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|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Allegiance (audio anthology) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|range = Gallifrey: War Room | |range = Gallifrey: War Room | ||
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|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|number = 1.2 | |number = 1.2 | ||
|main character = | |main character = [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]], [[Eleventh General]], [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Rasmus]] | ||
| | |featuring = [[Leela]], [[Veklin]], [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Vibax]], [[Gilla]] | ||
|enemy = [[Cato Kelgoth]] | |||
|setting = [[Gallifrey]] | |setting = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = David Llewellyn | ||
|director = [[Sam Clemens]] | |director = [[Sam Clemens]] | ||
|producer = [[Heather Challands]] | |producer = [[Heather Challands]] | ||
|music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|sound = | |sound = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 23 August 2022 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPGALLCD24 | |production code = BFPGALLCD24 | ||
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|next = Collateral Victim (audio story) | |next = Collateral Victim (audio story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Passenger''''' was the second audio story in the audio anthology ''[[Allegiance (audio anthology)|Allegiance]]'', the thirteenth series of ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]''. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]], [[Carolyn Pickles]] as [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]], [[Ken Bones]] as [[ | '''''The Passenger''''' was the second audio story in the audio anthology ''[[Allegiance (audio anthology)|Allegiance]]'', the thirteenth series of ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]''. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]], [[Carolyn Pickles]] as [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]], [[Ken Bones]] as the [[Eleventh General]], [[Chris Jarman]] as [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Rasmus]] and [[Beth Chalmers]] as [[Veklin]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Leela]], having been trained for several weeks by [[Eleventh General|the General]], is sent to intercept an unusual [[Dalek ship]] approaching [[Gallifrey]] with only [[Cato Kelgoth|an apparently amnesiac Time Lord]] aboard and safely pilots it down to [[Area 5]]. The General, accompanied by [[Veklin]], questions the Time Lord, who identifies himself as Cato Kelgoth and claims that he used a ship left over from the destruction of [[Zygor]] to escape the [[Dalek]]s' massacre of the crew of the ''[[Candassia]]''. [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]] confirms that Cato Kelgoth is a real person, but [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Rasmus]] is uncertain that he is who he claims to be and suggests that they check with the data contained in [[the Matrix]]. | ||
The Matrix confirms Kalgoth's identity and verifies most of his account, but damage to his [[timeline]] caused by [[artron energy]] makes it impossible to verify everything. He tells the [[War Council]] of an unstable [[weapon]] that he remembers being in the Dalek ship and Ollistra tasks [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Vibax]] with following Kelgoth's instructions to deactivate it. Area 5 is destroyed by the weapon and Kelgoth reveals that he built it himself to get [[revenge]] on Ollistra and the General and was actually having Vibax prime it to wipe out the facility. As he seemed to be developing a friendship with Leela, Rasmus insists that she be the one to interrogate him instead of Veklin. | |||
Kelgoth tells Leela that most of those killed aboard the ''Candassia'' were killed when the Gallifreyan [[dreadnought]] ''[[Gorgon (spaceship)|Gorgon]]'', sent by Ollistra and the General, fired on them to keep the [[Battle TARDIS]]es from being captured by the Daleks. The General continues the interrogation and concludes that, as a [[trial]] or [[execution]] would draw attention to his and Ollistra's own actions, Kelgoth should be made [[human]] by a [[Chameleon Arch]] and [[exile]]d to [[Earth]] at a random point in [[time]]. However, Ollistra has Veklin secretly [[assassination|assassinate]] him by [[staser]] after he has been made human and erases him from everybody's [[memory|memories]]. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Cardinal Ollistra]] - [[Carolyn Pickles]] | |||
* [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]] - [[Carolyn Pickles]] | |||
* [[Eleventh General|The General]] - [[Ken Bones]] | * [[Eleventh General|The General]] - [[Ken Bones]] | ||
* [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Rasmus]] - [[Chris Jarman | * [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Cardinal Rasmus]] - [[Chris Jarman]] | ||
* [[Cato Kelgoth]] - [[Nicholas Rowe]] | * [[Cato Kelgoth]] - [[Nicholas Rowe]] | ||
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | |||
* [[Veklin|Commander Veklin]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | |||
* [[Vibax (The Last Days of Freme)|Lady Vibax]] / [[Gilla]]<ref>Not present in the audio credits</ref> - [[Corrinne Wicks]] | |||
