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|image = The Whispering Forest.jpg | |image = The Whispering Forest.jpg | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
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|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Nyssa]] | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Nyssa]] | ||
| | |featuring = [[Mara|The Mara]] | ||
|enemy = [[Mertil]], [[Shade (The Whispering Forest)|Shades]] | |||
|setting = [[Chodor]], [[29th century]] | |setting = [[Chodor]], [[29th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Stephen Cole | ||
|director = [[ | |director = [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
|music = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]] | |music = [[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]] | ||
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|epcount = 4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 13 August 2010 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6H/B]] | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6H/B]] | ||
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|prev = Cobwebs (audio story) | |prev = Cobwebs (audio story) | ||
|next = The Cradle of the Snake (audio story) | |next = The Cradle of the Snake (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and thirty-seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Stephen Cole]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]], [[Janet Fielding]] as [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Mark Strickson]] as [[Turlough]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and thirty-seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Stephen Cole]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]], [[Janet Fielding]] as [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Mark Strickson]] as [[Turlough]]. | ||
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Mertil reveals that she pushed [[Seksa's mother]] from a cliff as part of her plan to become leader of Purity Bay before having [[Antan]] shoot Seksa. She blames the Doctor and Tegan for Seksa's injury and rouses up the people for a lynching, but Nyssa interrupts and presents them with the destroyed Taker in an attempt to earn their trust. When the Takers arrive and carry Tegan away in error, Turlough impersonates a Shade to frighten the people and the Doctor, having knocked out Jestan, uses a device in the rest centre to put them all to [[sleep]]. | Mertil reveals that she pushed [[Seksa's mother]] from a cliff as part of her plan to become leader of Purity Bay before having [[Antan]] shoot Seksa. She blames the Doctor and Tegan for Seksa's injury and rouses up the people for a lynching, but Nyssa interrupts and presents them with the destroyed Taker in an attempt to earn their trust. When the Takers arrive and carry Tegan away in error, Turlough impersonates a Shade to frighten the people and the Doctor, having knocked out Jestan, uses a device in the rest centre to put them all to [[sleep]]. | ||
The Doctor, Turlough, Nyssa and the injured Seksa head to the caves to find Tegan and Anulf. From the Taker and its brief possession by a Shade, the Doctor deduces that the Shades are the echoes of forty-four patients | The Doctor, Turlough, Nyssa and the injured Seksa head to the caves to find Tegan and Anulf. From the Taker and its brief possession by a Shade, the Doctor deduces that the Shades are the echoes of forty-four patients [[euthanasia|euthanised]] due to them suffering from Richter's Syndrome, which the Takers were unable to treat. Mertil and the crowd catch up with them and intend to kill them whilst, in the Takers' sterile environment where their patients live, Tegan tries to convince Anulf to leave with her and learns that his wife is still alive. The Doctor, Turlough, Nyssa and Seksa pass through the force field. | ||
=== Part four === | === Part four === | ||
Jestan is killed when he tries to use the defibrillator to get through the force field and most of the crowd abandons Mertil. The Takers work to cure Seksa, who has been [[poison]]ed by carbolic acid entering her wound, and explain when the Doctor claims that they are a [[rescue party]] that the ship crashed when a staff doctor roused patients to stop the policy of euthanasia and the engines were damaged, turning many into Shades. The staff doctor became the leader of Purity Bay and banned any mention of the Takers, but they continued to care for the people in secret. | |||
Mertil enters the cave with Antan and thirteen followers using the damaged Taker. The Shades attack by inhabiting the Takers, driven insane by their time without bodies, and the Doctor decides to cut the power to disable them whilst trying to ensure that the [[life support system]]s in the intensive care ward remain operational. Mertil is killed when she refuses to hide from the Shades, Anulf is killed defending Seska and Antan helps the Doctor and Turlough shut down the Takers and discharge it into them, causing them to melt and giving the Shades peace at last. | |||
The Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa say goodbye to Seska, who no longer wishes to be the leader of Purity Bay, and return to the TARDIS. Tegan has not been sleeping well recently and is suffering from a [[headache]] which the Doctor correctly suspects is due to the [[Mara]]; the Mara takes her over and tells the Doctor that it still lives inside her mind and he never managed to get rid of it. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Antan]] / [[Taker]] - [[Aneurin Barnard]] | * [[Antan]] / [[Taker]] - [[Aneurin Barnard]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* During the [[27th century]], the [[Earth Empire]] was engaged in conflicts across [[Dravidian]] space. | * During the [[27th century]], the [[Earth Empire]] was engaged in conflicts across [[Dravidian]] space. | ||
* The planet [[Chodor]], on the eastern edge of [[Aldebaran]] has at least one moon, but no strategic or mineral importance. | * The planet [[Chodor]], on the eastern edge of [[Aldebaran]] has at least one moon, but no strategic or mineral importance. | ||
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