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|series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | |series = ''[[The Diary of River Song (audio series)|The Diary of River Song]]'' | ||
|epcount = 1 | |epcount = 1 | ||
|number = 8.4 | |number = 8.4 | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | ||
|range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | |range = The Diary of River Song (audio series) | ||
|series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | |series in range = The Diary of River Song: Series Eight | ||
|number in series = 4 | |number in series = 4 | ||
|main character = [[River Song]] | |main character = [[River Song|River]] | ||
|featuring = [[Anya Kingdom]], [[Mark Seven | |featuring = [[Anya Kingdom|Anya]], [[Mark Seven|Mark]] | ||
|enemy = [[Annam Henic]] | |enemy = [[Annam Henic]] | ||
|setting = [[ | |setting = [[Gelidius]], [[41st century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 27 January 2021 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>4th of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWRIVER08 | |production code = BFPDWRIVER08 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-288-0 (physical) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-83868-288-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-289-7 (digital) | ||
|prev = A Forever Home (audio story) | |prev = A Forever Home (audio story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Blood Woods (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' 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]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''', 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 == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Space Security Service|Space Security]] agents [[Anya Kingdom]] and [[Mark Seven]] answer a distress call – and find [[River Song]], ruling a city of [[Mechonoid | [[Space Security Service|Space Security]] agents [[Anya Kingdom]] and [[Mark Seven]] answer a distress call – and find [[River Song]], ruling a city of [[Mechonoid]]s. | ||
But another shock awaits beneath this | But another shock awaits beneath [[Gelidius|this planet]]'s [[ice|icy]] surface. The Mechonoids have been upgraded and are about to be unleashed upon the galaxy! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | 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 an [[ice octopus]] 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 [[Gold Mechonoid]]s 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. | |||
Despite learning that he has been in [[suspended animation]] for 16,000 years, Henic reactivates the Gold Mechonoids to begin a war against Earth to get his [[revenge]]. River holds Henic hostage to keep them back and throws her gun with its power pack set to overload, giving her, Anya and Mark the opportunity to find a way back to the city. On the way, Anya forces River to admit that she came to the planet deliberately to hunt Henic down and that she was the one who made the tunnel, after which she sent out the distress call to get help getting past the ice octopus and the security system. She also had the City Mechonoids remove the mercury core from Anya and Mark's ship to ensure that they helped. Once they reach the city, River has the City Mechonoids gather at the [[concourse]] to defend against the Gold Mechonoids. | |||
Whilst River remains with the City Mechonoids and is shocked to find that the Gold Mechonoids are capable of [[flight]], Anya and Mark head to the [[vault]] to retrieve the mercury core and find the upper floors of the city swarming with Gold Mechonoids. The Gold Mechonoids are victorious in the [[battle]] thanks to their upgrades and the city shakes as Henic prepares to launch the spaceship around which the city was built. Mark destroys Henic's radio control to stop the Gold Mechonoids and the ice sheet beneath the city cracks as the ship's [[warp engine]]s power up, leading Henic to seal himself within his Mechonoid casing to prevent River taking him back to Earth to come to [[justice]]. Unable to move him, they leave Henic to die. | |||
River, Anya and Mark leave in the SSS ship just as the Mechonoid city collapses into the ice and is destroyed by the launching ship. Although she is no longer able to claim the bounty for Henic, River joins Anya and Mark in heading to SSS headquarters to inform the authorities of what happened to him and intends on using her experience in her [[lecture]]s. Unbeknownst to the three of them, however, Henic is alive and unharmed thanks to an [[elevator]], albeit entombed for the foreseeable future, and orders a Gold Mechonoid to start digging. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Mechonoid|The Mechonoids]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Mechonoid|The Mechonoids]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[ | * [[Gelidius]] is an [[ice planet]]. | ||
* The [[Interplanetary Convention for the Preservation of Life]] dictates that [[distress call]]s must be investigated without delay. | |||
== 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 == | ||
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{{Mechonoid stories}} | {{Mechonoid stories}} | ||
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[[Category:The Diary of River Song: Series Eight audio stories]] | [[Category:The Diary of River Song: Series Eight audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Mechanoid audio stories]] | [[Category:Mechanoid audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 41st century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 41st century]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:17, 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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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 an ice octopus 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 Gold 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.
Despite learning that he has been in suspended animation for 16,000 years, Henic reactivates the Gold Mechonoids to begin a war against Earth to get his revenge. River holds Henic hostage to keep them back and throws her gun with its power pack set to overload, giving her, Anya and Mark the opportunity to find a way back to the city. On the way, Anya forces River to admit that she came to the planet deliberately to hunt Henic down and that she was the one who made the tunnel, after which she sent out the distress call to get help getting past the ice octopus and the security system. She also had the City Mechonoids remove the mercury core from Anya and Mark's ship to ensure that they helped. Once they reach the city, River has the City Mechonoids gather at the concourse to defend against the Gold Mechonoids.
Whilst River remains with the City Mechonoids and is shocked to find that the Gold Mechonoids are capable of flight, Anya and Mark head to the vault to retrieve the mercury core and find the upper floors of the city swarming with Gold Mechonoids. The Gold Mechonoids are victorious in the battle thanks to their upgrades and the city shakes as Henic prepares to launch the spaceship around which the city was built. Mark destroys Henic's radio control to stop the Gold Mechonoids and the ice sheet beneath the city cracks as the ship's warp engines power up, leading Henic to seal himself within his Mechonoid casing to prevent River taking him back to Earth to come to justice. Unable to move him, they leave Henic to die.
River, Anya and Mark leave in the SSS ship just as the Mechonoid city collapses into the ice and is destroyed by the launching ship. Although she is no longer able to claim the bounty for Henic, River joins Anya and Mark in heading to SSS headquarters to inform the authorities of what happened to him and intends on using her experience in her lectures. Unbeknownst to the three of them, however, Henic is alive and unharmed thanks to an elevator, albeit entombed for the foreseeable future, and orders a Gold Mechonoid to start digging.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Anya Kingdom - Jane Slavin
- Mark Seven - Joe Sims
- Annam Henic - Derek Griffiths
- The Mechonoids - Nicholas Briggs
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Gelidius is an ice planet.
- The Interplanetary Convention for the Preservation of Life dictates that distress calls must be investigated without delay.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Mechonoids were sent out to prepare worlds ready for colonisation 1,650 years ago. (TV: The Chase)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Queen of the Mechonoids page at bigfinish.com
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