A Blind Eye (audio story)

A Blind Eye
Main character(s):	Romana II Leela K9 Mark II
Featuring:	Coordinator Narvin
Main enemy:	Mephistopheles Arkadian Erich
Main setting:	Vienna, Austria, 3 September 1939 Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Alan Barnes
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	David Darlington
Release details
Release number:	Chapter Four
Release date:	May 2004
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPGALLCD04
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-090-8
Gallifrey
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Publisher's summary

"You're fiddling at the outset of a conflict that will have profound consequences for this planet's history. You don't think that's dangerous?"

Earth, September 1939. With Europe sliding into war, a young Englishwoman, her loyalties torn, comes to a terrible decision. But what does the intergalactic secrets broker Mephistopheles Arkadian want with the fascist sympathiser Cecelia 'Sissy' Pollard on the last day of her life?

Still searching for the facts about the Gryben debacle, President Romana makes a deal with the devil. So begins a chain of consequence that can only end in tragedy for the passengers aboard the Vienna to Calais Transcontinental Express -- the woman called Leela included.

By journey's end, the truth will out -- but at what cost to Romana and Leela? To Gallifrey's empire, even?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Lady President Romana - Lalla Ward
• Leela - Louise Jameson
• K9 Mark II - John Leeson
• Coordinator Narvin - Sean Carlsen
• Commander Torvald - Andy Coleman
• Mephistopheles Arkadian - Hugo Myatt
• Cecelia Pollard - India Fisher
• Ms Joy - Susan Engel
• Erich - David Warwick
• Waiter - Daniel Hogarth

References

to be added

Notes

• India Fisher appears, playing Charley Pollard's younger sister Cecelia.
• This is the only Gallifrey audio drama to take place on Earth.
• Susan Engel (Ms Joy) previously played Cessair of Diplos (Vivien Fay) in TV: The Stones of Blood.

Continuity

• Romana and Leela both refer to their meeting with Charley in AUDIO: Zagreus.
• Mephistopheles Arkadian, when talking to Romana, talked about the rumours about Anti-Time and how Charley was apparently a conduit for it, and without Charley Gallifrey wouldn't exist. As the fact of the survival saving the web of time couldn't be a paradox. (AUDIO: Neverland)
• Erich tries to sell Cissy Pollard, because she turned 'A Blind Eye' to the Doctor saving Charley, and the Anti-Time, which came from her. Erich wished to let Anti-Time out by letting Cissy survive, by stopping her from committing suicide, unless Romana resigned. (AUDIO: Storm Warning to Neverland)

External links

• Official A Blind Eye page at bigfinish.com
• A Blind Eye at the Doctor Who Reference Guide