Night of the Whisper (audio story): Difference between revisions

McNeil admits that he was behind the situation. He and Lillian had fought over her marriage to Ralph Marsh, who worked for Wolfsbane; McNeil had been working on taking down Wolfsbane. Lillian had returned to McNeil after being thrown outside the dome, but changed. She had been possessed by a Star Marshal, an electronic law enforcement agent from an alien collective outside the Earth Empire. The Marshal had crashed on the moon; wounded, it found the dying Lillian and merged with her. When the it asked McNeil for instructions, he gave it more than that: he gave it the personality of a vigilante, and sent it against Wolfsbane—but he never anticipated that it would turn on every form of crime. To the Whisper's defective thinking, everyone is guilty of something—and everyone must pay with death. And, worse: it intends to serve justice on everyone at once, by shutting down the containment dome.

The Whisper arrives, and attacks Wolfsbane's men. McNeil, the Doctor, and Rose also arrive, and find the gates already opened, and the guards down—the Whisper isn't just killing, but draining the life force of its victims to keep itself alive. The Doctor and Rose go in, but the Doctor warns McNeil to stay outside, remembering the Eleventh Doctor's warning. Wolfsbane uses Daisy as a shield, and recognises Lillian's corpse. Daisy escapes and runs, but is killed by the Whisper. It grabs Wolfsbane, but the Doctor intervenes, sending Rose to free Jack. The Whisper begins cycling down the dome's generators. McNeil admits his own wrong, and tries to talk the Whisper down with the Doctor's help. Wolfsbane takes advantage of the opportunity to strike the Whisper, breaking something vital inside it. He escapes, leaving the Whisper to die in McNeil's arms. While the Doctor, Rose, and Jack regroup, McNeil slips out to chase down Wolfsbane.