Deception (audio story)

Deception
Main character(s):	Leela
Featuring:	Narvin, Livia, Mantus, Rayo, Rassilon
Main setting:	Deception field, Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Lisa McMullin
Director:	Scott Handcock
Producer:	Scott Handcock
Music:	Ioan Morris
Sound:	Russell McGee
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	4.1
Part of:	Time War: Volume Four
Release date:	4 February 2021
Format:	1 CD Download 1st of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPGALLCD23
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78703-565-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78703-566-9 (digital)
Gallifrey
← Previous	Unity
Next →	Dissolution

Deception was the first audio story in the anthology Time War: Volume Four.

Publisher's summary

As the resistance scatters, Leela and an unknown ally embark on a rescue. But there are traps for the unwary inside the Vortex.

Meanwhile on Gallifrey, Livia and Mantus are at odds, seeking to protect themselves as Rassilon's grip tightens.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Leela - Louise Jameson
• Livia - Pippa Bennett-Warner
• Mantus - Sam Clemens
• Narvin - Seán Carlsen
• Rassilon - Richard Armitage
• Eris - Samuel Gosrani
• Rayo - Omar Austin
• Castine - Debbie Korley
• Filius - Steven Flynn

References

• Eris mentions the Untempered Schism.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Romana is believed to have been captured or killed by the Daleks. (AUDIO: Unity)
• The calls to arms sent from Ysalus is mentioned. (AUDIO: Collateral)
• Mantus recalls Rassilon taking a perverse pleasure in Livia’s past transgressions against him. (AUDIO: Assassins)
• Eris recalls that Leela was Romana’s bodyguard (AUDIO: Weapon of Choice et al) and was seconded to the War Council. (AUDIO: Celestial Intervention)
• The deception field shows Leela visions of her child that never was in a war. (AUDIO: Mother Tongue)

External links

• Official Deception page at bigfinish.com