Dark Convoy (audio story)

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Dark Convoy
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace
Main setting:	The HMS Thunder, 1941
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Mark B Oliver
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Read by:	Sophie Aldred
Cover by:	Mark Plastow
Release details
Release number:	5.07
Release date:	20 July 2015
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-398-6
Short Trips
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Dark Convoy was the seventh story of the fifth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It was read by Sophie Aldred.

Publisher's summary

Materialising aboard the submarine HMS Thunder during the Second World War, the Doctor and Ace join Commander Fitzgerald and his crew as they track a fellow sub in trouble.

While the Doctor advises the Captain on navigational matters, Ace joins in a daring mission to rescue sailors in the water. With German planes overhead, no-one’s survival is guaranteed…

Characters

• Seventh Doctor
• Ace
• Jimmy Mayhew
• Thomas Fitzgerald

References

• Ace's mother Audrey Dudman watched World War II naval films on Saturday afternoons growing up.
• The Doctor's pockets contain a half eaten toffee apple, marbles and a paperweight.
• Jimmy Mayhew joined the Royal Navy because his home was bombed during the Blitz.
• The United States is in the process of developing sonar.
• Ace knows first aid.

Notes

• This story was available for download only.

Continuity

• Captain Fitzgerald assumes that the Doctor is working at Bletchley Park. During his sixth incarnation, he worked in Hut 12A at Bletchley Park in 1944. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)

External links

• Official Dark Convoy page at bigfinish.com