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|image = The Death Collectors cover.jpg | |||
series=[[ | |range = Main Range | ||
number= 109a | | |number in range = 109a | ||
doctor= | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
companions= | | |number = 109a | ||
enemy= | | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions = | |||
writer= | |enemy = [[Decay (The Death Collectors)|Decay]] | ||
director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | |setting = [[Antikon]] | ||
|writer = Stewart Sheargold | |||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |||
release date= | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
format= | |music = [[David Darlington]] | ||
production code= 7Z/C| | |sound = David Darlington | ||
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-318-7 | |cover = [[Barry Piggott]] | ||
|epcount = 3 | |||
next | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = June 2008 | |||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download<br/>1st of 2 stories | |||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7Z/C]] | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-318-7 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-656-6 (digital) | |||
|prev = Assassin in the Limelight (audio story) | |||
|next = Spider's Shadow (audio story) | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | |||
{{you may|The Death Collector|n1 = The N-Space book of a similar name}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the three-part story comprising part of the one hundred and ninth release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Stewart Sheargold]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | |||
==Publisher's summary== | Released in [[June (releases)|June]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]], it was the third monthly story to feature the Seventh Doctor without any travelling companions. It was the first performed 3-part Seventh Doctor story since 1989's ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
''There is only death.'' | ''There is only death.'' | ||
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And the only way he can stop it is to die. Again. | And the only way he can stop it is to die. Again. | ||
==Cast== | == Plot == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ''to be added'' | ||
*Professor [[Mors Alexandryn]] | |||
*[[Danika Meanwhile]] - [[Katherine Parkinson]] | == Cast == | ||
*[[Smith Ridley]] / Dar | * [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ||
*[[Nancy (The Death Collectors)|Nancy]] - [[Katarina Olsson]] | * Professor [[Mors Alexandryn]] - [[Alastair Cording]] | ||
* [[Danika Meanwhile]] - [[Katherine Parkinson]] | |||
* [[Smith Ridley]] / [[Dar Trader]]s - [[Derek Carlyle]] | |||
* [[Nancy (The Death Collectors)|Nancy]] - [[Katarina Olsson]] | |||
* [[Opera singer]] - [[Rebecca Bottone]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | |||
* The Doctor says that he is a personal friend of [[Death (mythology)|Death]]. | |||
[[File:The Death Collectors DWM 396.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview by [[Cliff Robinson]] from [[DWM 396]].]] | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
'' | * The Doctor is depicted with a green paisley hatband and tie, and bright blue eyes on the cover, as opposed to his usual red paisley and darker blue/grey eyes. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[17 March (production)|17]] and [[18 March (production)|18 March]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":0">'Backstage' tab of [https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-death-collectors-275 the official ''The Death Collectors'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com].</ref> | |||
* This story is set between ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV Movie]], and after ''[[Frozen Time (audio story)|Frozen Time]]''.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
* This story was previewed in [[DWM 396]] with an illustration from [[Cliff Robinson]]. | |||
* The reference book ''[[AHistory]]'' arbitrarily places this story in [[43rd century|4300]], as it seems to feature humans in the far future. | |||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Adric]] encountered the [[Dar Trader]]s for the first time in the later-released story, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Darkening Eye (audio story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor mentions being the [[Lord President]] in a previous life, referring to the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s short tenure in the post in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}. The Fifth Doctor would later be appointed by the [[High Council]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}} to take up the post once more, although he left in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to avoid it. However, he was eventually brought to [[Gallifrey]] to serve as Lord President in [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Time in Office (audio story)}}. | |||
* The Doctor refers to the fact that he can survive in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. He did so in [[TV]]: {{cs|Nightmare of Eden (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{Cs|Oxygen (TV story)}}; [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Unregenerate! (audio story)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)}}, and [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imperial Moon (novel)}}. | |||
* The Doctor refuses to die to the sound of ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', which he calls "[[lift music|elevator music]]". He later died in surgery to the sound of that very opera in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}. | |||
== | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-death-collectors-275|The Death Collectors}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|who_bf109.htm|The Death Collectors}} | |||
{{tetrap|7/deathcollectors.html|The Death Collectors}} | |||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
<references />{{BFA monthly}} | |||
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[[Category:Seventh Doctor Main Range audio stories]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:2008 Main Range audio stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Audio stories that use the Keff McCulloch theme]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Three part audio stories]] | ||