Leviathan (audio story)

Leviathan
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Zeron
Main setting:	The Leviathan, deep space, the 25th century
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Brian Finch (Adapted by Paul Finch)
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Simon Robinson
Sound:	Simon Robinson
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Release number:	1.03
Release date:	January 2010
Format:	2 Episodes on 2 CDs
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-446-7
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Leviathan is an audio story, originally written by Brian Finch to be included in Season 22. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.

Publisher's summary

No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...

When the TARDIS materialises near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn?

The answers lie within a cave...

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor – Colin Baker
• Peri – Nicola Bryant
• Gurth/Thurstan/Soltan - Howard Gossington
• Herne/Baron/Osbert/Chandris - John Banks
• Althya/Maude/Eada/Zeron - Beth Chalmers
• Wulfric/Edgar- Jamie Parker
• Siward//Master-Serjant/Gregorian - Derek Carlyle

References

• The Doctor believes that the Middle Ages is "an interesting period in its way, but in increasingly small doses."
• Faster-than-light travel was invented in the mid-22nd century, rendering the Leviathans obsolete before they could be used.
• Peri recognises the robotic hounds as a form of android.

Notes

CD sleeve illustration, showing a scene from the story.

• Unlike the other Lost Stories in the series, Leviathan was not written for Season 23. It was dropped at the last minute, having rehearsal scripts set up; the reasons for its cancellation are unknown, although David Richardson has suggested it was most likely for budgetary reasons.
• The script for this serial was sent in after Paul Finch read about the Lost Stories series in Doctor Who Magazine. Recording for the series was already nearing completion. After reading the script, Richardson arranged to extend the originally planned seven stories, which were already at the tail end of production, to include it as an eighth.
• This audio drama was recorded on 28 and 29 April 2009.
• Due to the large number of characters featured, each of the secondary cast had to perform several roles.

Continuity

• Peri mentions the possibility of Sil and Madame Rana Zandusia sabotaging the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Mission to Magnus)
• The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw previously encountered the Sentinels of the New Dawn in 2014. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn) The Doctor reveals the Sentinels were driven off Earth in the 22nd century.
• Peri refers to being tortured. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
• Peri is not surprised by the appearance of androids. She previously met them both on Androzani Minor (TV: The Caves of Androzani) and in Blackpool in 1986. (AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair)
• The Seventh Doctor would later visit another artificial environment where the inhabitants were broken down. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Quatrain)
• The Sixth Doctor states that he learned to use the broadsword from Richard the Lionhearted. (TV: The Crusade)

External links

• Official Leviathan page at bigfinish.com
• Leviathan at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Leviathan at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide