peck still had a role to play in the form of "Grift Scofflaw". Dan created this character, including his appearance. This is reversed for the next episode, *Data Mine*, a "companion-lite" episode where Ben Paddon and Châu Kate Lê play characters other than their companions.
COVID-19 pandemic

The ***COVID-19 pandemic*** took place on Earth from late 2019 to 2021, with the bulk of its impact beginning in March 2020.

## Effects of the Pandemic

Among other things, the pandemic led to the closure of Disneyland, CA. This led to the Somnivores in the park, who were using the joy and happiness of park guests as a source of sustenance, to suffer a food shortage. This, in turn, affected their ability to control and close time rifts that would open periodically in the park as a result of events that transpired on opening day. (*The Game of Classilon: Jinkies & Zoinks*)

## Behind-the-Scenes

* In reality, the pandemic was the cause of the podcast switching from an in-person recording model to a purely remote model starting with *Evolve or Die*.
Paul Cornell

***Paul Cornell*** is a writer of TV, film, comics and novels. He is most notable to *Doctor Who* fans for various novels written during the so-called "Wilderness Years", as as well as the debut serial in the short-lived BBCi revival of *Doctor Who*, *Scream of the Shalka*.

Cornell later went on to write the television episodes *Father's Day*, *Human Nature*, and *The Family of Blood*. The latter two of those episodes constitute an adaptation of his *Doctor Who* novel, *Human Nature*.

Both versions of *Human Nature* were adapted for the podcast as a two-part serial, also called *Human Nature*. The story was adapted and GM'd by Michael Nixon. The story was originally released in three parts on the Patreon feed, then later released on the main feed in two parts. Cornell helped promote both releases by retweeting the Twitter posts about them as they released.

## External Links

* Paul Cornell on the TARDIS Data Core
* Paul Cornell on IMDb
* Paul Cornell on Twitter
Season 3

***Season 3*** debuted on March 3rd, 2021.

## Production

In November 2020, GM Ben Paddon revealed that there were plans for a third season. These plans were confirmed when the Season 2 Credits were released. On December 15, Paddon tweeted that they were recording the first serial "this weekend," meaning the adventure would be recorded sometime during December 19-20.

In February 2021, after the news that the US retail chain Fry's Electronics would be closing permanently, a teaser was released in which the characters watch a flying saucer crash into what is revealed to be the Burbank, CA branch of the chain.

The podcast also launched a Patreon at the beginning of this season to cover production costs, resulting in some one-shots that were originally Patreon exclusive but were later released to the podcast feed. These stories were *The Game of Classilon: Jinkies & Zoinks*, GM'd by Riley Silverman and set between seasons 2 and 3, and *Human Nature*, an adaptation of the Paul Cornell novel and TV story of the same name GM'd by Michael Nixon.

This season also saw a special adventure, *The Buzzard's Treasure*, played using the Paradoxes & Possibilities RPG system. The game was GM'd by Michael Nixon and written by Sophie Iles. Iles also co-designed the Paradoxes & Possibilities system.

## Season 3 Serials

¹ Denotes a cameo appearance as opposed to participation in gameplay.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Riley Silverman
* Travis Killian - Dan Peck
* Carrie Vu - Châu Kate Lê

* Engineer - Michael Nixon
* Game Master - Ben Paddon

* Introducing Dan Peck as the Doctor and Riley Silverman as the GM

### Recurring

* The Master - Dino Andrade
* Norman - Michael Nixon

### Guest

* The Auditor - Casey Jones
* Captain Greg Kinnear - David Blue

## Notable NPCs

* Joan Redfern
* Elliott Killian
* Parker Killian
Dr. Who

***Dr. Who*** is a human scientist who invented a time machine called Tardis.

## Within The Game of Rassilon

### Live Shows

Dr. Who was one of a group of largely extra-canonical Doctors sent to a Babylon 5 convention in February, 2019 to collect segments of an alien artifact.

## Behind the Scenes

* This is, of course, the version of the Doctor played by Peter Cushing in the two theatrical movies *Dr. Who and the Daleks* and *Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..*
* Michael Nixon frequently does his faux-Cushing voice in the podcast itself.
"The Stranger" Doctor

***Paul*** was a male with amnesia. His species was unknown, but implied to be either human or Time Lord.

## Within The Game of Rassilon

Paul was one of a selection of mostly extrra-canonical incarnations of the Doctor sent to a Babylon 5 convention to collect the pieces of a missing alien artifact.

