The Sands of Life (audio story)

The Sands of Life
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Romana, K9
Main enemy:	Cuthbert The Laan
Main setting:	The Sahara Desert, Africa
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Music:	Nicholas Briggs
Sound:	Martin Montague
Release details
Release number:	2.02
Release date:	February 2013
Format:	1 CD, 3 Parts
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-055-8
Official trailer
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The Fourth Doctor Adventures
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The Sands of Life was the second story in the second series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.

Publisher's summary

Sheridan Moorkurk has just been elected president of Earth... but the harsh realities of who really runs the planet are just beginning to dawn on her. And what's more, she's starting to hear voices.

Meanwhile, the Doctor and Romana encounter a mass of aliens heading to Earth... Aliens who have already made the mistake of upsetting the infamous Cuthbert, all-powerful CEO of The Conglomerate, by destroying one of his space platforms.

Will the Doctor and Romana be able to avert inter-species war that will destroy all life on Earth?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Romana I - Mary Tamm
• K9 Mark II - John Leeson
• President Moorkurk - Hayley Atwell
• Cuthbert - David Warner
• Mr Dorrick - Toby Hadoke
• The Laan - Jane Slavin
• General Vincent/Air Traffic Control - Duncan Wisbey
• Bob Caveer - Nicholas Briggs
• Soldier - Beth Chalmers
• Soldier - John Dorney

References

• The Doctor tells Romana that having the TARDIS Instruction Manual quoted to him was bad for his concentration.
• The Laan can navigate through the Time Vortex.
• The Doctor mistakenly calls Romana Leela and K9 Sarah Jane.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 9 June 2011.

Continuity

• The parrot would remain in the TARDIS until at least the Doctor's eighth incarnation. (AUDIO: The Light at the End)
• After being effected by time slippage caused by the passage of the Laan through the Time Vortex, K9 was not repaired for more than a month. (AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar, Phantoms of the Deep)

External links

• Official The Sands of Life page at bigfinish.com