Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)

Empire of the Racnoss
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion(s):	Alayna
Main enemy:	Empress of the Racnoss
Main setting:	Racnoss homeworld Iota 7
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writers:	Scott Handcock
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Russell McGee
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Part of:	Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two
Release date:	27 July 2017
Format:	1 CD Download 1st of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPDWNEWMON02
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78575-427-2 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78575-428-9 (digital)
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Empire of the Racnoss was the second story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Scott Handcock and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

When a distress call rips the TARDIS from the Vortex, dragging it back through time, it arrives in the midst of a conflict between Gallifrey and an ancient foe.

The Doctor, as ever, wants to help, but in returning a wounded combatant home, he becomes further and further entangled in a web of deceit and recrimination. A web spun by an eight-legged Empress and her minions...

The Empire of the Racnoss is at war, and wherever he stands, the Doctor is on the wrong side.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Racnoss Empress - Adjoa Andoh
• Old Racnoss Emperor / Herrax - Nigel Planer
• Racnoss Consort - Andrew French
• Alayna - Lisa Kay

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor quips that the Racnoss Consort must have eaten a lot of flies to reach his size.
• The Doctor boasts that his TARDIS beats an escape pod any day of the week, "except perhaps Pancake Tuesdays."
• The Doctor compares the bickering of the Racnoss Empress and Alayna to having two Tegans in the TARDIS at the same time.
• The Doctor describes the Racnoss Wars as "a long and bloody affair".

Notes

• The plot of the story is partially inspired by the play Medea. (BFX: Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two)

Continuity

• The Empress of the Racnoss refers to the Webstar. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
• The Old Racnoss Emperor refers to Huon energy. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
• The Racnoss were almost wiped out by the Fledgling Empires, including Gallifrey, during the Dark Times. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
• The Doctor makes use of the fast return switch. (TV: The Edge of Destruction, et. al)
• The Doctor would encounter an Empress of the Racnoss again in London on 24 December 2007 during his tenth incarnation. (TV: The Runaway Bride)

External links

• Official Classic Doctors, New Monsters page at bigfinish.com