Peshka (audio story)

Peshka
Main character(s):	Ian Gilmore, Rachel Jensen, Allison Williams, Toby Kinsella
Main setting:	Prague, 1965 Amsterdam, 1965 London, 1965
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Cavan Scott & Mark Wright
Director:	Ken Bentley
Music:	Nicholas Briggs
Sound:	Martin Montague
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Release number:	2.3
Release date:	27 June 2013
Production code:	BFPCMBOX002
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-082-4
Counter-Measures
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Peshka was the third audio story in Big Finish Productions' second series of Counter-Measures.

Publisher's summary

A visit to an international chess tournament isn't quite the relaxing experience the Counter-Measures team might have hoped for. With a defection to arrange and violence erupting on the streets it's time for a dangerous gambit. What pieces will be left on the table when the Endgame approaches?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Group Captain Ian Gilmore - Simon Williams
• Rachel Jensen - Pamela Salem
• Allison Williams - Karen Gledhill
• Sir Toby Kinsella - Hugh Ross
• Shurik Barkov/British Ambassador/Russian Guard - Bo Poraj
• Anya Barkov/Dutch Airport Tannoy Announcer - Emily Tucker
• Marcus Fremington/The Dutchman/The Steward/The Angry Man - John Banks
• St. John/The Policeman - Robert Lonsdale
• Terrance Fleischer - Blake Ritson

References

• "Peshka" is Russian for "pawns".
• Prior to her trip to Amsterdam, Allison had never previously flown.
• Gilmore is not fond of chess, claiming that "wars are fought on battlefields, not chessboards." However, he is an avid fan of cricket.
• Shurik Barkov was born in 1943.
• Marcus Fremington refers to the fictional spy Dick Barton.
• Gilmore listens to a riot in Harlem, with the characters unsure if this is a psychic bomb or not: "probably not," says Jensen. (This an allusion to the real life riot in 1964)

Notes

• This story was recorded on 22, 23, 25 and 26 October 2012.

Continuity

• Rachel refers to having recently undergone extensive radiation treatment. (AUDIO: The Fifth Citadel)
• Allison refers to Rachel becoming the leader of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group in 1964. (AUDIO: Threshold)
• Sir Toby mentions The Forge (as "Department C4") as someone who wants their hands on Barkov. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight)
• Sir Toby refers to Gilmore leading his entire unit to their death in the Battle of Arnhem during World War II. (AUDIO: Threshold)
• Allison refers to the fact that she was forced to kill her fiancé Julian St Stephen. (AUDIO: State of Emergency) She breaks down at the end of the play at having to shoot someone again.

External links

• Official Peshka - Season Two Box Set page at bigfinish.com