The Healers (audio story)

The Healers
Main character(s):	Kaymee Arnod Siy Tarkov
Featuring:	Galanar Georgi Selestru Frey Saxton Susan Mendes Saloran Haredew
Main enemy:	The Daleks
Main setting:	Graxis Major and Galactic Union HQ Planet Nine, the 67th century
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	Nicholas Briggs
Release details
Release number:	2
Release date:	June 2004
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPCDDE10
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-083-5
Dalek Empire - Dalek Empire III
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Publisher's summary

Siy Tarkov must convince a doubting Galactic Union that a Dalek invasion is imminent.

Agent Galanar is on a covert mission to find definitive proof of the menace of the Daleks. But the Border Worlds are being ravaged by a deadly plague infection. An infection the Daleks are offering to cure.

Meanwhile, the Graxis Wardens’ ecological paradise is about to be torn apart...

“Allow me to introduce to you representatives of the Dalek Empire...”

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Galanar - David Tennant
• Georgi Selestru - William Gaunt
• Siy Tarkov - Steven Elder
• Susan Mendes - Sarah Mowat
• Kaymee Arnod - Laura Rees
• Amur Tarkov - Claudia Elmhirst
• Japrice - Octavia Walters
• Dan Culver - Peter Forbes
• Provost Carneill - Oliver Hume
• Mivas - Dot Smith
• Telligan - Greg Donaldson
• Saloran Haredew - Karen Henson
• Sergic / Snubby - Jeremy James
• Seth - Sean Jackson
• Bulis Mietok - Ian Brooker
• Roozell - Jane Goddard
• Chauley - Philip Wolff
• Jake - Colin McIntyre
• The Daleks / The Dalek Supreme - Nicholas Briggs

References

• Agent Galanar is sent by Georgi Selestru on a covert mission to the Scalanias system, one of the first recorded locations of the outbreak of the NFS plague in the Border Worlds which was visited by Siy Tarkov more than 20 years earier. There are rumours that a race of alien benefactors known as the Daleks are assisting the inhabitants of that system to develop Variant-7, the proposed cure to the plague. Galanar has adopted the pseudonym of Dr. Dennis Grentram, a graduate of the Academy of Medicine on Galactic Union HQ Planet Nine. On a passenger liner heading to Scalanias v, he meets a woman named Japrice, who had been tailing him for weeks. However, Galanar is unaware that she is working for the Daleks.
• Selestru tells that, due to the contentious political situation between the Galactic Union and the Border Worlds, the Border Worlds Confederation Cabinet will not allow anyone through to Velyshaa. This poses a significant problem for Selestru and Tarkov as the Galactic Union Council will not act without definitive proof of the Dalek threat as they are wary of beginning another war and potentially triggering another Great Catastrophe.
• Due to the length of time that he has been missing, Tarkov has been declared dead. He is unable to find anyone to reverse the classification and, consequently, is still considered legally dead. His wife, who was named Elicia, has died in the interim. However, on return to his home, he meets his now grown daughter Amur, who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
• As the Daleks begin to extract information from the Graxis Wardens' data stories on Graxis Major, Sergic attempts to stop them and is exterminated in the process. In order to prevent further incidents, Provost Carneill suggests that the other Wardens be confined to their quarters. He explains to Frey Saxton, Dan Culver, Kaymee Arnod and Telligan that the Daleks are assisting the Border Worlds in developing Variant 7. If the spread of the NFS plague continues unabated in the Border Worlds, all life on these planets will be wiped out within 100 years. Saxton believes that Carneill is willing to sacrifice the Wardens' lives if it helps to develop a cure to the plague.
• There are 60 Wardens on Graxis Major, meaning that they outnumber the Daleks ten to one.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Susan Mendes refers to the "Victory or Death" telepathic programming planted in her mind by Kalendorf, which resulted in not only the near complete destruction of the Daleks but the Great Catastrophe in the 42nd century. (BFDE: Dalek War: Chapter Four)
• The Daleks refer to the Seriphia Galaxy. (BFA: The Apocalypse Element, BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks)
• The Dalek Empire's representative on Graxis Major tells Provost Carneill that the Wardens destroyed a Dalek who had exterminated Harley, Davin and the native primates. (BFDE: The Exterminators)

Timeline

• The Healers occurs after BFDE: The Exterminators
• The Healers occurs before BFDE: The Healers

External links

• Official The Healers page at bigfinish.com
• The Healers at the Doctor Who Reference Guide