* [[Guard (The Passenger)|Guard]] / [[Archivist (The Passenger)|Archivist]] / [[Phaedra (The Passenger)|Phaedra]] - [[Charlotte Harris]] | * [[Guard (The Passenger)|Guard]] / [[Archivist (The Passenger)|Archivist]] / [[Phaedra (The Passenger)|Phaedra]] - [[Charlotte Harris]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The General wants the Dalek ship studied at a [[Death Zone]] research base. | * The General wants the Dalek ship studied at a [[Death Zone]] research base. | ||
* Cato belongs to the [[Weapons and Ordnance Corps]]. | |||
* Rasmus has returned from [[Space Station Zenobia|Zenobia]] and mentions [[Space Station Zenobia II|Zenobia II]]. | * Rasmus has returned from [[Space Station Zenobia|Zenobia]] and mentions [[Space Station Zenobia II|Zenobia II]]. | ||
* Ollistra threatens to send Cato to [[ | * The ''[[Mahajetsu]]'' and ''[[Candassia]]'' are missing Weapons and Ordnance [[spaceship]]s. | ||
* Ollistra threatens to send Cato to [[Shada]]. | |||
* Rasmus mentions [[Borusa]]. | * Rasmus mentions [[Borusa]]. | ||
* Veklin contacts the [[Chancellery Guard]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * [[David Llewellyn]] was asked to write a story focusing on the dynamics between [[Ollistra (The Side of the Angels)|Ollistra]], [[Eleventh General|the General]] and [[Rasmus (Dreadshade)|Rasmus]]. ([[BFX]]: ''The Passenger'') | ||
* The ''[[Gorgon (spaceship)|Gorgon]]'''s attack on the ''[[Candassia]]'' was based on the [[wikipedia:Attack on Mers-el-Kébir|attack on Mers-el-Kébir]] during the [[Second World War]]. ([[BFX]]: ''The Passenger'') | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/gallifrey-war-room-1-allegiance-2592}} | {{bigfinish|releases/v/gallifrey-war-room-1-allegiance-2592}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{BFG}} | {{BFG}} | ||
Latest revision as of 18:05, 1 March 2024
The Passenger was the second audio story in the audio anthology Allegiance, the thirteenth series of Gallifrey. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured Louise Jameson as Leela, Carolyn Pickles as Ollistra, Ken Bones as the Eleventh General, Chris Jarman as Rasmus and Beth Chalmers as Veklin.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cardinal Rasmus arrives in the War Room and vies for control with Ollistra. But first, they have a mystery to solve: a sole survivor from a Dalek attack has returned home - but is he a hero, or a threat?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Leela, having been trained for several weeks by the General, is sent to intercept an unusual Dalek ship approaching Gallifrey with only an apparently amnesiac Time Lord aboard and safely pilots it down to Area 5. The General, accompanied by Veklin, questions the Time Lord, who identifies himself as Cato Kelgoth and claims that he used a ship left over from the destruction of Zygor to escape the Daleks' massacre of the crew of the Candassia. Ollistra confirms that Cato Kelgoth is a real person, but Rasmus is uncertain that he is who he claims to be and suggests that they check with the data contained in the Matrix.
The Matrix confirms Kalgoth's identity and verifies most of his account, but damage to his timeline caused by artron energy makes it impossible to verify everything. He tells the War Council of an unstable weapon that he remembers being in the Dalek ship and Ollistra tasks Vibax with following Kelgoth's instructions to deactivate it. Area 5 is destroyed by the weapon and Kelgoth reveals that he built it himself to get revenge on Ollistra and the General and was actually having Vibax prime it to wipe out the facility. As he seemed to be developing a friendship with Leela, Rasmus insists that she be the one to interrogate him instead of Veklin.
Kelgoth tells Leela that most of those killed aboard the Candassia were killed when the Gallifreyan dreadnought Gorgon, sent by Ollistra and the General, fired on them to keep the Battle TARDISes from being captured by the Daleks. The General continues the interrogation and concludes that, as a trial or execution would draw attention to his and Ollistra's own actions, Kelgoth should be made human by a Chameleon Arch and exiled to Earth at a random point in time. However, Ollistra has Veklin secretly assassinate him by staser after he has been made human and erases him from everybody's memories.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cardinal Ollistra - Carolyn Pickles
- The General - Ken Bones
- Cardinal Rasmus - Chris Jarman
- Cato Kelgoth - Nicholas Rowe
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Commander Veklin - Beth Chalmers
- Lady Vibax / Gilla[1] - Corrinne Wicks
- Guard / Archivist / Phaedra - Charlotte Harris
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The General wants the Dalek ship studied at a Death Zone research base.
- Cato belongs to the Weapons and Ordnance Corps.
- Rasmus has returned from Zenobia and mentions Zenobia II.
- The Mahajetsu and Candassia are missing Weapons and Ordnance spaceships.
- Ollistra threatens to send Cato to Shada.
- Rasmus mentions Borusa.
- Veklin contacts the Chancellery Guard.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- David Llewellyn was asked to write a story focusing on the dynamics between Ollistra, the General and Rasmus. (BFX: The Passenger)
- The Gorgon's attack on the Candassia was based on the attack on Mers-el-Kébir during the Second World War. (BFX: The Passenger)
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Rasmus mentions that he and the Doctor go back a long way. (AUDIO: Dark Universe, Deeptime Frontier, Dreadshade, Restoration of the Daleks, Light the Flame)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Passenger page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Not present in the audio credits
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