Assassins (audio story)

Assassins
Main character(s):	Romana II, Narvin
Featuring:	Rassilon, Mantus, Livia
Main setting:	Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Matt Fitton
Director:	Scott Handcock
Music:	Ioan Morris
Sound:	Russell McGee
Release details
Release number:	2.4
Part of:	Time War: Volume Two
Release date:	20 March 2019
Production code:	BFPGALLCD21
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78703-561-4
Gallifrey
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Assassins was the fourth and final audio story in the anthology Time War: Volume Two.

Publisher's summary

Pushed to the brink by Rassilon’s actions, Romana is thinking the unthinkable.

A new threat has breached Gallifrey’s defences. And its target is clear. A race of assassins has evolved at the heart of the Time War, dedicated to one purpose. The Sicari are coming for Rassilon...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Romana - Lalla Ward
• Narvin - Seán Carlsen
• Rassilon - Terrence Hardiman
• Livia - Pippa Bennett-Warner
• Mantus - Samuel Clemens
• Cantico - Rebecca Root
• The Sicari - Silas Carson

References

• Narvin mentions the Dogma Virus and Vansell.
• Romana II shows Narvin the lack of Shobogans on Gallifrey.
• Romana refers to Project Revenant and Valerian.
• Rassilon calls Romana a child of Heartshaven.
• Rassilon mentions the rebellions of ancient Gallifrey, naming Omega and Vandekirian.
• Rassilon says that the General, Ollistra, and Harlan have all gone to the front lines.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Erasure of planet Ysalus from history by Rassilon is mentioned. (AUDIO: Collateral)
• Mantus mocks Narvin of the dissaperances of CIA agents Karla and Ace (AUDIO: Soldier Obscura, Desperate Measures).
• Narvin's been looking for traces of Ace, Braxiatel and Leela after they disappeared following their separate missions in the beginning of the Time War. (AUDIO: Soldier Obscura, The Devil You Know) Narvin discovers that Ace survived and had been returned to Earth. (AUDIO: In Remembrance) and Leela was temporally displaced into the heart of the Time War. (AUDIO: The Lady of Obsidian)
• Mantus offers Narvin new regeneration cycle, since he's no longer able to regenerate after his ordeal on an alternative Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Reborn)
• Rassilon mentions Narvin's attempt to stop the Dalek's creation. (AUDIO: Ascension)
• Mantus refers to the fact that the Master was resurrected with a new regeneration cycle. (AUDIO: Eyes of the Master, The Death of Hope)
• Romana and Rassilon discuss Zagreus and the Divergence. (AUDIO: Zagreus)
• Rassilon uses his gauntlet. (TV: The End of Time)

External links

• Official Assassins page at bigfinish.com