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|enemy = [[Jack Corrigan|Lord Jack Corrigan]] | |enemy = [[Jack Corrigan (Destination: Nerva)|Lord Jack Corrigan]] | ||
|year = [[London]], [[1889]]<br />[[Kent]], [[1895]]<br />[[Nerva Beacon|Space Dock Nerva]] in orbit of [[Jupiter]], the [[far future]] | |year = [[London]], [[1889]]<br />[[Kent]], [[1895]]<br />[[Nerva Beacon|Space Dock Nerva]] in orbit of [[Jupiter]], the [[far future]] | ||
|writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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* [[Giles Moreau]]/[[Jenkins (Destination: Nerva)|Jenkins]] - [[Tim Bentinck]] | * [[Giles Moreau]]/[[Jenkins (Destination: Nerva)|Jenkins]] - [[Tim Bentinck]] | ||
* [[Jim Hooley]]/Drelleran 1/Security Guard - [[Kim Wall]] | * [[Jim Hooley]]/Drelleran 1/Security Guard - [[Kim Wall]] | ||
* Lord [[Jack Corrigan]]/[[Drudger]]s/Drelleran 2 - [[Tim Treloar]] | * Lord [[Jack Corrigan (Destination: Nerva)|Jack Corrigan]]/[[Drudger]]s/Drelleran 2 - [[Tim Treloar]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 14 February 2013
Destination: Nerva was the first story in the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.
Publisher's summary
After saying their goodbyes to Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago, the Doctor and Leela respond to an alien distress call beamed direct from Victorian England. It is the beginning of a journey that will take them to the newly built Space Dock Nerva… where a long overdue homecoming is expected.
A homecoming that could bring about the end of the human race.
Plot
to be added
Cast
- Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Dr. Alison Foster - Raquel Cassidy
- Henry McMullan/Pilot - Sam Graham
- Laura Craske - Tilly Gaunt
- Giles Moreau/Jenkins - Tim Bentinck
- Jim Hooley/Drelleran 1/Security Guard - Kim Wall
- Lord Jack Corrigan/Drudgers/Drelleran 2 - Tim Treloar
References
- Space Dock Nerva is in orbit of Jupiter. It is equipped with Security Drudgers.
- Exactly twelve years earlier, Alison gave birth to a daughter whom she named Clare. However, she only lived for seven days.
Notes
- Raquel Cassidy (Dr. Alison Foster) previously played Miranda Cleaves and her Ganger duplicate in TV: The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People, Mesca in AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar, Inquisa in AUDIO: Paradoxicide and Destiny Grey in AUDIO: Question Marks.
- Sam Graham (Henry McMullan) previously played Gutrie in AUDIO: City of Spires.
- Tim Bentinck (Giles Moreau/Jenkins) would later play Roger Buchman in AUDIO: Wirrn Isle.
- Tim Treloar (Lord Jack Corrigan) would later play the Ancient One in AUDIO: Gods and Monsters, Tyron in AUDIO: The Burning Prince and Van Cleef in AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men.
- The artificially intelligent Drudgers were previously featured in the Dalek Empire audio series, likewise written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.
- This audio drama was recorded on 12 September 2011.
Continuity
- The Doctor and Leela are still wearing the Victorian era clothing which they wore while battling Li H'sen Chang and Magnus Greel in London in 1889. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Leela wonders if she and the Doctor will ever see Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago again. Many years after she had left the TARDIS and taken up residence on Gallifrey, she would be reunited with Jago and Litefoot on being sent to the 1890s by Lady President Romana to investigate the time breaks manifesting in London during that era. (AUDIO: The Ruthven Inheritance, AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales) They would also travel with the Doctor for a brief period during his sixth incarnation. (AUDIO: Voyage to Venus)
- The Doctor uses a match from the box of Lucifers given to him by Professor Litefoot. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- The Doctor mentions that he once knew a butler whose name was Butler. (AUDIO: The Foe from the Future)
- The Doctor previously visited the Nerva Beacon on two occasions in the company of Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan. He tells Commodore Moreau that the Beacon will have "an interesting history." (TV: The Ark in Space, TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
- The Doctor's previous theory that the Beacon once orbited Jupiter is confirmed. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
- The Doctor once again observes that, while it may be irrational, "human beings are quite [his] favourite species." (TV: The Ark in Space)
External links
- Official Destination: Nerva page at bigfinish.com
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