Zaltys (audio story)

Zaltys
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion(s):	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Main setting:	Zaltys
Key crew
Writer:	Matthew Elliott
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Steve Foxon
Sound:	Steve Foxon
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Release number:	223
Release date:	21 March 2017
Format:	4 parts, 2 CDs
Production code:	BFPDWCD223
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-795-3
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Zaltys was the two hundred and twenty-third story in Big Finish's monthly range.

Publisher's summary

In the Vortex, the TARDIS comes under a form of psychic attack – resulting in the abductions of first Adric, then Tegan. Following their trail, the Doctor and Nyssa arrive under the lurid skies of the planet Zaltys, whose entire population has vanished in strange circumstances. Soon, they discover that Zaltys is now the target of treasure seekers, come to scavenge this so-called Planet of the Dead...

Meanwhile, deep below the planet’s surface, Adric learns the earth-shattering reason why the people of Zaltys disappeared... and why they were wise to do so. And Tegan is, quite literally, in the dark – enduring interrogation by the mysterious Clarimonde. Any friend of the Doctor’s is Clarimonde’s enemy... because theirs is a blood feud!

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Tegan- Janet Fielding
• Perrault - Sean Barrett
• Clarimonde - Niamh Cusack
• Gevaudan - Philip Franks
• Sable - Rebecca Root
• Lusca / Siobhan - Alix Wilton Regan
• Talia / Computer - Carol Sloman

References

• Adric mentions that he has read every book on mathematics in the TARDIS library.

Notes

• In Lithuanian mythology Zaltys (žaltys, literally – grass snake) is a household spirit guarding one's home. [1]

Continuity

• The Doctor compares the colourful beaches and skies of Zaltys to those of Thoros Beta. (TV: Mindwarp)

External links

• Official Zaltys page at bigfinish.com