The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)

The Lifeboat and the Deathboat
Main character(s):	River Song
Main enemy:	The Bruce Master
Main setting:	Time Vortex
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Eddie Robson
Director:	Ken Bentley and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Release number:	5.3
Part of:	The Diary of River Song: Series Five
Release date:	22 January 2019
Format:	1 X 1 hour
Production code:	BFPDWRIVER05
ISBN:	978-1-78703-505-8
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The Lifeboat and the Deathboat was the third story of the audio anthology, The Diary of River Song: Series Five.

Publisher's summary

Stranded in the Vortex, a father and daughter do their best to survive, living on salvage in a ramshackle vessel.

Elsewhere, an obsessive ship’s captain hunts down a vengeful monster, whatever the cost.

And River is caught between them, uncovering an old enemy in the most unexpected new guise.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• River Song - Alex Kingston
• The Bruce Master - Eric Roberts
• Alison - Lucy Heath
• Admiral Eno - Sasha Behar
• Ayrton Valencia / Engineer - Himesh Patel
• Kaliopi Mileska / Robot- Eleanor Crooks
• Number Two / Computer / James - Christopher Naylor

References

• Daniel and Alison are travelling from the 42nd century to the Triassic Period.
• Kaliopi uses a sonic scimitar.
• The TARDIS room the Master is trapped in contains a cricket bat.
• River believed that she had met all the Master's bodies.
• The Master acknowledges that his current body was stolen.

Notes

• This is the first time Eric Roberts has played the Bruce Master since Doctor Who in 1996.

Continuity

• The Master recalls the Daleks killing him, his possessing of a human body, and falling into the Eye of Harmony. (TV: Doctor Who)

External links

• Official The Lifeboat and the Deathboat page at bigfinish.com