## Behind the Scenes

* Paul was inspired by a character from a romance novel called "The Stranger", largely inspired by Paul McGann's performance as the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 TV movie.
* This is the only other player character Melinda-Catherine Gross got to play before leaving the podcast.
Joseph Scrimshaw

***Joseph Scrimshaw*** is a comedian and writer. He has been a guest at several Gallifrey One events, leading to his inclusion in the first two live shows held at the convention. Scrimshaw appeared at the 2017 and 2018 events as Peri and the First Doctor respectively.

In September 2020, Scrimshaw appeared as the previous Doctor, making his debut on the show proper.

In addition to his contribution to the live shows, he's written for a number of projects including *RiffTrax* and ScreenJunkies' *The Roast of Captain America*, in which he also played Superman. He is a writer on the Adult Swim series *Tigtone*.

## External Links

* Joseph Scrimshaw on Wikipedia
* Joseph Scrimshaw on Twitter
* Official website
Melinda-Catherine Gross

***Melinda-Catherine Gross*** was one of the players and producers of The Game of Rassilon. In the show, Gross plays as Amelia Earhart (aka "Millie").

Gross appeared in every serial of the first season, although Millie was not a participating character in Hard-Wired and Gross herself is only occasionally heard in the background. In October 2019 it was announced that she would not be returning for the show's second season.

Outside of her work on the show, Gross is also a writer who has worked on projects including *Drunk Hawk Man* and *Rivendell*.
Doctor Who Day Specials

***Doctor Who Day Specials*** are episodes released on November 23rd of any given year to celebrate #DoctorWhoDay, better known as the anniversary of the first broadcast of *An Unearthly Child* in 1963.

The first Doctor Who Day Special is *Recursion of the Daleks*. The episode was two hours in length, contained key elements of the original show in the form of the Daleks, and featured the appearance of the Previous Doctor, mirroring many *Doctor Who* anniversary specials which featured appearances from multiple past Doctors. The second, *The Enemy Within*, was also a two-hour episode and featured the Master, as well as the final appearance of Riley Silverman as the Doctor.
Epilogue: The Last Travis Killian Story

***Epilogue: The Last Travis Killian Story*** is narrated story that was released exclusively to Patreon backers in 2022. It marks the first piece of prewritten, recorded audio for The Game of Rassilon.

## Synopsis

Travis Killian’s story didn’t end when he left the Doctor's TARDIS. Find out what happens next in this tale co-written by Dan Peck & Ben Paddon!

## Cast

* Narrator - Ben Paddon
* Travis - Dan Peck

## Crew

* Writing - Dan Peck & Ben Paddon
* Editing and Sound Design - Ben Paddon

## External Links

*To be added*
Roll For Initiative

***Roll for Initiative*** was the name given to a live show held at Geeky Teas & Games in Burbank, CA on August 23rd, 2019. The live show is distinct for being the first live show not to take place at a convention, and also for being the first live show in which the players play as their characters from the podcast (with the exception of Michael Nixon, who played as a new one-off character). It isd also the first live show released as a podcast episode.

## Players

* Riley Silverman as Riley!Doctor
* Dan Peck as Travis Killian
* Michael Nixon as Slough Birdslinger
* Ben Paddon as the Game Master
Lava Bucket

Lava bucket is a Male characters from TAOE!

# **TRIVIAL**

he's the most disgraceful character from the anythingless objecting everythingy, **AT ALL!**

## "THE BEGINNING"

in the beginning,lava bucket is a bully and he kick, punch and throw all other people, when lava bucket call back by purple blocky, notebook run away before lava bucket call him freakers, lava bucket said" YOU IDIOT YOU FREAKERS!" and he's keep run away, He is also evil just like volcano, EVIL and fireball!

and he also treating cake like she's garbage and he making fan of cake fears, AT ALL...

he refused to pick purple blocky cause he think she is a jerk, evil person, disgrateful character and selfish

## Lava Bucket

### Friend

Fireball, Yellow Square, Abstract Art, Volcano,
Engineer

The **engineer** monitors sound levels during recording of the show. This role is filled by producer and co-writer Michael Nixon, who is mic'd for the show as he likes podcasts where the sound engineer is present in the recording.

The role of engineer is not to be confused with sound design, which is carried out for the podcast by David King.
Cherry juice

Cherry Juice is a female characters from TAOE!

IF YOU DIDN'T READ THE RULES AND YOU'RE VIOLATE THE RULES,YOU'RE GET ELIMINATED BY:PAPERS! D:<

# TRIVIAL

## THE BEGINNING

in "The Beginning"Cherry juice hate so much the scary challenge due of cake scared everything!

## Cherry juice

### Friend

Paper, Cake, Keyboard ( Sometime in the scary challenge )

### Enemies

Keyboard, ( Sometime in the scary challenge )

### Color

Body - BrownCherry - RedLine - Dark Brown & Dark Red