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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part one ===
=== Part one ===
Set to seek out mentions of [[Richter's Syndrome]] so that [[Nyssa]]'s [[cure]] can be tested, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands on [[Chodor]] and [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] go to investigate the cry of a man being taken deeper into the [[forest]]. They are taken captive by [[Seksa]] and taken to [[Purity Bay]], learning on the way about how the [[Taker]]s kidnap those who become frail and that Seksa's father, [[Anulf]], is missing.
Set to seek out mentions of [[Richter's Syndrome]] so that [[Nyssa]]'s [[cure]] can be tested, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands on [[Chodor]] and [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] go to investigate the cry of a man being taken deeper into the [[forest]]. They are taken captive by [[Seksa]] and taken to [[Purity Bay]], learning on the way about how the [[Taker]]s kidnap those who become frail and that Seksa's ailing father, [[Anulf]], is missing.


[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Nyssa]], having fallen behind after leaving the TARDIS, run away from whispers which Nyssa feels being pushed into her mind by Shades. Because of Turlough's red hair, Mertil believes that he is a Taker and tries to capture him, but he and Nyssa run and are forced to wade and swim across a stinking [[river]]. Mertil's people hit Turlough with a [[stone]] and Nyssa gets his unconscious body to safety.
[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Nyssa]], having fallen behind after leaving the TARDIS, run away from whispers which Nyssa feels being pushed into her mind by Shades. Because of Turlough's red hair, [[Mertil]], Seska's stepmother, believes that he is a Taker and tries to capture him, but he and Nyssa run and are forced to wade and swim across a stinking [[river]]. Mertil's people hit Turlough with a [[stone]] and Nyssa gets his unconscious body to safety.


Impressed by the Doctor's title, Seksa decides to introduce him and Tegan to her [[germ]]-obsessed people as their saviours. The two of them enter the rest centre, the [[guard]]s of which were apparently [[drug]]ged by the Takers, and see advanced [[technology]] on the walls. Mertil finds them before Seksa is ready and orders [[Jestan]] to kill the Doctor by repeatedly shocking him with a [[Cardax defibrillator]].
Impressed by the Doctor's title, Seksa decides to introduce him and Tegan to her [[germ]]-obsessed people as their saviours. The two of them enter the rest centre, the [[guard]]s of which were apparently [[drug]]ged by the Takers, and see advanced [[technology]] on the walls. Mertil finds them before Seksa is ready and orders [[Jestan]] to kill the Doctor by repeatedly shocking him with a [[Cardax defibrillator]].


=== Part two ===
=== Part two ===
''to be added''
By threatening to cough over the two sedated guards, Tegan gets Jestan to stop and Seska speaks in her and the Doctor's defence when she arrives. The two travellers enter the [[decontamination chamber]] as a show of good faith, but Tegan collapses and they are taken to the rest centre where the Doctor learns that the parts of the [[spaceship]] that the people did not use to build their home are kept at the [[Ghost Place]].
 
Turlough and Nyssa come across the remains of a Taker, an [[android]], and use its luminescent orange cap to find their way in a nearby [[cave]] home to other such androids. They run from the Takers when they present [[hypodermic needle]]s and use the broken one to pass through a [[force field]] into a tunnel from which Nyssa temporarily teleports, revealing how the Takers get around.
 
The Doctor goes to the Ghost Place with Hervey and Jestan, whom Seska wants to keep away from Mertil given their connection. The Ghost Place is said to be home to the Shades, believed to be the unclean dead, and the Doctor realises that the ship is a [[hospital]], indicating that the people of Purity Bay are descended from the [[patient]]s. Jestan breaks Hervey's neck, planning on framing the Doctor to convince the people to [[execution|execute]] him.


=== Part three ===
=== Part three ===

Revision as of 21:58, 7 May 2023

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The Whispering Forest was the one hundred and thirty-seventh story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Stephen Cole and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Mark Strickson as Turlough.

It was the second Big Finish audio story in the 2010 Fifth Doctor season. It continued a series of stories starring Davison, Sutton, Fielding and Strickson, who were reunited as a TARDIS team for their first new Doctor Who stories since 1983.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS arrives in alien woodlands, where a small group of humans hold tight against the menace of the Takers — strange creatures who come by night to spirit away members of their settlement.

But if there's one thing that the inhabitants of Purity Bay fear more than the Takers, it's the dirt and disease spread by strangers. Strangers like the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa...

The fanatical Sister Mertil and her hygiene-obsessed acolytes are victims of a terrible corruption — but not in the way they think. Only the whispering forest knows the truth...

Plot

Part one

Set to seek out mentions of Richter's Syndrome so that Nyssa's cure can be tested, the TARDIS lands on Chodor and the Doctor and Tegan go to investigate the cry of a man being taken deeper into the forest. They are taken captive by Seksa and taken to Purity Bay, learning on the way about how the Takers kidnap those who become frail and that Seksa's ailing father, Anulf, is missing.

Turlough and Nyssa, having fallen behind after leaving the TARDIS, run away from whispers which Nyssa feels being pushed into her mind by Shades. Because of Turlough's red hair, Mertil, Seska's stepmother, believes that he is a Taker and tries to capture him, but he and Nyssa run and are forced to wade and swim across a stinking river. Mertil's people hit Turlough with a stone and Nyssa gets his unconscious body to safety.

Impressed by the Doctor's title, Seksa decides to introduce him and Tegan to her germ-obsessed people as their saviours. The two of them enter the rest centre, the guards of which were apparently drugged by the Takers, and see advanced technology on the walls. Mertil finds them before Seksa is ready and orders Jestan to kill the Doctor by repeatedly shocking him with a Cardax defibrillator.

Part two

By threatening to cough over the two sedated guards, Tegan gets Jestan to stop and Seska speaks in her and the Doctor's defence when she arrives. The two travellers enter the decontamination chamber as a show of good faith, but Tegan collapses and they are taken to the rest centre where the Doctor learns that the parts of the spaceship that the people did not use to build their home are kept at the Ghost Place.

Turlough and Nyssa come across the remains of a Taker, an android, and use its luminescent orange cap to find their way in a nearby cave home to other such androids. They run from the Takers when they present hypodermic needles and use the broken one to pass through a force field into a tunnel from which Nyssa temporarily teleports, revealing how the Takers get around.

The Doctor goes to the Ghost Place with Hervey and Jestan, whom Seska wants to keep away from Mertil given their connection. The Ghost Place is said to be home to the Shades, believed to be the unclean dead, and the Doctor realises that the ship is a hospital, indicating that the people of Purity Bay are descended from the patients. Jestan breaks Hervey's neck, planning on framing the Doctor to convince the people to execute him.

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

Notes

Continuity

Footnotes

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