Zagreus (audio story)

Zagreus
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor Seventh Doctor (guest) Sixth Doctor (guest) Fifth Doctor (guest) Third Doctor (cameo)]]
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	Rassilon, Zagreus
Main setting:	Rassilon's Foundry, Gallifrey The Matrix Dark Tower, Death Zone, Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writers:	Alan Barnes and Gary Russell
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins
Release details
Release number:	50
Release date:	November 2003
Format:	3 CDs - 3 Episodes
Production code:	8L
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-032-0

Publisher's summary

FOUR DOCTORS - ONE DESTINY

Zagreus sits inside your head.
Zagreus lives among the dead…
Zagreus sees you in your bed
And eats you when you're sleeping.

Cast

• The Doctor / Zagreus - Paul McGann
• The Doctor (disembodied voice) - Jon Pertwee
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• The Brigadier/The TARDIS - Nicholas Courtney

Charley and her mother (Projection)

• Lady Louisa Pollard – Anneke Wills
• The Cat - Conrad Westmaas
• Receptionist – Stephen Perring
• Miss Lime - Elisabeth Sladen

On Earth - Incidence of the Divergence (Projection)

• Reverend Matthew Townsend – Peter Davison
• Captain McDonnell - Mark Strickson
• Miss Foster – Sarah Sutton
• Mary Elson - Caroline Morris

On Gallifrey - Rassilon's Foundry (Projection)

• Lord Tepesh – Colin Baker
• The Great Mother – Maggie Stables
• Stone / Ouida – Nicola Bryant
• The Recorder - Robert Jezek

End of the Universe (Projection)

• Captain Duck – Sophie Aldred
• Walton Winkle (Uncle Winkie) – Sylvester McCoy
• Sergeant Gazelle – Lisa Bowerman
• Cassandra / Goldilocks – Bonnie Langford
• Corporal Heron – Stephen Fewell

On Gallifrey

• Romana – Lalla Ward
• Rassilon - Don Warrington
• K9 – John Leeson
• Leela – Louise Jameson
• Cardinal Braxiatel – Miles Richardson

References

• The Divergence are revealed as a race that Rassilon locked away.

• Exactly what Zagreus is is explored.

• Romana and Leela journey to the Dark Tower in the Death Zone on Gallifrey.

• Romana and Leela meet.
• Charley encounters a Jabberwock, and quotes large bits of Jabberwocky.

• The TARDIS is able to feel jealousy for the Doctor and Charley's friendship.

Notes

• This is Big Finish's 40th Anniversary story, and their 50th regular release. To celebrate this fact, the cast includes every single Doctor Who companion and Doctor to have worked with Big Finish at the time of production, most in roles different to their usual ones.

• Jon Pertwee's voice is taken from a fan production, Devious, which featured Jon Pertwee in a regeneration sequence. A 12-minute excerpt from the unfinished film was released on DVD by BBC Video in 2009 as a bonus feature with DW: The War Games.

Continuity

• Zagreus was first mentioned in BFA: Project: Twilight.
• This is a sequel to BFA: Neverland.
• This story leads directly into BFA: Scherzo.
• Charley mentions the Doctor once escaped from Colditz Castle (BFA: Colditz)

Timeline

• Zagreus occurs after: Neverland
• Zagreus occurs before: Scherzo

External links

• Big Finish Zagreus page
• Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - Zagreus
• The Discontinuity Guide Zagreus page
• Doctor Who - Devious