The Last Days of Freme (audio story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story SMW

|audio anthology  = Allegiance (audio anthology)

|main character  = [[Leela]], [[Eleventh General]], [[Veklin]]

|featuring        = [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]], [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]], [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Vibax]], [[Gilla]]

|setting          = [[The Capitol]], [[Freme]]

|writer          = Lou Morgan

|release date    = 23 August 2022

}}

[[Veklin]] takes [[Leela]] from her cell to the [[War Room]] on the orders of [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]], who has [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Vibax]] fit Leela with a [[compliance collar]] and threatens to hand her back to Vibax for [[genetic engineering]] if she fails to fight for [[Gallifrey]]. A [[the Matrix|Matrix]] projection of [[Ollistra]]'s [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|previous incarnation]] sends Leela on a mission with [[Eleventh General|the General]] and Veklin to destroy [[Freme]] before the [[Dalek]]s can ally themselves with the [[evacuation|evacuating]] [[Fremian]]s by placing Vibax's [[planet]]-killing device in a [[volcano|volcanic]] fissure vent. Upon arriving, Leela allows herself to be captured by the Fremians, who also take the [[Battle TARDIS (The Last Days of Freme)|Battle TARDIS]].

The General and Veklin manage to get the Battle TARDIS back and, per Ollistra's orders, prioritise the mission over saving Leela, who has been welcomed by [[Argatro]], head of the [[Fremian Council]]. The Fremians hurry to their [[shuttle]]s to reach the [[Ark (The Last Days of Freme)|Ark]] before the volcano's [[ash]] and [[smoke]] makes evacuation impossible and Veklin tries to get Leela to return to the TARDIS after the General activates the weapon, but she refuses as she believes that the Fremians will know that the [[Time Lord]]s are responsible for the planet's destruction and will join the Daleks as a result. Whilst the General and [[Porto]] take the TARDIS to the Ark, Leela and Veklin travel there by shuttle.

 

Argatro reveals that his people recognised the Battle TARDIS as well as the General and Veklin's [[armour]] and Leela, fighting against the shock of the compliance collar, tells him the truth of their mission. She persuades him to give up Freme for a future amongst the [[star]]s and to detonate the weapon using what is actually the control for her collar, resulting in the Fremians believing that they themselves destroyed their planet and having no reason to ally themselves with the Daleks. Instead, they agree to an alliance with the Time Lords, an outcome with which Rassilon is not displeased.

* [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Lady Vibax]] / [[Gilla]] - [[Corrinne Wicks]]

* Veklin bemoans that Vibax gets worse with every [[regeneration]].

* Because of [[Richard Armitage]]'s busy schedule, [[Lou Morgan]] wrote [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]]'s scenes shortly after completing ''[[Dissolution (audio story)|Dissolution]]'' to be recorded in advance. ([[BFX]]: ''The Last Days of Freme'')

* The General notes that if Leela's rebellion had succeeded then [[TARDIS]]es would no longer work. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]'')