Spirit (audio story)

Spirit
Main character(s):	Romana II, Leela
Featuring:	Braxiatel, Narvin
Main enemy:	Pandora, Darkel
Main setting:	Gallifrey, Davidia
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Stephen Cole
Director:	Gary Russell
Music:	David Darlington
Sound:	David Darlington
Cover by:	Lee Binding
Release details
Release number:	Chapter Six
Release date:	May 2005
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPGALLCD06
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-122-X
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Spirit was the second story of the second series of Big Finish's Gallifrey audio series. It was written by Stephen Cole.

Publisher's summary

"They can bewitch at a glance, these ones. Fan fires you did not know burned inside you."

Leela is tired. Tired of the backbiting politics and intrigues in the sterile society of Time Lords. With the fate of her husband now known, she feels lonely and out of place on Gallifrey.

Romana is tired. Tired of justifying herself and her policies to a hostile council. With the line between allies and enemies beginning to blur, she persuades Leela to go with her to the presidential retreat of Davidia, a protected paradise.

Then an anomalous time ship arrives, carrying a single passenger. His hands are crushed, his tongue torn out, his mind destroyed. Is this broken man a victim of some terrible crime or part of a trap now primed and ready to spring? After this strange encounter, Romana and Leela may never be the same again.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Lady President Romana - Lalla Ward
• Leela - Louise Jameson
• Cardinal Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
• Coordinator Narvin - Sean Carlsen
• Inquisitor Prime Darkel - Lynda Bellingham
• Commander Hallan - Michael Cuckson
• Melyin - Heather Tracy

References

• Romana mentions the Great Vampires.
• Leela has spent around 25 years on Gallifrey. The bio-fields have helped to keep her young.
• The "broken man" was transported to Haflon VII in temporary cryogenic suspension.

Notes

• This is the first Gallifrey audio drama in which neither K9 Mark I nor K9 Mark II appear.

Continuity

• Leela and Romana refer to their recent reunion with the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: Zagreus)
• Romana tells Leela that a regeneration can be forced using the proper chemicals. (TV: The War Games)
• When Leela and Romana are walking by the sea on Davidia, she is glad that neither of their K9 units are there to get damaged, unlike when Romana was in Brighton with the Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Leisure Hive)

External links

• Official Spirit page at bigfinish.com
• Spirit at the Doctor Who Reference Guide