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When a [[teleportation]] experiment goes badly wrong, [[Nyssa]] finds herself stranded on the freezing slopes of the [[Swiss]] [[Alps]] in [[1963]]. But is it mere coincidence that she finds shelter in a snowbound school haunted by a malevolent poltergeist? | When a [[teleportation]] experiment goes badly wrong, [[Nyssa]] finds herself stranded on the freezing slopes of the [[Swiss]] [[Alps]] in [[1963]]. But is it mere coincidence that she finds shelter in a snowbound school haunted by a malevolent poltergeist? | ||
When the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] arrives, Nyssa and the other inhabitants of the school soon discover that the ghost is merely part of a darker, deeper and more deadly game involving rogue psi talents and something else... Something not of this [[Earth]]. | When the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] arrives, Nyssa and the other inhabitants of the school soon discover that the [[ghost]] is merely part of a darker, deeper and more deadly game involving rogue psi talents and something else... Something not of this [[Earth]]. | ||
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Revision as of 07:41, 24 October 2011
Winter for the Adept (audio story) was the tenth audio story part of Big Finish's Doctor Who monthly range of stories.
Publisher's summary
When a teleportation experiment goes badly wrong, Nyssa finds herself stranded on the freezing slopes of the Swiss Alps in 1963. But is it mere coincidence that she finds shelter in a snowbound school haunted by a malevolent poltergeist?
When the Doctor arrives, Nyssa and the other inhabitants of the school soon discover that the ghost is merely part of a darker, deeper and more deadly game involving rogue psi talents and something else... Something not of this Earth.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Alison Speer - Liz Sutherland
- Miss Tremayne - Sally Faulkner
- Mlle. Maupassant - Hannah Dickinson
- Peril Bellamy - India Fisher
- Lt Peter Sandoz - Peter Jurasik
- Harding Wellman - Christopher Webber
- Commodore - Andy Coleman
- Empress - Nicky Goldie
References
- The Doctor tracked Nyssa using her biomorphic essence.
Psychic powers
- Alison is telepathic.
- Peril is telekinetic.
Foods and beverages
- The Doctor makes some tea that contains a mild sedative.
- The Doctor eats a ham sandwich.
- Nyssa is offered some cognac, but refuses.
Species
- Nyssa mentions the Permians and the Xeraphin.
- The Spillagers are from another dimension.
Theories and concepts
- Harding Wellman is a ghost.
Notes
- India Fisher makes her first appearance in this audio. She would later be cast as Charley Pollard, a companion of the Eighth Doctor and later the Sixth Doctor.
- Sally Faulkner previously played Isobel Watkins in DW: The Invasion.
- This story was featured in the preview section of Doctor Who Magazine issue 293 with art by Lee Sullivan.
- This is the first Doctor Who story written by Andrew Cartmel not to feature the Seventh Doctor.
Continuity
- Nyssa mentions her recent visit to Alaska (BFA: The Land of the Dead) and the Xeraphin (DW: Time-Flight).
Timeline
- Winter for the Adept occurs after VD: Past Reckoning
- Winter for the Adept occurs before BFA: The Mutant Phase
External links
- Official Winter for the Adept page at bigfinish.com
- Winter for the Adept at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Winter for the Adept at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
