To the Death (audio story)
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To the Death was the tenth and final release for the fourth series of The New Eighth Doctor Adventures as well as the final audio drama of the series overall.
Publisher's summary
'He can't be alive...'
After a last, futile fight-back against the Daleks, Lucie, Susan and Alex are heading home to England in the desperate hope of saving the Doctor's life. But the true, terrible nature of the Daleks' plan is beginning to emerge and the Monk has blood on his hands.
To defeat the Daleks, it can only be a struggle… to the death.
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
- Susan Campbell - Carole Ann Ford
- Alex Campbell - Jake McGann
- Tamsin Drew - Niky Wardley
- The Monk - Graeme Garden
- The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
References
- Following the destruction of the Dalek Flying Saucer by the submarine, its crew manages to recover the Doctor, who is still exhibiting faint signs of life. None of the Daleks aboard survived.
- Having searched the Doctor, Susan discovers that his TARDIS key is not on his person. However, hers is still glowing and it is emitting more and more energy the closer that they get to England. Susan believes that the TARDIS is his only hope of making a full recovery.
- Several months later, the Monk tells Tamsin that Seb Andrews had come to him for help which he provided, believing that the resistance were planning to conduct only a minor skirmish. However, when the resistance proved to be too successful, he switched sides and render assistance to the Daleks for fear of being exterminated. Shortly after he reveals the truth to Lucie, however, the Monk's base is captured by a group of soldiers led by Susan, Lucie and Alex.
- While the Doctor is convalescing in the TARDIS, Susan tells him that she was furious with him for years for abandoning her on Earth and that she was astonished that he kept his promise, however belatedly, to return for her.
- The Monk has obtained a doomsday weapon, which he intends to use as insurance against the Daleks should they double cross him.
- Although Susan believes that the Daleks are planning to place a motor in the core of the Earth as they had done in the aftermath of the 22nd century Dalek invasion, the Doctor believes that it is more complicated than that as he first encountered the Dalek time controller in the far future, during a considerably later point in Dalek history.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Lucie tells the Doctor that she has forgiven him for the death of her aunt Patricia Ryder on 25 December 2009. (BFA: Death in Blackpool)
- The Doctor believed that he had killed the Dalek time controller on the Amethyst Viral Containment Station in the far future. (BFA: Patient Zero)
- The Doctor mentions that he once almost killed a caveman with a rock. (DW: An Unearthly Child)
- The Doctor refers to his former companion Nyssa, whom he first met on Traken in 1981 towards the end of his fourth incarnation. (DW: The Keeper of Traken)
External links
- Official To The Death page at bigfinish.com
- To The Death at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
