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Returning to [[Earth]] with a [[month]] of leave, [[Anya Kingdom|Anya]] is prepared to relax and [[hiking|hike]] the [[Great Lakes]] whilst [[Mark Seven]] returns to the [[Space Security Service|SSS]], but they receive a [[distress call]] from [[River Song|River]] on the [[ice planet]] [[Gelidius]] and are bound by [[law]] to investigate. They find | Returning to [[Earth]] with a [[month]] of leave, [[Anya Kingdom|Anya]] is prepared to relax and [[hiking|hike]] the [[Great Lakes]] whilst [[Mark Seven]] returns to the [[Space Security Service|SSS]], but they receive a [[distress call]] from [[River Song|River]] on the [[ice planet]] [[Gelidius]] and are bound by [[law]] to investigate. They find a half-buried [[spaceship]] and follow the distress call to an apparently brand new [[city]] on stilts where, at Anya's request, a [[Mechonoid]] takes them to their leader: River, who has been fed and waited upon by the Mechonoids as the city's sole resident since she crash-landed on the planet thirty-one days prior. Anya and Mark take her to their ship to return to Earth, but they find that the [[mercury core]] is missing and go to collect the one from River's ship. There is a hole in the bottom of the ship, however, which the three of them fall down into an artificially-created tunnel. | ||
River, Anya and Mark cross a narrow [[ice]] bridge which shatters when they are pursued by a creature and find underground chambers built by the Mechonoids. As an [[android]], Mark is able to switch off the security system which only targets organics and the trio reach a [[factory]] of golden Mechonoids frozen by a [[glacier]]. Nearby is a [[temple]] with a [[diamond]]-encrusted Mechonoid which River reactivates with her [[gun]]'s [[power pack]]; inside of it is [[Annam Henic|Counsellor Annam Henic]], a [[treason]]ous member of the [[Earth Council]] who crashed on Gelidius during the [[war]] with the [[Krayt]], during which he passed on information to the enemy. He was given medical attention by the Mechonoids and placed inside one as his [[leg]]s had been crushed and his organs damaged. | |||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story marks the [[ | * This story marks the [[Mechonoid]]s' first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama since ''[[The Juggernauts (audio story)|The Juggernauts]]'' in [[2005 (releases)|2005]]. | ||
* This story features [[Anya Kingdom]] and [[Mark Seven]] and helps reintroduce them for 2021's ''[[Dalek Universe (audio series)|Dalek Universe]]'' series. | * This story features [[Anya Kingdom]] and [[Mark Seven]] and helps reintroduce them for 2021's ''[[Dalek Universe (audio series)|Dalek Universe]]'' series. | ||
* As was the case in other audio stories, the name of the robots is pronounced quite clearly as " | * As was the case in other audio stories, the name of the robots is pronounced quite clearly as "Mechonoids", despite the title and marketing using the "Mechonoid" spelling. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The | * The Mechonoids were sent out to prepare worlds ready for colonisation 1,650 years ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 19:09, 16 July 2024
Queen of the Mechonoids, or Queen of the Mechanoids, was the fourth and final story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Eight. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Alex Kingston as River Song, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven.
Publisher's summary
Space Security agents Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven answer a distress call – and find River Song, ruling a city of Mechonoids.
But another shock awaits beneath this planet's icy surface. The Mechonoids have been upgraded and are about to be unleashed upon the galaxy!
Plot
Returning to Earth with a month of leave, Anya is prepared to relax and hike the Great Lakes whilst Mark Seven returns to the SSS, but they receive a distress call from River on the ice planet Gelidius and are bound by law to investigate. They find a half-buried spaceship and follow the distress call to an apparently brand new city on stilts where, at Anya's request, a Mechonoid takes them to their leader: River, who has been fed and waited upon by the Mechonoids as the city's sole resident since she crash-landed on the planet thirty-one days prior. Anya and Mark take her to their ship to return to Earth, but they find that the mercury core is missing and go to collect the one from River's ship. There is a hole in the bottom of the ship, however, which the three of them fall down into an artificially-created tunnel.
River, Anya and Mark cross a narrow ice bridge which shatters when they are pursued by a creature and find underground chambers built by the Mechonoids. As an android, Mark is able to switch off the security system which only targets organics and the trio reach a factory of golden Mechonoids frozen by a glacier. Nearby is a temple with a diamond-encrusted Mechonoid which River reactivates with her gun's power pack; inside of it is Counsellor Annam Henic, a treasonous member of the Earth Council who crashed on Gelidius during the war with the Krayt, during which he passed on information to the enemy. He was given medical attention by the Mechonoids and placed inside one as his legs had been crushed and his organs damaged.
to be completed
Cast
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Anya Kingdom - Jane Slavin
- Mark Seven - Joe Sims
- Annam Henic - Derek Griffiths
- The Mechonoids - Nicholas Briggs
Worldbuilding
- Gelidius is an ice planet.
- The Interplanetary Convention for the Preservation of Life dictates that distress calls must be investigated without delay.
Notes
- This story marks the Mechonoids' first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama since The Juggernauts in 2005.
- This story features Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven and helps reintroduce them for 2021's Dalek Universe series.
- As was the case in other audio stories, the name of the robots is pronounced quite clearly as "Mechonoids", despite the title and marketing using the "Mechonoid" spelling.
Continuity
- The Mechonoids were sent out to prepare worlds ready for colonisation 1,650 years ago. (TV: The Chase)
External links
- Official Queen of the Mechonoids page at bigfinish.com
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