Legacy of Death (audio story)

Legacy of Death
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Romana II, K9 Mark II
Main enemy:	Originator Embery, Drang
Main setting:	Aoris, Era 14 and Era 24
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Jamie Robertson
Cover by:	Anthony Lamb
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	5.04
Release date:	13 April 2016
Format:	1 CD Download Parts 3 & 4 of 4
Production code:	BFPTOMCD033
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-733-5 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78178-734-2 (digital)
Official trailer
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Legacy of Death was the fourth story in the fifth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana II and John Leeson as K9 Mark II.

It was the conclusion of a two-part story, which began in The Paradox Planet.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor, Romana, and K9 have found themselves trapped in a temporal war. On Aoris, the past battles the future — and the future fights back!

With both sides of the war now capable of time travel, the conflict is about to enter a deadly stage. As the pieces of history lock into place, there is little the Doctor can do.

With more Time Tanks moving into combat, the endgame is approaching. The people of Aoris risk extinction at their own hand.

Can even the Doctor save the same planet twice in the same day?

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Romana - Lalla Ward
• K9 / Machina - John Leeson
• Drang - Simon Rouse
• Embery - Tom Chadbon
• Fyrax - Paul Panting
• Shola - Emma Campbell-Jones
• Tyrus - Laura Rees
• Lostar - Bryan Pilkington
• Medea - Jane Slavin

Crew

• Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
• Director - Ken Bentley
• Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
• Producer - David Richardson
• Script Editor - John Dorney
• Writer - Jonathan Morris

Worldbuilding

• Drang had all forms of religions banned.

Notes

Textless cover.

• The Doctor comments that the Machina computer was "cutting edge once but is way past its prime". This is a reference to the 1979 Prime Computer advertisement in which Tom Baker and Lalla Ward played the Doctor and Romana.
• This story was originally released on CD and download.
• This story formed as part of the final two episodes of a four-part story, beginning in The Paradox Planet.
• This story was recorded on 4, 5 and 6 December 2013 at Audio Sorcery and The Moat Studios.

Continuity

• The Doctor tells Drang that he cannot rewrite history. (TV: The Aztecs)
• The Doctor comments that travelling backwards in time requires more energy than travelling forwards "because it's uphill", an analogy that will also be used by the Eighth Doctor. (PROSE: Anachrophobia)

External links

• Official Legacy of Death page at bigfinish.com